TPP 001: Margaret Webb on Finding Peace in Parenting the Child You Didn't Expect
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the purpose of the Tilt Parenting Podcast and who is the guest?
They are who they are. You know, we can Exhaust ourselves and and do all sorts of things to try to change them. But the peace comes you know, came to me when I realized, wait, hold on. Like he is who he is. And would I want somebody coming into my life and changing who I am?
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber, and today's episode features a conversation with life coach and parent coach Margaret Webb. One of Margaret's primary focuses as a coach is helping parents find more peace and joy in parenting the child they didn't expect. While they were expecting. And she does this in a really interesting and more importantly, effective way. I'm a big fan of the work Margaret does because, as I've experienced firsthand, with kids who are wired differently, so much energy goes into helping the child, and not a lot of attention is paid to the parent and what we're going through.
But really, for us to parent our kids in a way that feels good for the whole family. it has to start with us. And Margaret is going to share some great insights during this episode, and I'm just thrilled to be bringing her wisdom to you all. To learn more about this podcast in Tilt, the revolution for parents raising atypical kids, visit www dot tiltparenting dot com. Hey Margaret. I'm so excited to be interviewing you for the podcast today. How are you doing? I am doing well and I am thrilled to be here. Thank you. Yay. I'm so glad we're doing this. And part of that is because I knew as soon as I began developing the idea for the Tilt podcast, you were on my list to interview. Because I believe and I've experienced that the work you do in support of parents raising differently wired kids
It's just so powerful. And I've gotten a chance to work with you through your awesome course, which we'll talk about later today, and also doing some powerful one-on-one coaching work with you when I was going through, let's just say, a particularly rough patch. So just to kind of introduce you to people, you're a Martha Beck certified Master Life coach, you're a parenting coach, you're a nature-based coach, and you're a former teacher and a parent. Um, and many more things. I know you're a tennis player. I know you've got a lot going on in your life.
How did Margaret Webb’s personal journey lead her to become a parenting coach?
And I know that you have a lot of different areas of interest and ways that you help people. But as we're talking about your work with parents today, I was hoping you could just kind of tell us how you personally came to be doing your work in support of parents.
Yes. Um so I have a twelve year old son who is um on the autism spectrum and I came to doing I came to this work um because it was work that I did with myself. Um in parenting him. Uh when he didn't talk until he was five and Um, early on it really rocked my boat. It was not at all what parenting what I expected parenting to be like. And as you said, I was a teacher and so I kind of thought, you know, when we had him I was kind of cocky and thought, you know, I got this in the bag. I totally get kids and, you know, I've had thirty five kindergartners in my class at one, you know, at one point. And so I I got this. And as it turns out, I was given one of the most amazing teachers. ever in my son and he kind of
I like to say he kinda came out with his middle finger up, like, all right, you're you know, this is like whatever you expect things to be like, it's you know, I'm I'm gonna kinda challenge that. And At first it was really a struggle for me because I didn't have a community that was anything but a a warrior mom kind of community where it was fix the child, you know, we gotta go in, we gotta um figure out what's what's wrong and and take care of that. And I had done obviously all of that stuff and and sought help and got therapies and and whatnot, but I didn't start to see a change in my parenting until I experienced coaching and got coaching for myself and realized wow like there's
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the purpose of the Tilt Parenting Podcast and who is the guest?
0:00–2:27
2
How did Margaret Webb’s personal journey lead her to become a parenting coach?
2:27–6:51
3
What breakthrough helped Margaret find peace and joy while parenting a differently‑wired child?
6:51–12:23
4
How does the “Parenting the Child You Didn’t Expect While You Were Expecting” course work?
12:23–19:24
5
Why are deep breathing exercises a game‑changer for stressed parents?
19:24–26:51
6
How can parents shift their energy and emotions to support their child’s learning?
26:51–33:39
7
What final strategies does Margaret recommend for overwhelmed parents?
33:39–35:19
Speakers
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