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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast

Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast

Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast

Your hosts Sharon Leigh and Alex Kahl take Neurodiversity as a starting point for the conversation. And go right off into the weeds and down interesting rabbitholes ;) 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, questions, experiences with Neurodiversity or come on the show as a guest! We would love, when you join our Newsletter http://free-range-thinking.com Sharon's LinkedIn is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-leigh-pp4l/ and you can reach Alex via [email protected]
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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - S02E01 - ChatGPT, ADHD and the struggle to finish things

S02E01 - ChatGPT, ADHD and the struggle to finish things

Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast

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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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - 014 - MACGYVERGASM as the ultimate hack to how we can make it easier?

014 - MACGYVERGASM as the ultimate hack to how we can make it easier?

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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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - S02E26 - Steve Chapman - I am a Curator of Weirdos

S02E26 - Steve Chapman - I am a Curator of Weirdos

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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

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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 ”

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - S02E24 - Just a short Hello ;)

S02E24 - Just a short Hello ;)

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07/17/23 • 5 min

We just chatted on this one and just recorded these short greetings :)

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - 063 Unlearning & Sensory Boundaries: The Adult Path to Montessori

063 Unlearning & Sensory Boundaries: The Adult Path to Montessori

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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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - S02E16 - Answering your Questions! Guess how many we manage to talk about
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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!

[email protected] and

[email protected]

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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - 001 - Collecting Neurodiversities - There is no bucket list

001 - Collecting Neurodiversities - There is no bucket list

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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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - 006 - Baselines and Defaults

006 - Baselines and Defaults

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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

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Free Range Thinking - A Neurodiversity Podcast - 062 The one where we fight & Sharon calls Alex sounding like a colonizer ;)
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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.

We would love to see you signing up for our newsletter here:

http://free-range-thinking.com

It is not out yet but you can be one of the first friends to also read from us, as soon as we get it going! :)

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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