Episode 254: Neuroscientist Nicole Tetreault Shares Insight into a Bright Mind
Neuroscientist Nicole Tetreault Shares Insight Into a Bright Mind and Life as a Gifted and 2e Human This week I’m bringing back to the podcast neuroscientist, author, and speaker Dr Nicole Tetreault. As you’ll hear in our conversation, Nicole was propelled to...
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 240: Heather Boorman on Gifted and 2e Learners in Covid
This week I’m excited to bring you a conversation about supporting the unique needs of gifted and 2e learners during Covid. My guest is Heather Boorman, a licensed clinical social worker, speaker, author, and advocate who, through her experience as a...
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 198: How to Handle It When School Isn’t Working
This episode is a special “reverse interview,” featuring a conversation between myself and Debbie Steinberg Kuntz, founder of Bright & Quirky, and host of the Bright & Quirky Summit. Debbie invited me to be a part of the summit to do a deep...
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 161: Dr. Devon MacEachron on “What’s Next?” After Diagnosis
This week I'm bringing back to the podcast Dr. Devon MacEachron, a New York-based psychologist specializing in assessment and educational planning for gifted and twice-exceptional learners. The last time Devon was on the show, we talked about the...
Episode 159: Inside The Flex School with Founder Jacqui Byrne
My guest this week is an educator, the founder of the Flex School, and a fellow mama of several differently wired kids that I’m proud to call a friend, Jacqui Byrne. If you haven’t heard of Flex School before, it’s a unique learning network for...
Episode 149: Kelly Hirt Shares Strategies for “Boosting” 2e Kids
My guest today is Kelly Hirt, a full-time working elementary school teacher in the public school system who also happens to homeschool her own child. Since she bridges the worlds of being both an educator of young children and raising / homeschooling...
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 124: Seth Perler on Helping Kids Work Through Resistance
This week is another special episode with our favorite renegade teacher turned executive functioning coach and education coach, Seth Perler. If you listened to last week’s episode, you know that Seth and Asher sat down for a conversation about...
Episode 123: Seth Perler Talks with Asher About Resistance
I’m excited to be bringing back to the show a listener favorite for two back-to-back episodes—renegade teacher turned executive functioning coach and education coach Seth Perler. Seth and I are trying something new for these two episodes as we tackle...
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 85: A Conversation with Executive Functioning Coach Seth Perler
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I’m talking with executive functioning coach Seth Perler. Seth helps struggling students navigate a crazy educational landscape and specializes in executive function and twice-exceptional / 2e kids. This was a...
Episode 77: Peter Shankman of Faster Than Normal on the Gifts of ADHD
Today I’m excited to be bringing to the podcast Peter Shankman, a multiple-startup founder, best-selling author, and the creator of Faster Than Normal, a leading ADD/ADHD podcast, focusing on the benefits of being gifted with ADD/HD, which describes who...
Episode 55: Dr. Devon MacEachron on Supporting 2e Learners
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I'm talking with Dr. Devon MacEachron, a clinician, researcher, author, and speaker who specializes in assessing and supporting twice-exceptional learners. As she'll explain in our conversation, Devon...
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 37: Julie George Talks About Girls on the Autism Spectrum
In this episode of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, I bring back to the show Julie George, a behavioral and education consultant who specializes in working with high-functioning autistic girls. People are starting to recognize that autism presents...