After a loooong break from recording due to life and curveballs (our Villagers will understand), Anna, Bel and Char are back.
We talk about our fears, experience and hope as our neurodivergent 12 year olds finish primary school, and head into high school.
We also update listeners on our name change, and share that our conversations from now on will also be on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/EWjlNoxJoFc
The Village Podcast (previously the Village Lantern Podcast)
A conversation with one of our treasured Villagers about navigating eating disorders and neurodiversity. A first hand account and one we know many will relate to.
Please note that this episode contains discussion of eating disorders that some people may find distressing.
In this ep Char shares her horror story of sleep with her ND kids. We know this is a real thing for many of our Villagers and would love to hear your experiences too.
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ChristMESS incoming!…as Anna, Bel and Char drag themselves to the 2023 finish line, they chat about the discomfort and joy of navigating the festive season and long summer hols in neurodivergent families. Grab a sherry/Aperol and a fistful of chocolate and come and have a listen…
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Find our script for how to respond to some of the comments we get from family and friends about our ND kids and our parenting. Go to www.takesavillage.com.au, register with your email and go to Village Support.
Bel interviews Anna on her recent workshop with the incredible Dr Ross Greene. Dr Greene has developed a child-lead, exploratory approach to understanding the root of challenging behaviours and how to address the needs, rather than the behaviours. It's gold.
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Anna and Bel share their thoughts and discoveries about how ADHD shows up in their families.
Mental health for parents and carers of neurodivergent kids is hard to prioritise and maintain.
Anna, Bel and Char talk about their own experiences and share some of what they have learned.
Kicking off Season 3 with the beautiful Lael Stone.
Lael Stone is a speaker, educator and author who defines her passion as “supporting parents to understand their children, helping adults process their own childhood trauma and creating education systems that value emotional awareness."
In this conversation we talk about the importance of compassion, connection and acceptance in the context of parenting neurodivergent kids.
In this conversation, Anna, Bel and Char talk about the many challenges of working while raising neurodivergent kids.
All families trying to make this delicate balance work will tell you it’s a struggle, but when you add the Additional and complex needs of ND kids it’s a whole new level of challenge.
We talk about the daily tribulations, the decisions some families make to step away and the inevitable burnout that effects so many of us.
Anna, Bel and Char talk about the extra, extra challenges of parenting more than one child with neurodivergent conditions. The fighting, the despair, and even the good bits!
We welcome back Jordan and talk to Scott McCarney, COO of HoopNow, a basketball program for kids with additional needs.
Quick update on some updates to the podcast and introducing Takes A Village, an organisation supporting families living with kids with hidden challenges.
In this episode Anna, Char and Bel talk about what it's like going through the process of getting a diagnosis of a neurodiverse condition for your child.
Meet Bel Rattigan and Char Adorjan, our new co-hosts joining the Village Lantern Podcast.
In this episode we get to know Bel and Char, talk about how we met, our shared joy and struggles parenting neurodiverse kids, and our hopes to change the world around them.
A short episode to share some exciting news about bringing on two additional co-hosts to the Village Lantern family - Annabel Rattigan and Char Adorjan join Jordan and Anna.
Kate Shierlaw is the Community Engagement Support Officer and an AFLW athlete at the St Kilda Football Club.
In this conversation, we talk to Kate about the SaintsPlay program at the Club, which provides the opportunity for kids with intellectual and development disorders to learn footy skills, and be a part of the Saints community. We also talk about Kate's passions for the other inclusion programs offered by the club, for AFLW, and playing her part in making footy accessible for all.
Meet Lola. A brilliant, funny and articulate teenager living with ASD and ADHD. In this conversation, we talk about the experience of being diagnosed, identity, friendship, gender and living in a neurotypical world.
