Episode 251: Ashia Ray on Raising Luminaries and “Smashing the Kyriarchy”
My guest this week is Ashia Ray, a neurodiversity rights activist and the founder of the Raising Luminaries movement and Books for Littles website. Through these combined endeavors, Ashia curates lists of engaging children’s picture books for parents, teachers,...
Episode 233: Rupa Mehta on Social Emotional Learning & the Subject of Self
This episode features a conversation with teacher, entrepreneur, author, and all-around health advocate, Rupa Mehta, to talk about the importance of social-emotional learning, but with a bit of a twist. Rupa is the founder of the Nalini Method and...
Episode 229: Lisa Van Gemert on Understanding Perfectionism
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, my guest is Lisa Van Gemert, also known as the Gifted Guru, an educator, speaker, former Youth and Education Ambassador for Mensa, and the author of four books, including her latest book, Perfectionism: A...
Episode 228: Inside Understood’s New Digital Tool — Take N.O.T.E.
In this episode, I'm introducing you to a new initiative from Understood.org called Take N.O.T.E.―a simple, free, step-by-step tool to help parents figure out if the struggles they’re seeing in their child might be signs of a learning and thinking...
Episode 223: Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School, with Dewey Rosetti
Today’s episode of the podcast features a conversation with author and youth advocate, Dewey Rosetti. I’m especially excited to bring you this interview because, back in 2003, as a result of her experiences with her own differently wired daughter, Dewey...
Episode 208: Trauma & Social Isolation in the Time of COVID-19
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I’m bringing you an important conversation about social isolation and differently wired kids during the Covid-19 pandemic. My guest is Dr. Nicole Tetreault, a neuroscientist and author with a special interest...
Episode 190: Big Minds Micro-School & Educating 2e Kids, with Melanie Hayes
My guest this week is Dr. Melanie Hayes, an expert in gifted education and the founder of Big Minds, a micro-school designed for twice-exceptional learners. Dr. Hayes holds a master’s in gifted education, a doctorate in educational leadership with a...
Episode 178: The Davidson Institute on Educating Profoundly Gifted Children
This week we are going to be exploring profound giftedness. I’ve done a few podcasts about giftedness as a neurodifference in the past, and I’ve certainly talked a lot about twice exceptionalities, but today I wanted to explore those children who are...
Episode 169: Colleen Kessler and Homeschooling Gifted Children
If you have a gifted or 2e child that maybe you’re homeschooling or you’re considering homeschooling, you may already know about my guest for this episode, Colleen Kessler. Colleen is a mom, teacher, author, speaker and founder of the website Raising...
Episode 141: Debbie Steinberg Kuntz on Bright & Quirky Kids
In this episode I’m talking with Debbie Steinberg Kuntz, the woman behind Positive Impact Family coaching and therapy practice and the Bright & Quirky Child Online Summit. Debbie is a licensed marriage and family therapist, parent coach, speaker,...
Episode 139: Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman on Redefining Giftedness and Intelligence
I’m kicking off the new year with an interview with someone who I’ve had the honor of getting to know over the past year, Scott Barry Kaufman, and have been looking for an opportunity to get him on the show for some time now. Scott joined me and...
Episode 132: A Conversation with “The G Word” Filmmaker Marc Smolowitz
This episode is about the state of giftedness in today’s kids, as seen through the lens of independent filmmaker Marc Smolowitz. Marc runs an award-winning,San Francisco-based production company called 13th Gen, and one of his newest projects is a...
Episode 130: Julie Skolnick on Supporting 2e Kids In Traditional Schools
This week I’m talking with Julie Skolnick, the founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, an organization with a mission of empowering parents, educators, and professionals to bring out the best and raise self esteem in their twice exceptional (2e)...
Episode 127: Inside TECA—Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy
There are many aspects to running TiLT and making this podcast that I love, and one of them is introducing the TiLT community to helpful resources that have the potential to improve the quality of their family’s lives. I’m happy to be dedicating this...
Episode 126: Deb Douglas on Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners
This week we are going to be talking about the G word, specifically how to help gifted kids become their own best self-advocates. To talk about this with us, my guest is Deb Douglas, the founder of GT Carpe Diem and the author of The Gifted Kids...
Episode 116: Psychologist Dr. Dan Peters on Parenting with Intention and Purpose
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, my guest is Dr. Dan Peters, a licensed psychologist, author, co-founder and Executive Director of the Summit Center, and the co-founder of the Parent Footprint Awareness Training. Dan’s mission is to...
Episode 98: Tom Ropelewski Talks About His Films About 2e Kids
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I’m excited to share with you a conversation I recently had with filmmaker Tom Ropelewski. Tom is the director of the highly acclaimed documentary 2e: Twice Exceptional, which came out in 2015, and he’s...
Episode 86: Dr. Michael Postma of SENG on the Plight of Gifted and 2e Kids
In this episode of the podcast, I’m talking with Dr. Michael Postma, a writer, consultant and presenter specializing in the education and well-being of twice exceptional (Aspergers, ADD, Dyslexia, etc) and intellectually gifted students and...
Episode 82: Dr. Gail Saltz Talks About The Power of Different
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I’m talking with Dr. Gail Saltz, a psychiatrist, speaker, podcaster, media commentator, and an expert on a variety of psychological and mental health issues. Dr. Saltz is also the author of the new book, The...
Episode 50: Why Homeschooling Can Be a Great Fit for Gifted Kids
My guest for this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast is educator, author, and blogger Celi Trepanier. A teacher who has taught in both public and private schools, Celi became a passionate advocate for gifted children after tiring of her battles with...
Episode 47: The Connection Between Creativity and Neurodiversity
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I sit down with creativity expert Kathryn Haydon to talk about the strong correlation between creativity and neurodiversity, especially giftedness. After working in the classroom as a teacher, Kathryn...
Episode 5: Julie George on Executive Functioning and Atypical Kids
This episode of the TILT Parenting Podcast features a conversation with behavior and education consultant, Julie George. I heard Julie speak at a lecture on emotional regulation at the University of Washington many years ago and immediately knew I...