TPP 013a: Margaret Webb Shares Tools & Mindsets for Surviving Summer Break

Published: June 10, 2022, 1 p.m.

b'Margaret Webb helps parents find more peace in parenting the child they didn\\u2019t expect when they were expecting, and part of her work is supporting parents survive summer break. Many parents (and not just parents raising differently-wired kids) limp across the finish line of a long school year only to find themselves facing the stress of summer \\u2014 new schedules and routines, different expectations, wants, and needs for everyone in the family, and lots of other changes.\\nIn our conversation, Margaret shares her personal strategy for not only surviving summer break, but thriving. She walks us through her Summer Survival Skills Package, a free toolkit comprised of MP3s and worksheets designed to help struggling parents have a summer that works for the whole family.\\nMargaret Webb is a certified Master Life Coach, parenting coach, nature-based coach, former teacher, wife and mother. As a life and parenting coach, she weaves together her experience as an elementary education teacher with the tools she\\u2019s learned in Martha Beck\\u2019s Life Coach Training, Sagefire Institute\\u2019s Nature-Based Coach Training, and what she\\u2019s applied to her own life as a mom of a child with special needs.\\n\\xa0\\nThings you\\u2019ll learn from this episode\\n\\nHow \\u201creality versus expectations\\u201d creates unnecessary stress for many parents over the summer\\n\\nWhy having \\u201cleadership energy\\u201d as a parent can help a family thrive\\n\\nThe importance of getting clear on both your personal needs as a parent and your child\\u2019s needs and wants for the summer break\\n\\nWhat scheduling, mapping, and tracking have to do with surviving summer holidays\\n\\nHow focusing on our own experience and fostering personal self-care actually supports our children\\n\\nWhy nature can be so restorative for parents raising differently-wired kids\\n\\nHow to envision your ideal day as a way to begin creating a more peaceful reality\\n\\n\\xa0\\nResources mentioned for surviving summer break\\xa0\\n\\nMargaret Webb\\u2019s Summer Survival Skills Package \\u2014 download link\\n\\nThe Families That Can\\u2019t Afford Summer\\xa0\\u2013 New York Times article\\n\\n\\nFinding Peace in Parenting the Child You Didn\\u2019t Expect \\u2013 Tilt Parenting Podcast Episode 1\\u200b\\n\\nSupport the show\\nConnect with Tilt Parenting\\n\\n\\nVisit Tilt Parenting\\n\\nTake the free 7-Day Challenge\\n\\n\\n\\nRead a chapter of Differently Wired\\n\\n\\nFollow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'