TPP 066a: Allison Carmen on Finding Peace in Uncertainty and Embracing the Word “Maybe"
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is *The Gift of Maybe* and how does it help parents of differently‑wired children?
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Hey there, it's Debbie and welcome to Playback Friday. Most Fridays, I re-release one of my favorite conversations from the archive. So unless you're a longtime listener of the show, there's a good chance you haven't heard this one yet. And even if you have, you just might get something completely different from it listening to it this time around.
And so sometimes when a parent will come to me and they have a child that's going through a difficult time, an illness or a disability, it's not always the moment. It's what is this going to look like in 10 years? What's this going to look like in 15 years? How will they have a job? How will they go to college? And what maybe does, it brings us back to the moment. And even if the moment is difficult, it brings us back to this moment to say, maybe things will be different than I think.
Welcome to the Till Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today's guest is Allison Karman, a life coach and business consultant and the author of The Gift of Maybe, Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times. Thank you so much for having me. as we all know, comes with absolutely zero guarantees and certainty when it comes to what the current path or the future might look like. Allison shares her thoughts with us about how embracing just one simple word, maybe, can transform the way we're experiencing our everyday lives. I hope you're as inspired by our conversation as I was.
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And now I'll get on with the show. Hi, Allison. Welcome to the show. Oh,
thank you so much for having me.
Just to give listeners a little insight, I stumbled upon your website and learned about your book. I was doing research for the Differently Wired book that I'm writing. And I'm writing a chapter about the importance of parenting from a place of possibility instead of fear. And so I'm on Google and I'm poking around and I find your website and you have this book called The Gift of Maybe, Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times. And I was like, okay, I have to talk to this woman. So that's how we got in touch. But I would love to hear, first of all, just kind of who you are. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do?
Well, I started out in my career as an attorney. I was actually a tax attorney, believe it or not. And then over time, I was very stressed out. I had a lot of anxiety, which I'm sure we'll get into. And so I kept trying to change my life to manage my anxiety. And then I became a business consultant. And then I had some kind of spiritual awakening with how to deal with my anxiety. And I realized I was addicted to certainty. So with the business consulting, I started to do business coaching and life coaching. And then when the 2008 crash happened, all my clients... There's a stock market crash.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is *The Gift of Maybe* and how does it help parents of differently‑wired children?
0:00–5:06
2
How did Allison’s career shift lead her to discover the addiction to certainty?
5:06–7:58
3
What does the Taoist horse story teach about embracing “maybe”?
7:58–12:34
4
How can the “maybe” writing exercise reduce parental anxiety?
12:34–16:23
5
Why does practicing presence and gratitude support the “maybe” mindset?
16:23–21:20
6
How does social media reinforce the false need for certainty in parenting?
21:20–26:13
7
What simple daily practices can parents use to cultivate “maybe”?
26:13–31:08
8
Where can listeners find Allison’s book and additional resources on “maybe”?
31:08–36:17
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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