TPP 361: Margaret Webb on Archetypes and the Hero's Journey in Parenting
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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 this episode and who is the guest?
So often we can hand our power over to experts and think that they have the big picture vision for us when we spend 15 minutes with them or 60 minutes with them. And I think allowing parents to realize that they have the power to say, like, wait, hold on. What is our family's big picture vision for whatever is causing us tension or whatever it is that we're struggling with. And to get clear on that and then bring in the child and say, you know, curiosity, like what could this look like? And then bring in the warrior and say, what are the things that need to get done in order to make this happen? And then are there people that we can bring in to support us with this.
I'm Debbie Rieber, and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. It has been a little while since Margaret Webb, my absolute favorite parenting coach and the lead parenting coach in the Differently Wired Club, was on this show. But I am so excited to have her on to talk about her much-anticipated book, Hero. Hero's journey in parenting, parenting the child you didn't expect while you were expecting. Margaret is a certified Master Life coach, parenting coach, nature-based coach, former elementary school teacher, and mother of a now 20-year-old autistic son. And I have personally experienced firsthand how deeply and profoundly Margaret's approach can support parents raising neurodivergent kids.
And so I am truly thrilled that she's making her insights and learning available to the rest of us in her new book. We couldn't explore all the transformational concepts in Margaret's new book. I tried, but it was just too much to get into. But I did my best to touch upon some of the biggies, including the power of reframing parenting as a hero's journey, how incorporating archetypes such as the queen, king, child, warrior, and community builder into our framework can provide valuable perspectives and tools for parenting. and why recognizing and addressing shadow forces such as limiting beliefs and unhelpful patterns can lead to personal growth and more effective parenting. We also discussed why it's so critical to understand a child's developmental age in a given moment, and how doing that can help parents tailor their approach and better meet their child's needs.
This is one of those episodes you'll probably want to listen to more than once, and then you'll want to get Margaret's book. It is really that good. Okay, I'll stop gushing. We're gonna get on with the show. Here is my conversation with Margaret Webb about Hero's journey in parenting. Parenting the child you didn't expect while you were expecting. Well hello Margaret. Welcome back to the Till Parenting Podcast. Hello, I'm so excited to be back. It's been a little while. In the early years, you were a very frequent guest. And then I see you all the time through the differently wired club. And so we're always in conversation. But I'm like, yeah, it's been a while. So there are probably listeners who aren't familiar with you who may not have gone back into the archives and listened to those gold nugget of episodes.
People, if you haven't listened to them, they'll be in the show notes. Definitely go back and check them out. But Margaret. Would you in your own words just take a few minutes and tell us what you've been up to and about the work that you love to do in the world? And I know that you love to do it, so I can say that, but just tell us a little bit about yourself.
Yeah, so I am a mom to a now twenty-year-old son who is autistic and like my greatest teacher, and he just is like the most amazing person ever for me. But because of him, I've gone on to become a parenting coach for other people and who are on this journey as well. And so it's my favorite thing to do to support other parents. Cause if you can imagine 20 years ago, we didn't have the resources that we have now. We didn't have the knowledge that we have now. And so it's like my life's joy to be able to support parents in feeling, you know, more confident and to feel, you know, just like they're not alone.
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