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aadegabi29
Mar 21, 20234 min read
4 Steps to beating anxious thoughts
Wisdom says you can’t feel your way to good thoughts but you can think your way to good feelings. Let me illustrate. Imagine I have a...
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aadegabi29
Mar 14, 20233 min read
How to change the way your family talks about anxiety
Of all the Wonderful insights and useful tips I’ve learned from Natasha Daniels about anxiety so far, this one has been the most pivotal:...
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aadegabi29
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Fight or flight from Paper Tigers: What Anxiety looks and feels like in your child
The therapist Dr Dan Peters, from the popular Parent Footprint podcast calls Anxiety a response to a PAPER TIGER. The part of the brain...
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aadegabi29
Feb 28, 20234 min read
It's time to redefine who is smart...just ask Moana
The more research I do, the more autobiographies of different thinkers I read and the more experts I interview, the more I’m...
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aadegabi29
Feb 21, 20234 min read
Dyslexics have what the work place needs
There is good news for those who find basic skills hard: “Basic skills have no market value.” Norbert Weiner, author of Cybernetics said...
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aadegabi29
Feb 14, 20234 min read
Autistics and Dyslexics make good spies
“I’m often looking through a lot of data and I find that my dyslexia helps me to see the bigger picture and spot patterns that aren’t...
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aadegabi29
Feb 7, 20233 min read
Why parents of diverse thinkers need hope restored... and how success stories restores that hope
I really liked Thomas West, author of Seeing What Others Cannot See: The Hidden Advantages of Visual Thinkers and Differently Wired Brains...
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aadegabi29
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Why you want to tune in to Wonderfully Wired this February
During the first recording of February’s ReadbyElle summary I made a pretty crucial error. The book I summarized for you was written by a...
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aadegabi29
Jan 24, 20235 min read
Why reading is so hard for dyslexic readers
Let’s talk about reading. What does learning to read really involve and what can a parent do to help a dyslexic son or daughter become a...
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aadegabi29
Jan 17, 20235 min read
My son is slow...and slow is good
My name is Eloise and I have a slow son. There it is, I said it. I can’t tell you exactly when I first noticed this fact. Perhaps it was...
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aadegabi29
Jan 10, 20234 min read
What schools should be saying to struggling dyslexic students
At least 1 out of every five kids is dyslexic. But like you, I don’t think about my son as an abstract statistic. I think more like a...
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aadegabi29
Jan 3, 20231 min read
What are the M.I.N.D strengths of dyslexia?
We kick off this month's content with a video I recorded a couple of years ago for teachers in my community that summarises the M.I.N.D...
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aadegabi29
Dec 26, 20226 min read
Are you and your partner on the same parenting page?
We were outside by the fire enjoying cooking a slow Sunday meal. The kids were still little and I could hear the familiar sound of...
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aadegabi29
Dec 20, 20224 min read
Moving away from worry that our children are 'not normal' toward respecting their differences
Two names in education worth knowing (and dropping): Charlotte Mason Some years ago, while figuring out my homeschooling rhythm, I read a...
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aadegabi29
Dec 13, 20225 min read
People think I could be a better parent
I used to feel entitled to judge other people’s parenting. In fact, a person doesn't even have to be a parent to watch a kid have an...
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aadegabi29
Dec 6, 20224 min read
How to move forward from what you thought parenting 'should' look like
I read the first part of Debbie Reber’s book, Differently Wired - Raising an exceptional child in a conventional world and bristled....
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aadegabi29
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Ten Ways to change the way your family feels about the Dyslexia Label
Understand the benefits of dyslexia by learning the MIND strengths of dyslexia for yourself. (Watch the book summary of The Dyslexic...
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aadegabi29
Nov 21, 20224 min read
Three amazing Dyslexic strengths that take time to form and One benefit of finding school hard
It’s tempting to think your dyslexic child’s current challenges will always be weaknesses. But the research indicates something else. At...
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aadegabi29
Nov 15, 20226 min read
An economic reason for offering dyslexic students classroom accommodations
Imagine a restaurant does a survey revealing that 20 % of its clients are not enjoying the current menu. The business owners don’t...
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aadegabi29
Nov 8, 20224 min read
Three keys to unlocking dyslexic strengths
It’s the first time I facilitate an online programme of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course offered by NoticeAbility.org, day one...
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