TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids

By Debbie Reber

Education Kids & Family

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TiLT Parenting, from parenting activist, speaker, and author Debbie Reber, features transformational interviews and conversations with authors, parenting experts, educators, and other parents aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently-wired kids (giftedness, ADHD, austim, 2e, learning differences, sensory processing issues, anxiety, and more). TiLT aims to help parents feel empowered and in choice in how they parent, have more peace in their daily lives, and parent and advocate for their child from a place of confidence and awareness so that our children can thrive in every way. https:/tiltparenting.com

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TPP 329: Julie Bogart on Mo...

06.06.2023

Today’s episode features an eye-opening conversation with Julie Bogart on how to help kids who have resistance around writing, which, I have a hunch, is something many of you out there listening are familiar with. Julie, the mastermind behind the ...

TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids episodes:

06.06.2023 TPP 329: Julie Bogart on Moving Through Writing Resistance for Differently Wired Kids Today’s episode features an eye-opening conversation with Julie Bogart on how to help kids who have resistance around writing, which, I have a hunch, is something many of you out there listening are familiar with. Julie, the mastermind behind the ...
04.25.2023 TPP 328: Autism Level UP co-founders Amy Laurent & Jacquelyn Fede on Learning From Autistic Self-Advocates To close out this season, I’m bringing you an interview with Amy Laurent and Jacquelyn Fede from Austim Level UP! I’m going to go out on a limb and say most of you have probably heard of Autism Level Up ...
04.18.2023 TPP 327: Debbie Reber Reflects on 7 Years of Tilt Parenting & the Tilt "Revolution" (Solocast) This is going to be a different kind of an episode, because it’s the seven-year anniversary of Tilt Parenting (!) and it felt like a good time to do some reflection on where we – you, me, this community – ...
04.11.2023 TPP 326: Educator Sam Young on Reimagining Socializing for Twice-Exceptional Students The world has changed so very much in the past few years, including in no small way how our kids relate to other kids. I get a pang of nostalgia when I think about how I used to form friendships ...
04.04.2023 TPP 325: Akilah Richards on Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work I really enjoyed exploring unschooling, deschooling, freedom, and liberation with Akilah Richards, host of the Fare the Free Child podcast and author of the book Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work. I reached out to Akilah after ...
03.28.2023 TPP 324: A Conversation about Declarative Language and Co-Regulation, with Linda Murphy For the past few years, I’ve been hearing about this concept called “declarative language,” and although I had an idea of what it was, after reading my guest Linda Murphy’s Declarative Language Handbook, I couldn’t wait to bring her on ...
03.21.2023 TPP 323: Educator and Coach Sandi Lerman on Neurodiversity and Developmental Trauma Over the past few years I’ve seen the word trauma become more and more prevalent in conversations surrounding children, especially differently wired children. So I invited trauma and education expert Sandi Lerman onto the show so we could talk about ...
03.14.2023 TPP 322: Gentle Parenting Expert Sarah Moore Talks About Peaceful Discipline My guest today is Sarah Moore, the author of the new book Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior. Sarah explains what peaceful discipline is and walk us through its relationships with the traditional disciplinary tools many parents ...
03.07.2023 TPP 321: Chris Balme on How Parents Can Navigate the Tricky Middle School Years Middle school might not feel like a very enchanting time in our lives — it definitely didn’t feel that way for me when I was living through it. But according to my guest Chris Balme, middle school is a time ...
03.03.2023 TPP 009a: 11-Year-Old Asher and Debbie on the Importance of Morning Routines In this special kid’s POV edition, I share a short conversation with my 11-year-old child Asher about the new morning routine we began doing in January 2016. The routine is based on author and speaker Hal Elrod’s book The Miracle ...
02.28.2023 TPP 320: Dr. Karen Wilson on How (and When) to Talk to Kids About Their Diagnoses I know that there are concerns among many families that their child’s self-esteem can be negatively impacted by a label, or that others, including teachers may treat a child differently if they know they have one or more diagnoses, especially ...
02.21.2023 TPP 319: Dr. Gail Post on the Gifted Parenting Journey and Support for Families of Gifted Children In this episode, we are diving in to the realities of parenting gifted and 2e kids. Gail and I talked about the common challenges parents raising gifted and 2e kids experience as part of their journey, why it can sometimes ...
02.17.2023 TPP 004a: Psychologist Kate Berger on What Mindfulness Can Do for Kids For this episode, I sit down with Kate Berger, a child and adolescent psychologist, Mindfulness instructor, and owner of the Netherlands-based therapy practice, Expat Kids’ Club, for a conversation about the benefits of mindfulness in kids and ideas for how ...
02.16.2023 Special Live Event About Our Kids' Mental Health Next Week Last month, my friend and colleague Dr. Matt Zakreski joined me for a special live event to talk openly and honestly about the mental health challenges facing our kids and families. More than 300 parents joined us for a rich, ...
02.14.2023 TPP 318: What Parents Need to Know about the IEP Process, with Therapist Beth Liesenfeld If you are a parent of a neurodivergent kid with a diagnosed learning disability, you likely have had experience with Individualized Education Plans, otherwise known as IEPs. And if this is you, my hunch is you have some feelings about ...
02.10.2023 TPP 001a: Margaret Webb on Parenting the Child You Didn't Expect When You Were Expecting Parent coach Margaret Webb believes that while many of us as parents are busy trying to meet our child’s unique needs, we’re often neglecting our own. In our conversation, she shares her ideas for how parents can shift this dynamic ...
02.07.2023 TPP 317: A Conversation About Autistic Burnout with Neurodivergent Support Specialist Kristy Forbes I’m honored to kick off the season with a powerful conversation about autistic burnout with autism and neurodiversity support specialist, Kristy Forbes. Kristy and I talk about what exactly autistic burnout is and how it presents, why “deep rest” is ...
01.10.2023 Join Tilt Parenting's live Mental Health Check-In I've been increasingly concerned about the mental health of differently wired kids over the past few years. And after reading yet another report about how dire the situation is for today's children and adolescents, I realized this community — you, ...
12.23.2022 TPP 153a: Casey O'Roarty of Joyful Courage on Calming the Drama in Our Homes Today I’m bringing back to the podcast a guest who has much goodness to offer our community, Casey O’Roarty, a positive discipline trainer, parent coach, author, and host of the Joyful Courage podcast. Casey is just about to publish her ...
12.20.2022 TPP 316: Dr. Tamar Chansky on How to Free Our Children from Negative Thinking In this episode, we’re talking about negative thinking and how to help kids who are more “glass half empty” thinkers shift their mindset. My guest is the woman who literally wrote the book on the subject, psychologist Dr. Tamar Chansky, ...
12.16.2022 TPP 070a: Family Therapist Neil Brown Talks About Parental Burnout This week I bring back to the show Neil Brown, a licensed clinical social worker, the author of Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle: Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect, and host of the Healthy Family Connections ...
12.13.2022 TPP 315: Dr. Lori Desautels on Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline in Schools, and at Home I found about Lori’s work recently and after reading her book Connections over Compliance: Rewiring our Perceptions of Discipline, I really wanted to bring her on as a guest because I believe the work she is doing is revolutionary. Lori’s ...
12.09.2022 TPP 146a: Self-Directed Learning Advocate Blake Boles on Unschooling My guest this week is Blake Boles, the self-directed learning advocate behind Unschool Adventures and the author of several books on unschooling, including The Art of Self-Directed Learning, Better Than College, and College Without High School, as well as the ...
12.06.2022 TPP 314: Dr. Abigail Gewirtz on Helping Kids Find Hope & Optimism in the Most Challenging Times Since my guest for today’s episode, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz was on the show just over two years ago near the start of the COVID pandemic, the world has continued to go through increasingly complicated and challenging times. Like I’m sure ...
12.02.2022 TPP 060a: A Deep Dive Into Assessments, Diagnoses, and Labels, with Melissa Neff, PhD In this episode, I talk with Dr. Melissa Neff, a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Missoula, MT in the United States who specializes in conducting psychological evaluations with children (ages 6-18) and adults. A lot of Melissa’s practice ...
11.29.2022 TPP 313: Dr. Devorah Heitner on Online Safety and Internet “Rabbit Holes” and Differently Wired Kids Today is an important conversation about online communities and internet rabbit holes. And I felt pulled to tackle this topic for the show because I know that the past few years in particularly has been a time where differently wired ...
11.25.2022 TPP 156a: Worried About Your Child’s Video Gaming? Eric Lanigan Explains How to Make Peace with Gaming Are you worried about your child’s video gaming habits? If so, here’s interesting conversation with Eric Lanigan about two topics that I know are relevant, and perhaps concerning, to many listeners out there — video gaming and motivation. I reached ...
11.22.2022 TPP 312: Todd Adams on How Men Can Better Show Up for Their Kids and Families This episode explores the subject of vulnerability, male culture, and parenting specifically in the context of heteronormative relationships and how men can show up as better dads to their differently wired children. And I have the perfect guest to explore ...
11.18.2022 TPP 145a: What Coaches Need to Understand About Their Differently Wired Athletes If you have a differently wired child who is athletic and/or is into sports, this episode is for you. My guest is Susan Stout, the founder Own Beat Athlete, a new resource aimed at helping athletic coaches understand their athletes ...
11.17.2022 Bonus: Introducing the Peaceful Parenting Podcast In this special bonus episode, Tilt Parenting is sharing the feed with Sarah Rosensweet and her Peaceful Parenting Podcast, broadcasting Episode 40: Coaching Call with Georgina: How Our Childhood Affects Our Parenting. Often on our parenting journey, our kids may ...
11.15.2022 TPP 311: Deb Dana on Befriending Our Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory If you are a regular listener of this show, you will be familiar with Polyvagal Theory, as it’s coming up in multiple interviews. But this episode is the first one dedicated solely to exploring this powerful theory. And to explore ...
11.11.2022 TPP 052a: Dietitian and Nutritionist Jill Castle with the Facts About ADHD and Nutrition For this episode about ADHD and nutrition, I spoke with one of America’s leading experts in the field of childhood nutrition, Jill Castle. Jill is a registered dietician / nutritionist with over twenty-five years of experience working with babies, toddlers, ...
11.08.2022 TPP 310: A Conversation with Dr. Norrine Russell About Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) & ADHD I’m really excited to bring you this conversation with Dr. Norinne Russell on a new topic we haven’t covered before on this show and one that only came into my radar last year, and that is rejection sensitive dysphoria or ...
11.04.2022 TPP 140a: AuthorJulie Lythcott-Haims on How Parents Can Help Their Kids Successfully Launch My guest for this episode is the brilliant Julie Lythcott-Haims., the author of the New York Times’ bestselling, and in my opinion, majorly game-changing-in-the-parenting-space book, How to Raise an Adult. She wrote it after noticing that prospective college students at ...
11.01.2022 TPP 309: Anya Kamenetz on Her Book The Stolen Year and the Impact of COVID on Children Author and reporter, Anya Kamenetz is back on the podcast to talk about her new book The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now. The Stolen Year is a powerful look at how the pandemic ...
10.28.2022 TPP 073a: Non-Violent Communication, Whole-Person Learning, and Neurodiverse Students This week I’m talking with Zach Morris, the executive director and development of curriculum and instruction at LEARN Inc. LEARN Inc. is an non-for-profit school in Missoula, Montana in the United States which is approaching education in a thoughtful and ...
10.25.2022 TPP 308: Joyfully Parenting & Experiencing Gifted and 2e Children, with Marc Smolowitz For today’s episode, I’m bringing multi-award-winning director, producer and executive film producer, Marc Smolowitz, back on the podcast. It was four years ago that Marc first came on the show to talk about a movie he was working on called ...
10.21.2022 TPP 049a: Simone Davies on Setting Up Your Home to Support Your Child's Growth In this episode of Tilt Parenting, I bring back to the show Simone Davies, a Montessori teacher and parent educator who runs a Montessori playgroup in Amsterdam for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers up to four years old. Through her online ...
10.18.2022 TPP 307: Eliza Fricker Talks Parenting a Child with PDA On today’s episode I’m talking to Eliza Fricker about PDA or pathological demand avoidance – and in fact I know many people interpret PDA as persistent desire for autonomy. I’ve done a few episodes on PDA before but never from ...
10.14.2022 TPP 051a: Asher and Debbie Talk About Handling Parent-Child Conflict Today’s episode is a Kid’s POV Special episode featuring another conversation with 12-year-old Asher. Our topic? Conflict. More specifically, handling parent-child conflict between the two of us. We’re tackling this topic because I’ve been getting questions from listeners who want ...
10.11.2022 TPP 306: Laura Vanderkam Shares How We Can Find Tranquility by Tuesday My guest today is author, productivity guru, and mom of 5, Laura Vanderkam. Laura is the author of several time management and productivity books, including the one we are discussing today, Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos ...
10.07.2022 TPP 117a: Angela Pruess on Supporting Children's Fledgling Self-Regulation This week’s episode features a conversation with Angela Pruess, a licensed clinical therapist and mom of three who wants to help all parents raise emotionally healthy kids that will change the world, by explaining the he(art) and science behind our ...
10.04.2022 TPP 305: Stuart Shanker on What Self-Regulation Is, Why It Matters, and How to Help Our Children (and Ourselves) Do It Better We are kicking off this season with a conversation with Dr. Stuart Shanker, who I first learned about through my friend Seth Perler as he’s been part of the TEFOS Summit. I love Stuart's message and recently devoured his book ...
09.27.2022 The Differently Wired Club is Open The podcast is on hiatus this month, but I'm popping into your feed to let you know that the doors to my hands-on membership community, the Differently Wired Club, are open this week (September 26 - 30, 2022). To learn ...
09.02.2022 TPP 072a: A Conversation with Debbie About About Her Homeschooling Curriculum and Schedule This is the third installment in a series of solocasts specifically about homeschooling 2e children. I know many families of 2e and differently wired kids end up going down the homeschooling road, whether they’re reluctant homeschoolers and they felt “forced” ...
08.30.2022 TPP 304: Special Episode on Updated College Vetting & Admissions Process for Differently Wired Students To close out this Summer season I’m bringing you a special double episode all about college, specifically, how families can navigate the application process and what’s changed since Covid, as well as understanding the ways in which colleges may, or ...
08.26.2022 TPP 039a: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About Goal Setting In this special kid’s POV edition, Asher and I talk about having ADHD and goal setting, a topic near and dear to my heart, but also an issue we hear from parents about a lot. Asher is someone who always ...
08.23.2022 TPP 303: Dr. Joseph Lee Talks About the Importance of SEL / Social and Emotional Learning Have you ever wondered if SEL (social and emotional learning) in school and classrooms really matters? I’ve been exploring this question a lot about over the past year, as well trying to understand the recent increase in parental and political ...
08.19.2022 TPP 038a: Dr. Jenna Flowers on How to Practice Conscious Coparenting In this episode of the Tilt Parenting Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Jenna Flowers, a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and speaker, and the woman behind the fantastic new book, The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Coparenting: A Mindful ...
08.16.2022 TPP 302: Online Learning & the Future of Education with Outschool Founder Amir Nathoo In this conversation with Outschool co-founder and CEO Amir Nathoo, we discuss alternative education models and why they’re so critical in preparing all kids for the future, as well as get an inside look into the mission and vision for ...

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