TPP 259: Getting Aligned Through Parenting and Marriage Challenges, with Zen Parenting's Cathy and Todd Adams
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
46 min
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8 chapters
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Who are Cathy and Todd Adams and how did Zen Parenting begin?
We've known each other a very long time. And I would tell you that our first vulnerable conversations, like the one you're describing, was messy and unresolved, but it started. It's like you kick that door open a little bit. Like the worst case scenario is you say nothing and you just hold it all inside and then have these resentments that build up. We all know how that goes, right? We all know what the end of that story is.
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 Rieber. I am so thrilled to be sharing my guests with you today. They are a parenting superduo and co-hosts of the Zen Parenting Podcast, and they are friends and colleagues that I just deeply admire and adore. Kathy and Todd Adams. A self-described spiritual and emotional mom and a logical and practical dad, Kathy and Todd started Zen Parenting 10 years ago as an outlet to share. share their real and vulnerable conversations balancing their different perspectives while raising their three daughters. Six hundred episodes later, Zen Parenting is more than just a podcast.
Kathy and Todd host parenting conferences, workshops, and retreats, facilitate online parenting communities, and run a parent coaching practice. Behind the scenes, Kathy is a licensed clinical social worker and a teacher. She's written several books and focuses on self-awareness and the empowerment of women and girls. And Todd is a certified life coach and advocate for men supporting healthy masculinity, conscious relationships, and prosperous careers. So today we are going to get into everything from how Kathy and Todd approach the conversations they have on their podcasts and what they've learned during this pandemic to how couples and co-parents can best work through conflict and differences to show up for each other and their kids.
So much goodness in this conversation. I hope you enjoy it. Before I get to that, if you are new to Tilt Parenting and you found this podcast while searching for resources to support you on your journey of parenting a neurodivergent child, be sure to visit TiltParenting.com. You can dive deep into the more than 250 episodes of this show. You can read the first chapter of my book Differently Wired, sign up for my free seven day Differently Wired challenge, and search for a school fit for your child. You'll find all of those resources and more at tiltparenting.com. Thanks so much, and now here is my conversation with Kathy and Todd. Hey Kathy and Todd, welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast. Thank you for having
us.
We're excited to be here.
Thank you, Debbie.
So excited. And yeah, we were just talking before I hit record that I was on your podcast. And I will just say that it was a thrill for me because I know that you don't have a lot of guests on your show. And I was pretty jazzed when uh Todd you wrote back to me and said, Let me get into this book some more and we'll talk. And uh And anyway, it was such an honor. And I got to do that in person, which is so rare. That was such a fun experience.
In our basement, in our podcast studio. Yes. It was so nice to have you here. And as we were just saying before we started recording, your book really meant a lot to us. And I have said this a number of times, but I'll say it on your show that when I read your book, Differently Wired, I realized that obviously it was your experience. And you were talking about, you know, neurodiversity and raising children who, you know, have their own way of seeing the But I thought it was relevant regardless. I thought it was relevant to every single parent that every single parent needs to realize that when they, you know, one kid, three kids, whatever, that they need to see them as individuals and recognize their skills and their gifts and not try and put all of our children in the same box.
So I just feel like you spoke to that so clearly. And I, as I told you, I used your book in my college. college class with my social work students to demonstrate that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are Cathy and Todd Adams and how did Zen Parenting begin?
0:00–5:51
2
How did Cathy and Todd learn to have vulnerable conversations in their marriage?
5:51–11:22
3
What lessons did the pandemic teach them about mental wellness and parenting?
11:22–17:33
4
How can co‑parents stay aligned when they see the world so differently?
17:33–23:21
5
What practical steps do they recommend for repairing conflict in real time?
23:21–29:26
6
How does personal responsibility shape the way they show up for each other and their kids?
29:26–35:18
7
What is the new Zen Parenting book about and why does it focus on uncertainty?
35:18–41:10
8
Where can listeners connect with Zen Parenting and access more resources?
41:10–45:58
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