The Fringy Bit podcast, where it’s all fringy talk all the time. Check out the show notes below.
Join Heather & Jon as they get in the flow about Flow! How can we assist our kids in finding their flow? What gets us in the zone? Listen up and find out!
Mentioned in this episode:
First - my apologies - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is Hungarian American, not Polish as stated in the episode.
Flow
Jason Silva
In this episode, Heather & Jon rejoice that the holiday season is over and some normalcy is returning to the schedule. They also discuss strategies to support one another in those moments of intense passion.
Mentioned in this episode:
Enlightened
Welcome Grandad (!!) to the Fringy Bit talky bit! Heather & Jon chat with Roger Boorman, so yes, you get 2 handsome English accents for the price of one, about what it's like to be the grandparent of these fringy kiddos of ours. Just in time for holiday family gatherings, join us as we consider strategies to nurture relationships and understanding with our extended families. As an added bonus, we managed to take advantage of Grandad's decades of experience as a financial planner to get a little general financial advice, too! Enjoy!
Heather & Jon are joined by Corin Barsily Goodwin, founder & ceo of Gifted Homeschoolers' Forum. Corin shares her wisdom for parenting our differently wired kiddos through the adolescent years.
Mentioned in this episode:
Gifted Homeschoolers' Forum
Corin's Book: Writing Your Own Script
One of the unending conundrums of fringy parenting is how to maintain things that you value when they directly conflict or trigger your child's particular fringy-ness. Listen in as Heather & Jon try to determine when to insist on a fringy child's participation in a valued activity, and when to give them a pass.
Mentioned in this episode:
This Is Us
In this episode, Heather and Jon talk about hidden disabilities and the mindset shift needed to view and advocate for accommodations for our fringy kids appropriately.
Gifted, 2e, ADHD, Autism, SPD, Executive Functioning Issues, Other Neurodiversities
Mentioned in this episode:
Children Come First Conference
Wisconsin Association of Talented & Gifted
The Wilderness
Dr. Ross Greene
Heather & Jon welcome Aurora Remember to the podcast this week! Together we chat about managing our intense personalities as adults, differences between intense men and intense women, and enjoy a few laughs along the way. A quick note - we recorded this interview pre-concussion and apologize that we weren't able to air it before the fall challenge mentioned in the podcast. Be sure to check out her site for other great resources!
Mentioned in this episode:
Aurora Remember
Self Reg
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Overwhelmed
Talk Like Ted
The Explosive Child
How to Be an Adult
“Keeping our cool is freezing our aliveness”
Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, most of us with gifted or 2e kids have our own giftedness and different wiring to contend with. Paula Prober joins Heather & Jon in this episode to talk about strategies to care for ourselves as gifted adults with rainforest minds!
Mentioned in this episode:
Your Rainforest Mind, blog & book, by Paula Prober
How Soon is Now?
Trauma and the Soul
The Plant Plus Diet Solution
After an unexpected 2 month hiatus (thanks, concussion!), WE'RE BACK!! Glad to be back with the Bits and to be able to finally share this fantastic interview with Mark Talaga, therapist with the Center for Identity Potential. Mark talks to Heather & Jon about typical signs that your child might be avoiding risk, typical causes of avoiding risk, and strategies to help your child learn to take appropriate risks. Enjoy!
It's that time of year for many students . . . Back to School! And while this can be exciting or dreaded or anxiety-producing, for our Fringy Families, it's often a magical mixture of all the Big Feels. Join Heather & Jon as we chat all things back to school.
Mentioned in this episode:
2enewsletter
episode 52 on Executive Functioning with Scott Lutostanski
Join Heather and Jon as they talk about ears, getting dizzy, and the vestibular sense. Many of our differently wired kiddos have differently wired senses of balance and movement. This episode will talk about ways to meet those differing needs.
Mentioned in this episode:
Atypical
The Good Doctor
Brains On! Podcast
super smooth ceiling spinner for DIY vestibular fun
The world has a bunch of icky stuff bubbling up right now. And our differently wired kiddos (and selves!) can be particularly impacted by the state of it all. Join Heather and Jon as they talk about supporting and talking to our kiddos through these tough topics.
Mentioned in this episode:
GHF: Gifted Homeschoolers Forum
Rat-a-tat-cat
When you have a differently wired kid (gifted, 2e, asd, spd, adhd, etc), meltdowns happen. When meltdowns happen in the midst of 2 parents, it is inevitable that you both will see things differently and have your own unique ways of intervening. Join Heather & Jon as they discuss the challenges of co-parenting through a meltdown.
Mentioned in this episode:
Renegade
Office Space
Cosmic Yoga
These differently wired kids of ours can be a challenge to guide, correct, and discipline. Whether autism, sensory processing, adhd, giftedness, or some magical 2e mixture of them all, these differences can often tempt us into power struggles and other unhelpful strategies. The struggle is real, but in this episode, Heather & Jon do their best to give some practical ways to lead our children (and ourselves!) through it.
Mentioned in this episode:
Your Rainforest Mind, by Paula Prober
SENG Conference
Deb Douglas & self-advocacy
Ross Greene & Collaborative Problem Solving
Brene Brown & Shame
Heather and Jon are SO excited to welcome Simon Calcavecchia to the Fringy Bit podcast! Simon is the author and creator of the Frank and Mustard series and shares his story of living with quadriplegia. During the interview, we talk about ways to foster perseverance and a resilient mindset with our differently wired kiddos.
Mentioned in this episode:
Frank & Mustard books/music
Positive Disability Language
Rugby Scrum
Animal Man
“Do or do not, there is no try.”
Figuring out just what is going on with our twice exceptional kiddos is extremely challenging. Is it giftedness? Is it autism? Is it sensory processing disorder? ADHD? Non-verbal learning disability? Vision issues? Dyslexia? AHHHHHH! It's so complex! Heather and Jon discuss their experiences as the parents trying to figure out what is going on with one of these complex kiddos and the difficulties of testing.
Mentioned in this episode:
Ballz
Kami 2
Frank & Mustard
Choosing the right fit in a summer camp or activity can be tricky for our differently wired kiddos. Whether gifted, 2e, adhd, asd, spd, or other differences, our kids often don't fit the typical age range or interests as other kids. Heather and Jon chat about ways to find the right fit of activities for your kiddo.
Mentioned in this episode:
Silicon Valley
Hoagies' Gifted Blog Hop: Balancing Boredom and Burnout
SENG's annual conference
We're back for Season 2! And Scott Lutostanski, the director of academic consulting at Galin Education, is joining Heather & Jon to share his wisdom about executive functioning skills. Whether your kiddo has ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing, or is gifted, you've probably encountered some executive functioning challenges. Learn tips to help foster these important skills while nurturing your child's identity.
For more info about Galin Education or to contact Scott directly, email him at scott@galined.com or visit galined.com
Books mentioned in this episode:
No Mind Left Behind
Late, Lost, and Unprepared
Smart but Scattered
Molecules of Emotion
Last Train to Memphis
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
While Spring brings about new growth, bright sunshine, and warmer weather, it also tends to bring crazy behaviors, more meltdowns, and general dis-ease among our fringy kids. In this episode, Heather and Jon discuss why our differently-wired, gifted, 2e, autistic, SPD, ADHD kiddos might have a rough time in the Spring and things we can do to muddle through.
Mentioned in this episode:
High-Tide / Low-Tide Homeschooling
In celebration of FIFTY episodes, we're listing off 50 things we've learned on our journey of raising 3 fringy (gifted, 2e, autism, spd, differently wired) kiddos. We talk about everything from self-care to the ways different family members come accept fringy-ness to books read by Batman.
Mentioned in this episode:
"Extreme Ownership"
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Joe Rogan Podcast
Brene Brown's TedTalk
