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Lucas Jacques - The Light Within: A 12-Year-Old Author's Journey to Mindfulness
What does a 12-year-old author have to teach us about meditation, mindfulness, and discovering our inner light? The answer might surprise you.
Lucas Jacques joins us for a conversation that will leave you both inspired and humbled. At just 12 years old, Lucas has accomplished what many adults only dream of—authoring a powerful book called "The Light Within" that's packed with wisdom about connecting to your inner peace through mindfulness and friendship.
The journey began after a car accident when Lucas was just six years old. What started as a desire to write an "I Survived" story evolved into something much more profound as he grew and began practicing meditation around age eight. Now he uses various meditation techniques to manage emotions, improve sleep, and even connect with departed loved ones—practices he sometimes shares with close friends.
Far from being just a young person dabbling in writing, Lucas displays remarkable insight throughout our conversation. When asked what message he hopes readers take from his book, his answer is profoundly simple: "Never quit." He astutely observes that "more grown-ups quit than children do," and when discussing the inner light at the center of his book, he shares the beautiful wisdom that "Try not to find it, it will find you."
Lucas is already planning his next projects, including a book to help children overcome fear of dental visits and potentially continuing "The Light Within" as a series. His parting advice? "Always stay positive, and if you think positive, you'll always achieve what you need to achieve."
Listen to this episode, then share it with someone who needs a reminder that wisdom can come from unexpected sources, and that the light we're all searching for might already be searching for us.
Book Link: https://a.co/d/7xO32Gt
My email to contact Lucas: h.monica80@gmail.com
Luca's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/braccialetto_by_lucas?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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Julie Fairhurst – Speaker, Author, and Founder of Women Like Me
Julie Fairhurst is a champion for women’s empowerment and the founder of the Women Like Me Book Program. Since 2019, she has published 30 books and 300+ true-life stories—at no cost to the writers—giving women a platform to heal, inspire, and reclaim their power. Dedicated to breaking generational trauma one story at a time, Julie’s mission is to uplift women emotionally and financially, helping them create better lives for themselves and their families.
Well, hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of Women Like Me Stories in Business. I'm Julie Fairhurst, your host, and, oh my goodness, I hope you guys stay tuned for this entire interview. I have the most amazing young man, so let me introduce him first, and then we'll dive into what he's all about. So today, on Women Like Me Stories in Business, we're welcoming an extraordinary young author with a wise soul and a powerful message. Lucas Jocks is just 12 years old, but don't let his age fool you. He's the author of the Light Within, a heartwarming tale that teaches kids and let's be honest, adults too, how to connect with their inner peace through mindfulness, meditation and friendship. Lucas lives what he writes, practicing self-awareness and emotional growth in his own life. So get ready to meet a truly inspiring young voice who reminds us that the light we're searching for is already inside us. Oh, lucas, I just love that. So thank you so much for being willing to come on the podcast.
Speaker 2:Thank you for inviting me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so Lucas and I met at the Chilliwack Author Festival. That was like a month or so ago, I guess, or maybe even a little more.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and so I was there promoting Women Like Me, and Lucas was there with his family and promoting his book the Light Within which we'll tell you how you can get a copy of that when we're done. It'll be in the details section. So that's where Lucas and I met and I thought, oh my goodness, I have to introduce this young fellow to my audience and to the world, because I think you're incredible. So, lucas, let's start off by what can you tell us about why you wrote the book? What inspired you to write it? Because you wrote it when you were just 11.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I wanted to write a book when I was six because I had a car accident.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay.
Speaker 2:And I was very into the series of I Survived at the time. So I wanted to write a book like I survived the car accident, but I didn't have enough details After I said well, here I can see that I have to do this in my life, so I decided to write a book about it.
Speaker 1:Perfect. It's just, it's a very like. When I say that that adults need to read your book, they do. I've read your book twice now and I'm just, it's a beautiful book and I and there's some really great lessons that you've got in there and they're for everybody, so I love that you wrote it. So you write about meditation and mindfulness. So when did you first start practicing that yourself?
Speaker 2:I started practicing that when I was about eight late eight year old.
Speaker 1:And so what you got, what got you interested in that? Because so there's not that many kids out there that are, or young people that that, uh, even know what meditation is, let alone act, actually practice it well, my mom was taking a course of a blindfold.
Speaker 2:It's you put on a blindfold and then you can see through it and it's doing with breathing, but then she couldn't finish the course because she was taking the course to be able to teach me, ah, and she couldn't finish it. So she introduced me to marika, which is a very helpful person that I met and she helped me a lot.
Speaker 1:Oh good.
Speaker 2:So that's what got me first started, and I always do a meditation at nighttime.
Speaker 1:Perfect. I used to many years ago. I still meditate, but many years ago, to many years ago I still meditate, but many years ago, many years ago, I was involved in a meditation circle, so as a group of people, and we got together every Tuesday to meditate at someone's house and I did that for a long time. I did it for eight years time. I did it for eight years, yeah, and I found that meditation really. It really helped me as an adult, because I was a young adult at that time, and it really helped me to understand about myself. So, when you meditate, what are you doing it for? Are you calming yourself? Are you wanting to learn things? What's your purpose?
Speaker 2:well, it's different in every meditation. Some meditations are to sleep better and others are to connect with past ones, with with dead people that, like my grandpa. Sometimes my mom says she can see him in her sleep. Some meditations allow more freely, so it can happen.
Speaker 1:So do you use what's called a guided meditation? So do you have headphones and you're listening to a guided meditation, or do you just close your eyes and go into a meditation by yourself?
Speaker 2:I do a guided meditation, but sometimes my mom can't help me and do the meditation, so I just do meditation. That I know.
Speaker 1:And so do you share this with your peers, with your kids, young people that are your age? Do you share what you do with meditation?
Speaker 2:Do you teach that to others at all, or yeah, some kids yes, but at school I don't really interact with that right?
Speaker 1:yes, no, for sure so. But but kids that you're close to, and those kinds of things you do share your meditations. That's great, because I think it's just. I think it doesn't matter how old you are. Meditation is so healthy for us, and so I think that that's wonderful, that you're doing it, and I think that it's fabulous that you know if there's one or two friends even that you're able to share that with, because when we're in times of trouble, it can really help us as well. Yeah, yeah, okay. What's my next question here? Oh, so what did you learn about yourself while you were writing your book?
Speaker 2:I learned that even though times can be hard, you have to continue through, okay.
Speaker 1:Mm, hmm, so don't quit.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, for sure. Yes, well, that's a good, that's a really good lesson for everybody in the world. Yeah, okay, so the next one I want to ask you about about is is Liam in your book, so his grandmother shares a lot of wisdom. I, where did you get that character from? Is Liam's grandmother a person that you know?
Speaker 2:No, it's just a character that I came up with.
Speaker 1:Ah, I love it, yeah, yeah. And so so she has like so much wisdom. So so was there somebody in your life like like, like Liam's grandmother or you. Just she just came out of thin air to you and you and you conjured her up and that was, and that was the character.
Speaker 2:Well, my mom has a lot of wisdom, but she's not a grandma has a lot of wisdom, but he's not a grandma.
Speaker 1:No, no, not yet. Yeah, yeah, yes, yeah. Well, I thought it was. I think liam's grandmother is beautiful. I really, I really um like that character when I was reading, when I was reading your book. So how do you think kids your age can benefit from meditation and learning about their inner light?
Speaker 2:Kids my age can benefit from that because they learn how to manage their emotions more. Many kids get very angry or sad during my age because of their puberty and young kids too so it helps a lot to control their emotions, even as an adult.
Speaker 1:sometimes you need oh, definitely, as an adult as well, for sure, that's um, yeah, I think that that's a, that's a. A wonderful way to to to be able to help kids is to be able to say yeah, a lot of people think meditation is kind of like woo-woo kind of stuff, right, do you know what I mean? But it's not. It's so healthy, so healthy for the spirit and the body and the mind and, like you said, to control emotions. And I think that as young people, especially going through puberty and their teenage years, it can be quite difficult to get control of those emotions. So I think that that's a wonderful reason to be able to help them Absolutely. So writing the book was a big achievement, because I know I do books. It's not easy to write a book, so I was very impressed that at 11 years old, you were actually an author. So what was the hardest part of the process for you?
Speaker 2:The hardest part was mainly making up ideas for different characters and making up the base of the storyline.
Speaker 1:Ah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:And also publishing it.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, yeah, and also publishing it, yes, yes, yeah. And so what was the most fun? What did you enjoy the most about the process?
Speaker 2:It was hard, but I enjoyed making the story, seeing how the characters went through and how ideas got to me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, so you like the creative part.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Yes, that's what I like too. I love the creative part of the books for sure. So if a young reader is going through a tough time, so if somebody's reading your book and they're going through a tough time, what message from the light within would you want them to get most from your book?
Speaker 1:never quit ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's, um, that's an important message, and is that a message that you've had to use in your own life? To never quit, keep going sometimes, sometimes, yeah, I think all of us for sure, I don't, you know, I don't, you know, I don't. I think young people, um, old people, we all, we all need to know that. That, uh, you know, never quit.
Speaker 1:I interviewed a gentleman the other day and um uh on the podcast and he said that he had to go through 393 rejections of his book before someone took it on. That's a lot of negativity. And then he told me I haven't verified this, but I have no reason to not believe it he said that Stephen King, do you know the author? Stephen King? He's quite, he's done lots of movies and stuff, but he was an English teacher and he wanted to be an author. And so Stephen King started, had written this book and he had put it out and he had got over 600 rejections and he threw it in. He threw the book in the trash and said that's it, I'm done. And his wife pulled it out and said you said you were an author. No, no, no, you're not quitting. And the very next uh, person he sent it out to accepted it. So I mean, that's it. You have to be a pretty strong inner person to go through that many rejections of your book.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:But you know, like you say, just keep going, don't quit. And that's what. And it proves it that there's help out there for us. If we just can, we'll find it, if we just carry on and have that faith, yeah, so how do you hope your book will help other kids?
Speaker 2:mostly I. I hope it helps other kids with managing their emotions more, because I as a kid didn't really know until I started meditating.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, yeah. And and maybe even grownups too, right? Is that the same message you were hoping that a grownup will get when they read the book?
Speaker 2:Yes, and also never quit, because it's more more grown-ups quit than the children do.
Speaker 1:I agree with you. Oh yeah, that's an amazing insight, absolutely the. You know, the other thing I really liked when I was reading your book was the where you talk about the inner light. I thought that was so beautiful and the search that was it. Ben and Lucas, right, they went on to find that inner light and I just really I love that, because we all have an inner light inside of us.
Speaker 2:Yes, we do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and so what do you think? If somebody doesn't know their inner light, is there? What do you think they should do? How do they find it?
Speaker 2:Just as the book says try not to find it, it will find you.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, yes. Oh, you're a smart cookie there, lucas. That is a very wise statement, absolutely. So what's next for you, lucas? What are you up to? You got any other plans for other books. What are your plans?
Speaker 2:Well, I went to a dentistry the other day.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:She suggested that I write a book to make kids less scared about going to the dentist.
Speaker 1:Ah, sorry, lucas, you know what? Some weird thing just popped up there. There we go For making kids.
Speaker 2:That's a fabulous idea, really good idea so is that a book that you're thinking about? Probably possibly doing yes, and also, uh, next the next one of the Light Within.
Speaker 1:So the Light Within is going to be a series.
Speaker 2:I'm still thinking about it.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Still thinking about the messages I could put in the second one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so would Lucas and Ben still be in the book? Would they get older, or how have you thought about that yet? I'm like I'm curious, because I loved your book.
Speaker 2:Have you thought about that. Yet I'm like I'm curious because I loved your book. I was thinking maybe they get older or maybe they have kids and then they help their kids. And another thought I was thinking about was, as they are teenagers, oh, maybe they start babysitting or doing that, yeah, and they find out how they could help the kids.
Speaker 1:Ah, that's, yeah, lovely, that's beautiful, beautiful for sure. Well, I just loved your book and I love the grandma. When I saw the grandma and you guys were eating the cookies or not, you, but your characters were I just thought what a beautiful, what a beautiful way to present that. You did like. Really you did a very great job. So how have your sales been? I know you've like, have you been able to promote your book much, or is it kind of quiet it?
Speaker 1:goes up and then becomes quiet yeah it's been quiet for a few weeks now yes, yeah yeah, when it first released, it had a lot of sales oh, perfect, yeah, I, you know what, as an author and and with all the books, I find the same thing too.
Speaker 1:So when I first released the book, I tend to get quite a bit of sales and then it kind of slows down, and I think what it is is. You know, we need and this is hard for you, let alone hard for me as an adult, but almost impossible for you as a young person going to school but we have to keep that constant promotion up so we're getting it out to a new audience and it's still everybody's thinking about it all the time. So that's why these podcasts are so great, because you'll be able to share these out, and I'm going to share it with my audience and I'm going to encourage everybody to grab a book and one for their kids, because I think everybody needs to know that we have an inner light and that if we just relax, it'll find us. Yes, yeah. And that if we just relax, it'll find us yes, yeah.
Speaker 2:Well, lucas is there anything else you'd like to tell us before we go? Always stay positive, and if you think positive, you'll always achieve what you need to achieve.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's perfect, absolutely. You have so many great messages and, for someone who's 12 years old, I can't wait to talk to you when you're 20. And when you're 25. And just to see where you've gone and what you've done, because you're an incredible, incredible young man and I appreciate you doing this. I know it's a little nerve wracking getting on a podcast, but you've done very well, so, yeah. So what I'm going to let everybody know is that all of Lucas's information, how to find his book and whatever information we can gather on him and his mom, monica We'll put that in the detail sections of the podcast and the video so that everybody can find you, and we'll get a link to your book so that people can certainly purchase a copy of your book, because I think everybody should be buying a copy of your book. It's so good, so good. So that will be in the details section for everybody. And, yeah, was there anything else you'd like to say?
Speaker 2:Thank you for inviting me to this podcast. It has been an honor to be here.
Speaker 1:Oh well, thank you, Lucas, I appreciate that. It's been an honor to be here. Oh well, thank you, Lucas, I appreciate that. Okay, everybody. Well, thank you for tuning in and remember, support Lucas he's a young author and support him with a book purchase and let's keep the momentum going for him. So, thank you, Lucas for being here. I appreciate it, and everyone. We'll see you again on the next episode of Women Like Me Stories in Business.