#111: Healthy Me, Healthy Us (with guests Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott)

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Relationships are hard, but they are also a great source of personal happiness. Things get complicated dealing with differing expectations of the people involved in the relationships regardless of whether it’s a simple friendship or as close as marriage. The number one question people ask relationship experts is what is the single most important thing you can do for your relationships? That’s the topic of today’s episode as Dr. Meg talks with Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. They tackle this subject in their new book Healthy Me, Healthy Us: Your Relationships Are Only as Strong as You Are. The three doctors have a great conversation about trying to build intimacy with another person before you have gotten whole on your own causes all your relationships to become an attempt to complete yourself. Do you have a question for Dr. Meg? If you have a question you want Dr. Meeker to answer, email them to [email protected] and listen to future episodes to see if your question is featured! WELCOME Dr. Meg starts this episode by introducing her special guests, Les and Leslie Parrott, and talks about their new book Healthy Me, Healthy Us. A CONVERSATION WITH LES AND LESLIE PARROTT (PART 1) In today’s episode Dr. Meeker has a great conversation with Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott about their new book Healthy Me, Healthy Us and how working on yourself really does play an important role in healthy relationships. BREAK A CONVERSATION WITH LES AND LESLIE PARROTT (PART 2) In today’s episode Dr. Meeker has a great conversation with Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott about their new book Healthy Me, Healthy Us and how working on yourself really does play an important role in healthy relationships. POINTS TO PONDER Dr. Meg gives you her points to ponder as you learn more about becoming healthy and whole to improve your relationships with other people. PARENT PEP RALLY FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 111, Health Me, Healthy Us and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach almost FIVE MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at [email protected] and she could answer your question during the show or you can let us know what you’d like to hear about in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources”. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 plus years I've seen every type of child grow up.
0:06.0	Instead of giving me what I wanted, she gave me what I needed, which was truth.
0:10.5	Don't let emotions win. Let truth win. Do your very best. truth.
0:13.0	Do your very best and you should have a lot of fun while you do it.
0:16.0	The better you get at something, the more fun you're going to have at something.
0:19.0	You moms and dads are wired with everything you need to be a parent to a great kid.
0:26.0	Welcome to Parenting Great Kids. This is episode number 111 and I'm your host
0:32.0	Dr. Meg Meeker.
0:33.4	Les and Leslie Parrot are my guest today
0:36.7	and I'm really excited for you to hear our conversation.
0:39.8	Before we get started, let me tell you a little bit
0:42.3	about Les and Leslie.
0:44.4	They're a husband and wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for
0:49.0	helping others build healthy relationships.
0:52.4	Les is a professor of Psychology at Northwest University and they are
0:56.4	founders of the Center for Healthy Relationships on the campus of Olavette University. The parrots were married in 1984 and bring real life
1:05.9	examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training, Leslie is a
1:10.4	marriage and family therapist and less as a clinical psychologist
1:14.0	ensures a presentation that's grounded, insightful, and cutting edge. Each year
1:20.2	Lesson Leslie speaking over 40 cities. Their audiences include a wide array of venues
1:25.6	from churches to Fortune 500 company boardrooms. They've been featured in
1:30.9	USA Today, the New York Times, and their television appearances
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