FizzyKids: The Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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I'm so excited to introduce you to Rhiannon Gogh.

She is a Chartered Financial Planner and SEN Mum and is the Founder of Carers Academy and SENDA, two new organisations that are seeking to help SEND families avoid the pitfalls of financial and legal planning for their kids with special needs and disabilities.

Rhiannon shares some of her vast knowledge in this podcast and she is passionate about making this information easily available to both parents and carers but also Professionals who are providing vulnerable SEND families with information about ensuring kids with special needs and disabilities are financially taken care of in the future.

It's a tough topic - but Rhiannon brings her professional expertise as well as her empathic understanding of the topic due to her own personal situation.

A great listen, and I guarantee you'll want to know more afterwards!

Instagram & Linkedin: @carersacademy

www.carersacademy.co.uk

SENDA: @senda (Linkedin) and www.senda.org.uk

Well folks, it's been a pleasure to start this podcasting journey with you!  We finish off this first Season with an 11 step checklist to help think about not just what you say to your fizzy kids (your ALL NEW SPARKLY parenting language!) but also how to say it. Join Ali as she goes through a checklist that has helped her remember the importance of noticing her own feelings, the body language she uses with her kids and the power of silence and walking away.   We are at the end of the first season of FizzyKids: The Podcast where we have been sharing our journey to re-learn our parenting language and skills in order to help become the parents our kids need us to be.  Fizzy kids (those taking longer to learn to manage their big feelings or those with hidden disabilities) find it so much harder to express their feelings without displaying big behaviours; but how we talk to our kids has a huge impact on how a family and household can function. We are aiming to be back in early 2021 with a new Season where we chew the cud with parents, carers and professionals who work with fizzy kids - and some may even have been fizzy kids themselves... Thanks for all your support and feedback so far! Learning to parent, parenting podcast, special needs, additional needs, mindful parenting, responsive parenting, gentle parenting, intentional parenting, positive parenting, attachment parenting, parenting advice, parenting differently, how to parent, autism, learning difficulties, special needs parents, new parenting approaches, parenting language, special needs mum, special needs dad.

Guilt is thinking you have done something bad; shame is thinking you are bad.  In this epsiode we discuss the impact that shame can have on fizzy kids, and how we as parents and carers can unintentionally induce a sense of shame in our kids.

Shame is such a powerful emotion and what we say and how we say it to our kids can add shame into our families and households.  Join Ali as she shares ideas and phrases that can help create a SHAME FREE ZONE in your homes.

We are nearing the end of the first season of FizzyKids: The Podcast where we have been sharing our journey to re-learn our parenting language and skills in order to help become the parents our kids need us to be.  Fizzy kids (those taking longer to learn to manage their big feelings or those with hidden disabilities) find it so much harder to express their feelings without displaying big behaviours; but how we talk to our kids has a huge impact on how a family and household can function.

We have spent time in this first season thinking about our language for the Angry Child and Rude Child, and the final episode will cover a Checklist to help re-learn our parenting language.

Thanks for all your support and feedback so far!

Learning to parent, parenting podcast, special needs, additional needs, mindful parenting, responsive parenting, gentle parenting, intentional parenting, positive parenting, attachment parenting, parenting advice, parenting differently, how to parent, autism, learning difficulties, special needs parents, new parenting approaches, parenting language, special needs mum, special needs dad.

Anger masks fear; rudeness masks fear; over-confidence masks fear; hiding away masks fear.

Identifying anxiety in our kids is such a hard task because it can be masked by many other emotions and behaviours; but how we draw out and talk to the anxiety is key in helping our kids to learn to manage their big feelings (and resulting big behaviours) around anxiety.  We may not be able to stop them feeling anxious, but we can help them find ways to talk about their worries and fears without making them feel ashamed or embarrassed about them.

We are half way through the first season of FizzyKids: The Podcast where we have been sharing our journey to re-learn our parenting language and skills in order to help become the parents our kids need us to be.  Fizzy kids (those taking longer to learn to manage their big feelings or those with hidden disabilities) find it so much harder to express their feelings without displaying big behaviours; but how we talk to our kids has a huge impact on how a family and household can function.  

We have spent time in this first season thinking about our language for the Angry Child and Rude Child, and further episodes will cover The Ashamed Child and a Checklist to help re-learn our parenting language.

Thanks for all your support and feedback so far!

Learning to parent, parenting podcast, special needs, additional needs, mindful parenting, responsive parenting, gentle parenting, intentional parenting, positive parenting, attachment parenting, parenting advice, parenting differently, how to parent, autism, learning difficulties, special needs parents, new parenting approaches, parenting language, special needs mum, special needs dad.

There is nothing that makes my blood boil more than rudeness from my kids!  How about you?

But as we are learning, there is nothing that some fizzy kids like more than an excuse to kick off!  Join us for Episode 3 of Season 1 (Learning a new parenting language) where I talk about getting to grips with rudeness and learning a different language and approach to help manage my feelings when my fizzy kids are being rude.  It turn, it's also helping them to learn a different way to respond to situations and that they don't always need to turn on their survival/caveman mode in order to get what they want.

Further episodes will focus on ideas for a new parenting language for the Anxious Child the Ashamed Child and more.  We are loving your feedback - so please keep sharing what's working for you and any other constructive criticism.

Learning to parent, parenting podcast, special needs, additional needs, mindful parenting, responsive parenting, gentle parenting, intentional parenting, positive parenting, attachment parenting, parenting advice, parenting differently, how to parent, autism, learning difficulties, special needs parents, new parenting approaches, parenting language.

What do you say to your child when they are angry?  How do you react?  How does it make YOU feel to see and hear their anger?

In this second episode of Season 1 (Learning a New Parenting Language), Ali explores what makes fizzy kids angry, how those big feelings can present as big behaviours and shares some ideas about how to talk to the anger (and the Angry Child) in a different way.

It's so easy to take our child's anger personally and to react to their Caveman 'fight mode' with our own 'fight mode' - the result is escalated situations and incidents rather than regulated ones.  We don't necessarily want to teach our kids to not be angry, we just want them to learn to be angry in the right way.

Further episodes will focus on ideas for a new parenting language for the Anxious Child, Ashamed Child, Rude Child and more!

Learning to parent, parenting podcast, special needs, additional needs, mindful parenting, responsive parenting, gentle parenting, intentional parenting, attachment parenting, parenting advice, parenting differently, how to parent, autism, learning difficulties, special needs parents, new parenting approaches.

Meet Steph. Steph is an Autism Specialist Teacher and Advisor. Steph is on a mission to support autistic and neurodiverse learners to reach their potential. Over the years she has equipped loads of parents and teachers with tools and strategies needed to teach and empower kids. She believes that teaching should be totally inclusive and designs strategies and systems that benefit not just autistic children, but all children. And this is really important to us at fizzy kids – because not all of you have kids who have diagnosed learning or emotional difficulties. Some of our fizzy kids are just taking longer to reach emotional maturity or may be really sensitive and could benefit from different ways of teaching and learning. Make a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy being part of the FizzyKids tribe. Find more @thefizzykids (Instagram & Facebook) or on our website www.fizzykids.co.uk. Parenting podcast, special needs parenting, special needs, additional needs, autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia, reactive attachment disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, special needs kids, sensitive kids, mental health, parental mental health.

Meet the Atwal-Brice's!  

Paul and Michael adopted two sets of identical twins.  Their eldest sons, Levi and Lucas have Autism, Epilepsy and are non-verbal.

Hear their amazing story of overcoming the challenges, understanding Autism in their kids an how they have learnt to live their lives to the full (even if they openly admit it's pretty full on!).  Think you're busy?!  It's probably nothing compared to these guys!

Find out more about us at www.fizzykids.co.uk or on Instagram and Facebook @thefizzykids.

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Meet Amie.  Amie is an Ecologist with a passion for wildlife conservation having spent time across the world volunteering on projects after completing her degree. She also just happens to have secondary dystonia which she describes as cerebral palsey without the brain damage. But as you can probably tell, she hasn’t let that stand in her way. For the rest of the day after Amie’s interview I found myself reflecting on her honest words – she talks about her relationship with her family, her hopes for her future and shares some amazing messages for parents and carers of fizzy kids about what’s important to them growing up. And actually, it’s got very little to do with trying to fix all your child’s additional challenges in life before they reach 18 and much more to do with talking, growing together as a family and supporting the day-to-day ups and downs that any child would have. Grab a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy being part of the FizzyKids tribe. Find more @thefizzykids (Instagram & Facebook) or on our website www.fizzykids.co.uk. Parenting podcast, special needs parenting, special needs, additional needs, autism, dyspraxia, dyslexia, reactive attachment disorder, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, special needs kids, sensitive kids, mental health, parental mental health.