In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

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In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of Heather Jon’s mouths and minds!  Enjoy and stay well!

Listen in on another great conversation with another great mom! Nikki talks to Heather about life as a fringy mom, the ways she’s grown due to autism, the great parts and the difficult parts of this fringy life, and so much more.

In an effort to maintain social connection in this time of social distancing, the fringy bit will be posting short episodes with strategies, support, silliness, and whatever else comes out of heather Jon's mouths and minds! Enjoy and stay well!

People may have heard that there’s this world wide recommendation for social distancing! This is difficult for typical families. For fringy families this is downright overwhelming! Join Heather and Jon as they discuss strategies to manage anxiety during the pandemic.

It is so easy to become over involved and overwhelmed, yet as gifted souls it’s also damaging to be under involved and bored. How do we find the balance and help our kids find some sort of balance as well?

Heather and Jon continue exploring the spirituality realm and reflect on the impact neurodiversity has on the development of one’s spiritual life.

Jon and Heather start a new three part series this week as they dive into spirituality. Be kinda and patient . . . Heather’s voice is still on the mend!

This week Heather and Jon talk about loneliness as an adult. What makes us vulnerable to it and how do we feel less lonely?

According to former surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, we have an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. As fringy families, loneliness can often feel all to familiar. Join Heather and Jon as we begin a series on loneliness: where does it come from? What is it? How do we help our lonely children? How do we help our lonely selves?

Fringy kids often can struggle with risk aversion, anxiety, depression and as a parent it can be difficult to know when to ease off of expectations and when to push our kids to do things differently. Listen in as Heather and Jon try to bring some clarity to an often unclear topic.

Feeling a little crazy as you’re doing all the holiday stuff while also regulating your fringy kids who are so out of routine and overloaded with excitement and mixed emotions that they bounce between cheers and tears? Yes? Grab a cuppa your beverage of choice and pull up a chair to join Heather and Jon in their holiday commiseration!

Believe it or not, Heather and Jon haven’t completely fallen off the face of the earth. Being a fringy family you might be able to imagine the kind of stuff that’s kept them off the airwaves. Listen in to hear their heartfelt apology and to catch up on the craziness!

Heather and Jon dive into the world of education and learning, and consider ways to prioritize personal learning over conditioned external reward.

Like every profession, some therapists are good, some are great, and some are simply not worth your time or money! Heather and Jon share some not-so-good therapy experiences and give some tips to help you identitfy the red flags.

Listen in as Heather and Jon chat a bit about mindset, a bit about fatigue, a bit about over inclusivity and a bit more.

What is success? What are we teaching our gifted kids about success? Listen in as Heather and Jon explore ideas about success.

In this episode Heather and Jon share the joys and exhausting challenges of raising an intensely empathic child.