The Fringy Bit podcast, where it’s all fringy talk all the time. Check out the show notes below.
This week, the three Fringy kids join Heather on the podcast! Join them as they review the Zones of Regulation and strategies to help the whole family manage the big emotions of fringy living.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Zones of Regulation
The Gifted Kids Workbook
Join Heather & Jon as they chat with Sara Dean from the Shameless Mom Academy! Sara is passionate about helping parents maintain their own identity in the midst of the child-rearing mayhem. The chat goes a bit all over the place, from shamelessly sharing your story to fitness to fighting against all the -isms and more. Enjoy!
Mentioned in this episode:
Sara Dean
Sara Dean Facebook group
"this will be my undoing" by Morgan Jerkins
"published" by chandler bolt
“The way we do anything is the way we do everything.”
Today we are SO excited to have Debbie Reber on the Talky Bit. You may know her from her podcast or her books, and we're discussing what it is like to home school and be differently wired across the Pond, adapting to change, and understanding neurodiversity in general.
Mentioned in this episode:
Tilt parenting With Debbie Reber
"Differently wired" by Debbie Reber
Shots of awe with Jason Silva
Brain games
"Breakfast of champions" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Notes from a small island" by Bill Bryson
"A separate peace" by John Knowles
Panda cuddler job
“I’ll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.”
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
How much is too much? Is there such a thing as too little? Heather & Jon talk about how to navigate parenting in the digital age.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Magic Labyrinth Game
David Bowie in Labyrinth the movie
"pengwings" clip
Today Heather and Jon will touch on a brief review of their trip, but more importantly they will discuss how to help deal with the pressure of having a gifted child.
we also are proud to announce the official release of The Gifted Kids Workbook! Register to win a signed copy or a copy to review on Amazon by August 15th. It's easy! Just send a screenshot of your review of the Fringy Bit Podcast in apple podcasts to contact@thefringybit.com and you'll be entered to win! If you've already left a review, get a friend to review the podcast, and make sure they mention your name in the email they send us and you'll both be entered!
In light of the recent and sudden loss of one of the gifted world's most influential leaders, this episode of the Fringy Bit podcast explores grief. While Heather & Jon only had the fortune of chatting with Seng Founder, Jim Webb, on a couple of occasions, his work and his compassionate presence has had significant influence on our lives, professionally and personally. Not the way we envisioned starting off the third season of our podcast, but we all know living a Fringy Life is anything but predictable.
In an endeavor to continue adding to the great work Jim dedicated his life to, we also are proud to announce the official release of The Gifted Kids Workbook! Register to win a signed copy or a copy to review on Amazon by August 15th. It's easy! Just send a screenshot of your review of the Fringy Bit Podcast in apple podcasts to contact@thefringybit.com and you'll be entered to win! If you've already left a review, get a friend to review the podcast, and make sure they mention your name in the email they send us and you'll both be entered!
Mentioned in this episode:
James T Webb
Phases of Grief
In this episode, Jon and Heather talk about and strategize about family road trips with fringy kids. This will also be the last episode of season two. we will return in August (if we survive our own road trip in July!)
mentioned in this episode:
SEA Homeschoolers convention
SENG conference
Cold snap towels
Children come first conference
Today we will be talking about and breaking down suicide, anxiety, and just all around helping YOURSELF when your kid is having a rough time. Enjoy.
mentioned in this episode:
the hilarious world of depression podcast
no cure for cancer by Dennis Leary
Jon and Heather welcome Lisa Van Gemert to the Fringy Bit! Lisa (aka the gifted guru!) is an educator, author, speaker, and mom of gifted kids, not to mention a bit gifted herself. Together we talk about (you guessed it) all things gifted. This episode is packed full of resources, insight, humor, and good stories. Enjoy!
mentioned in this episode:
the gifted guru
Perfectionism by Lisa Van Gemert
Back to normal
Frixion pen
Iowa acceleration scale
growth mindset
the slight edge
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
You read the title... June and May suck. In this episode, Jon and Heather talk about/rant about the summer, awards, and schools along with all around difficulties of this time of year. Also an updated account of KBear's sleepover.
mentioned in this episode.
Paris spider-man
SEA homeschoolers 2018 confrence
The Expanse
parents of twice exceptional children Facebook group
Julie bogart
Ahh . . . emotions. They are complex and wonderful things. Gifted emotions are intensely complex and wonderful. 2e emotions are confusingly intensely complex and wonderful and not-so-wonderul! Join Heather and Jon as they talk about emotions and our differently wired kiddos and maybe pick up a strategy or 2 to help you and your fringy kid identify and regulate in the magical world of emotions.
Mentioned in this episode:
SENG conference July 20-22, 2018
Gifted people tend to ask the big questions: What is the purpose of life? What happens after death? What is the point of it all? The big questions that don't have easy answers, or maybe don't even have answers at all. These questions, the recognition that the world isn't always as kind or put together or just as it could be, can create some existential depression. Heather and Jon explain more about existential depression and ways to help you and your kids through it.
Mentioned in this episode:
the Habitat podcast
It's not always comfortable to talk about, but it's time to be uncomfortable and talk about it anyway. Suicidal thoughts can be an aspect of depression. Listen in as Heather and Jon talk about ways to talk about it with your kids and things you can do to help.
Mentioned in this episode:
Typhoid Mary by Anthony Bourdain
The Bridge documentary
QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)
Heather & Jon continue their 4 part series on depression by focusing on depression in us parents. Parents of differently wired kids have a higher rate of depression and anxiety than the general population . . . why is that and what can we do about it?
Mentioned in this episode:
Facebook Group - Parents of Twice Exceptional Kids
Join Heather & Jon as they talk about ways to identify depression in your kiddo, and first steps toward helping them improve their mood. This is the first in a 3 part series all about depression - but not worry, while it sounds like it'll be a depressing few weeks, The Fringy Bit wouldn't be The Fringy Bit without the humor, so even in the midst of the gloom we'll bring the light side!
Mentioned in this episode:
Elite Dangerous
Join Heather & KBEAR (!) as we talk all things dyspraxia. KBear shares her experiences living with dyspraxia and we consider ways you might recognize if your child has this type of different wiring. As an added bonus, hear how we normalize talking about different wiring and maintain positive feelings of self-worth in the midst of the challenges of being different.
As a side note - apologies for the occasional sound distortion. As we share, people with dyspraxia tend to have fluctuating vocal volumes, which made it a bit challenging to get the mix just right for our dear KBear.
Mentioned in this episode:
www.understood.org
Let Me Talk app
Does your gifted kid have a tendency to correct every. little. thing.? Ahem . . . Or maybe you do? Join Heather and Jon as they discuss that incessant need to be right or perfect or to just not be able to let things go.
Mentioned in this episode:
Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom's books: What Do You Do With a Problem? With an Idea? With a Chance?
Deb Douglas' book: The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners
Do you get tired of being a fringy parent? Listen as Heather and Jon discuss the post by Jenny @ Mommy Evolution "I'm Tired of My Child's Special Needs"
Mentioned in this episode:
Newton's Apples
Orbit the App
Join Heather and Cub (!) as we talk about dysgraphia . . . what is it? How do you know if your child (or you) may have it? What do you do about it? Jon was busy working, so Heather had the pleasure of recording with Cub, who happens to have a touch of the ol' dysgraphia himself. So in this episode, you get to hear the experience of dysgraphia from a parent's perspective and from one of our fringy kiddos!
Mentioned in this episode:
understood.org
Bravewriter
