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« Ce qui marque les blessures, ce n'est pas les événements, c'est la façon dont on va les vivre. »Et si guérir nos blessures d'enfance était la clé pour accompagner nos enfants vers l'audace, l'émerveillement et la confiance ? À travers ce thème central, Arnaud Riou partage une vision renouvelée de la parentalité et de l'accompagnement de l'enfant.Arnaud Riou est auteur, enseignant spirituel et président de Terre Anima, une association qui soutient le message des peuples premiers au monde moderne. Il a consacré sa vie à transmettre les sagesses ancestrales (bouddhisme, chamanisme, traditions des peuples premiers) et à accompagner ceux qui aspirent à réconcilier leur vécu, leurs croyances et leur potentiel intérieur.Fort de plus de vingt ouvrages dont le dernier, « Incarnez vos 21 pouvoirs », il nous permet de mieux comprendre nos mécanismes de protection et d'attachement dès le plus jeune âge.Nous évoquons la notion d'enfant intérieur, l'impact des blessures précoces sur la vie d'adulte, mais aussi les cycles éducatifs inspirés des peuples premiers. Nous questionnons la parentalité, la compétition, l'autonomie, les liens familiaux, ainsi que le rôle clé de la confiance, de l'authenticité et du bonheur dans l'éducation.Arnaud partage enfin ses apprentissages sur la responsabilisation individuelle, l'importance de cultiver la liberté, et la façon dont les enfants, eux aussi, nous élèvent.On aborde des sujets essentiels tels que :➜ Identifier et transformer les blessures et schémas hérités➜ Restaurer la confiance, l'estime de soi et la capacité d'émerveillement➜ S'inspirer des rituels et du rapport à l'enfant dans les peuples premiers➜ Dépasser les modèles éducatifs fondés sur la punition, la récompense ou la compétition➜ Replacer le bonheur, la créativité et le lien au centre de notre accompagnement parentalRedonnons à nos enfants (et à nous-mêmes) la permission d'oser, d'expérimenter, de s'émerveiller, pour que grandir rime avec liberté intérieure et joie d'être soi.Au programme :(02:39) La notion d'enfant intérieur(04:16) Les origines concrètes des blessures d'enfance(06:01) Méthodes pour transformer ses blessures(07:20) La question du pouvoir d'interprétation(10:23) Les rituels éducatifs des peuples premiers : sécurité, autonomie, prise de risque(13:10) La question du collectif et du village pour grandir(15:28) Jeux, ennui et hyperstimulation : dangers et alternatives(19:23) Pourquoi les modèles éducatifs occidentaux génèrent isolement parental et compétition(24:30) Transmettre la confiance plutôt que la peur(36:23) L'argent, la spiritualité et le rapport au pouvoir dans la vie de familleRessource :Livre "Incarnez vos 21 pouvoirs" d'Arnaud Riou (éd. Animae)

What if the most radical thing you could do for your child's future is to take them out of school, or even out of the education system entirely?Want to learn more about Regenerative Education?You may contact Radonda Dobbins directly for consultation on how to move forward. Connect with Radonda Dobbinshttps://radondadobbins.com/----In this episode, Yoshi Pantera sits down with Radonda Dobbins - certified intuitive life coach, trauma-informed NLP and anxiety specialist, and one of Central Florida's most dedicated advocates for children, families, and alternative education. With decades of experience in child welfare, legislative advocacy, and community building, Radonda founded the Home Educators Network of Central Florida in 2005, growing it to over 900 families. She is a member of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and sits on the board of Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge.Together, they explore what regenerative education truly means - and why the conventional school system, designed to produce industrial workers, is no longer serving the full spectrum of human potential.In this conversation:* The full landscape of education alternatives - homeschooling, unschooling, hybrid learning, co-ops, Waldorf, Montessori, democratic schools, and umbrella schools.* Why colleges actually prefer homeschooled students - and how Radonda's daughter earned a full scholarship to a $60,000/year conservatory* The socialization myth - and why homeschoolers may actually be better prepared for real-world diversity.* How to legally pull your child out of school (it's simpler than you think)* The connection between nutrition, health, and learning capacity - and why school cafeteria food is part of the problem* Cooking as curriculum: math, science, and culture all happening in your kitchen* The 3 steps to begin your family's alternative education journey right now* Why it takes a village - and how to build one even if you're a working single parent* Radonda shares the story of her own daughter, who grew up entirely homeschooled, followed her passion for music, and now runs her own music school working with special needs children - all before 25. A living proof of what becomes possible when a child is allowed to be right.This episode is an invitation - to question the systems we were raised in, to trust ourselves as our children's primary teachers, and to build the kinds of communities where the next generation can truly flourish.3 Steps to Begin Your Regenerative Education Journey:* Ask your children what they are curious about and passionate about* Research what format works for your family - homeschool, co-op, private alternative, or hybrid* Do it. You don't need to have it all figured out. Start.Join our Regenerative Leadership Community and continue this conversation:Learn more and explore all our offerings: www.regenerativeculture.lifeSubscribe to our Regenerative Newsletter https://regenerativeculture.life/regenerative-newsletterRead the Regenerative Culture Chronicle on Substack: https://regenerativecultureworld.subs...Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regenerativeculture.life/”Regenerating all life through culture…”#regenerativeculture #regenerativeeducation #unschooling #culture #regeneration #newhumanity #minset #education Get full access to Regenerative Culture Chronicle at regenerativecultureworld.substack.com/subscribe

Dans cet extrait, Arnaud Riou, auteur et enseignant spirituel, explore avec délicatesse les raisons qui rendent chacun de nous plus ou moins sensible à certaines blessures émotionnelles issues de l'enfance.Il explique que ce ne sont pas tant les événements vécus qui marquent, mais la manière singulière dont chaque personne les ressent et les perçoit, souvent dès la naissance, voire avant. Des sentiments profonds de rejet, d'abandon, d'injustice ou d'humiliation peuvent s'inscrire en nous et avoir un impact sur la confiance en soi à l'âge adulte.Il insiste également sur le fait que nos réactions d'aujourd'hui ne sont que l'écho de vieux programmes ancrés en nous, et que la première étape vers la transformation consiste à prendre conscience de ces scénarios intérieurs qui se répètent.Grâce au pouvoir d'interprétation, il devient alors possible de réécrire notre histoire, de se libérer de nos vieux réflexes et de porter un regard neuf sur nos expériences.Arnaud Riou illustre comment changer ces récits intérieurs, c'est reprendre la main sur sa vie et ouvrir la porte à de nouvelles ressources, retrouvant ainsi l'accès à notre liberté d'adulte.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 11/06/2026.

Nie po raz pierwszy gościmy u siebie profesora Mirosława Orzechowskiego, który opowiada nam o rysunku z natury.Tym razem chcielibyśmy jednak porozmawiać o tym, dlaczego warto rysować z natury, jak robić to w praktyce oraz – co może być zaskakujące – jaki wpływ może to mieć na nasze życie rodzinne.Będziemy również mówić o wpływie kolorowanek na rozwój naszych pociech, a także o powszechnym micie powielanym przez wielu rodziców, zawartym w stwierdzeniu: „Przecież ja nie potrafię rysować”.Serdecznie zapraszamy do słuchania!Jeśli po wysłuchaniu tego odcinka chcesz lepiej poznać to, co robimy na co dzień, koniecznie zajrzyj tutaj:

J'ai commencé à vous raconter la semaine dernière comment s'est déroulé mon accouchement à domicile. Après plusieurs interventions hallucinantes de la sage-femme, je me retrouve à pousser, mais avec des poussées dirigées. Et là, un problème bien plus grave se pose.C'est la suite que je vous raconte aujourd'hui, la suite de cet accouchement qui se révèlera être le plus douloureux de tous ceux que j'ai vécus…---Liens évoqués pendant l'épisode :Podcast 330 : Témoignage : mon accouchement à la maison - Partie 1/2Podcast 329 : Pourquoi j'ai choisi un accouchement à domicilePodcast 328 : Le récit de mes 5 premiers accouchements à l'hôpitalSite de l'APAAD---Le site des MontessouricettesLien pour me laisser un petit message audio avec votre question ou votre suggestion de thème (j'inclurai votre message dans un prochain épisode !)Notre communauté gratuiteFormation Aménager sa maison MontessoriCatalogue des formations des MontessouricettesAccompagnement à la Parentalité et à l'IEF MontessoriVous pouvez nous envoyer vos retours, suggestions et commentaires ici :Catalogue des formations en ligneVous pouvez nous envoyer vos retours, suggestions et commentaires ici : Catalogue des formations en ligne

Tired of toys that don't last? Epic Kidz Play Solutions makes Montessori-style climbers and balance toys that grow with your child—from baby steps to big-kid adventures. Learn more at https://epickidzplay.com/pages/montessori-climbers-balance-toys Epic Kidz Play Solutions City: Calgary Address: Calgary Website: https://epickidzplay.com/ Phone: +1 403 619 3980 Email: hello@epickidzplay.com

We are closing out the sixth season with our annual Summer Reads episode where we introduce books for you to check out over your summer. This summer, we have three suggestions. The first book is Implementing the Montessori Method: Learner-Centered Education From Birth Through Adolescence, co-written by Trisha Thompson-Wilingham and Susan Zoll. It offers readers a look into Montessori classrooms across the ages. The other two books are the result of transcription done by Jana Morgan Herman. Jana took the handwritten notes of Lakshmi Kripalani taken in the 1946 India course with Dr. Montessori in Karachi and transcribed them into two books: Book One: Practical Life and Book Two: Sensorial. Discover what Dr. Montessori shared in those lectures eighty years ago and enjoy your summer! 

« On a tellement associé les enfants à des empêcheurs de vivre et de profiter de sa vie. Finalement, on a noirci énormément le tableau. »Pourquoi aujourd'hui la maternité semble-t-elle si rarement associée à la joie dans les discours actuels ? Cet épisode interroge nos représentations de la parentalité et célèbre ses joies, sans nier ses difficultés bien réelles.Audrey Jougla est professeure de philosophie et autrice du livre "La maternité joyeuse" (Stock). À travers son regard aiguisé, elle interroge les mythes et réalités liés à la maternité : de la déconstruction nécessaire du discours sacrificiel, à la célébration (sans naïveté) de l'intensité du bonheur caché dans le quotidien.Elle revient sur ce qui rend la parentalité extraordinairement exigeante, mais aussi source d'un véritable épanouissement. Elle nous embarque dans ses réflexions sur le renoncement, le bouleversement de la vie personnelle, la solitude des jeunes parents, la nécessité d'un changement sociétal, mais surtout l'importance de réhabiliter la beauté simple de la vie avec les enfants.On interroge également la place des pères, le manque de valorisation des métiers en lien avec l'enfance, et l'enjeu du temps accordé à nos enfants.Quelques idées abordées :✅ Comment l'isolement, l'absence de modèles et l'organisation urbaine renforcent les difficultés des mères✅ Ce que l'histoire et la législation des modes de garde disent de la place donnée aux tout-petits en France✅ Comment passer du sentiment de renoncement à l'acceptation et à la conciliation dans sa trajectoire de mère✅ Pourquoi valoriser autrement le temps parental et le rôle des pères est urgentCet épisode nous donne des clés pour vivre et reconnaître la beauté de la maternité, sans occulter les difficultés, dans une société qui valorise trop peu ce temps précieux avec les enfants.Programme de l'épisode :(02:53) La nécessité de redonner une place à la joie dans le discours sur la maternité(04:34) Le besoin du temps de dénonciation et de revendications pour les femmes(06:02) Pourquoi la célébration de la maternité est devenue suspecte, presque naïve(08:39) La beauté discrète de la maternité : apprendre à voir le bonheur dans les petites choses(12:07) L'isolement, la fatigue, et la difficile réalité du premier enfant(16:27) De l'acceptation du renoncement à la conciliation et à l'exploration de nouvelles joies(19:47) Les différences d'expérience entre le premier et le deuxième enfant, et l'enjeu du temps parental(24:41) Une histoire oubliée des modes de garde en France, et ses enjeux actuels(29:25) La reconnaissance sociale, et la nécessité de revaloriser le travail auprès des jeunes enfants(41:23) Comment la maternité transforme le regard sur le monde, la société, et change les prioritésRessource :Livre : "La maternité joyeuse" d'Audrey Jougla (Éd. Stock)

Je vous annonçais la semaine dernière que j'avais choisi d'accoucher à domicile pour mon petit dernier, et pourquoi je l'avais fait. Mais il me restait à vous raconter comment cet accouchement s'est déroulé, et vous allez voir que j'ai vécu de véritables montagnes russes ! Ecoutez bien jusqu'au bout, car vous allez être surpris du dénouement…Entre un bébé qui ne fait pas le poids prévu et une panne de chauffage, d'autres soucis sont apparus…---Liens évoqués pendant l'épisode :Podcast 329 : Pourquoi j'ai choisi un accouchement à domicilePodcast 328 : Le récit de mes 5 premiers accouchements à l'hôpitalSite de l'APAAD---Le site des MontessouricettesLien pour me laisser un petit message audio avec votre question ou votre suggestion de thème (j'inclurai votre message dans un prochain épisode !)Notre communauté gratuiteFormation Aménager sa maison MontessoriCatalogue des formations des MontessouricettesAccompagnement à la Parentalité et à l'IEF MontessoriVous pouvez nous envoyer vos retours, suggestions et commentaires ici : Catalogue des formations en ligne

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Dans cet extrait, Audrey Jougla, autrice du livre "La maternité joyeuse" (Stock), nous éclaire sur l'histoire méconnue de la garde des jeunes enfants en France, des nourrices du XVIIIe siècle aux premières crèches ouvertes aux enfants des milieux populaires.À travers ses recherches, elle retrace l'évolution des normes, des pratiques et des enjeux auxquels étaient confrontées les familles, mettant en lumière la manière dont un certain modèle s'est progressivement imposé, souvent au prix d'une mise à distance des tout-petits.Elle questionne le système actuel, qu'elle juge trop précoce dans la séparation mère-enfant et peu adapté aux besoins des familles et des enfants. Audrey insiste notamment sur la nécessité de repenser la place de la petite enfance, la reconnaissance des métiers liés à ce secteur ainsi que la valorisation du lien et du maternage, tout en comprenant les aspirations professionnelles des mères.Un regard historique et sociétal qui invite à réévaluer nos choix collectifs.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 04/06/2026.

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"Quand un enfant joue, il ne fait pas rien. Il raconte souvent énormément de choses de lui".Et si, en observant les histoires inventées, les personnages choisis, les gestes parfois répétitifs, on décodait un véritable langage émotionnel ? Le jeu est bien plus qu'un simple passe-temps. Il s'agit d'un véritable langage qui permet à l'enfant d'exprimer ce qu'il ne sait pas encore formuler avec des mots. Les émotions, qu'elles soient de la joie, de la colère ou de la peur, s'expriment souvent à travers les scénarios qu'il invente et les rôles qu'il adopte.Dans cet épisode, Sylvie d'Esclaibes nous partage ses observations sur le rôle du jeu dans la compréhension et l'accompagnement des émotions enfantines.Qu'il s'agisse de scénarios de séparation, de jeux de rôle où l'on devient « le méchant », de courses effrénées ou d'une bataille de coussins, ces instants recèlent une incroyable richesse intérieure. Loin d'être anodins, ils révèlent parfois ce que l'enfant traverse ou cherche à comprendre, telle "une digestion émotionnelle". Pourquoi certains enfants rejouent-ils encore et encore la même scène ? Comment accueillir ces rituels, sans surinterpréter, ni couper leur élan créatif ?Pour accompagner l'enfant dans le jeu :1️⃣ Observer attentivement et sans jugement : quels jeux reviennent souvent ? Quelles émotions semblent dominer dans les mises en scène ou les répétitions ?2️⃣ Accueillir l'imaginaire : résister à la tentation de « corriger » ou « cadrer » sans nécessité3️⃣ Proposer des espaces de décharge : parcours moteurs, jeux de poursuite, rituels de rire4️⃣ Mettre des mots sur ce que l'on perçoit (« Cette poupée a l'air très en colère… »), sans surinterpréterAccompagner l'enfant dans son jeu, c'est lui offrir un terrain sûr pour explorer, comprendre et apaiser son monde intérieur.Pour approfondir le sujet, Sylvie recommande deux lectures :« Qui veut jouer avec moi ? », de Lawrence Cohen (préface par Isabelle Filliozat)« Développer le lien parent-enfant par le jeu », d'Aletha Solter

Jolene Tollett is a twenty year veteran of Montessori, discovering the educational method right here in Houston. Jolene graduated from Texas Tech University before trying out many places before settling in Houston where she taught in one of HISD's public … Continue reading →

In this engaging interview, Caroline Moulsdale, founder of ABC Crate, shares her journey from Montessori teacher to educational entrepreneur. Discover how her hands-on, Montessori-inspired kits empower parents and children, fostering lifelong learning and independence.Episode Highlights:Montessori philosophy in homeschoolingDevelopment of ABC Crate educational kitsParent-guided, hands-on learning strategiesQuotes:"Everybody else messes it up. It's a miracle""I love the hands-on philosophy of Montessori""Mistakes are teachable moments"More on Caroline Moulsdale and ABC Crate:Email: abcrateorders@gmail.comABC Crate Website - https://abc-crate.comMontessori Philosophy - https://www.montessori.org/HOPE Scholarship Program - https://hopescholarshipwv.gov/More on Love Your School/Links Mentioned in Episode:Visit Our Show Notes Page HERE!Questions? Email Us! kim@loveyourschool.org www.loveyourschool.orgVisit our Facebook HERE!Visit our Instagram HERE!This show has been produced by Love Your School WV.

In this episode, Steve and Ben sit down with Fredrik Haren - the Creativity Explorer - for a conversation that's been months in the making. It's a wide-ranging, thought-provoking dive into what creativity really is, where it comes from, and why our assumptions about it might be completely wrong.Fredrik Haren has spent 25 years studying human creativity across the globe, visiting 15 to 35 countries a year, from North Korea to Silicon Valley, interviewing thousands of people across cultures, industries, and disciplines. He's the author of The Idea Book (250,000+ copies sold) and The World of Creativity, and defines himself not as an expert, but as an explorer.In this episode we cover:- Why Fredrik says schools don't kill creativity, parents do (and what that actually means)- The Icelandic word for "curious" that will change how you think about learning- What North Korea taught Fredrik about collective creativity and why "one + one = big one"- The hidden etymology of curiosity, creativity, and education and why words matter- The Montessori mindset shift that every teacher and parent needs to hear- Why ego is the enemy of your best ideas and how divine ideas work- The Japanese concept Kaitakusha (培拓者): cultivating the future, not just pioneering it- Fredrik's mother's single greatest piece of advice for raising creative children-Why "lifelong learning" has lost its meaning and what to say insteadWhy you should listenWhether you're a classroom teacher, school leader, EdTech professional, or parent, this episode challenges the narratives we've inherited about creativity, curiosity, and the purpose of education. Fredrik brings global perspective, etymology deep-dives, and genuinely surprising ideas that will make you rethink how you support learners and yourself.Chapters00:00 - Introduction & what's been happening this week02:07 - Meet Fredrik Haren: The Creativity Explorer04:45 - Do schools kill creativity? Fredrik pushes back on Sir Ken Robinson09:43 - The Icelandic word for curious: forvitten (that which comes before knowledge)11:43 - Creativity across cultures: Iceland, Bulgaria, North Korea and beyond16:00 - Collective creativity: why "one + one = big one"22:00 - The Idea Book: how Fredrik sold 250,000 copies by selling stationery28:35 - How the world improves when people reach their creative potential33:45 - The difference between an expert and an explorer36:21 - Ego, divine ideas, and the etymology of creativity41:02 - "Never give the answer" - the best parenting advice Fredrik ever received45:31 - Kaitakusha: the Japanese concept of cultivating the future47:50 - Quickfire Questions

Are you living by design or by default? In this deeply moving episode of the Meditation Podcast, we sit down with Bethany Stone, a master mindset and life skills coach who helps high-achievers and survivors of trauma rebuild their lives with clarity and compassion. Drawing from her 20 years as a Montessori educator, Bethany reveals how the environments we create both internally and externally, shape our ability to think, feel, and grow. She shares her personal journey of healing from emotional abuse, the profound lessons she learned from her son's health crisis, and her unique "hot takes" on mindset from the sauna. Whether you're struggling with burnout, navigating toxic relationships, or simply seeking a steadier sense of self, Bethany's wisdom on emotional awareness and intentional living will provide the roadmap you need to thrive.     Timestamp Topic Description 0:00 Welcome & Introduction to Bethany Stone 1:23 Skydiving & The 10-Second Rule: How to change any emotion instantly 4:00 Solo Jumps & Martial Arts: Roy's skydiving story 6:10 The Birds in the Office: A son's mission and finding a voice 6:44 The Montessori Journey: From ballroom dancing to early certification 9:01 The Emerging Curriculum: Meeting children where they are developmentally 10:45 Nurturing the Adult Soul: Applying Montessori principles to grown-ups 11:59 A Mother's Zealotry: Selling a school to care for a sick son 12:22 Mitochondrial Dysfunction: The health crisis that changed everything 13:40 The "Health Buffer": Why nutrition is medicine for the soul 14:40 "Be Grateful You Have a Cup": Life lessons from an 18-year-old son 15:50 The 4-Hour Day: Prioritizing what truly matters 36:08 Thriving by Nature: The philosophy behind Bethany's podcast 37:08 Mindset in the Sauna: The origin of "Hot Takes" 38:42 Purposeful Phone Use: Replacing "Doom Scrolling" with growth 40:53 Identifying Burnout: Warning signs and the justification trap 42:52 The Basement Analogy: Why you can't just "jump" out of burnout 43:40 Non-Negotiables: Building a foundation of self-care 46:19 Social Self-Care: Navigating toxic relationships and setting boundaries 47:28 Story vs. Fact: Separating perception from reality in relationships 49:26 Breaking Generational Cycles: Taking responsibility for your own healing 56:03 The 1% Better Rule: Direction, education, and finding your guide 57:05 Where to Find Bethany: ThrivingByNature.com and the free journal 58:13 Outro: RoyCoughlan.com and supporting the show    

What would it take for you to go all in on your preschool dream? For Janina Abrams, it was a phone call that changed everything. After 25 years in the classroom, a new principal suddenly moved her out of the position she loved—and that was the final straw. She'd already been dreaming of opening a preschool... but now? It was time. She quit her job, joined Preschool All Stars, and said, “This is my birthday, Christmas, everything for the next year—I'm all in.” Now she's mapping out her new Montessori-inspired preschool, exploring local buildings, and finally planning the hands-on, play-based program she always believed in. Find out how she did it: • The unexpected moment that pushed her to resign • How she's using her 25 years of experience to build her dream • What she said to herself (and her husband!) before taking the leap Please rate and review us at Apple Podcasts. (We hope we've earned your 5 stars!) GET MY FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR PRESCHOOL JOURNEY: ❤️ Get my FREE “Start Your Preschool” book (+ $7.95 s&h) ❤️ Watch my FREE "How to Start a Local or Online Preschool" Workshop ❤️ Join my Preschool All Stars membership to get mentorship, support, friendship, and training for every step of your preschool journey FOLLOW ME ON MY MISSION:

« On a du mal à se dire en France que les enfants sont des êtres compétents, sont des êtres détenteurs de droits. »Pourquoi tolère-t-on l'exclusion des enfants là où celle de tout autre groupe social serait jugée inacceptable ?Cet épisode décortique la montée des espaces “No Kids” et interroge nos propres représentations sociales de l'enfance.Il s'agit d'un extrait de l'évènement "Choisir une voie alternative au 'No Kids'" (Gaîté Lyrique, 16 avril), organisé par Grandir ici, un mouvement que je porte avec Aurélie Grêlé-Rouveyre.Pour explorer le sujet, j'ai la chance d'accueilir autour de la table plusieurs invités aux regards complémentaires :-Joëlle Sicamois, directrice de la Fondation pour l'Enfance-Delphine Solière, directrice éditoriale chez Bayard Jeunesse et Milan-Vincent Lagarde, chercheur spécialiste en entrepreneuriat à l'université de Limoges et auteur de la première étude française sur les offres Adult Only-Tristan Debray, entrepreneur social et ancien élu dédié à la ville des enfants à Lyon.Lors de cette table ronde, nous avons décrypté les mécaniques sociales et économiques derrière l'essor du « No Kids », mais aussi ses impacts sur la société, les familles et la place de l'enfant dans l'espace public.Nous revenons sur le poids de la fatigue parentale, la crise de la représentation de l'enfance, la transformation de nos villes et la situation préoccupante des politiques publiques. Vous découvrirez pourquoi certains parents plébiscitent malgré tout ces espaces, comment l'enfant est devenu quasi invisible dans l'espace public, et surtout, quelles pistes dessiner pour réintégrer les plus jeunes dans la vie collective.Au programme de l'épisode :✅ À quoi ressemble le véritable business du « No Kids » en France et à l'international✅ Pourquoi la demande ne vient pas seulement de personnes sans enfants, mais aussi de parents épuisés✅ Les liens entre la crise de la parentalité, les peurs sociétales et le repli sur soi✅ Les impacts de l'invisibilité croissante des enfants dans la société et dans l'espace public✅ Comment des villes comme Lyon essaient de replacer l'enfant au cœur de la cité✅ Les paradoxes entre injonctions à la natalité et rejet des enfants dans le quotidien✅ Ce que veut dire « bien éduquer un enfant » aujourd'hui et pourquoi la participation des enfants à la vie publique est essentielle✅ Les bénéfices très concrets pour tous de penser des espaces à hauteur d'enfant, et de conserver une mixité intergénérationnelleGrandir ici est une initiative portée par Les Adultes de Demain (Stéphanie d'Esclaibes) et Place de l'Enfance (Aurélie Grêlé-Rouveyre). L'ambition : transformer nos espaces de vie pour mieux intégrer les besoins des enfants et renforcer la cohabitation entre les générations.Pour plus d'informations :https://grandirici.com/Instagram : @grandiriciLinkedIn : mouvement Grandir iciCenter Parcs, un concept unique de domaines de vacances nichés en pleine nature, est ambassadeur du mouvement Grandir ici.⁠ Merci à eux pour leur soutien.⁠

Dans cet extrait, je donne la parole à Vincent Lagarde, chercheur spécialiste en entrepreneuriat à l'université de Limoges et auteur de la première étude française sur les offres Adult Only.Il s'agit d'un extrait de l'évènement "Choisir une voie alternative au 'No Kids'" (Gaîté Lyrique, 16 avril), organisé par Grandir ici, un mouvement que je porte avec Aurélie Grêlé-Rouveyre.Vincent Lagarde nous partage les premiers éléments chiffrés sur la montée de la tendance "No Kids" en France et à l'international. Il analyse l'essor des offres “adult only” dans le secteur touristique et hôtelier, en précisant leur rentabilité croissante, les profils qui les sollicitent, ainsi que l'évolution rapide du phénomène dans plusieurs pays.Il met également en lumière la spécificité française, marquée par une forme de culpabilité autour de l'exclusion des enfants, contrairement à d'autres pays où cette segmentation est déjà largement intégrée, et s'interroge sur l'impact de ce mouvement, qui altère la place des familles et des enfants dans l'espace public.Mais également la place des femmes dans la société : si ces dispositifs excluent prioritairement les enfants, ils conduisent aussi indirectement à exclure les femmes, en particulier les mères, de l'espace public, renforçant ainsi certains ressorts misogynes déjà à l'œuvre dans la société. L'exemple coréen, évoqué dans ses travaux, montre comment la disparition des enfants entraîne celle des femmes dans certains quartiers, réduisant la diversité sociale et accentuant l'isolement.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 28/05/2026.Grandir ici est une initiative portée par Les Adultes de Demain (Stéphanie d'Esclaibes) et Place de l'Enfance (Aurélie Grêlé-Rouveyre). L'ambition : transformer nos espaces de vie pour mieux intégrer les besoins des enfants et renforcer la cohabitation entre les générations.Pour plus d'informations :https://grandirici.com/Instagram : @grandiriciLinkedIn : mouvement Grandir iciCenter Parcs, un concept unique de domaines de vacances nichés en pleine nature, est ambassadeur du mouvement Grandir ici.⁠ Merci à eux pour leur soutien.⁠

For parents, summer can feel like the longest season for a reason. When the predictable rhythms of the school year disappear, children can feel restless, leading to the "June spikes" in meltdowns we all know too well.In this Season 4 finale, Terry Dubow sits down with Siri Panday to discuss how to keep the magic of summer alive without over-scheduling or burning out. They explore the Montessori secret to a peaceful summer: working beside your child instead of for them, and finding the beauty in a slower pace.In this episode, we discuss:The "June Shift": Why kids struggle when school scaffolding disappears and how to build a sturdy home rhythm.The Gift of Boredom: Reframing unstructured time as a vital opportunity for discovery.Parallel Work: Practical ways to invite toddlers and primary students into "real work" (laundry, gardening, cooking) so you can get things done while they learn.The "Slow Down" Rule: Why rushing is the enemy of summer magic.Farewell to Siri: A tribute to Siri's impact on the Marin Montessori community as she prepares for her next chapter.

Get my new book: https://bronsonequity.com/fireyourselfDownload my new special report - How to Use Inflation to Your Advantage - www.bronsonequity.com/inflationJoin Bronson Hill and co-host Nate Hambrick on the Mailbox Money Show with Dana Marie Berg for a powerful conversation on the failures of traditional education and how parents can better nurture their children's unique gifts, passions, and purpose. Dana shares practical insights from her experience as a nurse, real estate investor, and education advocate on moving beyond outdated systems, watching the child, incorporating tools like Montessori principles and Colby assessments, and preparing kids for real-world success — including financial literacy.The discussion explores how to support different learning styles, the role of apprenticeships and vocational exposure, using AI as a tool, and why growth requires embracing challenges.Dana Marie Berg is a labor and delivery nurse, real estate investor, and author of Ignite Their Passion. She is passionate about reforming education to help every child discover their strengths and live in alignment with who they truly are.This episode is a must-listen for parents, grandparents, and anyone concerned about preparing the next generation for financial freedom and personal fulfillment.TIMESTAMPS0:36 - Welcome to the Mailbox Money Show!0:40 - Challenges with Traditional Financial Education1:29 - Nate Hambrick on Homeschooling & Outdated School Systems2:28 - Introducing Dana Marie Berg & Ignite Their Passion3:27 - Why Schools Lack Financial Literacy Classes4:05 - Dana's Journey from Nurse to Education Reformer5:17 - Follow the Child: Montessori Principles & Observing Interests6:06 - Tailoring Education to Each Child's Unique Gifts7:25 - Parenting Large Families & Different Learning Styles9:48 - Teacher Expectations & the Pygmalion Effect on Performance11:09 - Teaching Financial Literacy Early with Real-Life Examples13:39 - Colby Assessments, Vocational Exposure & Apprenticeships16:14 - Healthy Role of AI in Modern Education17:32 - Leveraging Challenges for Growth & Lifelong Learning19:01 - Dana's Vision for a New Montessori-Based School22:32 - How to Connect with Dana Marie BergCONNECT WITH THE GUESTWebsite: https://rayvanah.com/#EducationReform#ParentingTips#FinancialLiteracy#MontessoriEducation#ChildDevelopment#LifelongLearning#Homeschooling

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Marsha Familaro Enright, President, Reliance College FundIn this episode, President Series #479, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by EdUp Leadership, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by CoursedogYOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco How does a Montessori educator who ran an elementary school for 25 years now work to start a college focused on strengthening reasoning power & self confidence?Why are tech CEOs telling students to study liberal arts when the term comes from liberty & what a free citizen needs to know to live well?What makes the new AI Proof You course teach students to develop thinking, judgment & creativity that will get them jobs regardless of what happens technologically?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want access to the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher ed? Well, we have an app for that!Join EdUp Leadership!

« On a tous été enfant, mais on ne s'en souvient presque jamais. »Comment renouer avec cette expérience universelle qui fait de nous, un jour ou l'autre, des êtres « décalés » au sein d'un monde pensé par et pour les adultes ?Dans cet épisode, Clémentine Beauvais partage sa réflexion sur l'enfance, cette condition de minorité que nous avons tous et toutes vécue, fondatrice pour chacun de nous. Une condition pourtant souvent oubliée à l'âge adulte.Autrice engagée et enseignante-chercheuse en sciences de l'éducation, elle publie “L'enfance, qu'est-ce que ça change ?” (Éditions Labor et Fides), un livre qui invite à repenser l'enfance non seulement comme une période individuelle mais comme une expérience commune, sociale et politique.Pourquoi les enfants sont-ils systématiquement perçus comme “dérangeants” ? Pourquoi le confort des adultes prévaut-il si souvent sur la sécurité ou le bien-être des plus jeunes ?Ensemble, nous parlons du manque d'espaces intergénérationnels, des sociétés où l'enfant reste “l'autre de l'adulte”, et de la puissance de cette altérité souvent jugée problématique.Clémentine partage des pistes très concrètes pour renouer avec l'enfance, créer des espaces communs, et valoriser l'imprévisible de la relation enfant-adulte.À retenir de cet échange :➜ Penser l'enfance comme altérité universelle : nous avons tous occupé, un jour, une place « décalée ». Se rappeler cette expérience collective efface les frontières entre « eux » et « nous ».➜ L'importance des espaces pensés pour tous : comment l'environnement urbain privilégie (encore trop souvent) le confort de l'adulte, parfois au détriment de la sécurité et de la liberté de mouvement de l'enfant.➜ La participation souvent oubliée ou mal perçue des adultes non-parents dans la vie des enfants, et la richesse des collaborations intergénérationnelles.➜ Que peuvent-nous apporter les enfants ? La présence des enfants bouscule les routines, mais ouvre aussi à des façons inédites de voir, d'écouter, d'apprendre. Accueillir cette imprévisibilité, c'est enrichir le collectif, pas seulement l'enfant.Ressources citéesLivres : « L'Enfance, qu'est-ce que ça change ? » de Clémentine Beauvais et « La maternité, qu'est-ce que ça change ? » d'Ingrid ToboisAssociation "Lire et Faire Lire"Et si nous nous inspirions de l'enfance pour en faire une force politique et créative, capable de renouveler nos visions du monde et nos façons de vivre ensemble ?Au programme :(01:27) Pourquoi écrire sur l'enfance ?(03:20) L'enfance, expérience politique et sociale(05:25) Grandir “décalé”, la norme adulte, souvenirs d'altérité(06:50) Existe-t-il des sociétés centrées sur l'enfance ?(08:43) La petitesse comme puissance : percevoir le monde autrement(13:41) Quand le confort de l'adulte prime sur la sécurité de l'enfant(17:19) La question du “dérangement” et la marginalisation dans l'espace public(23:00) Créer plus de relations intergénérationnelles(30:11 Le rôle des récits, livres et expériences communes pour tisser le lien(38:24) Ce que Maria Montessori a compris sur la temporalité et la présence de l'enfant

Dans cet extrait, Clémentine Beauvais, autrice du livre "L'enfance, qu'est-ce que ça change ?" (Éditions Labor et Fides) questionne la manière dont notre société compartimente la relation aux enfants en la limitant souvent au rôle des parents ou des enseignants.Elle met en lumière l'importance et la beauté des amitiés entre adultes et enfants, soulignant combien ces liens, détachés des rapports d'autorité ou de filiation, offrent aux plus jeunes de nouveaux repères et libertés.Elle évoque les figures de marraine, parrain, oncle, tante ou ami de la famille, rappelant leur place essentielle dans la construction de l'enfant et l'ouverture au monde.Selon elle, il s'agit de valoriser la diversité des relations intergénérationnelles en dehors de toute hiérarchie, de retrouver la confiance dans la proximité adulte-enfant, et de multiplier les occasions de partage autour d'expériences culturelles, créatives ou simplement quotidiennes.Cette redécouverte de l'amitié entre générations est aussi un enjeu de société : ouvrir les enfants à d'autres horizons, permettre aux adultes de nourrir leur curiosité et de percevoir différemment le monde, tisser de nouveaux liens de collaboration et d'émerveillement commun.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 21/05/2026.

"Le jeu le plus important est celui que l'enfant initie lui-même, c'est-à-dire le jeu libre."Le jeu est le langage naturel de l'enfant. À travers le jeu, l'enfant explore le monde, exprime ses émotions, développe son imagination et construit peu à peu sa compréhension de lui-même et des autres. C'est en jouant qu'il apprend à résoudre des problèmes, à coopérer, à gérer ses frustrations, mais aussi à oser prendre des initiatives. Le jeu libre est souvent relégué au second plan, éclipsé par des emplois du temps chargés et des activités dirigées. Pourtant, laisser l'enfant maître de son jeu est un puissant moteur de développement, d'autonomie et de confiance. Dans cet épisode, Sylvie d'Esclaibes explore la différence fondamentale entre « occuper un enfant » et lui permettre de jouer librement, sans attentes ni consignes.Souvent, en tant qu'adultes, nous ressentons une forme de culpabilité à ne pas être assez présents dans les jeux de nos enfants, ou à ne pas leur proposer suffisamment d'activités. Pourtant, la clé n'est pas dans la quantité d'activités dirigées.Le véritable enjeu : laisser nos enfants inventer, expérimenter, s'ennuyer, sans intervenir à chaque instant. Sylvie souligne : moins l'adulte intervient, plus l'enfant se construit. L'ennui devient alors un déclencheur de créativité, une opportunité pour développer logique, autonomie, confiance corporelle ou encore capacité d'imagination.Quelques pistes concrètes à la maison ou à l'extérieur :✅ Réduire le nombre de jouets à disposition et les rendre accessibles sans consignes✅ Accepter l'ennui comme déclencheur d'imagination✅ Aménager des espaces différenciés, peu chargés✅ Observer et se retirer davantage pour laisser l'enfant maître de ses jeux✅ En extérieur : jouer avec les éléments naturels, cabanes en forêt, collectes libresPour approfondir le sujet, Sylvie recommande deux lectures :« Qui veut jouer avec moi ? », de Lawrence Cohen« Développer le lien parent-enfant par le jeu », d'Aletha SolterNotre rôle n'est pas de tout prévoir, mais de faire confiance à la capacité de nos enfants à grandir dans, et par, le jeu libre. C'est en les laissant expérimenter, se tromper, recommencer, que nous leur permettons de se construire.

Sur Instagram, la pédagogie Montessori ressemble à un catalogue de décoration de luxe. Des chambres beiges, des jouets en bois brut hors de prix, et une perfection qui culpabilise tous les parents dont le salon déborde de plastique coloré.Bienvenue dans Le Focus, le format court de Papatriarcat. Aujourd'hui, on dénonce ce kidnapping marketing de la méthode Montessori.Dans cet épisode, tu vas découvrir :Pourquoi Maria Montessori serait effarée par l'industrie actuelle de la puériculture.Que la base de sa méthode ne repose pas sur des objets, mais sur la posture de l'adulte ("Aide-moi à faire seul").Ce que la science du développement dit vraiment des jouets "éducatifs" (spoiler : l'Académie Américaine de Pédiatrie préfère largement les objets simples).Pourquoi Montessori n'est pas une "méthode éducative" (n'en déplaise à TikTok) et comment cette gentrification masque la réalité des conflits familiaux derrière un filtre beige.Comment appliquer Montessori chez toi aujourd'hui, avec un budget de zéro euro.Références : Ce Focus s'appuie sur les origines historiques de la pédagogie, les recherches d'Angeline Stoll Lillard (validation scientifique de la méthode) et les rapports officiels de la pédiatrie sur le jeu de l'enfant.--------------------------------------------------Le site du podcast : https://papatriarcat.fr/Pour t'abonner à la newsletter : https://cedricrostein.substack.comRéagir à l'épisode : https://www.speakpipe.com/papatriarcatPour vous abonner à des contenus exclusifs : https://papatriarcat.supercast.com/Pour un accompagnement personnel : https://www.cedricrostein.com *******************************************Crédit musiques : www.bensound.comCrédit dialogue : BRUT - le sexisme chez les enfants (youtube)Soutenez ce podcast http://supporter.acast.com/papatriarcat. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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« Un enfant dans la vraie vie a vu beaucoup plus de diversité que dans les livres. »Pourquoi la littérature jeunesse est-elle un miroir révélateur, et parfois déformant, de nos représentations du monde ? J'ai le plaisir de recevoir Laura Pironnet pour interroger notre rapport aux albums jeunesse, leur influence et surtout notre responsabilité face aux clichés, à la diversité et au plaisir de lire.Professionnelle de l'édition et amoureuse de littérature jeunesse, Laura Pironnet partage depuis plusieurs années ses découvertes et réflexions dans la newsletter “À Voix Haute”. Elle y milite pour une littérature jeunesse plus variée et authentique, défait les idées reçues sur ce secteur et met en avant les enjeux qui le traversent : caricaturisation des enfants, sous-représentation de la diversité, stéréotypes persistants.Dans cet épisode, j'explore avec Laura tout ce que la littérature jeunesse dit de notre société et de la façon dont nous voyons l'enfance. Elle nous explique pourquoi relire ses livres d'enfant à l'âge adulte permet un nouveau regard, et comment accompagner le plaisir de lire, qui disparait souvent à l'adolescence. On évoque aussi l'importance d'offrir aux enfants des ouvrages dans lesquels ils peuvent réellement se reconnaître, ou s'ouvrir à d'autres réalités.Vous découvrirez :✅ Pourquoi la représentation des enfants dans les livres reste si souvent caricaturée (petit garçon “ronchon”, ados renfermés…)✅ Comment les clichés de genre et l'absence de diversité persistent dans l'édition jeunesse✅ L'écueil des livres “trop moralisateurs” et l'importance de lire pour le plaisir✅ Pourquoi il est essentiel de demander à l'enfant ce qu'il comprend et ressent face à une histoire✅ Les bienfaits de la littérature jeunesse pour s'ouvrir aux autres et sur le monde✅ Les classiques incontournables recommandés par Laura PironnetAu programme :(00:49) Pourquoi la littérature jeunesse est-elle si peu valorisée ?(03:29) Les adultes peuvent-ils lire de la littérature jeunesse ?(05:25) La littérature jeunesse, miroir de nos représentations(06:45) Stéréotypes, absence de diversité et responsabilité des éditeurs(10:05) Les contes, leur héritage et comment les aborder aujourd'hui(13:26) Les grands classiques à faire découvrir aux enfants(16:14) Faut-il continuer à lire à voix haute à son enfant qui sait lire ?(17:43) Lecture plaisir vs. lecture devoir : sortir de la case “performance”(23:47) Comment choisir dans la jungle éditoriale(27:31) Loup, sorcière, figure du méchant : questionner les rôles types(30:41) Questionner l'approche pédagogique dans la littérature jeunesseRessources citéesNewsletter À Voix Haute de Laura PironnetAuteurs et livres cités : Roald Dahl (Mathilda, Charlie et la chocolaterie, ....), Claude Ponti (Blaise et le château d'Anne Hiversère), “Devine combien je t'aime” de Sam McBratney, "Alice au pays des merveilles" de Lewis Carroll.Un épisode qui nous invite à renouveler notre regard sur la littérature jeunesse, pour offrir aux enfants (et à nous-mêmes) des histoires qui élargissent nos horizons, suscitent l'envie et ouvrent le dialogue. Bien loin des clichés conservés par habitude.

Send us Fan MailA lot of us know the feeling: you're doing your best, your kid needs you, and inside your own head the weather turns. I sit down with Kendall Consini Moore, the writer behind Cloudy Day Chronicles and the author of Mom's Cloud and the Beach Adventure, to talk about a simple idea that can change family communication: giving big feelings a name kids can actually use.We get specific about how her “cloud” metaphor was born from a bedtime story and a real parenting worry, and how the beach became the perfect setting to explain difference without blame. We also unpack what kindness looks like when you're not okay, including the self-kindness move that helps parents stop turning one rough moment into the whole story of the day. Kendall shares practical, at-home language tips inspired by Montessori-style narration, plus a refreshing stance on praise: make it real so it stays meaningful.We also talk about mental health boundaries and miscommunication, especially how “I have a cloud” can work as shorthand with a partner or friend when you don't have the emotional capacity for a long explanation. The conversation goes beyond parenting into anxiety, support groups, chronic illness flare-ups, and the surprising way hard seasons can grow our capacity for kindness, both toward ourselves and others.If you care about mental health, emotional intelligence for kids, and practical kindness you can use on your worst days, hit play. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a little sunlight, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.You can support the show in a few different ways—by grabbing something from our merch store, picking up a copy of my book, or joining us on Buy Me a Coffee. Every bit of support helps keep the podcast going and also helps us give back to nonprofits doing good in the world.Intro music: ‘Human First' by Mike Baker – YouTube Music: https://youtu.be/wRXqkYVarGA | Podcast: Still Here, Still Trying | Website: www.mikebakerhq.comSupport the show

Dans cet extrait, Laura Pironnet, passionnée de littérature jeunesse et professionnelle de l'édition, revient sur la pression qui entoure la lecture en France.Souvent perçue comme une activité intellectuelle et valorisée, nous oublions parfois l'essentiel : la joie de partager une histoire, d'éveiller la curiosité ou simplement de vivre un moment ensemble.Laura nous rappelle que lire à un enfant n'a pas à être une contrainte et que chacun, parent comme enfant, mérite de retrouver du plaisir dans ce rituel.Elle encourage à ne pas se forcer, à trouver des alternatives si besoin, et à montrer aux enfants l'exemple en lisant soi-même, même juste quelques pages ou quelques images, afin que la lecture demeure avant tout un moment partagé et naturel dans la vie de famille.À travers sa newsletter "À Voix Haute", elle milite pour accorder aux enfants la liberté de se reconnaître dans des histoires variées, à cultiver le plaisir de lire et à faire de la littérature jeunesse un miroir du monde dans toute sa diversité.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 14/05/2026.

Matt speaks with Casey Kennedy, co-founder of Acton Academy Calgary Central, about what makes the Acton model different from traditional schooling: guides instead of teachers, Socratic discussions instead of lectures, mastery instead of grades, and an emphasis on letting kids struggle, fail, and become passionate about the process of learning itself. Casey also explains why she and her husband started the school for their daughter, how her earlier work in Dallas and Sierra Leone shaped her view of education, and why she believes every child has a “genius” that education should help uncover. References Acton Academy Calgary Central https://www.actoncentral.org/ Acton Academy https://actonacademy.org/ The One World Schoolhouse - Salman Khan https://a.co/d/0dI4FOkK Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ Montessori education and mixed-age classrooms https://montessori-ami.org/trainingvoices/mixed-ages-montessori-environment Thanks to Our Patrons Thanks to our patrons, including Kris Rondolo, Amy Willis, and Christopher McDonald. To support The Curious Task, visit: https://patreon.com/curioustask

“We live by the stories in our heads,” but how often do we stop to consider which stories are actually fueling our children's sense of what's possible?In a culture that often worships efficiency over wonder, it's easy to treat storytelling as a mere "break" from hard work—something to occupy time in the car or a way to get the kids to sleep. But what if narrative is actually the most sophisticated innovation we have for raising capable, empathetic humans?In this episode, Terry Dubow talks with Upper Elementary Guide Christina Carroll about why storytelling is an indispensable tool for self-actualization. They dive into the “Five Great Stories” of the Montessori curriculum and the fascinating "Baseball Experiment," which indicates that a good story actually builds the prior knowledge kids need for rigorous academic work.Beyond the classroom, they discuss the powerful practice of “narrating” a child's life to help them see themselves as the hero of their own kindness, and how family heritages provide the rootedness children need to navigate a noisy, divided world.In this episode, we discuss:Beyond Entertainment: Why stories are a primary mechanism for understanding the world, not just a frivolous distraction.The Intrinsic Engine: How wrapping a lesson in a narrative sparks a curiosity that worksheets simply can't reach.The "Hero" Narrative: Christina's practice of reflecting a child's own kindness and effort back to them through story.Safe Rehearsals: Using literature like The Giver to explore "third rail" topics like adoption, race, and social justice.Rootedness: How family and cultural stories provide a sense of shared humanity in a digital age.

Three real sellers share how they found winning products, scaled across Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop, used AI, and grew brands from early traction to millions in sales. Get Helium 10 with a special discount to start or scale your e-commerce business here: https://h10.me/h10   ► Watch The Podcasts On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Helium10SeriousSellersPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 ► Instagram: instagram.com/serioussellerspodcast ► Free Amazon Seller Chrome Extension: https://h10.me/extension ► Sign Up For Helium 10: https://h10.me/signup  (Use SSP10 To Save 10% For Life) ► Learn How To Sell on Amazon: https://h10.me/ft   In this episode of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley Sutton sits down with three entrepreneurs at the Ecomm Mastery AI event in Nashville to unpack very different paths to e-commerce growth. From a toy brand built around functional products for kids, to a niche supplement company scaling through Amazon and TikTok Shop, to a lawn and garden brand navigating Vendor Central, 3P selling, Walmart, and AI-driven advertising, this conversation covers a wide range of seller experiences. First, we hear how one founder combined an engineering background from MIT, toy industry experience, and digital marketing skills to build the kids' toy brand Quiggly that hit $850,000 in its first full year. Her hero product, a functional toy spray mop, came from identifying long-tail keyword demand around Montessori-style toys and creating a standalone product customers were already searching for. Her biggest lesson: product-market fit matters more than launching a wide product catalog. Next, Bradley talks with a supplement brand owner who has been selling on Amazon since 2016 and later saw major growth through TikTok Shop. He shares how niching down, solving the customer's “next problem,” and building AI-focused content systems helped drive traffic from LLMs and answer engines. From schema markup to press releases, Reddit research, and modular blog content, his strategy shows how brands can start preparing for the future of search. Finally, we hear from an experienced e-commerce director managing large lawn and garden brands across Vendor Central, Amazon advertising, and Walmart. She breaks down the operational differences between 1P and 3P, how Born to Run works, why content contributions can be difficult for brands, and how tools like Pacvue, Amazon Performance Plus, Brand Plus, and Claude are helping her team improve advertising and listing optimization. The episode closes with a clear reminder: whether you're launching your first product or managing millions in revenue, success comes from understanding your customer, validating demand, and adapting quickly to new tools and platforms. In episode 747 of the Serious Sellers Podcast, Bradley, Kim, Damon, and Sadie discuss: 00:00 - Introduction 01:13 - Turning Experience Into An Amazon Brand 04:06 - Building An $850K Toy Business 06:09 - Finding Demand With Helium 10 11:24 - Launching With PPC And Long-Tail Keywords 17:48 - Building A Niche Supplement Brand 22:30 - Scaling Through COVID And TikTok Shop 24:30 - Winning By Solving Customer Problems 25:53 - Driving Traffic With AI And AEO 30:47 - Managing Multi-Million-Dollar Amazon Brands 34:00 - Comparing 1P And 3P Selling 37:08 - Optimizing Ads And Listings With AI

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Sound Healing with David Gibson How to Find a Frequency Intuitively or Physically Yourself Mastering Inner Resonance: The Art and Science of Intuitive Sound Healing A Comprehensive Guide to Resonant Health & Vibrational Therapy This episode features a comprehensive presentation by David Gibson on the multifaceted world of sound healing. It covers the institutional framework of the Globe Institute, the scientific principles of resonance and "destructive resonance" in modern medicine, and practical, intuitive techniques for personal healing. The core message emphasizes finding one's unique "soul song" through stillness and resonance to achieve physical and emotional harmony. The Sound Healing Ecosystem and Educational Framework The Sound Healing Center operates through four primary branches: the Globe Institute (educational certificates), the Sound Healing Store (over 400 instruments), the Sound Therapy Center (specific issue treatments), and the Sound Healing Research Foundation. Notably, the Institute is the only state-approved college in the U.S. dedicated to sound healing. Their work extends into specialized sectors, such as developing dementia protocols for major healthcare providers and implementing sound-based curricula in Montessori schools through significant grants. The Physics of Resonance and Medical Applications The science of sound healing is rooted in the principle that every part of the body—from organs to atoms—has a natural resonant frequency. When a stable, coherent vibration matches this frequency, it promotes health; however, "destructive resonance" can be used to explode pathogens or cancer cells. Leading institutions like Johns Hopkins are already using ultrasound to destroy liver cancer, and researchers have identified electromagnetic frequencies that can target 15 different types of cancer. The goal is to move beyond "chaos" (unstable vibration) toward "peace" (stable, consistent vibration). Practical Techniques for Intuitive Frequency Finding Individuals can find their own resonant frequencies by performing "frequency sweeps" with their voice. By placing a hand on the chest, neck, or head and sliding the pitch up and down, one can identify where the vibration feels strongest, indicating resonance. Specific vowels, such as "E" directed toward the nasal cavity, can stimulate the skull and brain. These techniques are not only for physical organs but also for subtle endocrine glands like the adrenals, thymus, and pineal gland. Even if a frequency isn't matched perfectly, the act of sending stable energy and positive intention provides a "massage" of chi to the body parts. The Evolution Toward the "Soul Song" The ultimate frontier of sound healing is the transition from single frequencies to complex "songs" or tonalities. Every person has 11 major medical systems (circulatory, nervous, etc.) through which energy flows like a melody. Blockages caused by trauma or negative emotions create "chaotic vibrations." By practicing stillness, individuals can eventually hear the "song of source" or their own "soul song," which represents the perfect, unobstructed flow of energy through the entire system. This shamanic approach relies on deep connection rather than external lists or AI-generated data. Sound healing is presented as a bridge between ancient shamanic wisdom and modern physics. By moving from the understanding of simple frequencies to the complex, flowing "songs" of our biological systems, individuals can take an active role in their own healing. The key to this mastery lies in the cultivation of stillness, allowing one to hear and resonate with the inherent harmony of the soul.

Dans cet extrait, Marion Cuerq, spécialiste des droits de l'enfant, revient sur la transformation profonde du regard porté sur l'enfance en Suède, amorcée bien avant les années 1980.Elle retrace l'émergence d'une nouvelle vision de l'enfant dès le début du XXe siècle, incarnée par des figures clés comme Ellen Key, grande opposante aux punitions corporelles, puis renforcée après la Seconde Guerre mondiale avec une remise en question de l'obéissance aveugle et la valorisation de l'éducation positive. À travers l'exemple emblématique de Fifi Brindacier, héroïne suédoise créée par Astrid Lindgren, Marion montre comment la culture populaire a contribué à installer une image d'enfant puissant, autonome et bienveillant, participant à une dynamique d'égalité et de progrès social.Marion nous permet de comprendre, au prisme de l'expérience suédoise, comment un pays a réussi à faire évoluer durablement sa conception de l'enfance en croisant projets politiques, mouvements sociétaux et changement en profondeur des mentalités. Elle explique notamment l'importance des politiques publiques et de la volonté d'horizontaliser les relations, aussi bien entre enfants et adultes qu'au sein même de la société, tout en soulignant le contraste avec la situation française où ce lien entre avancées sociales et choix politiques reste à construire.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 07/05/2026.

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Comment apprendre aux enfants à traverser la frustration… sans perdre soi-même patience ?Sylvie d'Esclaibes aborde dans cet épisode un sujet universel en éducation : la gestion de la frustration chez les enfants. Cette étape essentielle de leur développement se manifeste dès le plus jeune âge et peut parfois mettre à l'épreuve nos limites de parent ou d'éducateur. Plutôt que de fuir ces moments de crise, il est possible d'en faire de véritables occasions d'apprentissage, pour favoriser la régulation émotionnelle chez l'enfant.La frustration, c'est ce moment de tension entre le désir de l'enfant et une limite imposée par la réalité ou les règles. L'enfant n'a pas encore tous les outils pour traverser ses émotions : il exprime alors colère, pleurs, agitation. Il ne s'agit pas de « caprices », mais souvent de réactions accentuées par la fatigue, la faim ou le besoin de lien.Face à la tempête émotionnelle, il existe deux écueils : céder trop facilement ou, à l'inverse, durcir les règles sans prise en compte de l'émotion de l'enfant. Alors comment faire pour réagir sans céder ou s'énerver, et adapter notre comportement en fonction de l'âge de l'enfant ?Quelques postures adopter :

Our conversation for May is with Isabella Cai, the founder and CEO of Y Montessori, where she leads the Montessori Data Lens program to spark meaningful conversations and empower the community to leverage data in advancing the Montessori movement. Isabella shares the origin story of the Montessori Data Lens program as well as various projects they have done thus far. 

In Season 2 Episode 46 of our Montessori Babies Podcast, we talk all about supporting your baby's development through Montessori as you find your flow as a new parent!We touched on ideas like:What you actually need to start Montessori in a modern worldHow Montessori supports your unique journey as a parentHow to set up your environment3 steps to get started supporting your baby's development through Montessori todayand more!

« L'éducation est la base de tout. Si on veut transformer une société de façon pacifique, ce n'est que par l'éducation. »Notre système éducatif est-il à bout de souffle ? Comment, à travers l'éducation verte, pouvons-nous y répondre et en faire un véritable projet de société à la hauteur des défis du XXIe siècle ?Professeur en sciences de l'éducation à l'Université de Montpellier, Sylvain Wagnon est spécialiste de l'histoire de l'éducation nouvelle et auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur les pédagogies alternatives. Il explore dans son nouvel essai « Éducation verte, éducation de demain », les voies pour faire de l'éducation un véritable levier de transition écologique et sociale, tourné vers l'épanouissement des enfants.Bien plus que l'école, l'éducation verte est une refonte totale de notre système : dé-cloisonnement disciplinaire, importance du corps et des émotions, rôle des parents, place de l'enfant dans la ville… Sylvain s'appuie sur des exemples concrets, de l'école dehors à la « ville à hauteur d'enfant » en passant par la formation continue et les pédagogies actives, pour proposer une éducation résolument tournée vers la vie, l'action et l'émancipation.Ensemble, nous abordons des leviers d'action concrets :▶️ Décloisonner les savoirs : aborder les mathématiques, l'histoire, le langage autour de problématiques concrètes comme l'alimentation ou le jardin.▶️ Réhabiliter l'importance du corps, des émotions et du collectif dans les apprentissages.▶️ Faire de l'école et la ville un espace d'action locale et de lien : végétaliser les cours, ouvrir les jardins aux familles, repenser la ville à hauteur d'enfant.▶️ Valoriser les enseignants comme acteurs majeurs de cette transformation.Un épisode qui nous donne des clés précieuses pour accompagner la révolution éducative dont nous avons tant besoin.Au programme :(02:30) Pourquoi le système éducatif traditionnel ne répond plus à notre époque(04:33) Éducation verte : définition et enjeux au-delà de l'écologie(06:36) Révolution éducative : compétences essentielles et décloisonnement disciplinaire(10:36) Centres d'intérêts à l'école : de la Finlande à l'Espagne, ce qui fonctionne(12:09) Comment concilier savoirs fondamentaux et compétences psychosociales(14:10) Pourquoi les pédagogies actives mettent autant de temps à s'imposer(17:15) L'école dehors : retour d'expérience et apports concrets pour les apprentissages(21:57) Nature, adolescence et nouvelles technologies : comment retrouver du sens(26:13) La transition écologique dans les programmes et dans la vie réelle(31:06) Ville à hauteur d'enfant, rôle des parents : l'importance de décloisonnerL'éducation verte, ce n'est pas une utopie, c'est une transformation concrète déjà en marche, pour une école plus vivante en phase avec les défis d'aujourd'hui et de demain.

Dans cet extrait, Sylvain Wagnon, professeur en sciences de l'éducation à l'Université de Montpellier et spécialiste de l'histoire de l'éducation nouvelle, met l'accent sur la nécessité d'une éducation “pour la vie et par la vie”, véritable pilier de son ouvrage "Éducation verte, éducation de demain" (Éd. Le bord de l'eau).Il défend une école où la singularité de chaque enfant est valorisée au quotidien à travers des situations concrètes et des apprentissages ancrés dans la réalité.Ce modèle, loin d'être utopique, s'appuie sur l'expérience des pédagogies nouvelles qui, depuis longtemps, mettent en avant l'importance de relier formation intellectuelle, compétences pratiques et apprentissage tout au long de la vie.Pour Sylvain, il s'agit de sortir d'une logique de simple adaptation et d'oser transformer l'école pour former des individus capables de repenser la société. Il rappelle le rôle-clé du monde enseignant dans cette transformation, insistant sur la nécessité de leur donner une place centrale et valorisée.L'épisode intégral est à retrouver sur toutes les plateformes d'écoutes de podcast le 29/04/2026.

AVM Burst in the Brain: A Recovery Story of Patience, Aphasia, and Finding Your Way Back Jennifer Tomscha was 39, driving her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter home from preschool, when an AVM burst in her brain. She felt a wash of dizziness first. Then her vision started collapsing on the right side. She pulled onto a narrow verge on the highway between Greytown and Carterton in New Zealand, tried to reach her husband, got no answer, and dialled 111 instead. When the dispatcher asked what was wrong, she said something she still can’t fully explain: “I think I’m having a stroke.” She didn’t know yet that she had two arteriovenous malformations in her left frontal lobe — one discrete, one diffuse. She didn’t know that within hours she’d be helicoptered to Wellington Hospital for an emergency craniotomy, or that the following Monday a neurosurgeon named Dr. Woon would spend thirty hours trying to remove both malformations from her brain. She just knew something was wrong, and that her daughter was in the back seat, and that she couldn’t keep driving. That moment — pulling over, self-diagnosing, refusing the urge to simply lie down and rest — may be the reason she’s alive. What happens when an AVM bursts in the brain An arteriovenous malformation is a tangle of abnormal blood vessels that connects arteries directly to veins, bypassing the capillary network that normally regulates blood flow. Most people with an AVM never know they have one. But when an AVM bursts in the brain, blood floods into surrounding tissue at high pressure, and the consequences are almost always severe: haemorrhagic stroke, seizures, sudden neurological deficits, and in many cases, death. Jennifer’s first surgery controlled the bleeding. The second, five days later, was supposed to remove both malformations. It didn’t go as planned. The surgical team discovered that blood flow to the first AVM was feeding the second one, causing the brain around it to swell. Dr. Woon had to make an impossible decision in the middle of the operation: let her die, or remove a portion of healthy brain tissue along with the malformation. He chose to keep her alive. The surgery took thirty hours. When it was finally over, he called her husband and said, “Well, you’ll be lucky if she talks.” The six weeks she can’t remember Jennifer has no memories of the first six weeks after her AVM burst. She was in a medically induced coma for the surgery, then in intensive care, then transferred to rehabilitation. Everything she knows about that period has been told to her by other people. When her memory started returning, she found herself in a rehabilitation ward in Masterton, using adult nappies, unable to sit up in bed. The front of her skull had been removed and wouldn’t be replaced for months. She wore a protective helmet whenever she walked. And yet — she insists — she felt fine. [Quote block — mid-article] “I kept saying, ‘I’m okay, I’m fine. You guys should just take it easy around me.’ But of course, I wasn’t really fine.” — Jennifer Tomscha The honest recognition of what had happened to her didn’t come for almost two years. It took that long for her brain to have enough capacity to think about her brain. The myth of the one-year recovery window Most stroke survivors are told, either directly or by implication, that the first year matters most. That after twelve months, improvements slow. That after two years, you’ve plateaued. Jennifer’s experience — and the experience of nearly every long-term survivor interviewed on this podcast — contradicts that narrative. Four years after her AVM burst, she is still discovering what recovery means. Her academic writing, once her profession as the Director of the Writing Program at NYU Shanghai, doesn’t flow the way it used to. She can’t recall songs from memory anymore, or sing the ones she used to sing. Her aphasia shows up most at night, when she’s tired. She still takes an afternoon nap most days. But she’s also finishing a PhD. She can read as well as she ever could. She’s speaking, articulately, in a podcast interview eighty minutes long. And the parts of recovery she thought had stopped improving are, quietly, still improving. What Jennifer wants other survivors to know Her advice, offered near the end of the conversation, is short and unsparing: “You can rest, and that’s okay. You can be as slow as you want to be, and that’s also okay. But don’t give up. Just keep going — at whatever pace feels right.” It’s a rejection of both the productivity culture that tells survivors to push harder and the clinical culture that tells them to accept their limits. Recovery, for Jennifer, isn’t a race against a deadline. It’s a long, patient process of finding out what comes back and learning to live fully with whatever doesn’t. Bill’s book and community If Jennifer’s story resonates with you, Bill Gasiamis’s book — The Unexpected Way That A Stroke Became The Best Thing That Happened To — explores the same territory: the slow, unexpected, sometimes beautiful work of rebuilding a life after a brain event. Get the book here Readers who want to support the podcast and connect with the community of survivors it serves can do so at Patreon. Support on Patreon This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. Jennifer Tomscha: An AVM Burst in Her Brain at 39, and the Four-Year Climb Back to Herself She self-diagnosed her own stroke while driving with her daughter. Four years on, she’s still discovering what recovery really means. Highlights: 00:00 Introduction and Background 10:00 Reflections on the Experience 18:00 Long-term Effects and Adaptations 26:45 Identity and Self-Perception Post-Stroke 38:48 The Long Game of Recovery 51:07 The Journey of Recovery 01:03:42 The Evolution of the Podcast Transcript: Introduction and Background: AVM Burst in the Brain Jennifer Tomscha (00:00) Dr. Woon was my neurosurgeon. And he just said, I’ll never do another surgery like that ever again. it was really long. And I think he definitely had made me worse. Like they had taken out. too much of my normal brain. when he called my husband after the surgery was over, Dr. Woon said like, well, you’ll be lucky if she talks. he was just so discouraged from how the AVM surgery went. when I finally talked to him on Zoom. was so you And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course I can. He was like, will you show me? and I walked up and down the room and he was like laughing so hard at my being able to walk. He was like so enthusiastic about it. Bill Gasiamis (00:44) Welcome back everybody. I am Bill Gassiomas and my guest today is Jennifer Tomche. In March, 2022, Jennifer was 39 years old living in New Zealand, finishing the first year of a PhD program when something happened to her brain that changed everything. What followed was a medical emergency unlike anything I’ve heard described on this podcast and a recovery story that quietly dismantles one of the most damaging myths in stroke survivor community. That after a certain point, the window for improvement closes. Jennifer is four years out from what happened to her. She still takes an afternoon nap every day. She still notices the edges of what her brain can and can’t do. And she is also finishing a PhD, raising two children and speaking with a clarity and warmth that will stop you in your tracks. This is a conversation about what it actually means to play the long game and why might be the most important thing any survivor can do. Before we get into it, if this podcast has been part of your recovery journey, I’d love for you to check out my book, The Unexpected Way That a Stroke Became the Best Thing That Happened, at recoveryafterstroke.com/book. And a genuine thank you to everyone supporting this work on Patreon. If you wanted to support the show, you can go to patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke. really helps me keep the conversation going. Let’s get into it. Bill Gasiamis (02:12) Jennifer Tomscha welcome to the podcast. Jennifer Tomscha (02:14) Thank you. I’m glad to be here. Bill Gasiamis (02:17) It’s lovely to have a local with me. Usually all my guests are from the United States or Canada or the United Kingdom. You’re just a hop, skip and a jump away in New Zealand. Jennifer Tomscha (02:20) Yeah. Mm hmm. Yep. Yep. I’m American originally, but we moved here in 2020. So ⁓ we I’m grew up in Iowa. And then and then I after but we were living in Shanghai for us for almost seven years, my husband and I were living in Shanghai and I was teaching at New York University, Shanghai and then when COVID happened in China. Bill Gasiamis (02:35) Where are we from in America? Jennifer Tomscha (02:54) they told us to leave the country because it was where it started. So, and we had two kids, so my husband didn’t want to go back to the United States. And so my sister lives in New Zealand. So we moved here and then we just stayed here. mm-hmm. So, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (03:11) So in China, was it just a request? Was it a directive? What was the situation? Jennifer Tomscha (03:18) From New York University, they said if you weren’t a Chinese national citizen, they strongly urged us to leave because they just didn’t know how they were gonna manage it. everyone, mean, in China, they had had SARS in the early 2000s, so they had already had it. And so right away, everyone had their masks on. They were ready to… go and I was like, I want to get out of here. So we went to New Zealand and they also had a lockdown, but it was just for a month and then everyone could wander around because the virus was not here. we just stayed and I got into this PhD program. So that’s why we’re still in New Zealand. Bill Gasiamis (04:00) Wow. That kind of brings us to the first question I ask most people these days is what was life like before stroke? So there was a little bit of stuff going on. was, work in China. There was a bit of, ⁓ travel from the United States to China. was children, but daily life. What, what was that like before the stroke? Jennifer Tomscha (04:21) When I saw my stroke happened in March of 2022 and at that time I had been in my PhD program for about a year. And I was just finishing up my research proposal. And so I was doing that during the day and my kids were both at, I have an older son who was in second grade year two. And then I have a daughter who was in preschool. And so my days were I dropped them off at their schools and then I would work for a little while. And then I would. go and get them. So, and then they would come home and we would do all the other stuff in parenting. And my husband at that time was working at the library. So he had, he was at the libraries from nine to five every day. So he was at work. And that’s what, that’s what we were doing. Yeah. When I had my stroke. I was busy trying to finish up this research proposal. And then, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (05:14) 39 years old at the time as well. Jennifer Tomscha (05:16) Yes, was 39. Bill Gasiamis (05:18) any signs, any kind of inkling that something was not right. Jennifer Tomscha (05:23) I didn’t, weirdly, so I’m trying to think about, my whole life I’ve had this thing where if, especially at just certain points if I hit my, this is maybe nothing to do with anything, but if I hit my elbow or my wrist, then I would pass out. And sometimes I would have like a little seizure while I was passing out. So wasn’t just like a regular fainting, it was like a seizure. And I had some of those in high school and I actually went to the, hospital for those at one point and I think they didn’t know what that was and they just did an EEG. I don’t even think we had an MRI where I lived. So I didn’t really know and then that sort of passed. But I was feeling when I have a daily journal that I was writing and when I go back and read that daily journal, the whole, for a couple months ahead of time, I was like, I just feel kind of weird. I don’t feel great. I feel like a little bit sick and I don’t know what’s wrong with me. And at that time they were allowing COVID to enter New Zealand. They were putting it in. So I was like, I think I might have COVID, but I took a bunch of tests. They were all negative. And then my stroke happened on Tuesday, but the Friday before I was so sick. And then that weekend I was really sick too. And then I got, like, I kind of felt like I woke up, I felt really nauseous. And then I felt better on Monday and Tuesday. And Tuesday was when my stroke happened. So I think that was all, it was all, think, my body reacting to, I was probably bleeding in my head at that time or something. mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (06:57) I got it. And we’re to have to go back and talk about how it was that when you got hit on your, on your wrist and your elbow, how hard was the hit? Jennifer Tomscha (07:05) I don’t know. Not super hard, I just, I don’t know what, I actually don’t know, and maybe it’s nothing to do with it. You know, maybe it’s something else in my body that I am prone to fainting. But I don’t know, I don’t really know why that, and maybe it wasn’t anything like that. But I had one day when I was 16 and I passed out three times and that did seem kind of funny. And I went to the doctor and I passed out while I was at the doctor’s office. So they were like, there’s nothing wrong with you. So they put me to the hospital. They did the EG. stayed the night. And then they were like, there’s nothing wrong with you. So that was it. But I think if nowadays they probably would have done an MRI, maybe, and they would have seen that I had my AVM and my whole life would have been different because I wouldn’t have done all the stuff that I’ve done now. Like my mom was like, if we had known you had had an AVM, you would have gone to school. in Sioux City, you know, or we would have done something to keep you nearby because we would be worried about you. Instead, I was just like, doing whatever I wanted to, which is good. Bill Gasiamis (08:14) Laze, but that’s kind of good. But also I get the preventative thing. One of the, my former guests had a daughter who had an AVM and I think she was five when she passed away from a bleed in the brain because of an AVM. That’s horrific. And one of the, it’s actually worth listening to that episode and it’s worth me interrupting this right now to jump on and find that episode so that I can share it with people. And this particular lady has made it her life’s mission to raise money, get an MRI machine and do preventative scans for people in case they have an AVM or some other undiagnosed neurological condition. I think it’s Gina. Gina Keely. OK, it’s. And her ⁓ foundation is now called the Paige Keeley Foundation, it’s the most heartbreaking story. It’s episode 141 and I’ll have the link in the show notes and I’ll have it in the YouTube description. So for anyone listening, jump back and have a look at that. And also maybe even consider supporting the foundation because the story is heartbreaking and the efforts that this lady is going to ensure that this doesn’t happen to other people is just amazing. So. I wanted to, I raised that because I had a, in 2011, no, no, in 2010, about 18 months before my actual AVM bled, I had a really terrible negative episode, nauseous, room spinning, like all the signs of stroke, but completely missed the, completely missed Jennifer Tomscha (09:47) Mm. Bill Gasiamis (09:55) the AVM when I went and actually had an MRI. So yeah, I went to the hospital, gave them my, rundown of what was happening to me and they were so switched on and they got me in and they did all the tests, but they didn’t find anything because they didn’t know what they were looking for. And there was no obvious sign of bleeding. So they didn’t dig deeper. And I have a friend of mine who is a radiographer who actually did my MRIs Jennifer Tomscha (09:58) ⁓ really? Mm. Reflections on the Experience Bill Gasiamis (10:22) when I was in hospital being treated after my AVM burst in 2012. And he said to me, the preventative stuff is very difficult because if you don’t specifically know what you’re testing for, you don’t know how to set up the machine and how many slices that it needs to take and at what resolution. So that when you deliver that to the radiologist and they’re looking at it, can they see an AVM and then pass that on? Jennifer Tomscha (10:37) Mmm Bill Gasiamis (10:49) that information onto the neurologist. They might even miss it, even though they’re doing MRI. But what Jena is doing, it sounds like they’re specifically going after aneurysms, AVMs, other malformations, and therefore they have kind of this better opportunity to find it. So if somebody is considering getting a preventative scan of their brain, you have to be very specific. Jennifer Tomscha (10:53) Bye. Bill Gasiamis (11:14) with the team of doctors, radiographers, neurologists, as to what you want them to look for and make sure that they adjust the scan so that it’s fit for purpose. Jennifer Tomscha (11:25) That’s interesting. That’s really interesting. Bill Gasiamis (11:26) Yeah. So what was the day of the stroke like? Was it, you said you’re feeling better on that Tuesday. Jennifer Tomscha (11:34) Mm-hmm. I had a good day. I have like lots of notes from my research proposal and I went to pick up. I don’t know why I did it this way actually. I went, my daughter’s preschool is in our town, Greytown, and I went and picked up her first and then I went to get my son. His school is a Montessori school. It’s in one town north. And so I went and got her and we were driving in the car and when I turned onto the highway that connects Greytown and Carterton, I just felt like a wash of dizziness and I started losing sight, I think, in my right eye. And it’s seven kilometers from Graytown to Carterton. And right before we got into Carterton, I pulled over onto the side of the highway. I tried, so by that time I think I had lost most of the sight in my one, my right eye. And so it wasn’t very long actually. And so I tried to call my husband, he didn’t answer. And then I just called 111 and I was like, I don’t know why I was like, I think I’m having a stroke, but I don’t know why I even thought that actually. Do know what I mean? I just, was like, something is wrong with me. And so my daughter was fussing in the back and, I don’t really remember anything after that. I don’t remember the paramedics coming. I don’t remember talking to anyone. but so when they, I think the police came first and then Then the paramedics came and they said I was nauseous, but talking a little bit. But then they moved me into the ambulance and, I started, choking and, or something, and they had to intubate me in the ambulance. And then they took me in. I was helicoptered off to Wellington hospital. So. Bill Gasiamis (13:12) How did you feel about it? I know you did the right things. You nailed it. But how did you feel? What were you thinking? I was completely oblivious to the risk I was at or in. Jennifer Tomscha (13:14) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I don’t know. just, let’s see, I think… I think when I was losing my vision, that was hard. I mean, I’m really lucky. There was a little ⁓ path on the side of the road right before you enter Carterton. So I pulled over there so I could still control the car. You know what I mean? I wasn’t so bad. And I could dial 111 on my phone. I could still think about those things. But it wasn’t very long after I dialed 111 and talked to those people that I’d that my memory is gone. So I think, I mean, I have spent a lot of time trying to like go back and figure out like, what was it? What could I have done early? know, like I was really lucky I was in the car, because honestly, because if I was at home, I might’ve like laid down and taken a nap and not called anybody actually, or called Dan and half have not answered. So then I could just see myself. Bill Gasiamis (14:14) you Jennifer Tomscha (14:22) It was actually really lucky that I was in the car with my daughter because it made me, I mean, I couldn’t keep driving very well. And so it made me pull over and it made me, I’d have to do something because I wasn’t in town. So I had to like figure out how I was going to manage the situation. And so I was really lucky actually that I was in the car and that I was in a public space where I was easy to find and like I could, so I felt like really lucky that all that happened. in that time period, but also that soul that my daughter was with me because it made me, I had this like parental responsibility that I had to, I couldn’t keep driving with her in the car. Like I just, I knew I had to do something and quickly. I feel like, I feel really lucky that that was the situation that I was in because I could see a different day where I didn’t go get the kids at that time. And I maybe would have tried to take a nap and it would have been totally different. So you know what I mean. Bill Gasiamis (15:19) It’s such a common thing for people to go, oh, I’m not feeling well. I think I’ll just go lay down and have a rest and see if I can just get over it, sleep through it or whatever. yeah. And then it just leads to even more and more trouble or problems. The fact that you said, I think I’m having a stroke, right? That is so cool and bizarre and amazing. Jennifer Tomscha (15:29) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. The guy was like, why? And I was like, well, I’m losing my sight. I was like, I mean, I don’t know how it was. I was like, why do you think you’re having a stroke? I was like, I don’t know. But there was something wrong. You know what I mean. Bill Gasiamis (15:52) Yeah, that’s such a good question for me. Why do you think I’m going to strike? I don’t know, but I just came up with it. What? That was enough though. Like that was such a response from you to say, I think I’m having a stroke. It’s very, very rare that people get there, but the fact that you got there kind of gave, gave them also like an understanding of how to attend the site and what to do. Jennifer Tomscha (16:01) Mm. Bill Gasiamis (16:18) And that saves time as well. That saves a ton of time. Jennifer Tomscha (16:21) Right. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (16:23) and gets them, even though you may have been wrong, right? Gets them looking in the direction because they’re already got that in their mind. And then, well, let’s look at that first and then let’s suss it out. She might be completely wrong. But I walked into the hospital after my, while I was having the third blade and said, I’m having a brain hemorrhage or something like that. And I was in the hospital upright, standing, looking normal and Jennifer Tomscha (16:27) Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s true. That’s ⁓ Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (16:51) They were looking at me like, okay, what are you on? This guy, this guy must be on something because it doesn’t look like he’s having a stroke. And then I had to try and convince them, but I wasn’t giving them my contact details. So they weren’t able to bring up my record. And all they were saying was just give us your name, give us your name. We’ll put it in the system. We’ll have a look. And eventually they got it out of me and, ⁓ and I was right. But yeah, such a good thing. Jennifer Tomscha (16:54) Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh-huh. no. Hmm. you Bill Gasiamis (17:21) I love those little bits and pieces that go well together because you often hear I often hear the bits and pieces that didn’t go well and and it turned out differently and how old was your daughter at the time? Yeah, wow. Jennifer Tomscha (17:30) Mm-hmm. She was three and a half. And so she was still in the backseat, know, backwards in her car seat. And then we stopped and she was like, why are we stopping or whatever in her three and a half year old voice? And I was like, I just had to make a couple of phone, you know, I don’t know what I said to her. And then I think when the police came, she was asleep. Like she fell asleep back in the car. then, and then. It’s just, I, I’ll, so then for the next six weeks I don’t have any memories of anything. So all, all of the information has been given to me by other people. But, so, yeah. Long-term Effects and Adaptations Bill Gasiamis (18:04) So was quite a large blade after all of that. Jennifer Tomscha (18:06) Yeah, it was large. They took me, so I flew in the helicopter from Masterton to Wellington and I think they, by then my sister had gotten to the hospital and they, yeah, I think they said, yeah, they did an emergency, is it craniac? Or what’s the? Bill Gasiamis (18:25) Craniotomy, Jennifer Tomscha (18:26) Yeah, they did an emergency cradionomy and they saw that I was bleeding. And then they saw that I had this large left frontal or frontal lobe AVM. So, and then they said that at that moment they couldn’t tackle that AVM. So they, controlled the bleeding and then they, and they left my skull out and then, yeah. And then, then they, they talked to the neurosurgeon and He, that was a Tuesday and he said, why don’t you, I was in a coma, just keep her in a medical coma. And then Monday they would do the, the, the surgery to get rid of the AVM. Bill Gasiamis (19:05) And then that surgery happened. Jennifer Tomscha (19:07) That happened and it was, had my, actually had two AVMs. One was really discreet and they could see all the endings of it. And the other one was diffuse. I don’t really understand it, but, the neurosurgeon said there was like parts of regular brain in and around the AVM. I don’t really understand how that happens, but, ⁓ so they started in the morning and they did, they got rid of the one AVM. They were taking it out. And then something about the blood vessels that had some of they had been putting blood into that AVM. They then started feeding into the other AVM. So then that AVM made my brain sort of swell where that AVM was. And so the neurosurgeons had to decide if, mean, basically it was like, let me die. because they couldn’t do anything about it, or they would get rid of that AVM and they would just take out the brain that was, the normal brain that was in the regular AVM. So they took, they decided not to let me die, thank goodness, and they decided to do that. so, but it was really long surgery, it was 30 hours, I think they just didn’t, yeah, it was really long. And… And I think Dr. Woon was my neurosurgeon. And he just said, when he went and sewed my head back together, he didn’t think I was listening, but I was in the other room and I could hear him after I had my skull put back in. And he was like, I’ll never do another surgery like that ever again. it was too, it was really long. And I think he definitely thought that he had made me worse. Like they had taken out. too much of my normal brain. when he called my husband after the surgery was over, like they didn’t call him. Dan, my husband was waiting for the whole 30 hours and they only called him one time at like 11 o’clock that night. And they were like, we’re finishing up. But then they had all this other stuff happen. So they didn’t actually call him again until noon the next day. And Dr. Woon said like, well, you’ll be lucky if she talks. Because we had to take out. he was just so discouraged from how the AVM surgery went. And so, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (21:24) Dr. Woon needs to give himself way more credit. Jennifer Tomscha (21:27) I know, I know, I also think that. I also think that, I mean, it’s, I mean, neurosurgeons, they’re, it’s amazing that you could, I’ve just, it’d be so weird if your job was to cut people up and go into their brains and try and fix something in that organ, which is so mysterious, do you know? Like, yeah, so. Bill Gasiamis (21:48) Wow. 30 hours. So he also is thinking in his career, he’s probably never going to come across another 30 hour surgery. Yeah. Well, only if it’s necessary to make somebody better, but yeah, we definitely want to avoid that if we can for every human on the planet and for Dr. Woon, but I just, I’m just completely in awe of these people. I bumped into my surgeon last year. Jennifer Tomscha (21:57) I hope not. mean, I hope, you know, yeah, I don’t think, yeah. Right. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (22:15) because I had another MRI, because I had another bout of headaches and all that kind of stuff. still, you know, it hasn’t ended. I still go through all these things. And I mean, I mean kind of, I get emotional when I’m around her and when I’m in the room with her. If she told me to jump off a cliff because there is something positive down there and I would do it. If she said, if she said punch a hole through that wall, I would do it. Like I would do whatever she said because Jennifer Tomscha (22:20) no. Yes. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (22:44) I just cannot get over the, know, when, you know, when you make a decision, some people, my phone is weird. I’ve never done this before, but you have a piece of fabric and it’s got some lines on it. And you know, if you cut it wrong, that you can’t use that piece of fabric for that pair of trousers anymore. You’ve got to use it for something else. Like that’s a pretty mild problem to happen. Like you cut wrong, you go in the wrong place. You pop that aside and. You’re useful. If you do that to a human, there’s no going back. And you’ve got to make that decision every single time you walk into the operating theater. And imagine his family. Like, I feel like we need to reach out to his family and say, is there anything we need to make up for? I know we had your husband for 30 hours, but like, how can we support your family now that he’s done that for my family? Jennifer Tomscha (23:40) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (23:40) Do you know, like it’s so interesting that these people have been able to get to that level of capability. Jennifer Tomscha (23:49) Yes. Bill Gasiamis (23:50) with humans and helping people stay alive and be here with their family, be a mom, be a wife, be a daughter, be a member of the community. Jennifer Tomscha (23:51) Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep, exactly. It’s just, it’s amazing. It’s just so, and I’m so grateful to him and he had another neurosurgeon working with him and yeah, it did, I mean, yeah, it’s amazing. I always think though, I’m trying to think about like, did, why, if he cut out those parts of my brain, why weren’t they, why? I mean, I have some things I can’t do that I could do before. Like I can’t, this is so weird. I can’t recall songs very well and I can’t sing songs from memory, like at all. Like that part of my brain is done, which is fine, but I used to sing a lot. but I think because if the AVM is there when you’re in your, if it’s there when you’re in your mom’s womb, like if you’re, when you’re developing. It’s probable that my brain was like, there’s a little issue here in this brain. We’ll move some of the stuff away from, don’t you think that would be, yeah, because I just think like, I think where my AVMs were, my brain was like, we’re gonna move, we’re not gonna put stuff by those AVMs because yeah, because your brain is really adaptable. Like that’s one of the things that I’ve been reading since I had my stroke. Bill Gasiamis (24:59) Wow. Yeah, I’ve never thought about that. Why not? That makes sense, Jennifer. Because it’s… Yeah. Jennifer Tomscha (25:18) My mom’s like, your brain is so adaptable and flexible and it can do different things. You just have to try doing things, you know, and failing. Bill Gasiamis (25:26) And the blood flow is not right. So you imagine with blood flow not being right, then the brain’s not developing correctly in that spot anyway. And it’s just developing where there is blood flow. Jennifer Tomscha (25:37) Yes, exactly. Exactly. I just I feel like that makes sense to me. And that’s why if you’re the neurosurgeon, I mean, you really don’t know. Like Dr. Woon didn’t know what was there. But I just feel like maybe my brain when it was developing was like, well, this isn’t a good spot and this other spot isn’t a good spot. So we’ll just do everything in a different place. And the brain is really you can really do that. I think your brains are really plastic in the way that they can order themselves. And so I So it’s still all Dr. Woon. I’m just so grateful to him and everything that he did. Because honestly, I feel like I come from the States. I don’t know that a neurosurgeon, I just don’t know how long a neurosurgeon would have, they might be like, I’m done, I can’t do this anymore. I just don’t really know. It just all depends on the doctor and who sees you and everything. So I just felt so lucky to have been here. Bill Gasiamis (26:30) Imagine doing a 30 hour shift on any day for anything. Jennifer Tomscha (26:34) No. And the thing about neurosurgery is like you’re in, I mean you’re doing like, you’re in a microscope or whatever doing that little and you’re tying off a little blood vein and I don’t know, it’s nuts, it’s so nuts. mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (26:39) them. Identity and Self-Perception Post-Stroke Yeah. And they talk about, you know, how dangerous it is to drive when you’re off a take when you haven’t slept, when all those things. And these guys are going for 30 hours and they’re doing the most intricate, life altering surgery and it all goes perfectly well. So how wrapped was he when he realized how well it went. Jennifer Tomscha (27:09) I didn’t talk to him until June, so that was at the end of March. And then I was in the ICU for a while. then they moved me to Masterton and I did rehab. And then I went to this last clinic, this ABI, this brain clinic for people who had brain injuries. And that’s when I finally talked to him on Zoom. And he was like, so can you walk? And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course I can. He was like, will you show me? and I walked up and down the room and he was like laughing so hard at my being able to walk. He was like so enthusiastic about it. I was, you know, I mean, we can talk about this too. was, everyone was like, when I finally have my memory back, I was in Masterton and I was using a diaper. I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t step in bed, but I remember being, actually, ⁓ I remember being like, I’m fine. I’m fine. Everyone is just fussing over me. But of course, they were right too. Do you know what I mean? But I was like, I’m okay. Everyone needs to just like, let me just relax around me. And everyone was like, everything I did, they would be like, you know, I couldn’t feed myself. And then, you know, there’s all this stuff. And I was like, I’m really okay. You guys should just. take, like, I’m fine. I kept saying that, like, I’m okay, I’m fine. You guys are all. But of course, I wasn’t really fine, but I felt like, Bill Gasiamis (28:36) It sounds like you weren’t physically there yet, but you were emotionally and mentally fine. Like it sounds like you were on the, you kind of knew that things were going to turn out or. Jennifer Tomscha (28:48) I think so. I think, or maybe, I always think like maybe you can only manage so much. like at that time I had my front part of my skull was gone because it had been taken out when they did both my surgeries. And so I had to wear like a rugby helmet or whatever when I walked. But otherwise I would sit in my room and it looked terrible. It’s just so terrible. but I just didn’t really recognize that. Like I didn’t, wasn’t, I couldn’t do all the things at once. So I think I was just thinking about like, and finally at the middle of May, my mom and sister, I still had my like long hair in the back and short in the front. So my sister was gonna cut the long hair in the back. And I saw myself in a mirror and I was like, that doesn’t look very good. You know, like I wasn’t, I don’t feel like I was totally aware. I wasn’t, my brain wasn’t. totally back in it. It’s a long time to recover and I feel like my brain only gave me, I don’t know, I felt like I couldn’t think about my own brain, maybe for like a year or something, really think about it in a second order way. Bill Gasiamis (29:59) allow yourself to kind of observe your state, your brain condition. Jennifer Tomscha (30:02) Yes. Yes, I think I was like, it was like that my it was like maybe in October of the next year, October of 2023, where I was like, Oh, I can think about my brain and what it is in a way that I couldn’t. Because I don’t know, you have to go through, you just have to relearn a lot of stuff. But I didn’t like I’m lucky, like, it didn’t affect my reading, so I could read right away. I’m not a very good writer, like, I don’t have good handwriting anyway, and my handwriting still maybe isn’t as good as it was before I had my stroke, but, yeah. I feel like, felt like, the actual healing was a longer process than I thought it was going to be, especially right when I first woke up, because I was like, I’m fine, but I wasn’t really fine, actually. Do you know what I mean? Bill Gasiamis (30:55) 100%, they can make doctors and neurosurgeons do a 30 hour surgery, find that part, fix it, ta-da-da-da-da, do all those things, but they can’t make a helmet for God’s sake look half decent after they’ve taken your skull out. Like as if it’s bad enough, have skull missing and then they put this terrible looking thing over your head. Jennifer Tomscha (31:11) No. It’s true. It’s true. It’s true. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (31:22) And I know for women like hair is a big deal and become. Jennifer Tomscha (31:27) It was really, I have always liked my hair and it was, I had short hair for about a year and a half maybe, you know, and I started growing out more and that was a little bit hard. I felt like that’s really vain, but I was like, man, I just did not like that short hair. Cause it’s not very, I don’t know. I just, wanted my old hair back. So I was lucky that it came back though. You know, everything, it’s not cancer. It’s a different thing. So you have a different, you know. Bill Gasiamis (31:51) I never would have told you that your hair didn’t look good, but my favorite hair is brunette curly hair. Yeah. My wife is a brunette naturally and she has curls in her hair and she straightens it all the time. I haven’t seen her brunette curly hair for 30 years. Jennifer Tomscha (31:57) Thank you. ⁓ yeah. no. Bill Gasiamis (32:13) I’m like, woman, that’s what I like. Like that’s my thing. you stop straightening your hair, but I can’t get it to stop. ⁓ Jennifer Tomscha (32:20) Yeah, that’s fine. Everyone has to do what they want with their hair and everything. you know, that’s something that one thing I think about my stroke is you just got to go live your life. Like you can’t and you’ve done that beautifully. You know what I mean? Like this podcast is amazing. it’s just like, you just got to go do what feels good for you at the time and what you want to do and just do it. and stop saying no, or you know what I mean. Bill Gasiamis (32:49) I’m trying. am. know exactly what you mean. One of the biggest things is identity is a big, big thing. And I don’t talk about me so much. I’ll talk about what happened to me, my stroke journey, but I don’t really give people a look behind the curtain. You know, sort of really understand what’s going on. This is just all a facade. And one of the challenges that I have is this painting company that I started 20 years ago was the main source of income. And it stopped abruptly seven years in when I became. Jennifer Tomscha (33:02) Hmm. Mm-hmm. Great. Bill Gasiamis (33:17) and it sort of still kept bubbling along. And then I got back to it in 2019 because my clients were still calling me and I was well enough after seven years of going through stroke and all the stuff of surgery, learning to walk again and all that. I was good enough to sort of get back into it. And of course in 2019, I only had six months and then we were in lockdown. And then in lockdown, we had two years of lockdown in Melbourne, and then I’m trying to keep that thing going again. And then there was this massive influx of work after lockdown because everyone’s going, I’ve been looking at these walls for two years. They look terrible. Let’s get them painted. They had spare money because they hadn’t spent anything for two years. And that was like, let’s do this and let’s do that. And there was this massive amount of work for about 18 months. And then that was done. It was gone. And it’s been a steady decline since as soon as Trump opened his mouth and did something in Iran and said what he said, and he plummeted like we’ve got no work. And I’m okay to have no work because I’ve been there before and we’ve managed our affairs so that we’re okay. But I can’t employ people right now at all. That’s gone. And getting people back and starting that again is going to be extremely difficult because the curve Jennifer Tomscha (34:27) Yeah. Mmm. Hmm. Bill Gasiamis (34:36) is not it’s not going to be a sharp dip and then it’s going to be a big spike of work and demand and all that kind of stuff. this podcast has been my saving grace every time I’ve needed to occupy myself with a project and make it so that I’m not thinking about me. The podcast was there. I did. I did an interview. It got me over the line. But now the biggest void that’s going to occur is not that I’m going to Jennifer Tomscha (34:47) Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (35:05) potentially not have work in this field and after shut it down, which is gonna be fine if I do that, I’m okay with that. I’ll kind of pass it on to my younger son who’s looking to do some work in a similar space. I’ll give him the phone number and he’ll be able to take those types of inquiries and then he’ll do it on his own, like very small, the way I started at the beginning. And is that I’m gonna have all the time in the world. Jennifer Tomscha (35:23) Mm. Bill Gasiamis (35:29) on my hands to do the thing that I’ve been avoiding doing because I had this business that relied on me and the thing was to do public speaking. Right. And to actually do it the way that I’ve wanted to do it for more than a decade, which was to talk about the topics that I want to talk about, which no one’s talking about post-traumatic growth, overcoming trauma, how that’s applicable in organizations. Jennifer Tomscha (35:38) yeah, yeah, Mmm. Bill Gasiamis (35:56) how to treat people better in an organization so they have less mental health issues, so they have less physical issues, so they’re sick less, so they enjoy their work, so they’re not hating their life. And now I’m going to have all the time in the world to do it. And I’m shitting myself. That’s the biggest issue, right? So that’s a little bit of a look behind the curtain. I am loving this. This is an amazing thing. And I do remember when I first started it, I was concerned about what people would say about me. You’re going to sound dumb, Bill. You you’re not going to, you know, what authority do you have? All those kinds of things, they were coming up in my head. And then when I wrote the book, the same thing, I wrote my first book, The Unexpected Way That a Strike Became the Best Thing That Happened to Me. Everyone has said, don’t write that book. Don’t write that. Jennifer Tomscha (36:27) Mm. Bill Gasiamis (36:39) Don’t let that be your title. It’s bizarre, it’s weird, like it’s strange, it’s too long and all these things. So I did it. And of course, the first time I spoke about it on YouTube, one of the first comments was a negative comment on my YouTube channel. It’s like, ⁓ okay. My God, that’s a kick in the guts. Jennifer Tomscha (36:44) really? ⁓ yeah. Bill Gasiamis (37:03) So those little kicks in the guts that I’ve had along the way have been few and far between, but they’re the ones that seem to persist the most. And they stay in that part of your head, which says, you know, that public speaking gig, you’re probably going to do the first one and they’re going to say you were terrible. And then you’re to feel all sad at 52 about, you know, yourself and all these things. Jennifer Tomscha (37:15) Yeah. you Bill Gasiamis (37:29) how you’re going to overcome that emotionally and mentally and all this kind of stuff. It’s like, Bill, relax. You’re gonna have time to build your new career at 52. You’re gonna have time to do it. So that’s like, all right. I find myself getting pushed into a corner and only then responding with, all right, all right, I better step up again. I better do this again. Jennifer Tomscha (37:33) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (37:58) Very strange, re-imagining yourself and recreating yourself after stroke is a huge thing because you’re also doing it with a stroke brain. Whereas before I had no excuses, I was doing it still. Like the pattern is the same. The stroke brain part of it is an obstacle that I wish I didn’t have, but somehow this stroke brain part has made me do things I’ve never done before. Jennifer Tomscha (38:14) You The Long Game of Recovery Bill Gasiamis (38:27) a podcast, a book. You know, I was a tradie. I was like, I didn’t study. didn’t read. In my, by the time I got to the age of 37, honestly, Jennifer, I reckon I’d read maybe seven books. And they were about this criminal underworld figure in Melbourne who had this, who had this career and of being like really terrible and somehow. He was the thing that I was interested in reading about. Like that’s the only thing that captured my imagination. Everything else, everything else I picked up from listening to podcasts or watching shows on TV and that kind of stuff. So I wanna just, I wanna make people understand that the battles that you’re fighting, I’m fighting, it’s real. Like you’re not doing it alone. Everyone’s fighting this. How do I reimagine myself? Jennifer Tomscha (38:56) Bye! Bill Gasiamis (39:20) after stroke, you know, I don’t tell people I’m an author. Still, this book has been out for three years. I’ve had amazing reviews. I’ve had a couple of, you know, negative reviews and that’s okay. I’m not, I’m not an intellectual. I haven’t, I’ve never studied how to write literature, any of that stuff. And it’s sold about seven or 800 copies just through the podcast. Jennifer Tomscha (39:21) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That’s pretty good. That’s actually quite a bit, I feel like. It’s quite a bit, actually. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (39:47) I feel like to like I don’t promote it. I don’t tell anyone about it just in the podcast. And it’s like, I still don’t say I’ve authored a book. Nobody knows. Jennifer Tomscha (39:56) You should say it. mean, I do think the what are you going to do after you have a stroke? How are you going to do it? It’s all very strange and scary, I think. And like, yeah, I, I totally get your feeling about it. And it’s just really tricky to know what is the You know, for me, I feel like I was in middle of my PhD, so I took 22 months or 20 months off of doing the PhD just to rest. And then I went back in and it was, it is still, it was really hard. I like, wasn’t very good at figuring out how to write in the academic way. Which was my position. I was director of the writing program at NYU Shanghai. So I was like, that was my thing. And it was very hard to figure out how to return to do the critical work of my thesis. was just, it’s just, I don’t know, my brain just couldn’t figure out how to do it right. It was really interesting. was like, the sentences I was writing weren’t as good. They probably still aren’t as good. You know, like when I look at what I was writing before I had my stroke, which is part of my thesis, and then the stuff I wrote after my stroke, I feel like I can tell a little bit of a difference in the fluency of my writing, for sure. So, yeah. And I just, so… Yeah, I don’t know. It’s tricky. It’s tricky to figure out. But I was really lucky, actually. I think the PhD was helpful because… I could just go at it on my own time and I could just take however much time I needed. And I, I had a deadline. but it was good to just, it was actually like a really good place to start to work my brain again, to be like, okay, I have to, I’m going to write on this author and what she thinks about character. And I’m just going to, and I have these other texts that I’m interested in and I have to figure out how I’m going to. Represent them in my own work. And so it was really good to do all that. It was a good stepping stone for me I think actually to get back into it and to see What I could and couldn’t do very well, like I feel like I’m a really good reader. I’m a really good Critic and I’m not so good at ⁓ writing down what I think anymore as well So I’m just I really have to work on and I don’t know how you get it back like Bill Gasiamis (42:26) articulating Jennifer Tomscha (42:28) Yeah, articulating what I mean and yeah, I feel like I can’t, I can’t say things as artfully or as proficiently as I used to. So I don’t know, this woman who is getting her PhD at Vic too, she’s like, she studies how people learn to read. And she was like, if you’re having problems with academic writing, you should get a, and I still haven’t done this, you should get an academic book and you should listen to it because a lot of learning to read is listening to how sentences sound. She was like, so you should listen to an academic book and that will help you think about how those sentences work and how they’re maybe different from like, I write fiction. So fiction is one thing and then this is a different way of writing. So she said that was one thing that she thought I should do to help. develop my proficiency in academic writing, which was really interesting. So. Bill Gasiamis (43:25) Yeah, it’s a different approach. You know, it’s coming from the auditory, you know, system and therefore the auditory digital system. Therefore you go in and you you, you pick up nuances that you wouldn’t have known were there if you’ve never heard an academic speak or if you’ve never read an academic document in that way. So you might read it. Jennifer Tomscha (43:28) Mm-hmm. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (43:51) to get something out of it. Like, okay, what is this academic saying about this topic? But that’s not paying attention to the structure of how it’s written. That’s a different filter. Jennifer Tomscha (43:55) Mm-hmm. No, exactly. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Exactly. So I thought that was an interesting way to think about, like, how I could get better at that thing. That was, like, a really important thing for me. That, for some reason, it did just get a little bit, I don’t know, stunted? Or I don’t know what happened, you know? Or I just haven’t been in academia as much. So you know what I mean? So, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (44:17) Yeah. Yeah, 100%. The skill is not as refined or, or practiced as your other skills. So it’s not the thing that you’re the best at. and you’re getting better at it. The thing about it is also, may I add you’re only four years out from all the drama that you had with your brain. So there’s a lot of healing to happen that is going to improve. That’s going to get better and better. And in four or five years from now, you will have Jennifer Tomscha (44:29) Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (44:49) turn the corner again, you’ll see that there’s more and more improvement. It’s really important for people to hear this, who are three, two, one, five, six years in, there’s still heaps of healing and recovery to come. So it’ll happen. Jennifer Tomscha (45:07) Yeah, that was something that my husband and I, in my first year after my stroke, he would be like, go to the gym. And he did. He, I went to the gym and I, had me lift weights and he wanted me to like exercise. And he was like, what are you doing to improve your mind and your body over this first year? And I was like, I’m, I’m again, I was like, I’m fine. I’m really fine. And, and, ⁓ he thought I wasn’t doing enough. Like he wanted me to just go at it with this intensity. I don’t know. was an, cause I was like, I am going at it with my own sort of intensity, but he wanted me to be more aggressive than I wanted to or something. You know what I mean? He wanted me to be like, he wanted to see me really working at it and like sweating or doing, you know what I mean? And I was like, I don’t wanna, I don’t know. Bill Gasiamis (45:59) He wanted it to be more masculine. Jennifer Tomscha (46:01) Yeah, I guess. And he’s not very masculine guy. I mean, he’s a masculine guy, but he’s like, he was just he just wanted to see me sweating it out or doing the really see my focus. And I just yeah. And that has been an issue because he’s like, yeah, he’s just like, are you going to work again? I was like, yes, I’ll work. I just don’t know what I’ll do. And I don’t know if I could do a full eight hour day right now. I still take a nap every day in the afternoon. So But yeah, it’s just, don’t, yeah, so. Bill Gasiamis (46:34) It’s easy for a caregiver to say that because they haven’t had a stroke. Thank God. Thank God. ⁓ Jennifer Tomscha (46:40) No, I know. Thank goodness. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Actually, I mean, I feel really bad for Dan and my mom and my sister. Like, it’s actually worse to be the caregiver in some ways because you just, you don’t go through it. So you, you don’t really know what it’s like. Bill Gasiamis (46:55) I and you, and if you’ve got an imagination, a wild imagination, you could turn it into something completely way worse than what it is. And if you’re ignorant, which most family members and caregivers are, let’s face it. And that’s okay. Then you do the other thing. You play it down and you assume she should be going harder than that or Jennifer Tomscha (47:11) Yeah. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (47:19) If I was, if it was me, I’d be doing that. But your brain has actually been injured and in that space, perhaps where motivation is for some people. And there is no way that you can make that person more motivated by willing them on or telling them to go to the gym or whatever. That could actually be missing the motivation part. So there’s a whole bunch of things that caregivers and family members miss. And it’s for me, it’s when I’m surrounded, when, when the people that are around me are Jennifer Tomscha (47:33) Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (47:46) ⁓ people who don’t want to engage deeply in those types of troubles, life and all that kind of stuff. they’re great people. They’re just like, emotionally they don’t go deep, right? They love it that there’s ambiguity around like what’s wrong with me. Cause they look at me, I look right. And then they just go, everything’s fine. He looks amazing. I feel better now. And when I’m around him, I can just talk about dumb stuff. Jennifer Tomscha (48:07) Mmm, yeah, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (48:14) And we can talk about things that are not important and everything’s fine. And it’s kind of like head in the sand. It’s a, you know, one step, one emotional step removed from the actual goings on. And it kind of also helps me strangely enough, because then I don’t have to deal with their inability to handle actual life and the real things that are going on. Jennifer Tomscha (48:39) Mm. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (48:43) that can just be living in La La Land and I don’t have to deal with that level of complexity. So it’s kind of, they’re both situations are helping me in a way. Whereas at the beginning I was taking that negatively. The thing I do, the thing I would like to do is challenge caregivers to listen to the podcast, especially of the spouse who I’ve interviewed. Jennifer Tomscha (48:50) Yeah. Yeah, that’s true. Bill Gasiamis (49:09) You know, and then a couple more after that to get an insight so that they’re not guessing or second guessing or think they know better, et cetera. No doubt about it. they, know, they know some things about us that they can see that we’re not doing a pattern in behavior that we’re avoiding. Perhaps they know that part and all that type of thing. But we’ll say, we’re also dealing with a messed up brain. So have a bit of a kind of a Q Jennifer Tomscha (49:13) Hmm. Right, right. Bill Gasiamis (49:36) be curious about where that person’s coming from, not how you’re feeling about where they’re coming from. And that’s what family members and caregivers do. They make it about them. And I had to say a few times to people in my circles, like, it’s not about you. Jennifer Tomscha (49:43) Right. Ha Tomscha Tomscha! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (49:56) It’s actually really about me. cannot walk and I can’t use my left hand. It’s not about you. Like I know you woke up with a numb leg one day because you slept on it wrong, but it’s not the same. Jennifer Tomscha (50:05) Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s funny. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (50:14) My wife was dragging my foot in the wheelchair. It had fallen off the, you know, the rest where your leg, your feet sit. It had fallen off and I hadn’t noticed. This is like day three or day four after brain surgery. And it was dragging underneath the footrest. And she noticed that the wheelchair wasn’t moving and she was shoving it until we realized. Jennifer Tomscha (50:22) higher. Bill Gasiamis (50:40) My foot was stuck underneath the rest and we had a laugh. that kind of like, that’s one of those, if those people were there and they saw that, they would realize like, it’s not about your numb leg when you slept on it weird one night. take your stuff and just, you know, park it for now. So it’s interesting. That’s kind of why I think I do this podcast. I think it’s for those Jennifer Tomscha (50:44) Yeah, yeah, Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. The Journey of Recovery Bill Gasiamis (51:08) people if they, I’ve never told them that they should jump on, but if they, for example, get curious one day and they want to know what it’s like to be in Bill’s head, pick one of the 400 episodes. Just have a listen. Jennifer Tomscha (51:09) Mmm. I have a question for you. you, this is something that, so you think you could just, you can keep improving from your stroke. There’s not like a deadline. There’s not like a couple of years or any. Bill Gasiamis (51:36) One of the things I learned from my wife and my brother, my brother is my biggest nemesis. You he’s older and he’s the most loving guy. He’s the most supportive guy, but he has a weird way of doing it. Just, you know, we’re different characters, right? So he just is a bit different in the way. one, one of the things my brother said was that I picked up, I reckon it was five, six years ago is he’s in it for the long game. Jennifer Tomscha (52:03) Hmm. Bill Gasiamis (52:04) When I was young, I had 20 jobs in 10 years. He said two jobs in 40 years or 30 in 30 years. So he just chips away, works away, works away, works away. This is an analogy, right? But also a true story. My wife started her, her, her master’s in psychology. She only started that a few years ago, but the whole. Jennifer Tomscha (52:08) Hmm. Hmm. Bill Gasiamis (52:28) journey to get to the Masters of Psych started in I think late 2011 or early 2011, about a year before I ended up in hospital. She is just now finishing the last part of her Masters degree and she found a job literally a week ago in her field two days a week. Jennifer Tomscha (52:35) Mm. Mmm. ⁓ Bill Gasiamis (52:56) to work as a provisional psychologist so that she can get the 1500 hours of work in the field before she actually gets her actual full psychology license. And I’m like, dude, I get it. So what you’re telling me is that if you just start and never stop, you’re gonna see some kind of progress. And I apply that to… Jennifer Tomscha (53:08) Right. That’s amazing. Mmm. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (53:27) stroke recovery. I know that people are dealing with far more deficits that perhaps you and I show visibly and that their hand may not specifically work the way that it always that they wanted it to work or that the way that it worked before. But that doesn’t mean the brain’s not continuously continuously healing that part of the brain might be gone. But as far as healing the parts around the brain that are still there, that’s continuing. Jennifer Tomscha (53:28) Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (53:58) And if, and, and one of the questions that I have for people is like, is what I’m doing supporting my recovery or is it hindering my recovery? Because I’ve met stroke survivors who have gone back to the smokes, who have gone back to alcohol. And if you’re doing things that are getting in the way of recovery, then you’re not allowing the brain to continuously do what it does best, which is overcome challenges, rewire. Jennifer Tomscha (54:05) Mmm. Bill Gasiamis (54:25) find new ways around, know, develop new neural pathways and adapt. And that’s kind of where I think it’s at adaption, right? And the great thing about understanding these days about neurodiversity and understanding what somebody with ADHD goes through is the one skill they’re really, really good at is adaption. Jennifer Tomscha (54:31) Mm-hmm. Mm, that’s interesting. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (54:49) because and people with dyslexia. my God, like some of the biggest, most wealthy billionaires on the planet had dyslexia. Richard Branson is a classic example of that. Yeah. And they adapt. They find a way to somehow overcome the normal world and be weird in the way that they see letters and what letters do and how they move on a page and all that kind of stuff because their brain adapts and they can just continuously improve their adaption strategy. Jennifer Tomscha (54:57) really? didn’t know that. Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (55:17) to get to a point where no one knows that they have this condition. So that’s what I’m really passionate about. That’s why the podcast exists. I’ve interviewed in my 400 episodes, I’ve certainly interviewed stroke survivors who I’ve had improvement 10, 11, 12, 13 years post stroke, got a finger movement back. Yeah, got sensation back, something rewired. So yeah. Jennifer Tomscha (55:19) Right. Mm-hmm. really? That’s amazing. Yeah, becau