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12. Marc Joubert: Losing His Infant Daughter, He Found His Heart for All 3 Daughters
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Marc Joubert joins us to discuss how he has managed to curate a positive upbringing for his daughters after losing his first daughter due to malpractice at the age of one month.
Marc shares the story of how he and his wife struggled with the loss of their infant daughter and their multiple miscarriages, to raising two daughters of different races. You’ll hear how the hardest parts of life can elevate the best parts and the life lessons that can be implemented in raising your children when you only have a month to spend with them.
Listen in to hear how Marc approaches raising daughters of different races and the trials and tribulations that brings with it. You’ll learn how the opportunity to adopt a black daughter came about and why their traumatic experiences were vital in being able to bring their new daughter into their family. This conversation is a great example of why it’s so important to talk to each other in difficult times, as it allows us to process all of our emotions.
Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Marc in this episode:
- How to process and talk to each other in difficult times
- Marc’s loss of his one-month-old daughter
- The life lessons from spending only one month with your child
- Why the hardest parts of life can elevate the best parts
- The lifestyle of raising a black and a white daughter
- Living through multiple miscarriages and adopting a daughter
- The balance between protecting and preparing your children
Timestamps:
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 1:10 – Who is Marc Joubert?
- 3:25 – How to process and talk to each other in difficult times
- 11:40 – Welcoming Marc to the show
- 13:40 – Why it’s important for fathers to discuss their daughters
- 15:00 – Marc’s background and family
- 16:45 – Losing a daughter
- 24:00 – The month in the hospital
- 28:00 – Processing loss
- 32:15 – Attempting to return to normality and wanting children
- 34:50 – Regaining health and trying for a child
- 36:20 – Welcoming a new daughter to the world
- 41:20 – The relief of a newborn and the excitement of raising a child
- 43:30 – Father Daughter Dances
- 46:00 – Adopting a black daughter
- 51:20 – Stitches and sh*tting your pants
- 55:00 – Meeting the mother of your potential adopted daughter
- 58:00 – Addressing Olivia’s death with Marc’s daughters
- 58:45 – Raising a daughter of a different race
- 1:02:00 – The balance between protecting and preparing
- 1:06:00 – Anxiety in children
- 1:08:20 – Loving an adopted child as much as your biological child
- 1:11:00 – Being emotional (in a positive way)
- 1:14:40 – Why opening up to friends is a method of therapy
- 1:21:20 – Closing thoughts
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