Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast

In our final Interview-episode of 2024, we welcome Grant Harris, a certified diversity executive, coach, and consultant, to explore the multifaceted world of neurodiversity. Subscribe to our Newsletter on our website: http://free-range-thinking.com aaaand to our YouTube Channel if you would like to see us as well :-D https://www.youtube.com/@freerangethinkingpodcast Grant shares his late autism diagnosis story, growing up with unique communication styles, and how neurodiversity impacts workplaces. We discuss how to shift perspectives from compliance to building community and why neurodiversity isn't just another "initiative." Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about distinct human experiences, the challenges of masking, and how neurodiversity can be a powerful asset. Links: Grant Harris's Website - https://www.compliancetocommunity.com/ Grant's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/grantharris 00:00 Intro and Welcome 03:02 Grant's Childhood and Late Diagnosis 09:00 Neurodistinct instead of Neurospicy 19:47 Workplace Resistance to Neurodiversity 26:03 How to Build Inclusive Communities 41:20 Autism as an Asset 52:43 Closing Thoughts

This was our last regular Episode of 2024! Sharon Leigh and Alex Kahl discuss how societal constructs like the corporate calendar can clash with neurodivergent rhythms. They share personal stories about managing ADHD, debunk common misconceptions, and brainstorm creative solutions like a "Free Range Office Hour" for neurodivergent freelancers. What you'll hear: Why neurodiversity is like understanding how the internet works. The pressures of the corporate calendar and its impact on executive function. Practical strategies for creating a personalized work-life rhythm. An exciting new coworking concept for neurodivergent individuals. Subscribe to our Newsletter on our website: http://free-range-thinking.com aaaand to our YouTube Channel if you would like to see us as well :-D https://www.youtube.com/@freerangethinkingpodcast

In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges and opportunities of applying Montessori methods for adults. Unlike children, teens, or seniors, adults must first go through a crucial process: unlearning. Also your are so invited to contact us via https://www.free-range-thinking.com - ask us questions for the show - come on as a guest - tell us your story about neurodiversity and we would loooove if you sign on for our newsletter that we will send out for the first time soon! :-D Main Rabbitholes of this show: The difference between learning as a child versus as an adult Practical examples of unlearning from martial arts Alex's "Fit with Fifty" challenge and experiences with the walking pad at the desk We discuss the significance of the prepared environment in adulthood and how to optimize it: Workspace design in shared spaces Strategies for distraction-free work The role of clear communication Special focus on: Parenting with sensory challenges Personal insights into our sensory triggers Positive approaches to boundary setting Bonus: How we deal with Election Day anxiety and why setting boundaries can actually be fun. This episode offers practical tips for anyone interested in adult-oriented Montessori methods while considering their own neurological and sensory needs. The Prepared Environment Reimagined Sensory Processing & Boundaries

Join hosts Sharon and Alex as they dive deep into the fascinating world of neurodivergent experiences, creative pursuits, and the intersection of technology and art. We would love to see you signing up for our newsletter here:  http://free-range-thinking.com It is not out yet but you can be one of the first friends to also read from us, as soon as we get it going! :) Inspiration & ResilienceThe conversation opens with reflections on Jon Batiste's Tim Ferriss interview, exploring themes of intrinsic motivation, dealing with external doubt, and maintaining self-trust in creative pursuits. A personal anecdote about experiencing masterfully played music from a landlord's brother illustrates the transformative power of art. Energy & PerceptionThe hosts explore the subjective nature of energy and how different neurodivergent individuals perceive and process experiences uniquely. Sharon's Retreat Experience •⁠ ⁠Breaking free from neuronormative expectations •⁠ ⁠Rediscovering childlike wonder and curiosity •⁠ ⁠Navigating the transition between neurodivergent and neurotypical spaces Alex's Processing MethodsAn interesting discussion about using Amazon book browsing as a post-holiday mental organization tool. Building AI Companions •⁠ ⁠The concept of "The Skeptical Cat" as an AI agent •⁠ ⁠Tool discussion: ChatGPT for agents, Perplexity for bot building •⁠ ⁠Gemini AI Studio for PDF interactions •⁠ ⁠User preferences: typing vs. talking to AI Ethical Considerations •⁠ ⁠Student use of AI tools •⁠ ⁠Copyright implications •⁠ ⁠The impact on artistic integrity The episode culminates in an interesting and kind of emotional discussion about AI's role in art, featuring a memorable moment where Sharon challenges Alex's perspective on AI's impact on creative work. And Alex understands why what he said sounded like a colonizer. Links to Tim Ferriss and Jon Batiste John Batiste at Tim Ferriss - for Sharon especially the second half https://youtu.be/dy6nRYTsKH4?si=7o9g1Z2nm38KcxEl Interpretation of Für ELise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YRhvH6Uys&pp=ygURYmF0aXN0ZSBmdXIgZWxpc2U%3D American Symphony Trailer https://youtu.be/wKSMsdq8ONs?si=cu12uR7rdremh7jR Netflix Docu https://www.netflix.com/de/title/81728930 Jon Batiste hears Green Day for the first Time at Pianote and plays along to Holiday - AWESOME! With this piece Alex fell in love with his music :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hSXIuPBwM

Greetings Friends!  We are back in our recording cave! In fact we weren't really gone - we recorded almost every week since out last upload on 31st of October 2023 - nearly exactly a year ago. But: We did not manage to publish the episodes yet. Now we are on a release-track again!  Join us with some of our major talking points in this episode: Train Travel on private vs. professional occasions & Letting Go of expectations and control Cars as a Mobile Sanctuary and homebase ADHD Communication Strategies for getting the attention of somenone with ADHD Toast, a closed supermarket and a Real-Life opportunity for Parenting Wisdom and a lesson about teaching children problem-solving skills and self-reliance. Sharon gives a behind-the-scenes look at planning a client retreat with coaching conversations and deep work principles to create transformative experiences. #Neurodivergent #Podcast #Neuroidiversity #ADHD #Retreat #Parenting #DeepWork

Greetings Friends! This is a very special Episode for us becaauuuse: Anne-Laure le Cunff and her mindful productivity community nesslabs.com are somehow the reason why this Podcast exists :) So we are talking about: Ripple effects and Anne-Laure's topics NessLabs.com Mindful Productivity - achieve goals without risking you mental health Her Newsletter Her research about ADHD and neurodiverse online learning experience at Kings College Lab in London How she gets evertyhing together in a book for 2024? tbd title: Liminal Minds limimal is the threshold inbetween things like teenage and adulthood, between relationship and breakup, between uncertainty and discomfort teach people to feel better think better live better a node in the network see yourself as a translator do neurodiverse people have more experience with being in this liminal state? mindful productivity vs toxic productivity building overwhelming procrastinating systems in notion or obsidian neurodivere people tend to try to get control happy in swimming in this massive pool of ideas and thinking and creativity and artistic are not the same thing nurture vs nature liminal states and spaces in school conducting scientific expermients **conducting an experiment** 1. a topics you are TOTALLY fascinated by doesnt have to be useul 2. conducting experiments what are deifferent modalities to study this? online class, study group, Workshops, Classes 3. collecting data and reflecting on that **metacognition = thinking about thinking** pattern noticing, take notes, capture obersavtions how was i feeling? engaged? too slow, too fast? people around me distracting or engaging? when teacher said "imagine this" let an AI like chatGPT look for patterns in it - is their corresponding to anything self discovery with chatGPT kids who wish for more silence and retreats in the classroom - psychology of eventmanagement - higher loads of what is asked of us - constantly socially engaged how was Anne-Laure's eductaion? please write us for Anne-Laure: what is your next exxperiment newsletter at https://nesslabs.com Future of Learning School of the future You can find Anne-Laure at: https://nesslabs.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/nesslabs/ https://youtube.com/TellMeMoreAnneLaure https://twitter.com/ness_labs https://instagram.com/ness_labs

aaaand we have another wonderful conversation from summer with Steve Chapman All his art, content, Podcast, talks and wonderful things can be found at: CAN SCORPIONS SMOKE? https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/innercriticonline/ We start with the question: Why does Steve do the stuff he does? he lost touch with his intrinsic side until around 35 years He doesn't make stuff because of the fun because he cant not do them Example: February Challenge A Project is like a Flower. Start and End of a project is just in our minds everaything is always becoming because of Dyslexia Steve sees himself as a very good improviser Do you think it is possible to start an organization to give people like us a "Job" The projections people put on art self saboteurs Education and Kids 4 philosphies as guidance :) as soon you say 3 things in a talk people get out their pen and papers 1. be fascinated (not only interested!) swim in sharky waters 2. open windows in your world so people can SEE you working fascinated (Andy Matuschak) - interestred papers are interesting 3. learn to live without your means - it is not gonna happen 4. hang out with weirdos and outsiders - self taughts The Book - It sounds like a lot of micro burning mans weirdos meet and sparks mor inspiration and fascination creative resilience talk the community of outsiders Popup Radio Station the portsmouth symphonia - a Talk Also sprach Zarathustra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw Inexpert conference the Inexpert Conference a structure steve coached the speaker get as much into a place of not knowing on stage https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/inexpert/ Sound of Silence the dyslexic monkey mind brought out the podcast 2 minutes of recorded silence with special guests 100 episodes The paradox of not knowing you cannot get good at it because then you would be knowing "You cant sepnd anytime in nature without being surrounded by death and decay." Who trains our muscles of stopping or walking away the quality of the compost the more it gets a familiar discomfort... existential philosophy ernest becker denying death "humans fear impermancne and insignificance" - everything is an immortality project Book - Rooted - Lyanda Lee Haupt on a scale of 1 to 10 what is your fear of death experiment in B2B: find a team that is open to doing stuff differently - introduce a agenda item "2 minutes and contemplate in which order they would die" philosophize THIS Steves Childhood and school writing stories the tea group - 4 days for 10 hours with 16 people and 2 fascilitators what are some signs of the discomfort feeling like being musunderstood and no logic will help Zen Monk - Psychotherapist 3 zen monk trades - bare witness - not knowing - compassionate action the obstacle becomes the path Sharons Mom: Raised with the concept of honorable witnessing Imagine you are the finished article be inspirable and retain a childlike level of openness not wanting to die is kind of Ego-based The great pause and its opportunities Imagine the world without humans for 60 seconds calm the distrubed and disturbed the calms pandemic was the invitaiotn to do ANYTHING Keith Johnson -. dont try to be celver - your job is just to be obvious creative adventures with the inner critic Steve's TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnf-Ka3ZmOM This talk isn't very good. Dancing with my inner critic at TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells I AM A CURATOR OF WEIRDOS

// NEURODIVERSITY AT WORK UPDATE: The last upload didn't work correctly. Know you have the FULL 90 minutes :-) // Greetings Friends! We are back from our Summer Hiatus and we are back with a BANG! In this EPisode we talk with Perry - Dr. Octopus - Knoppert the founder of the global Octopus Movement and what a blast we had with Perry. A wonderful and weird conversation about: Dyslexia, ADHD, just different How Perry did a hard reset Awesomeness of the atypical thinker Multipotentialite, Scanner, Zebras Or ALL the curious misfits as Perry calls them a different brain solves everything Octopus Documentary Octopus Movement has 5000 members already Occupy - Apple Pie - Octopy ASML semiconductor company in Eindhoven When Perry tried to get a Philips MRI Machine to see how we are wired? Meeting Temple Grandin HSP People what would be the first thing you would do with an MRI machine? a system from the think tank a digital whiteboard workshop rethinking intelligence whitepaper was made in 2 hours time companies can access the octopus global nonlinear brain nobodoy studio - creating 100 companis in 5 years the solution to climate change is not a technical solution but a people solution ⁠The Art of Life YouTube Documentary ⁠ Captain Kirk and Captain Picard Dialogue in Star Trek Generations The power of asking for weird strange things the linearity in society BOOKS Erich Fromm - Fear of Freedom Sand Talk - How indeginous Thinking can save the World Nomads - with Anotony Satin nomadic DNA linked to ADHD Nomads are Generalist intellectual nomad ⁠Brain Lunch comversation with Anthony Sattin about his Book Nomads ⁠ the balance is too much towards linearity Invitation to the Life Lab the catalyst that brought us together: Anne-Laure le Cunff ⁠Perry's Pickmybrain Profile⁠ and ⁠Alex started one as well⁠ :-D aaaand the new service ⁠Pick my Neurodiverse Brain⁠ The wonder of Postcards and phyiscal things Send us your addresses if you want a postcard from Sharon ⁠Dr Octopus drinking coffee with guest

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travelling as a neurodivergent being overwhelmed by people or by expectation preloading energy segway into Book: IMAGINABLE by Jane McGonigal course at stanford muscles for imagination are very well developed in sharon Sparring in Martial Arts takes the Shock away like imagining takes the shock away preparing for blackouts, anxiety Prepare to being rediculous Nature and Nurture Raise kids being on the spectrum it bothers us but it doesnt stop us Montessori Trust female human animals are people pleasuers trust own instincts and trust their own selfs - freunde finden, freunde verlieren, angst davor ablegen, alleine sein neurodivergent have more experience with taking a punch into the face "thats the way society is" as a neurodivergent in FRANCE with all that kissing on the cheek :) how much energy it takes to meat the demands of sucial and cultural idea RENT A NEURODIVERGENT a Mediator "What is your wicked problem?" TV Series like Scorpion underapprciated skillsets like seeing around corners Penetration testing for Business Models https://tim.blog/2022/03/16/jane-mcgonigal-imaginable/

Don't take anything as gospel! Analogy: Neurodiversities as Flavors paté de canada with corn chips and sour cherry keep your mind open - you know you! you GET TO know you! ADD/ADS without the Hyperactivity back off from diagnosis self assessment get to know yourself don't be too serious about it self-diagnosing bashing mac gyvering your way through life ask on reddit: what neurodiversities do you have that are lesser known? sharon's mom knew SO much AND was SO competent in using that knowledge  NEVER tell them they are stupid but find out how they understand the world in a different way so since most people haven't won the life lottery like sharon with her mom we have more tips: Sharon's sister: "You are two-faced" and meet yourself for the first time if a teacher tells you "you cant do it" you can answer "maybe you are just not the right teacher for me" https://concreteplayground.com/brisbane/arts-entertainment/hannah-gadsby-body-of-work-netflix-special IMPORTANT: think about your expectations for example: what do you usually do... imagine yourself at home, at work, at a party and what would you do 8 times out of 10? Do you like to be in a ballpark, in a swimming pool or on a race track? you need the permission to call bullshit let out who you are is helpful for example to find out HOW to deal with it, how people might react to that, how you can use it search ADHD on instagram and go down the other hashtags watch youtube videos and find people you like and can relate to there is NO one size fits all laboratory of US the world is much more aware and you have unlimited ways of discovering and finding your preferred way of communication Sharon's Calendar Moca what is useful / works for you? Thrive and not just survive if something doesn't feel right: question it! Wanting - Luke Burgis Range - David Epstein Interviews with Richard Branson Ed Catmull from Pixar - Aphantasia get into communitiesa TON of informationwhat does MINE feel like?be your own scientistbe curious and find out what fitswhere would you look to find out more about which Neurodiverse-Attribute could beAlex Tipsin Kids:think back your childhood (and life) if there is a pattern when people said something about youchoose your teachersHannah Gadsby Body of Work is a great resourceMBTI Test - with a grain of saltthe journey is precious and important!advice from the pregnancyWhy don't you just use...You have to be careful with lists, experts, therapists, research!Resources

Rereading Finding FLow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Incorporating Knowledge over time The Maid - autistic and OCD detective in a hotel Explosion of research around everthing neuro Autotelic and Exotelic selfgoals and outside goals intrinisic and extrinsic desiries Wanting, by Luke Burgiss Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler Why are we motivated to different goals and how much is it effected by being on the spectrum? The Courage to be disliked Montessori Method and Trust in themselves Parenting with Games Emergent purpose Evaluation languaging Experimenting 10 years ago how much would this have effected me? The normal people and the notnormal people The ability to selfcalm acknowledging emotions but going through them oh that is interesting or an adventure There is only one way to find out: TEST view yourself from the outside asking myself what kind of neurodivergent feats might be at paly here How do we develop our selfcalming and flowstates in workplaces Deciding a group isn't for you use an intro YOU design for yourself and test it not as an identity but as HELP for others introducing yourself as a neurodivergent s interesting for others AND makes it easier for them People who are rolling their eyes about others feeling special

Shame  Hackupy Scham CO2 Fußabdruck Seth Godin "What did I do to deserve this?" Reward and Punishment instead of WOW this is amazing positivity vs negativity churches and religion the bible is like Tarot Cards Tools pass along cultural norms there  the problem when you are really good at pattern recognition and contradiction and what is NOT working anymore and what is a blatant lie exclusion back then help the less fortunate together we are faster and better than alone From the Church as a Shame Machine we get to How people project things on neuro diverse people Writing down all Ideas to talk to Sharon about in a HEY SHARON file :) all people Sharon talks to in the last weeks are ALL neurodivergent Label / language yourself it gives indescribable freedom  Labeling is something powerful Being labeled by others is great for Alex then he learns about himself giving the labels an AMAZING meaning projecting something on others example: not being self confident people don't show the inner work being on the spectrum and having the luxury of being able to develop a sense of self naturally self identity ideology teachers in montessori empathy in medical studies Sharon's Mom: council for extraordinary children THE HORSE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCfndagI_k4 running forward or backward creativity Test and Measure Creativity George Land - NASA  retain creative capacity cultural punishment factors and losing the pathways in the brain how can we help other people to reconnect - meditation - sport - taking time and being in nature reconnect with childhood creativity behavior modification bracelet BONUS: Shame and Church

Greetings Friends! You can send us Voice Messages on the Spotify Page! Pleeeaaase try it out! And you MIGHT end up in one of our episodes :) What Sharon threw off guard this week. And how other people reacted to it aaaand sharon observed herself during it Saskia and Sharon as Guiney Pigs for a training. Drama and emotional intelligence Navy SEAL Team of Coaches Emotional Intelligence Let's build a Platform for Neurodivergent Coaches and Trainers Getting support in recognizing some really shitty family dynamics :) What is normal and from what power structure does it come from? Pathfinder Mindset and the level of discomfort Homework for Alex :) - when do I put myself in a wandering situation Difference between searching and wandering Alex found his style of wandering The ones that got away THE cello musicians for Sharon an dALex https://www.zoekeating.com https://www.apocalyptica.com It plays into what I observed last week: ADHD Ripoffs cheap Notion Planners little ebooks that seem really put together very unmotivated Especially when it is REALLY expensive Navy SEAL Team of Coaches IDEA Workshop Emotional Intelligence What is Emotional Intelligence? A Workshop as a Emotional Intelligence Gym Self Permission instead of Self Sabotage Perspective and distancing not taking things personal How could you advertize that to a company? IDEA: Let's build a Platform for Neurodivergent Coaches and Trainers Idee und Technology von Creare Pausa Train them to do coaching and workshops with neurotypicals I offer the Platform my help to make the EXCEL Sheet into a Google or EXCEL Form A database of neurodivergent Coaches - for neurodivergent coachees - and for neurotypical company people

Greetings Friends and welcome to this technical sounding Episode of FRT! But: It is not that technical as you might think :) Sharon and Alex talk about Dezentralized Autonomous Organizations - short: DAOs Are they communities Is it a forum? Or a company? Or a univserity? something for learning? some are VERY loosely structured can be frustrating and slow for some people concentric circle - is there a blueprint for DAO? housekeeping and decision making by a coregroup can be smoother - when there is enough emotional intelligence - understand to work with people Future of Work Sharon'S tkae: a group of really smart people Is it more about the people or the technology it is more about building a community to solve problems its not about the tools come up with challenges and problems the want to solve contact the DAO Group and get into a meeting DAO sounds a bit like a German "Verein" - Club Alex comparison to the Montessori Club in his town Jeremy was hired to talk at DAOs how to get started with their structure The Shopping List of DAOs DAOs ask: "How do you think to fit in here?" Tiny House Bielefeld eV  You need Patience The passion of the DAOs... you can move humanity forward only globally otherwise its colonization  Culture and Borders of the Group Living Documents how do you work? what gets on your nerves? what makes you progress? what is the vision what are the rules why are we doing this and that how did we get to this point? some DAOs recommended by Sharon what are DAOs?What differentiates DAOs from a website or Forum?Example: Fashion Design around Ballroom DancingAlex Voice Message StoryDocument and tell your story consistentlyWhere to go from here

Greetings Friends! Meet Chris Marshall: A behavioral and uncertainty scientist with an endlessly curious Oldschool Aspie personality. Find more about Chris Marshall on His Website, on his own Podcast Transitional Matters, his Book DECODING CHANGE or on LinkedIn. And of course on the Forager Distillery Website where he works as a Master Distiller. ;) - Discover his passion for brewing and distilling Gin, including a memorable moment in a Belgian bar where he asked for the bartender's favorite drink. - Hyperfocusing on gin and the creation of Foragers Gin, inspired by juniper bushes along the M25. - Embracing uncertainty as the fundamental skill for navigating the Age of Awareness. - Exploring the layers of the world and the impact of slow updates versus fast updates. - The influence of artificial stress, suspense, and fear in various aspects of life. - Delve into the concept of uncertainty as unlimited potential and the what influenced Chris's thinking. - Understanding the stress response and the importance of becoming the master of your own stress response. - Introducing the Pause, Pause, Move framework as a physical and mental tool for stress regulation. - The significance of awareness, radical self-truth, and reframing procrastination as a white lie. - Reflecting on the Stone Age and the need to reduce overload and complexity in modern life. - The relationship between state of mind and environment for optimal thinking. - The Tolerance of Uncertainty Quiz and the role of self-awareness in managing uncertainty. - Practical tips for accessing your best thinking, such as taking important questions with you to the shower or car. - Exploring the Pathfinder Mindset, resilience, and the pillars for successfully navigating change. - The synthesis of the Pause, Pause, Move model and the role of joy in decision-making. - Contrasting joy and happiness, with joy being the magic formula to returning to a default state of well-being.

Greetings Friiieeeends! :) This Episode holds for you: Rewriting the LinkedIn Bio with a focus on company culture and living documents - Importance of making the story repeatable for sustainability, neurodiversity, and circular economy - Need for diverse thinking from people on the margins of norms and around the corners - Critical role of creativity and faster thinking for the future - Sharon's Flow State and balancing coaching and artwork for a surf startup - Exploring the use of NFTs and meeting deadlines with AD(H)D - Pressure and motivation: self-imposed or from others in the context of company romance (CoMance) - Understanding DAOs, power dynamics, and relationship dynamics - Avoiding sneaking knowledge through the side door - Delegating culture through awareness, biases, norms, boundaries, and trust levels - Developing a common language to facilitate communication between neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals - Building awareness and non-judgmental attitudes for trust and group dynamics - Confidence-building techniques and overcoming overpreparedness - Increasing awareness of personal superpowers through listening, reading, watching, and engaging in conversations with neurodivergent circles - Recommendations for communities and resources on LinkedIn, NeuroQueer, YouTubers, NessLabs, and Reddit - Evolving communication and interaction in the digital age - Empowering individuals to ask for what they want and work in ways that suit them best

Greetings Friends! Our podacst guest got caught up on a mountain top :) So we had to freewing this episode and talked about: How NOT to find a Collaboration Partners - and how to do it in a good way. Know thyself what do you - need - want - is fun for you The Operating Manual of Me Editing is OK for me but STARTING the editing process ist REALLY hard Tim Ferriss Five Bullet Friday Great for Sharon Too structured can equal boring for Alex Live Collaborating :-D Sharon is the right person for podcasting for Alex too Alex would be not curious enough on its own and too concerned that a topic is not interesting enough. Sharon is naturally great at getting a conversation started Some things you CAN do alone but they are better with a partner: Like sparring or playing tennis Sharons widsom podcast Wizecracking Sharon's filter of everthing: 2 choices to start a project with this or with this person with which person you would like to be stranded for 8 hours in a shady airport in? Alex story when he did travelling around the world in 80 hours in germany. Do you feel save saying no? Does the person has a sense of humor about themselves? Being adapt plug-pullers With all that is in our heads: How do we get these things out? [[FRT BOOK WRITING SUMMER CAMP 2023]] the Tucker Max - Book in a Box Workshop and Sharons Happy Meal of Meatball Sundae Why it is hard to collaborate for Alex in real life researching, learning, throwing legobricks of content on the floor and build a space station Montessori Methods in agile companies Sharons TV-series Recommendation: Ted Lasso 4th principle **We Don't know** We have a Book Title there! :-D Back to how to find a collabortive partner? Where to find one? - LinkedIn and put it out in the universe and see what you get back - Start your own movement - WhatApp Story / Status and ask if somebody knows somebody - that is a bit more private - Write a DM to people on LinkedIn or other contacts and ask them if the would collaborate with you - join a community like NESS LABS (free or low priced) or cohort courses (often expensive) like altMBA from Seth Godin or the Book in a Box course or Youtuber Academy by Ali Abdaal - Discord Servers or Reddit Groups - Start a Working out Loud Circle Sharons closing question about the opposite thing of Death by a thousand papercuts Freudensprung Glücksmoment Alex and the ONE word nothing rimes to in german is APFEL

Learning french how can neurodiverse people Reading Listening English as secret language for parents :) Learning with DuoLingo Babble What does a learning app need for neurodivergent? THe concepts of Notetaking: Architects - Gardeners - Librarians Tiago Forte Maggie Appleton How cool would be an app that finds out about your neurodiversity Lucy's Cave Children's Story Dangers of AI Homogonizing the diversity How can you convince a CEO to use diversity for an advantage to get ahead rebellous diverse group of AI designers Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker NOW-Drunkness why isn't it ok to be a pebble to make a ripple effect the long game infinite games what are you daily consistent about? planting and nurturing seeds posting every day? taking time for thinking and reflectiing everyday Sharons consistency gives her a solid structure Seth Godin - writers block - plumbers block Monday Models Lydia's BMW Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs Startup Couple Freakonomics Podcast with Harari

Greetings friends, in this episode we talk about sayings, quotes, phrases and words to live. Yeah. Word that you can live. Not only live by :) Sharons experience of talking about things in another language. Whan Alex talks about Neurodiversities and ADHD, Dyslexia, he uses the english words because it sounds more playful and curious than using the German expressions. The WW II Squirrel - Eichhörnchen - Story Sharon's Cheese-Buying-Incident in France Alex seeking Supermarket Adventures The loop back to the podacst :) New culture - like starutp culture The difference between being busy and hustling Transition into something Alex wanted to ask Sharon People use technology to solve problems that came from technology in the first place Postits with affirmation, habits instead of gratitude Sharon's take on Gratitude does it come from DOING or BEING? being of value without DOING something EXPERIMENT: 1 thing in the doing 3 things in the being category Do you have postits or reminders on your desk, mirror or whereever? a Commonplace ROOM instead of a commplace book that which i most resist is what most threatens my identity keep your mind open If you are the the smartest person in the room keep seeking the strangeness what am i doing to grow my capacity for sitting in the discomfort of being wrong? Zip-Lock Bags in the Showers with Sayings

Greetings Friends! Here we are beack again after the 2022 summerbreak and the intro is directly interrupted by Alex's daughter to give Alex the update about the budgie bird :-) And then we meander through topics like: Castele Neuschwanstein Ludwig II Lover of Wagner Pacifist How great must it have been to be an artist in that space Sharon about painting laaarge Wall Murals Jungle Wall Murals Was wurde aus den Künstlern in Neuschwanstein? The power of ambience Sustainability of a work like this Alex thinks or is creative in connecting dots and finding patterns Because of aphantasia Ken Follett - Buidling a cathedral  Limitation of Skills We should write the screenplay about the artistry in Neuschwanstein Neurodiverstiy:  How much life can we orchestrate around that and cooperate with people and realize amazing projects

Greetings Friends and welcome to this wonderful conversation with Sharon, Sharon and Alex :) Learn more about Sharon Hurley Hall here https://sharonhh.com and on Sharon's and her sister Lisa's Introverts Sisters Podacst Her bestselling Book - I'm Tired of Racism And her Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter How Sharon and Sharon met Misson Equality - where she is Co-founder for Leadership Education Oooops - when the apology is different Every week she learns something new - Like Stimming Flowlab Emily Weltman diagnosed as autistic a year ago High masking and low support needs When certain spaces just feel wrong Stimming and ability to synthesize information Figuring out the stage of "is this something that is consistently me?" The difference when you understand yourself better it is SO helpful to hear those stories how ADHD and autism manifests in girls and women because Alex can understand his daughter NOW better when she is 8 years old to be supportive There is not enough science and information for and about Black Autistics Nearly all of the studies are done on white boys How to learn on Mission Equality The prussian school system that was exported worldwide One size fits none LINK A.J. Singh's Article about The Colonisation of Neurodiversity And How To Break Free: Part 1 Neurodivergent - Neuroperformative - Neuralembodied Relabelling - Delabelling Artists are the Muses for society The idea of Sharons Newsletter IF WE COULD SOLVE RACISM - we can solve everything! What could be the next cool crazy steps? START USING OUR BRAINS TO THINK UP SOLITIONS The Mission Equality Black Paper Star Trek Discovery - All get what they need to do their jobs according to their needs How do we get to THAT world Jane McGonigal - Futurist Society - Imaginable Star Trek Society has overcome the capitalist ecomnic system The Octopus Movement Star Trek **is not only about earth people** it is about **EXPLORATION** Alex has never thought of star trek in a diverse way We are wondering how it would be interesting to use the Star Trek narrative much more because it is exciting, intersting and something a LOT of people like It's not only about the technology but also about society Part of being socialized as a woman Be mindful about new people Set the bar high enough and some people take themselves out of the equation how to teach a **NOgotiation** to children No rudeness - but opinions and clarity Trust and Decision Making Scaffolding The school Sharons daughter went to is older than the USA The pandemic might have influenced the next generation in a very profound and positive way of connective awareness How COULD the world look like according to Sharon It's like building a cathedral WE HAVE TO START Planting seeds for the future Maybe go back to societies before colonizers arrived Get people thinking about solutions and Would need to happen to be equality the standard wherever you are?

Greetings Friends! This Episode revolves around being a Neurodivergent in relationships. Not only romantic relationships but friendships, work relationships and family business. Have fun and get in touch with us! sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com  and mail@alex-kahl.de  Load on attention 1 1/2 until Sharon hosts her retreat Being Neurodivergent in a relationship Sharon's take on relatoinships Alex is bit responsible for himself and for his girlfriend's reactions overselfimportance Aren't YOU perfect? What kind of therapy exist for neurodivergent partners? In Germany Therapy is REALLY not as accepted as in US What is therapy for? You just have to be open to discuss it Dealing with medicine Not putting others on the defensive "I am reviewing who i want to be involved with. i am specifically looking for cooperative healthinsurance partners" - change the dynamics for my self made healthcare plan Our boundaries Minimize sensory overload Example: The Wedding Reception - with earplugs The reason why it took Alex until he was 40 to have kids Choose from whom you learn from Caretaker for older pepople with robots Ali Abdaal - got the Feedback as a medical Student he had to work on his empathy for bein ga Doctor Future of medical care lowering the Egos on both side "how to be a good patient" Giving others a user manual for yourself

Greetings friend! We love to get even more in touch with you! Tell us what you'd like us to talk about or get on the show and talk WITH us!  sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com and mail@alex-kahl.de  How to find a tool that is always interesting - follow out interest to stay involved and focussed - rotating in and out with intention - go with the current and follow the lead of the interest Does the boat come back around? It is a bit like surfing Alex Life or Death Trauma with Boats and all things on the water Kayaking vs Kanooeing Finding partners in crime getting projects out of your head into reality especially with things you are not good at exercize buddies social anxiety motivtaion getting out of doing something you love high sensitive persons HSP and cold exposure cold feet hyperfocus experience in getting into topics and rabbit holes Craiglist, ebay kleinanzeigen classifieds and AirBnB Curate the Experience how airbnb came along The brown M&Ms and Iron Maiden Neurodivergent people and the "Buddy Sytem" Be current what you want to care about and focus on Keepi it moving further ahead "you know what you NEED to do" Ask people what they would like to be talked to Cleaning up a room with a system "Where do you want that?" OCD or Ritual? Organizing in Montessori The guests coming up the next weeks

Hey! We would love to get in touch with you! sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com  and mail@alex-kahl.de  Feel the FUN and do it anyway :) Do you need to deserve Fun? How do you define fun? The differences between the USA and Poker and Russia and Chess How does Alex define fun? ( nd he is REAAALLLYY struglling with this question) Being outside of the rules What was fun for you and the elements of it as a kid? How Alex built himself a job consisting of things he had fun with as a kid Infinite games - finite games poker US with Chess Russia The gap between then and now Why don't more people chose THAT Do we take or make time What when time is not there For Sharon thinking things through is as much fun as executing creativity is important thinking is enough Did she specified if time in the day - short term or time in her lifespan? What has your family culture encoded in you about play fun? Work ethic Erst die Arbeit - dann das Vergnügen Earn the play Seriousness attached to games - Pen and Paper Roleplaying and Computer Games Growth mindset vs fixed mindset Light heartedness Didn't play that much My mom always lost This is how human animals PLAY Imagination Curiosity The pre-us way of entertaining ourselves storytelling - discussing as a form of accessibility of things - things were SO complicated Experimenting is play Is not very valued in the workplace Everything needs a purpose for Alex He doesn't need permission KITTENS! The judgement-factor What do we value? Mimetic behavior - are we wanting The balance of fun and destruction **kittens and heroine - BANDNAME** paying a price for fun the tradeoff is time - scarcity Boredom - baseline of entertainment and calm learn self calm Engineering as much interesing and fun things into life results in maximum creativity

Greetings friend! In this episode we answer some of your questions! We love to get even more in touch with you! Tell us what you'd like us to talk about or get on the show and talk WITH us! sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com and mail@alex-kahl.de Ah and at 41 minutes I left in something for documentation for me. There were two really loud BANGS you can hear in the audio that were the result of two Eurofighters breaking through the soundbarrier in Germany on the 1st of may. And it really scared the shit out of me :) No I am glad to have that recording. And now let's listen :) Here are our notes from the show: AUA: Ask us Anything! - it is like AMA but with multiple people :-D It might be painful for us or for you all QUESTION 1 - WHAT IS THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN NEURODIVERSITY AND NEURODIVERGENT Made up power-construct of what is normal. When there is NORMAL then there is OTHER The societal construct is an illusion Being aware of it and create sidedoors Labelling oneself vs. being labelled by others Showing neurotypicals how to be able to value the complexity of neurodivergents How to Citizen with Baratunde Thurston - https://www.howtocitizen.com Kinship and inclusiveness Ask: Are you interested in telling me more? People are scared to ask because then they think the have the obligation to fix something Shakespeare and Company and people in Wheelchairs Modern theater as a metaphor for the overhwelm neurotypical feel with neurodivergent people or topics QUESTION 2: What's the difference between sensory and emotional sensitivity? High Sensitve Persons vs people who are victims of there emotions Baselines - for example for anger a logical and a very emotional sibling If you are a sensory type you can turn down a lot of stimulations - turning down EMOTIONAL sensitivy is really hard. The difference between disappointment and frustration (Learn to) Know what you need Giraffe and Wolves Language Non Violent Communication NVC - Marshall Rosenberg - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_B._Rosenberg Council for Exceptional Children Self Calming Long term goal is peace - especially in the Montessori Method Ok. We have an idea for the next round of questios: Only 5 minutes for each question :-D

We now: the last 3 episodes were released in between 3 days :) LOTS of Sharon and Alex for you this week - but I wasn't able to edit the episodes earlier. Now we are back on track. If you would like to reach out to us we love to hear from you! Ask us questions, tell us your stories or get on the show and let's talk together about Neurodiversity in all its facettes: sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com and mail@alex-kahl.de And now have fun listening! Here are some of our shownotes what we are talking about in this episode: Do neurodivergent suffer more or less from Shame? What are the family implications? Imposter syndrome Tv recommendation: Severance - split work and private life Corporate Cultures Comparison to other people What are the difference between coaching and training Sharon's take: Emergent learning and client lead exploration Fascilitation Corporate Artist Marcus John Henry Brown again :) part 1 - The Tangible Corporate Machine https://youtu.be/YKSa_8vt-sk part 2 - WORK like an artist https://youtu.be/JuBmHHKj6jk part 3 - Sanctuary https://youtu.be/boW6nwW5LYU Do Artists feel less shame? Do they deal with it differently? or do they become artists because the lack of shame? Sounds we make in a conversation Do actors become actors because they want to be someone else? Alexes 2016 Project: 100 Vlogs a day to 42 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa1NuzVzxAu1R57qW5bJWQKPmSTYDlPr4 How to teach kids to have a healthy relationship with shame Being judgmental with yourself leads to shame Singing Level of Delightment Let others do that better Fortify Kids for shame Personality type as receptive Motivation intrinsically or extrinsically Neuschwanstein as a metaphor for neurodiverse achievement

WOOHOO! We surpassed 1000 listeners! (not that numbers matter that much to us - we would also do this just for our pleasure :-D) but we LOVE to know that you are listening to us. OH! And you can reach out to us if you would like to: sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com and mail@alex-kahl.de Ask us questions, give us a hint what you would like us to talk about or come on the show as our guest and let's have a wonderful open and curious conversation about Neurodiversity! And this is what you can expect from this one: Our Filter is: Are we having fun doing that? WHY we are doing this podcast one outcome for Alex Collecting Stones, Rocks, Nuggets What Sharon is struggling with Share the pain :-D Executive Functioning and the way the struggle manifests How she works through it and with which tools and methods The voice inside your head - that is puzzling and frustrating The Evil EXCEL Table for a REALLY cool opportunity of a coaching platform what makes it so hard for Dyslexic human beings Stress as a Slingshot Showing not telling Self Therapizing Why does nobody ask: How do you work best? How would you like to receive this? Why continue to suffer in a homogenous way of doing things Support systems for resuce and emergency teams like paramedics and firefighters You cannot choose colleagues and family members How does Self-Talk look like Don't use rewards but making things fun and enjoyable The brain doesn't notice the difference of being IN a enjoyable situation or thinking about it Infinite games Find a good listening-partner Co-active Coaching It's like sparring-sessions Voice in your head HI REN by REN Where does the negative voice in your head come from? Positive Intelligence - The Sage for the positive voice and Judges for the negative side Remember that a lot of things are just a sprint. But a lot of sprints result in a far distance, too Giggle to yourself and be rebellious What does your internal supportsystem look like through the choppy waters Salty water and nutrition Readjust your expectations Box Breathing while napping Cat Napping Trance ## Tools - snacking Cucumbers so Sharon doesnt eat something that throws her Brain Chemicals off - lowest possible Dose of Ritalin - The filter. "when I am 85 how would it look like then?" - Box Breathing while napping - Salty water and nutrition - Giggle to yourself and be rebellious

The last was rough on the sickness-side so the episodes are late - sorry. And hey! You can get in touch with us via Mail: sharon.leigh@poleposition4life.com and mail@alex-kahl.de :) Let's go for this almost 2 hour chunk of a wonderful (at least for Sharon and Alex) episode :) Here are some Shownote: Neil Gaiman for us at least means: Lean and smooth writing There is nothing extra Sharon models him Especially when editing Neil was on Episode 366 of the Tim Ferriss Podacst Read fiction opens your mind for stepping into possibilities Get passed those layers of resistance Workshop as a Fantasy Story - PnP Roleplaying not without permission first ask for Wants, Needs, Fears and Expectations Keynotes as Theater Performances THE PASSING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIj2a9Tlo4g The Performance a year before - more a Literature Reading than a solo-character play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFKjXq77gA both by: MJHB - Marcus John Henry Brown - https://www.marcusjohnhenrybrown.com Agile mindset - Sharon's Keynote for the Female tech conference Wants vs needs expectations How does a skunk smell? And what to do against the smell: Tomato juice or baking soda :) What feels like an adventure Fountain pen exploration Sharon's favorite colors for Fountain Pen inks Indigo Olive green Umbra / brown Change inks / change of thougts Sharon's self made Souvenirs animals from Canvas Leinen Servietten The Museum Wäschefabrik in Bielefeld stories younger people who do not know what to do with their lifes enjoy what they really want to do awareness practice a martial arts coach story tools of perspective narrow perspective on the bad feelings self soothing Sharon's Tips when you visit Castle Neuschwanstein Imagine LOTS of artists and musicians in the castle A full blown Multi cultural artistic Bubble A Neurodivergent, genderfluide place and a creative safety bubble Take the route with the horse coach!

The importance of play book: Awaken your Genius by Ozan Varol Podcast Interview on The Human Upgrade Sharon mowing the lawn Being raised with abundance and not scarcity Abundance of what? Executive functions and ADHD Giving us time to play break out the vicious circle Lifecoach Schook Podcast - abundance of money Perception of time for children, animals and adults Alex Hypothesis of Neurodivergents are often a bit more primal Timeblindness for ADHD Misspelling as an Alarm that goes of in one's head Seeing patterns Sharon's Filter for Who is this for? being: - open - curious - interested Ozan: we learn how to discard what does not serve us the difference between abundance and overwhelm? postwar and postcolonization generation how to make technology accessiable to everybody? scott pellet are we using AI-technology for expanding or for gatekeeping? Strong believes lightly held

Greetings Friends! This one from 2022 was very influenced by the Book Wanting from Luke Burgess and the concept of modelling he describes in the book. Who am I modelling on? is really hard for Alex to say - because some things he likes to model had to be separated from the person - like Steve Jobs - try to model for example thinking models like Reasoning from First Principles - Stoicism - Like to Model or be inspired by people who or whose work I like. Have to differentiate their Life and Character from the WAY they do things or they think and then see if it works for me - Casey Neistat - [[Quelle - Neil Gaiman]] - Katy Bowman - Ryan Holiday - Seth Godin - Gary Vaynerchuk - Ali Abdaal - Tim Ferriss - James Altucher Try to pick What do children model Book Luke Burgess Wanting when Alex was a kid he modelled for example my older cousin and people from movies today: ALex doesn't model people he knows personally Sharon: Freshmanistan Celebristan George Carlin / Richard Prior Die 2 - Tony Curtis - Roger Moore Modelling Karate Kid and wishing for Mr Miyagi Yoda Dumbledore They are very caring and protective You can model yourself but not the circumstances Do nothing - conversations / workshop Unhurried conversations Slow food - slow interaction Blogging for serendipty in ours Modelling with intent Writing. - not thinking about a target person for content - modelling neil gaiman for writing fiction conciously to get into the writing Using neil gaiman's fountain pen Art Matters you are what you risk The Artist's way Ann Handley Newsletter Taking notes in a converstaions Follow multiple conversations and people who cannot follow

Alex Kyushu Green Tea Pot Stories about Ancestry and Neurodivergent Family Members Alex remebers his uncles younger uncle - social avoiding older uncle - artist - psychologist - real estate agent - box promoter - advertiser always the same family party schedule PTSD in german grandparents after world war II the amount of uncertainty in the lifes of our grandparents 180 years old children's stories - Struwwelpeter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter - Max and Moritz - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_und_Moritz - Grimm's Fairy Tales Sharon's Rodeo Aunt Being strict in situations you have no control over and being very loose and relaxed in around horses for example Advenureousnous in children of Immigrants to America Feeling home in Europe as an American Immigrants: How did people get together back then? in the village / tribe How do families are founded today? Otherness - Wrong to be differnt Work ethic Saying something between the lines implications of living as a neurodivergent in a context of an irish / german ancestorial family in texas rank and status system in the US vs school system in germany cages made of mars bars study the family with ancestral glasses

Greetings friends! This one is a great example for all those rabbitholes we manage to go down in one episode :) Here a some Bullet points about the topics we discuss. Have fun! Comedians - Deep Questions without bashing someone Political parties don't work anymore - Especially not the large people's parties The result: One size fits all solutions like Putin, Trump, Berlusconi, Orban What we need: Stories that reach a lot of people Stories that give people ideas and ways to do things Stories that give people characters they can identify themselves with Or Find characters they can wish / look for in their lifes For example: Harry Potter Where Harry himself is identifiable because he is like a blank page But A huuuuuge ensemble of teachers, mentors and concepts he and the reader can identify with And a lot of characters that work together with him who can offer the same to readers Sharon's take: Model after other people In US: sports stars - celebrities Wanting by Luke Burgess Trevor Noah calls people out gently - but hard truth some deep thinkers - not all philosophers see what you've got and what you are doing with it unspoken norms Behavioral Science How to challenge unspoken norms and be always curious and a little bit unsatisfied how can this be enhanced? living in a world that is not build for us it's not fair - people are chaotic poeple that are pushing things, enhance them understand the duality implementing agile in a company there is no magic pill having exponential hope Silver Lining: Lots of people coming together What can we learn from this? When things are chaotic: What can you change? Believe System sense of identiy and reality What's important and whats interesting people in power get to declare what's important The word repent changed from greek EVOLVE to crawl words twisted by people in power to control people make discoussions fun, light and not threatening invite marginalized and neurodivergent thinking we are living in a historical phase how do we handle the pushback of the people in power we have control about where we put our attention who we surround ourselves with who we choose as our models how many of those five support your dreams and make you seen?

Yeeees! We ha a musical intro! Thanks to Faustine and Ajay! Alex's Lizard brain kicked into fight or flight mode because of a Wildcat on the car radio That combined with some insights from Our Paleo Diet time ADHD = the Ancestral-Brain? as Lactose Intolerant digestion systems are the original ones? Sedentary Lifestyle vs. Running - Sporty people Reading and numbers are even only 6000 years old Neurodivergent people THRIVE in uncertainty You need a neuronormative persons to build a machine like a plane but a neurodiverse person to find a really interesting destination to fly to And now put in the mix Drugs and candy The media - not even digital Coffee Sharons Family Stories and Cocktails of Neurodivergents Problem Solving Skills: "You gotta outthink it" Ask kids: "What would you do about it?" Flying is 98% boring and 2% madness Sharon's Dad once built "The best antitheft device ever" for someone living on a boat The great thing of digital tools and toys: Doing fun stuff for YOURSELF! and then Share it with the tribe! The Story of how Berta Benz drove the first car in the world for thefirst time in history! Pedestrian to Pilot Neurodiversity Analogy Flighing - USA tries to get you in the Air - Germany tries to keep you on the ground Montessori Furniture Prepared Environment How order can help people with ADHD Get a notebook and jot down what you need, want try out what distracts you or pisses you off or what sounds like a good idea! Talk about your experiments Create you environments Cluttercore Joy of Junk Living with Stories and things that remind us of certain ideas Things that are like Portals Modelbuilders Things like emotional records Portals into Thought Kingdoms Airplanes and screeming children Listen to our beautiful intro in the end again without us talking

Greeting friends and sorry that we can't bring you a higher quality of shownotes this week but Alex is soooo tired. Greta Thunberg Superpower - neurodiversity Media and reality TV don't effect neurodivergent ND are no slave to the things society dishes up live content like in Clubhouse or Twitch Armchair experts brenee brown hard things - unlocking us new podcast - the one you feed about breathing - johnny miller (curious humans) - nervous system mastery - 481 mindful surfer - 76 why some surfers are more stoked joy - passion - self care being focussed on ONE thing or multiple things at the same time seeing patterns behaviroal science passion connectiveness picture of god ND in the workplace what can we give - what do we need? motorcycle analogy what is the dynamics of getting back on track bring our childhood bullshit into every situation Martial arts practicing under stress LARP in small groups braking practicing brenee brown - vulnerability what does a proactive vulnerability position feels like? how can you practice vulnerability? there needs to be awareness ease into it storytelling - choose something like a low hanging fruit

Giving the gift of the decision Presents that show you thought about somebody and know them sending unexpected random stuff in the mail What brings delight and joy to people Washing machine manual checklist Chocolate, Coffee, Tea A FEW MOMENTS LATER The Piglet Birthday :-D Bad gifts make good stories afterwards in life The hard things about pawn shops, thrift stores and flea markets The power of stories for next time today with an extro!

Can neurodivergent people live better with a feeling of being needless in a work environment for example The 2 meanings of the German word "überflüssig" People who work in mining and the people in eastern Germany after the german reunion "My inner life is so rich I dont nessecarily need other people" Not all neurodivergent people are introvert Family culture and what you get as a child Who are you when you do not work? Extrinsic or intrinsic motivation Childlike joy of creating Omagine something for whom this is - blogging for example Disrupting Flow States Alex personal knowledge management system obsidian, bujo, common place book, sketchbook How to remove shame Shéhérazade - Saboteurs - Psitive Intelligence PQ program and the Sage side

Alex Recap of the Barcamp "Circular OWL Economy" Doughnut Economics - Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Kate Raworth How Neurodivergents can play a key role in a curcular economy what competences and skills Sustain a high level of curiosity and inspiration Diversity around Washingston DC Making your own Sushi The Hawaiian Grandmother's rice cooking method Grandma's cooking methods are Recilience in action The primal aspect of outside cooking Downhill Parking a great sport for neurodivergent people

Hanna Gadsby - Netflix-Specials #Book : 10 steps to the Net Female Comedians Podcast with Glennon Doyle - Words and Languaging Interesting vs Important - NDs in the first group Gaslighting https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1564530722&i=1000555544362 Alex Ressource of ideas vs executions Brevi Manu Store in Bielefeld Recharge - Hanna Gadsby A new definition of what's important Instigate: Fragrance Finder in the Store HSP are not in the targetgroup A dillution solution to weaken the smell Neuroscience and Car Companies Sense Workshop planting seeds and instigating conversations The "I don't care" is really strong in us Connecting Skills Specilization is for insects Ask people / Companie: "What is INTERESTING for you?" What is the difference between interesting and fascinating? Benjamin Zander - Work (How to give an A) https://youtu.be/qTKEBygQic0 Parking Downhill: How can we make "important" things more easy and interesting to us?

Greeeetings Friends! We start with a short and graphic ;) description of what is going on on the feline side of Sharon's household Alex shares a slightly dark story. The Story is about how a Neurodiversity like Aphantasia theoretically could lead to really bad implications. Especially for rehabilitation in Prison. How Montessori Teachers are trained in recognizing the neurodiverse skills in Sensitive Periods We should get a Montessori Teacher on the show. If you know somebody - please let us know: mail@alex-kahl.de Montessori in School Reading with ADHD and reading to each other and: Reading to each other Goodreads Account Sharon's segway into **Metaphors** Writing Prose Alex got a Typewriter - Olivetti Lettera 32 Book Wonderworks by Angus Fletcher https://amzn.to/3FC0pDl Yes and, we have SO MANY more opportunities for telling us anecdotes, metaphors, stories when stories can be annoying when they are overused Storytelling Bootcamp Not training the Tiktok Algorithm Digital Garden Metaphor Building Metaphor Tools how to write out the best metaphors to keep us interested Excessorize me drawings :) https://www.youtube.com/@excessorizeme Temple Grandin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin who has aphantasia and got read a lot of books to you as a child - let us know your experience aaaaand: all you engineers and technical people out there: how are you working with metaphors and stories? Don't explain something to ALex like he is 5 years old :) Islands of knowledge Quantum physics and Exotic sicknesses like in HOUSE MD. imagine an auditorial learner with a blocked ear and forced to learn visually

Greetings Friends! In this Episode of Seasong 01 of FRT we talked about mistakes and resiliency. How do Kids deal with making mistakes When does the shame set in instead of curiosity? What kids can learn from experiments with mudpiles 0The importance of patience and time Design thinking Decision making Tipp / Tool: play GET LOST What stresses people out about decisions Buyers remorse Alex wristwach experiment - treasure hunting (also applicable to fountain pens, typewriters and much more :) Training out the mistakes Alex first class experience Canned decisions Making decisions with OCD Own your anxieties Training of low profile decision making Writing it down Differnet types of dyslexia - I just dont care Bought a REALLY good spellchecker for Mac Do what we can do **yes AND mindset**: it is SO important to be selfaware to make GOOD decisions Indiana Jones Mindset: It is an adventure and a treasure hunt the TRAPS are more interesting than the ARTIFACT! Youtube video about how realistic are treasure movies - an Archaeologist breaks down movie scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmKU44ZeuRQ Neurodiverse people and decision maing regretting a decision? When to experiment and when not?

Greetings Friend! Yaay! We have a YouTube channel! And we love you to subscribe and share it! :) https://www.youtube.com/@freerangethinkingpodcast So you can also SEE us in out cozy recording caves :-D So we got the inspiration for this episode from a comment on the YouTube Channel called "How to ADHD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEHD8B33-wc&t=2s Alex often heard how he changed in the last years especially from his old friends Friendship making with Neurodiversions Prinz: Autsmus Pandemie / Ist Autismus jetzt In? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKWOyZr0QUg Celebrating the labels or dropping the labels How Technology can making friendshipmaking even easier The danger of online friendships all around the world Finding your tribe Culture of US High School Change your group of friends THe Courage to be disliked How to make / maintain friendships What do I need in a friendships? Interestingness :-) Out of sight out of mind Life is already hard enough Don't make it harder for each other as friends Maybe we are suspicious to Neurotypical people Social anxiety Tip: Abstraction Being social for my daughter Try PnP Roleplaying Want to come out and play? Let's have a coffee? Sharon's tip on ending social events. ## Links - YoutTube Comment - The courage to be disliked https://www.amazon.de/Courage-Be-Disliked-yourself-happiness-ebook/dp/B074TWG8V7/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=16F0OOEC335VL&keywords=courage+to+be+disliked&qid=1678638620&sprefix=courage+to+be+dislike%2Caps%2C273&sr=8-1

Geetings friends! This episode is from our archives after Alex's COVID Infection in 2022. In isolation he found out that he is an somewhat of an artist and has a lot of questions for sharon about the connections between art and neurodiversity. Art in Isolation and Neil Gaiman Bullet Journaling Ryder Carroll Style (Who also has ADHD and his Book about the Bullet Journaling Method) Doodling in the night with Peter https://www.peterdraws.com - https://www.youtube.com/@peter_draws Drawing YouTuber Danny Gregory https://www.youtube.com/@DannyGregory Ales got COVID _and_ Creativity Alex Question to Sharon: When are you an artist? We are what we ever claim ourselves to be I am an astronaut! Tom Sachs https://www.tomsachs.com Where your passion lies selling artwork is not a qualification Definition of an artist someone who creates Geeking out about fountain pens and refilling the cartridges with siringes Are left handed people automatically Neurodivergent? Neurodivergents are creative experts in hacking the system. Digitization Life as art 2 Boxes of journals of Sharon's mom's journal what's the purpose of keeping Art / Archives / Journals Maybe: Evolution of our thinking Justifying yourself for your art and joy A dance with your self The best form of meditation: Being in the now Are artists always neurodiverse persons? The invitation to play and make mistakes The art of people and fascilitation Moderating workshops Having Plan A, B and C The danger of forcing ideas on people Solution: Your bag of Tricks

We start with Sharon's next level French Pastry Leftover Recipe :) Followed by a brief recap of Sharon's trip to the NFT Convention in Paris https://www.nftparis.xyz Encouraging underwehelm Alex's conference tips for neurodivergent people Sharon is going to reengineer the perfect event for neurodiverse poeple Dissolving the Pitch Persona Sharon's profession as an Ambience Alchemist What are you willing to be surprised with? A project from the NFT convention: Moonpage for writers - https://www.moonpage.io What might be the Facebook for the web3? Being a resource for a specific group other people that coaches each other curating the superskills, energies and inspiration Innovating the languaging and describing Butterflies and Bumblebees Alex Pig butchering re:publica Story Low Tech behind the scenes allows the Tech to flourish Give yourself selfpermission to make the switch to connect with the intrinsic motivation. Designing for all How to think like a connective Futurist Equality vs Equity - MacGyvering Tech for the infrastructure of change Planting the seed of selfvalue in Kids - especially Girls

How to see the Silver Lining in mistakes Being punished for doing it different Resulting in a self-doubt cycle Introverts and extroverts Ego and the protectiveness around us Do we have a headstart as neurodivergent? Make micromistakes every day Mistakes are a bruise - not a tattoo When Alex's daugther is twenty - what would he wish for her What resiliency tools would i like her to have Healing habits that are no longer useful, that are only in the neuronormative world Give people courage and helping them to explore Neurodiversity and name the discomfort When WE claim our superpower - we can much more easily accept that OTHERS are some kind of different as well and help them to use THEIR superpower without having the feeling that we are threatened by them Get us out of shame and give us pride! "Can't you just..." "If you would just do a bit..." Can you just TRY to do X a bit better" Find the usefulness in your Neurodiversities School System should have: Life as an essay - questions What did you learn on the job Why does it matter? What was good BUILD A RESILIENCY MODEL! Mining Sharon's experience and survial tactics Sitting on a goldmine of information of people who are marginalized People weren't happy before the pandemic

Being in a BIG convention as a human sponge NFT Event in Paris How Sharon prepared and organized a side-event to let people come to YOU One day AFTER the event App: Soundprint.co We should ask Sascha Lobo to be a guest How to thrive in loud places and at home Ignorance is bliss Libraries & Cafes Working with Music When Alex worked in front of a band playing in Red Rock Coffee in Mountain Dew THE CONNECTION WAS LOST HERE FOR A SHORT TIME :) Just so you wonder Work in Churches, Tiny Houses, Tree Houses and CASTLES Imaging working in Schloss Neuschwanstein Hundreds of years of experience with solitude in monasteries Talking to interesting strangers and working while travelling Not being able to talk on the telephone when there are other people in the room Where do you work best? Alex: Working in a completely empty room vs. working in chaos and clutter Object Permance Needing visual clues Sharon's Studio back then in the Black Forest and the Bullerjan Oven there Be careful when you let introverted people who live very remotely pick the vacation appartment :) The beautiful Bookstores Video by Max Joseph Live Housekeeping Session of two Neurodiversive podcast people :-D

Uh! This episode has a hidden intro :-D We started talking right away, dived into different rabbitholes and interluded the inro somewhere on the way :) Have fun listening and we love to get in contact with you! Write Sharon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-leigh-pp4l/ or Alex via Mail at mail@alex-kahl.de Here are some topics of this episode: Why smartphone Alarms are really bad as a Todo-List :) How to macgyver yourself to do stuff Find a new word / term für [[Neurodiversity]] like Alternatively Hardwired Level up human tech Womens tech neteork How did you come up with alternatively hardwired? Core personal myth The snow flake method for Storytelling by Randy Ingermanson (@SnowflakeGuy) Listener feedback - you have to turn off the inner judgement How to have constructive conversations Did you have any troubles to get through the industrialized school system? How easy from 1 to 10 is it for you to work in a 9 to 5 job Sketchnoting - drawing notes Getting Neurodiversity into schools The importance of Recipes and the Experimental Mindset Martial Arts lesson for the head Finding your Macguyverism through the catalyst of story MACGYVERGASM = The Ultimate Hack :) The Swiss Army Knive The pride in solving something with unusual means Robotic competition leading to makers faire tech camp for girls Mentoring What would be the first things sharon would build with mentee-kids? Interestingness: Flying a drone vs looking through the eye of a drone Model bashing and Scratchbuilding Adam Savage build in a day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uS7A4x31PY Sharon's Dad building a complete Apollo Lander Spaceship Simulator in the garage Talking about Artist Tom Sachs who builds hiw own lifesized Space Missions from Plywood Alex is a tool user not tool builder How can we fascilitate the integration of people into our worlds

Just a short Greetings friend!

Greetings Friend! This is on of our first Episodes, so it might sound a bit different than those you are used to already :) It was recorded on Febrauary 7th in 2022. We talk about things like: Travelling as a Neurodivergent Fire house delivery gear Being born in a multichildren family not diagnosed Being in a big city like Paris Do you think differently while travelling in comparison to being at home? Habits of peole who are not so aware Neurodivergents, Primal behaviours and hierarchies What are your models in your Life? What are the models? Identifying with characters in stories liek Disneys Raya and the last Dragon Sometimes it is just not possible for people on the spectrum to walk across the room and hug somebody

Greetings friends. Today we have an interesting topic to talk about. We start out with strong habits since Alex managed to publish on his Blog on 100 consecutive days AAAND: We started our Free Range Thinking YouTube Channel First w talk about Brandon Sanderson's 10 years Mindset and the AD(H)D instant gratification mindset inspired by this Video by writer and YouTuber Jed Herne How do we feel and think about the Babysteps? How doing a LOT of Babysteps in DIFFERENT directions is the Polymath approach aka - A Pile of Ants - A Bee Hive - The Drunken Master Steps That can mean: Walking AROUND a goal instead of towards it in a straight line Sneaky Sharon tells Alex the idea for the Fantasy Book we have to write. We got some Feedback: So Alex started with Yoga - The Yoga-App is called Asana Rebel On a party someone asked Alex: "I heard about aphantasia on your podcast" Then finally we takl about Garrison vs Combat Mindset - An idea by Jocko Willink on the Huberman Labs Podcast (around 19:11) Working as a Chef with Gordon Ramsay Or FRT as a Food Truck Daily Reality Show :) HBO Contacts anyone? FRT is Consistency and Fun for us Adventurer / Explorer Mindset Back to the military :) The German Military in the 90ies IBMs method "Capture the Hill" Premium Cola and Uwe Luebbermann as an example for a democratic company Hierichal structures are great testing grounds Autistic Person in the Air Force 24 as a theory as a tool for political influence Some Neurodiverse humans are good at Red Teaming and Lateral thinking Sidedoors and Backdoors Red Oceans and Blue Oceans Book Recommendation: Blue Ocean Strategy It does not need to be for everybody!

THAT Episode-Title is a mouthful! :-D And heeeere we are again with a new Interview Episode with Saskia Listle. First we have to say a little sorry: We were so engaged in the conversation that we totally overheard Saskia's connection had some hiccups. It's a minor annoyance but it should be possible to follow our conversation. How did you find out your brain works differently? How to see when the other one is maxed out Logical Aphantasia Learnings from being a Concierge in a High Class Hotel How to interpret and act on hostility? Yawning Is there a way to make yourself interested in things? How to get back into conversations you are not interested in. Why is it yawning? Because you are tired? Or because it is an inappropriate thing to do in most situations? Important: knowing yourself and your needs How to live in a collaborative startup household as a source for serendipity 24h watercooler conversations Accidents are frowned upon Dying is forbidden How much is on the living together side and how much on the collaborating side? Don't have any unspoken norms! Get that stuff on the table - wants - needs - fears - expectations With HUMOR in it - it can be healthy Negotiating a personal manual for ourself The secret smell Saskia can't tolerate in the morning Here you can find out more about Saskia: 1. Saskia's LinkedIn Profile 2. Saskia's Podcast: Conversations with my Future Skills 3. Her Newsletter: the grey area 4. And her Website: www.saskia-listle.com Hybrid humans: is one of Saskia's and Sharon's projects and PSSST: They offer BEAUTIFUL art on T-Shirts - like NFT-Shirts :) Book mentioned: RANGE - David Epstein - Generalism