TPP 029a: How to Live a Satisfying Life While Raising a Differently-Wired Kid, with Samantha Ettus

Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 1 p.m.

b'In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I talk with Samantha Ettus, a renowned work-life balance expert, author, radio show host, and media personality. Sam is passionate about helping people, and especially moms, find create a more fulfilled, healthier, and more satisfying life. She writes about her ideas in her new book The Pie Life: A Guilt Free Recipe for Success and Satisfaction.\\nI was excited to talk with Sam about her new book and ideas behind what she refers to as \\u201cembracing the mess and bumps\\u201d that come hand-in-hand with living a truly fulfilled life, since messiness and bumps seem to a part of any parent raising a differently-wired kid\\u2019s experience. In our conversation, we talk about everything from self-care and intentional parenting to getting our partners up to speed since often moms seem to be the ones holding onto a lot of the information relevant to our kids\\u2019 day-to-day life.\\nSamantha Ettus is a work-life expert whose goal is to find the spark within each one of us and turn it into a fire. She is a best-selling author, a writer for Forbes, a sought after speaker, a Harvard MBA, and host of a nationally syndicated call-in radio show. Sam has shared her advice on hundreds of television shows and media outlets including The TODAY Show, Access Hollywood, NBC Nightly News, CNN, The Doctors, and Fox and Friends, and in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today.\\n\\xa0\\nThings you\\u2019ll learn from this episode\\n\\nWhy working moms are, in many ways, set up to fail\\n\\nThoughts on being a more intentional parent, embracing empathy, and seeing our kids for who they are\\n\\nWhat\\u2019s reasonable to expect when designing a healthy, fulfilled life, and how to find work-life balance\\n\\nHow to get your parenting partner on-board / up-to-speed on important matters related to our children\\n\\nWhy self-care is so critical for mothers and how to build self-care practices into daily life\\n\\nSam\\u2019s thoughts on juggling work and the unpredictable nature of raising a differently-wired kid\\n\\n\\xa0\\nResources mentioned for work-life balance + parenting\\n\\nSamantha Ettus\\u2019 website\\n\\n\\nThe Pie Life: A Guilt-Free Recipe for Success and Satisfaction by Samantha Ettus\\n\\nSam\\u2019s Tedx Talk: The Secret to Unlocking a Child\\u2019s Potential\\n\\n\\n\\nWorking Mom\\u2019s Lifestyle Radio Show\\n\\nSupport the showConnect with Tilt Parenting\\n Visit Tilt Parenting\\n Take the free 7-Day Challenge \\n Read a chapter of Differently Wired \\n Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram \\n \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'