A lot of people don’t want to talk about the dark times, but in order to live in the light and live a full life, you have to face unpleasant things sometimes. Learning from and finding ways to move forward from hard times is often what shapes us and allows us to move into a greater space of purpose. Ashley LeMieux is my good friend, as well as a speaker, author, and thought leader who has faced some super dark times and has an inspiring story and message to share with the world.

Listen in as Ashley takes us through her journey and discusses the depths of pain and how to handle it. For those who are in a really difficult season of life or dealing with great struggles that seem endless or unbearable, this episode is for you! There is so much that Ashley has to share that will help you figure out how to shine through the darkness, hold onto hope, handle injustice, and more.

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What You’ll Learn In Today’s Episode:

• The possibility in pain and the importance of hope.
• Ashley’s personal story of pain and how she discovered how to shine through the darkness.
• How injustice deeply affects us.
• How you can have hope despite the worst outcomes.
• How it is possible to experience joy and pain simultaneously.
• The turning point that helped shift things for Ashley.
• The difference between pain and suffering.
• What Ashley learned from pain.
• The question you need to ask in response to pain.
• How to show up to the big fight against injustice and pain.
• What it means to truly shine.
• How to use clarity mapping to master things.

Ideas Worth Sharing:

If we can allow {pain} in and inviter her in instead of trying to run from her, and ask her what it is she needs to teach us, then we can drop the suffering away. - @TheShineProject Click To Tweet I realized that once I could drop the suffering, that joy came in instead. - @TheShineProject Click To Tweet I cannot wake up at 85 years old and regret my life because I was too sad to live it. -@TheShineProject Click To Tweet

Resources In Today’s Episode:

• Ashley LeMieux: Site | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Shine Project
• Born to Shine by Ashley LeMieux
• The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey

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