Episode 227: Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child with Debbie Reber

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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My personal friend and colleague Debbie Reber joins me on the YKAL podcast this week. She is a mother of a differently wired child and is the podcast host of TILT Parenting. Her book, Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World, comes out in spring 2018, which we talk about in this episode. As some of you may know my son was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, sensory processing disorder, and anxiety disorder, at the age of 5. In this episode Debbie and I share some of our own experiences as parents of atypical children. Plus, we also talk about how having an exceptional child can bring up some of our own complicated and messy feelings and how we worked through them. Whether you are a parent of an exceptional child or a parent of a neurotypical child; the topics we cover are meant to offer support and understanding for everyone, even if you don’t have children. In this episode you’ll hear: Why we tend to isolate when faced with the situation of having an exceptional child (3 minutes and 59 seconds) Letting go of what others think about your child (atypical or not) when they go against social norms (8:39) The complexities of mourning your child’s diagnosis, dealing with the loss of the vision you had for them, and giving yourself time to mourn by politely telling people to f*ck off (12:05) Dealing with the expectations of parenting, with ourselves and with our children (13:31) Creating space where your child can feel secure (22:47) As more and more resources become available and exceptional children are being accepted in today’s society, hear Debbie’s vision and hope for the future of differently wired children (28:20) Also, join me on Thursdays at noon eastern time (9 Pacific) LIVE on Facebook or Instagram as I share a personal growth lesson. Tomorrow’s lesson is all about complaining! Lastly, both retreats for this year are sold out, but if you want to get on the waitlist/interest list, please sign up here. http://yourkickasslife.com/227 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	This is Your Kickass Life podcast episode number 227 with guest, Debbie Reber.
0:36.2	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen, a no BS guide to self-help
0:43.0	and bad assery.
0:44.6	Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
0:50.8	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy. Andrea Owen.
0:58.6	Hey there, Askikers, welcome to another episode of the podcast. Thank you so much for being here. As always,
1:04.1	I am so grateful that you are joining me. Today, we have a special guest. I mean, they're all special in their own way. But Debbie
1:13.8	Reber is a friend of mine. Debbie holds a very special place in my heart because as you will hear
1:20.3	coming up, she has a son that has the exact same diagnosis as my son. And when we first got the diagnosis, gosh, it's
1:32.0	been five years, I think, Debbie was the first person that I called and was like, help me.
1:39.3	I don't know which way is up right now. And then also, I know Debbie from the world of writing and publishing.
1:46.3	We're here to talk about her book. It's probably like her eighth book or something crazy like that.
1:50.6	She's been traditionally published with, you know, big publishers like Penguin and Simon & Schuster.
1:55.1	And I hired her when I wrote my first book, when I wrote my first proposal to help me with that
2:01.8	proposal. So anybody, if you are out there and you are looking for a writing coach,
2:07.2	please check Debbie out. She's amazing. We're not talking about writing that specifically today.
2:13.5	We're talking about her new book, which I'm so excited about. I read it. It's great. We're going to
2:18.3	talk about it in just a minute. I do have a couple of announcements. Tomorrow, Thursday, at noon
2:24.6	Eastern time, how about if you join me on Facebook Live or Instagram Live? I'm going to be,
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