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S02E01 - ChatGPT, ADHD and the struggle to finish things
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
01/17/23 • 91 min
Greetings Friend! Heeeere we are again 🙂
This is our second season in 2023 and we explain in the intro why and when there are still a lot of episodes coming from season one :)
In this episode we are talking about which new years resolutions of other people Alex adapted, since he does’nt believe in new year resolutions but silly like to use them as inspiration.
We asked ChatGPT an interesting question:
Why is it so hard for people with ADHD to finish things
And the quality of the answer might surprise you.
Sharon shares her Tips and tricks for finishing things with ADHD
The concept of Paying in Energy (Spoons) https://happiful.com/what-is-the-spoon-theory/
Alex often struggles with finding preparation time
Sharon's mom always said: "You don't need to put your foot on the gas - just take your foot off the brake"
Give yourself Permission to experiment
Sharon would like to experiment with AI generated music
Take the time to show you care
Baselines and Cheat days
If we are not aware of something how can we reduce it, accomplish it, know what we want out of it or what we prefer?
The plan: Writing a MANUAL FOR YOURSELF
Sharon is an Ambience Alchemist - being HSP helps her A LOT
Key for Finishing for Alex: #1 is Reducing Friction
Alex Experience with Micronutrients Bloodanalysis
and
Back on Keto diet, YAY!
How Alex beautified his physical and digital workspace
ChatGPT’s answer to the question:
How do you keep humans from using ChatGPT in a shitty way?
Links we talked about:
Tim Ferriss and Mark Manson
https://tim.blog/2022/12/30/mark-manson/
Steve-O and Casey Neistat and how they work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZqvkWaYaE
Sharon's and Saskia's ☕️🍰 Hybrid Humans Café!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86275907540
014 - MACGYVERGASM as the ultimate hack to how we can make it easier?
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
02/27/23 • 97 min
Uh! This episode has a hidden intro :-D We started talking right away, dived into different rabbitholes and interluded the inro somewhere on the way :)
Have fun listening and we love to get in contact with you!
Write Sharon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-leigh-pp4l/
or Alex via Mail at [email protected]
Here are some topics of this episode:
Why smartphone Alarms are really bad as a Todo-List :)
How to macgyver yourself to do stuff
Find a new word / term für [[Neurodiversity]]
like
Alternatively Hardwired
Level up human tech
Womens tech neteork
How did you come up with alternatively hardwired?
Core personal myth
The snow flake method for Storytelling
by Randy Ingermanson (@SnowflakeGuy)
Listener feedback - you have to turn off the inner judgement
How to have constructive conversations
Did you have any troubles to get through the industrialized school system?
How easy from 1 to 10 is it for you to work in a 9 to 5 job
Sketchnoting - drawing notes
Getting Neurodiversity into schools
The importance of Recipes
and the Experimental Mindset
Martial Arts lesson for the head
Finding your Macguyverism through the catalyst of story
MACGYVERGASM = The Ultimate Hack :)
The Swiss Army Knive
The pride in solving something with unusual means
Robotic competition
leading to
makers faire
tech camp for girls
Mentoring
What would be the first things sharon would build with mentee-kids?
Interestingness:
Flying a drone vs looking through the eye of a drone
Model bashing and Scratchbuilding
Adam Savage build in a day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uS7A4x31PY
Sharon's Dad building a complete Apollo Lander Spaceship Simulator in the garage
Talking about Artist Tom Sachs who builds hiw own lifesized Space Missions from Plywood
Alex is a tool user not tool builder
How can we fascilitate the integration of people into our worlds
S02E26 - Steve Chapman - I am a Curator of Weirdos
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
10/17/23 • 88 min
aaaand we have another wonderful conversation from summer with Steve Chapman
All his art, content, Podcast, talks and wonderful things can be found at:
CAN SCORPIONS SMOKE?
https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/innercriticonline/
We start with the question:
Why does Steve do the stuff he does?
he lost touch with his intrinsic side until around 35 years
He doesn't make stuff because of the fun because he cant not do them
Example: February Challenge
A Project is like a Flower.
Start and End of a project is just in our minds
everaything is always becoming
because of Dyslexia Steve sees himself as a very good improviser
Do you think it is possible to start an organization to give people like us a "Job"
The projections people put on art
self saboteurs
Education and Kids
4 philosphies as guidance :)
as soon you say 3 things in a talk people get out their pen and papers
1. be fascinated (not only interested!) swim in sharky waters
2. open windows in your world so people can SEE you working fascinated (Andy Matuschak) - interestred papers are interesting
3. learn to live without your means - it is not gonna happen
4. hang out with weirdos and outsiders - self taughts
The Book - It sounds like a lot of micro burning mans
weirdos meet and sparks mor inspiration and fascination
creative resilience talk
the community of outsiders
Popup Radio Station
the portsmouth symphonia - a Talk
Also sprach Zarathustra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw
Inexpert conference
the Inexpert Conference a structure
steve coached the speaker
get as much into a place of not knowing on stage
https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/inexpert/
Sound of Silence
the dyslexic monkey mind brought out
the podcast 2 minutes of recorded silence with special guests
100 episodes
The paradox of not knowing
you cannot get good at it because then you would be knowing
"You cant sepnd anytime in nature without being surrounded by death and decay."
Who trains our muscles of stopping or walking away
the quality of the compost
the more it gets a familiar discomfort...
existential philosophy
ernest becker denying death "humans fear impermancne and insignificance" - everything is an immortality project
Book - Rooted - Lyanda Lee Haupt
on a scale of 1 to 10 what is your fear of death
experiment in B2B:
find a team that is open to doing stuff differently - introduce a agenda item "2 minutes and contemplate in which order they would die"
philosophize THIS
Steves Childhood and school
writing stories
the tea group - 4 days for 10 hours with 16 people and 2 fascilitators
what are some signs of the discomfort
feeling like being musunderstood and no logic will help
Zen Monk - Psychotherapist
3 zen monk trades
bare witness
not knowing
compassionate action
the obstacle becomes the path
Sharons Mom:
Raised with the concept of honorable witnessing
Imagine you are the finished article
be inspirable
and retain a childlike level of openness
not wanting to die is kind of Ego-based
The great pause and its opportunities
Imagine the world without humans for 60 seconds
calm the distrubed and disturbed the calms
pandemic was the invitaiotn to do ANYTHING
Keith Johnson -. dont try to be celver - your job is just to be obvious
creative adventures
with the inner critic
Steve's TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnf-Ka3ZmOM
This talk isn't very good. Dancing with my inner critic at TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells
I AM A CURATOR OF WEIRDOS
004 - Compressed Time, The Laboratoy of Life, gentle Catpsychology and asking questions that make you wanna talk
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
02/12/22 • 98 min
Come in and get a front row seat in Sharon’s and Alex’s head! It is a RICH space in here! :-)
Sorry about the crackling noises sometimes. That was Sharon’s Scarf on the Mic and Alex didn’t realized tzhat while recording - they were so deep in the Conversation.
00:00:00 Intro and why we haven’t got a proper Intro (yet) :)
00:02:14 - Parking Downhill: How can we be more inclusive with Neurodiversities or: How can we as neurodivergent include more neuronormative people?
00:09:00 - What if “the others” don’t know about neurodiversity and: A (possible) solution and Sharon’s Tools of the Trade
00:12:00 - What if you don’t have Time, Conversation and Listening - so: No kind of Trust
00:16:00 - There are patterns and stuff is gonna surface... WHEN you create an environment and keep asking quesions with an open mind
00:22:00 What gave us energy when we were kids (and why Sharon phrases the question this way)
00:23:00 - Why do we like mysteries so much?
00:25:00 - Hic sunt Dracones - Here be Dragons - in ourselfs - Maturity and settling down
and:
the 3 Curiosiuties
00:36:00 - Emotional immaturity and growing up with Sharon as a sister
00:38:45 - Getting people aware of the is something like Neurodiversity
00:39:30 - Are you controlling your emotions as well?
00:41:00 - Emotional differences between being a man and a woman in controlling emotions
00:44:00 - Couple challenges between emotional and rational partners
00:46:00 - Hypersensitivity and being logical
00:49:45 - Catpsychology: How Sharon learned as a kid to reflect on her own
00:51:30 - That is SO Montessori!
00:55:00 - The Laboratory of Life ... and the right, curious questions that make you wanna talk: What do you think about today?
00:58:00 - Give people TIME to explore quesitons and: The Montessori Beads
00:59:45 - Compressed Time
01:01:00 - Derekt Sivers and his mocent recent book How to Live
01:03:00 - Inviting people into your world
01:06:00 - Share on! Sharon :-) and the explanation of Kalauers - we get Lost in Translation for a short moment :)
01:07:30 - Sharing inspite of imposter Syndrome and: Having it in my Head is ENOUGH
01:15:00 - Building a structure and storytelling for FLOW-states
01:21:00 - Behaviroual Econmoics how do we make the decisions that we make and HumanOS
01:26:00 - Renovate your Life: Midlife Crisis
01:30:00 - What are good open questions? and giving permission to challenging, negative emotions
01:35:00 - Parking Downhill: How did Sharon’s mother know all that?
and
are we going to make Shirts with: “Sharon’s Mom said ”
S02E24 - Just a short Hello ;)
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
07/17/23 • 5 min
We just chatted on this one and just recorded these short greetings :)
063 Unlearning & Sensory Boundaries: The Adult Path to Montessori
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
11/15/24 • 77 min
In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges and opportunities of applying Montessori methods for adults. Unlike children, teens, or seniors, adults must first go through a crucial process: unlearning.
Also your are so invited to contact us via https://www.free-range-thinking.com
ask us questions for the show
come on as a guest
tell us your story about neurodiversity
and we would loooove if you sign on for our newsletter that we will send out for the first time soon! :-D
Main Rabbitholes of this show:
- The difference between learning as a child versus as an adult
- Practical examples of unlearning from martial arts
- Alex's "Fit with Fifty" challenge and experiences with the walking pad at the desk
We discuss the significance of the prepared environment in adulthood and how to optimize it:
- Workspace design in shared spaces
- Strategies for distraction-free work
- The role of clear communication
Special focus on:
- Parenting with sensory challenges
- Personal insights into our sensory triggers
- Positive approaches to boundary setting
Bonus: How we deal with Election Day anxiety and why setting boundaries can actually be fun.
This episode offers practical tips for anyone interested in adult-oriented Montessori methods while considering their own neurological and sensory needs.
The Prepared Environment Reimagined Sensory Processing & Boundaries
S02E16 - Answering your Questions! Guess how many we manage to talk about
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
05/13/23 • 91 min
Greetings friend! In this episode we answer some of your questions!
We love to get even more in touch with you! Tell us what you'd like us to talk about or get on the show and talk WITH us!
Ah and at 41 minutes I left in something for documentation for me. There were two really loud BANGS you can hear in the audio that were the result of two Eurofighters breaking through the soundbarrier in Germany on the 1st of may. And it really scared the shit out of me :) No I am glad to have that recording.
And now let's listen :) Here are our notes from the show:
AUA: Ask us Anything! - it is like AMA but with multiple people :-D
It might be painful for us or for you all
QUESTION 1 - WHAT IS THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN NEURODIVERSITY AND NEURODIVERGENT
Made up power-construct of what is normal.
When there is NORMAL then there is OTHER
The societal construct is an illusion
Being aware of it and create sidedoors
Labelling oneself vs. being labelled by others
Showing neurotypicals how to be able to value the complexity of neurodivergents
How to Citizen
with Baratunde Thurston - https://www.howtocitizen.com
Kinship and inclusiveness
Ask:
Are you interested in telling me more?
People are scared to ask because then they think the have the obligation to fix something
Shakespeare and Company and people in Wheelchairs
Modern theater as a metaphor for the overhwelm neurotypical feel with neurodivergent people or topics
QUESTION 2:
What's the difference between sensory and emotional sensitivity?
High Sensitve Persons vs people who are victims of there emotions
Baselines - for example for anger
a logical and a very emotional sibling
If you are a sensory type you can turn down a lot of stimulations - turning down EMOTIONAL sensitivy is really hard.
The difference between disappointment and frustration
(Learn to) Know what you need
Giraffe and Wolves Language
Non Violent Communication NVC - Marshall Rosenberg - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_B._Rosenberg
Council for Exceptional Children
Self Calming
Long term goal is peace - especially in the Montessori Method
Ok.
We have an idea for the next round of questios:
Only 5 minutes for each question :-D
001 - Collecting Neurodiversities - There is no bucket list
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
01/12/22 • 100 min
Welcome to the first episode of Free Range Thinking - a Podcast which starting point is Neurodiversity and from there we - that is your hosts Sharon and Alex and you the listeners - go right off into the weeds and down different rabbit holes ;)
One of our first goals with the podcast is to find some languaging and words around the whole topic of Neurodiversity.
So please send us your feedback, your questions, what you are experimenting with yourself, your experiences with Neurodiverstiy, your languaging around it and everything else you think we should talk about.
You can reach Sharon via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-leigh-pp4l/
and Alex via [email protected]
OK, let's go!
Here are the Shownotes and the chapter-marks for our pilot episode WHOOOHOOO!:
00:00:00 - Why are Sharon and Alex doing this Podcast about Neurodiversity?
00:02:30 - Putting language around Neurodiversity by Sharon describing her ADD
00:05:00 - Alex take on finding new neurodivergent Features and learning about himself
00:09:30 - Which neurodivergent Feat did Sharon noticed first? - ADD, Dyslexia (Number-Dyslexia, the Aspberger Spectrum, Tourette)
00:16:30 - HSP Highly Sensitve Person
00:20:30 - ADD as a Superpower, Thinking really fast and the Scientist Mentality
0:24:45 - Painting a Map of Neurodiversity - Alex first Features he discovered. Drawing with Aphantasia
00:29:00 - Dealing with emotional people is hard for Alex
00:31:00 - Earning a degree and just BEING something. A Heart Surgeon for example
00:35:55 - Being a Polymath, Renaissance Person, Scanner Personality
00:37:30 - How the Internet helps being neurodivergent - e.g. because of Niklas Luhmann's story
00:42:00 - Spezialization - Being alive NOW - the effect of the pandemic on neurodivergent people and the bandwitdth people have to deal with right now
00:46:00 - The beautiful thing about podcast and going aaaaaaall over the places ADD-Style :-)
00:47:45 - Resilience is suddenly eeeeeverywhere - braught up by Neuronormatives
00:49:00 - IT SHOULD BE LIKE _THIS!_ - or should it?
00:55:30 - Reigning yourself in means you can't think freely
01:01:00 - Learning that you are on some spectrum and how to use it for your benefit without a lot of shame
Aren't all people neurodiverse in some aspect or the other?
01:08:00 - How to break the grey, ultrastructured mold of society and how it is hard for neuronormative people to deal with diversity
01:13:00 - The value in scientific stories - Micronutrients and ADD / ADHD
01:19:00 - Neurodiverse Management and not all C-Levels are living by the sea :-D
01:24:00 - The ripple-effect of Life-Changes like nutrients like MCT-Oil and Energy-Boosting
01:27:30 - Parking downhill for the next Episode:
Nutrition!
01:35:00 - Our thoughts on our first Episode :-D
01:37:00 - I AM A LEGION - or how Sharon's last name is pronounced in different cultures and languages :-D a
01:39:30 - We as Neurodivergent carve our own Path through collaborative learning by experimenting
006 - Baselines and Defaults
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
05/19/22 • 108 min
Here we are again with an interesting question:
What is a baseline? What are your baselines?
For example: ANGER
How quickly do you return to your baseline / default?
00:04:20 - Baselines are formed in Childhood
The Joy baseline:
Why am I not consictently happy?
Being aware of the baselines:
Life consists of peaks and valleys - to return to.
00:07:30 - Is it that bad to change someone else?
Change us or help us being more adaptlabe?
00:14:00 - Picking Mentors and Collaborateurs
What is more problematic - where is the most suffering? Family, worklife, friends
misunderstood
not the right support
using your feats right
Neurodivergent in the worklife
00:18:30 - Default for Sharon is focussing on what she can do and how to hack it
You can change your defaults.
Baselines are not so easy
Logicking into a corner is a default
00:28:30 - Keep mentally hydrated
Change the Buttons or the Default Behavior
What's your Level of Selfcare?
Keep baselines like Sleep, Nutrition, Relaxtion in check
00:35:00 - Difficulties in Neurodiverse Stuff
A lot of Shame is involved
Defaults for Sharon should be:
Curiosity and Amusement
00:47:00 - When did it turn around for Sharon?
00:50:00 - What when two different baselines collide
Example: Not hearing so well can develop the Superpower of being able to Read People
People bringt THEIR shit to the table we have no control over
Default:
be curious
ask questions
01:03:00 - Hardwired Brains vs Neuroplasticity
More Energy to process stuff = more sleep
What if you have a hearing disability AND are a auditory learner?
01:17:00 - Languaging around Neurodiversity
01:24:00 - Growing up in different high - or low functioning environments
Base of Self-Value and Condifdence
01:28:00 Engineers and what is a good fit partnership for Neurodiverse Entrepreneurs
Parking Downhill:
Being / becoming an Artist - with Neurodiversity
062 The one where we fight & Sharon calls Alex sounding like a colonizer ;)
Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast
11/13/24 • 117 min
Join hosts Sharon and Alex as they dive deep into the fascinating world of neurodivergent experiences, creative pursuits, and the intersection of technology and art.
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Inspiration & Resilience
The conversation opens with reflections on Jon Batiste's Tim Ferriss interview, exploring themes of intrinsic motivation, dealing with external doubt, and maintaining self-trust in creative pursuits. A personal anecdote about experiencing masterfully played music from a landlord's brother illustrates the transformative power of art.
Energy & Perception
The hosts explore the subjective nature of energy and how different neurodivergent individuals perceive and process experiences uniquely.
Sharon's Retreat Experience
• Breaking free from neuronormative expectations • Rediscovering childlike wonder and curiosity • Navigating the transition between neurodivergent and neurotypical spaces
Alex's Processing Methods
An interesting discussion about using Amazon book browsing as a post-holiday mental organization tool.
Building AI Companions
• The concept of "The Skeptical Cat" as an AI agent • Tool discussion: ChatGPT for agents, Perplexity for bot building • Gemini AI Studio for PDF interactions • User preferences: typing vs. talking to AI
Ethical Considerations
• Student use of AI tools • Copyright implications • The impact on artistic integrity
The episode culminates in an interesting and kind of emotional discussion about AI's role in art, featuring a memorable moment where Sharon challenges Alex's perspective on AI's impact on creative work.
And Alex understands why what he said sounded like a colonizer.
Links to Tim Ferriss and Jon Batiste
John Batiste at Tim Ferriss - for Sharon especially the second half
https://youtu.be/dy6nRYTsKH4?si=7o9g1Z2nm38KcxEl
Interpretation of Für ELise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YRhvH6Uys&pp=ygURYmF0aXN0ZSBmdXIgZWxpc2U%3D
American Symphony Trailer
https://youtu.be/wKSMsdq8ONs?si=cu12uR7rdremh7jR
Netflix Docu
https://www.netflix.com/de/title/81728930
Jon Batiste hears Green Day for the first Time at Pianote and plays along to Holiday - AWESOME! With this piece Alex fell in love with his music :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hSXIuPBwM
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