Heather and Jon are taking a brief hiatus to regroup and produce more great Fringy content for you! We’ll be back with full episodes on May 3rd, but in the meantime, enjoy this audio version of one of the Fringy Bit blogs!

Listen in as Heather and Jon chat with award-winning film maker Marc Smolowitz about his upcoming film "The G Word". As most conversations with gifted, creative folks go, this episode covers a plethora of topics, including the upcoming film, anti-intellectualism, generational theory, and who gets to be gifted in the American system.

Listen in on our first mom2mom chat as Heather welcomes Katie to the Fringy Bit! Heather and Katie chat about the particular pressures put on moms of differently wired kids, the day to day realities of Katie’s life, and the challenges of parenting other kids in addition to our Fringy ones.

Heather and Jon have talked about the why’s, what’s, and who’s of trauma and the impact of trauma, and in this episode they share strategies on how to address it when trauma is triggered.

Heather and Jon continue this month’s topic by considering the lasting impact of trauma.

Heather and Jon kick off the topic of the month by discussing just what, exactly, trauma is. In this episode we explore big T traumas, little t traumas, and trauma particular to our differently wired community.

Ok so a lot of it is basically going to be the same stuff you’ve grown to love, or at least tolerate, but we have decided it was time to make a few changes. Listen up as Heather ad Jon fill you in on all the great newness and also chat a tiny bit about trauma.

So often we try to make decisions or solve problems without talking to our kids. In this episode, Heather and Jon chat about the whys and ways to include the kids in the conversations about their lives. And, in true Fringy style, they veer off down a few rabbit trails that include Nazi Germany and food stories from their childhoods.

Spend some time with Heather and Jon as they talk about what happens when the predictable becomes unpredictable and consider the importance of teaching our Fringy kids wellness habits.

In today’s episode, Heather and Jon take on a topic of masculinity. What messages do men and boys get about who they are supposed to be and how can we raise them to be comfortable in their own identities and be allies with those around them.