TPP 118: Michelle Gale Talks About Mindful Parenting in a Messy World
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The only thing that we really have is this moment right now. But we tend to live in the past and that's where guilt resides. Guilt resides from the past. Decisions we've made, things we've said, right? And this is exactly where mindfulness does its best work. Mindfulness takes us out of that rumination space and that guilt space and puts us right back to here right now. And when we ask ourselves, what's most important right now, right? We connect with our heart. We take that breath. and we do the next best thing in this moment that we can do.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, 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 I'm talking with corporate mindfulness teacher, author, and speaker, Michelle Gale. Michelle is the author of the book, Mindful Parenting in a Messy World, and is the host of the Mindful Parenting in a Messy World podcast. While the previous episode I did on mindfulness, which was actually one of the very first Tilt Parenting podcast episodes, was all about the benefits of mindfulness for our kids. In this episode, Michelle and I shift the focus to the parents and explore how bringing mindfulness into our lives in simple ways can have not only a big impact in parenting with more purpose,
but in getting through really difficult situations with our kids, especially when our own emotional reactions are triggered. And to be clear, we're not going to be talking about meditating for 20 minutes a day or really adding anything onto your plate. This conversation and Michelle's approach is all about being more mindful in our own interactions, noticing our emotions and responses, paying attention to what's going on in our minds and doing that internal work which is so much about what I write about in Differently Wired. So I really hope you enjoy this conversation and get a lot out of it. So here's my conversation with Michelle Gale. Hey, Michelle, welcome to the podcast. Thanks so
much for having me, Debbie. I'm happy to be here.
I'm looking forward to this conversation because we have a lot to talk about today, specifically around the concept of mindfulness. But I would love if you could take a few minutes just to introduce yourself to the Tilt audience, a little bit about who you are as a parent and also your work in the world.
I'm happy to. I have two boys. One just turned 15, heading to high school, and the other is 11 and a half. They both have
What is mindfulness and how does it differ from traditional meditation?
they're both wired differently. I'll say it that way. They're both wired differently. My oldest has ADHD and slow processing and my youngest has serious attention issues and visual spatial and language processing and auditory processing. So he's got a lot going on. So we've been, I was really appreciated your book and reading your book and not feeling so alone in this journey that I've been on. So appreciating you and your community that you've built. My work in the world is, I wrote a book called Mindful Parenting in a Messy World. So I'm an author. I came out last year. And I go into companies like Google and Disney and other tech companies. And I talk to parents and do workshops and keynotes around mindful parenting.
And I also teach mindfulness just in general, in corporate. And I also have an online community and a podcast called Mindful Parenting in a Messy World that I'm that I'm nurturing online. So that's kind of the grand, the grand story of all I'm doing in the world.
It's a lot. It is a lot. There's a lot of pieces to it. And, you know, I just have to say that even just the term messy, like, I just think the word messy is so beautiful and so apt for especially our community, because our lives can look super messy. And Yeah, I think there's so much goodness in that. And that's what I appreciated about your book. And we can talk about that more in a little bit. But I want to talk about mindfulness. I was going back. I think this is going to be episode 119 or 120. But I was going back and looking at all the episodes I've done.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:34
2
What is mindfulness and how does it differ from traditional meditation?
2:34–9:33
3
How can parents weave mindfulness into daily routines with busy children?
9:33–15:30
4
What simple centering practice does Michelle recommend for parents in the moment?
15:30–22:00
5
How does mindfulness help parents tolerate discomfort and challenging behavior?
22:00–27:55
6
What role does labeling emotions, like guilt, play in reducing stress for parents?
27:55–35:04
7
How can parents use body awareness to make calmer decisions during conflict?
35:04–39:45
8
What practical steps does Michelle suggest for repairing after a parenting misstep?
39:45–41:45
Speakers
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