Sarah Naish is the inspirational CEO of the Centre of Excellence for Child Trauma as well as being an adoptive and foster parent many times over. Sarah and I chat about her new book, the A-Z of Survival Strategies for Therapeutic Parents. It'

Sally Donovan - The Interview

Mar 24th, 2022 44m 10s

What a treat - an interview with the great Sally Donovan, author, blogger, editor and adoptive parent.If you haven't read any of Sally Donovan's books, I urge you to look them up and buy them.....NOW! Here she talks more about her newest book

Controlling behaviours

Feb 10th, 2022 20m 52s

Does your child try and control you? How does that feel for you? In this episode, we try and dig out the root causes of controlling behaviours in kids and find phrases that we can use to help respond empathically to them to help them manage a

Hiding away

Feb 3rd, 2022 18m 48s

Sometimes, kids who display behaviours such as emotional or physical shut down or who like to hide away don't get as much airtime as those who display big behaviours such as anger or rage. But let's not ignore these behaviours - they are still

Lying

Jan 27th, 2022 16m 31s

How do you deal with lies? They're hard to accept and understand. But how you respond to your lying fizzy kid may help them learn to not lie in the future.

Hyperactivity

Jan 20th, 2022 22m 56s

Why do fizzy kids get hyperactive? And what can we say and do for them in those moments to help them re-regulate? Join me as we look beyond the behaviours and find phrases and strategies to help our hyperactive kids.

Hitting and hurting

Dec 12th, 2021 25m 55s

We're not shying away from difficult topics this season - in this podcast we find language that can help in situations where your child may be hitting or hurting you and/or others. We explore phrases that may help during an incident, after an

The power of learning a new parenting language

Dec 6th, 2021 14m 47s

We're back! Season 3 kicks off with a reminder of how what we say, and how we say it, can dramatically improve your family dynamics. Because we learn to use language and phrases that either prevents our kids going in to their primary brain an

Being Teacher to fizzy kids

Jul 15th, 2021 45m 39s

Meet Steph. Steph is an Autism Specialist Teacher and Advisor. Steph is on a mission to support autistic and neurodiverse learners to reach their potential. Over the years she has equipped loads of parents and teachers with tools and strategies

Autism Awareness Week Bonus Episode!

Mar 30th, 2021 41m 27s

Meet the Atwal-Brice's! Paul and Michael adopted two sets of identical twins. Their eldest sons, Levi and Lucas have Autism, Epilepsy and are non-verbal.Hear their amazing story of overcoming the challenges, understanding Autism in their

Being Amie - from fizzy kid to adulthood

Mar 9th, 2021 39m 30s

Meet Amie. Amie is an Ecologist with a passion for wildlife conservation having spent time across the world volunteering on projects after completing her degree. She also just happens to have secondary dystonia which she describes as cerebral

Being Dad AND Parent Coach

Mar 5th, 2021 44m 46s

Meet Nadim. Nadim is a Dad to his lovely kids and also a Parent Coach who has written books and set up companies about his experiences and professional understanding of how children develop their emotional intelligence, which as you know, is ri

Being the Sports Coach to a fizzy kid

Mar 2nd, 2021 38m 14s

Meet Lyndsey. Lyndsey is a Sports Coach with a specialism in swimming. She has not just taught swimming to kids and adults with additional and special needs, but also set up community swimming clubs to encourage access into the sport for all k

Being the Sibling of a fizzy kid

Feb 23rd, 2021 37m 19s

Meet Joe. Joe is the now-grown-up younger brother to his sister who has Cerebral Palsey. Joe tells us his story of life growing up in a family with a child who has a special need.There were lots of tough days, but great ones too and Joe walk

Being Dad to fizzy kids

Feb 2nd, 2021 42m 27s

Meet Fizzy Husband who is also Fizzy Dad! Yep, this one's for the Dads. We receive a lot of messages asking for help specifically for Dad's of fizzy kids - it's a different kind of challenge, so it rightly deserves it's own focus.Fizzy Husb

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FizzyKids: The Podcast - Season 2: Trailer

Jan 26th, 2021 1m 6s

Season 2 is upon us! Join us for a Season of interviews with parents, siblings, Carers, teachers, employees, and coaches of fizzy kids to find out what they have learnt about best supporting their fizzy kids and also how they have learnt to ma

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CHRISTMAS BONUS - Meet Fizzy Kid 1!

Dec 14th, 2020 13m 4s

Fizzy Kid 1 is FizzyKids' biggest fan. So it seemed apt to invite him on and let him have his say. He'll tell you all about him (well until he reaches the part where he says "Sorry Listeners, that's all I can give you!"). He explains what ma

It Ain't What you Say, it's the Way that you Say it!

Nov 16th, 2020 43m 46s

Well folks, it's been a pleasure to start this podcasting journey with you! We finish off this first Season with an 11 step checklist to help think about not just what you say to your fizzy kids (your ALL NEW SPARKLY parenting language!) but a

How to Talk to Prevent Shaming Your Child

Nov 9th, 2020 32m 34s

Guilt is thinking you have done something bad; shame is thinking you are bad. In this epsiode we discuss the impact that shame can have on fizzy kids, and how we as parents and carers can unintentionally induce a sense of shame in our kids.Sh

How to Talk to the Anxious Child

Nov 2nd, 2020 42m 51s

Anger masks fear; rudeness masks fear; over-confidence masks fear; hiding away masks fear.Identifying anxiety in our kids is such a hard task because it can be masked by many other emotions and behaviours; but how we draw out and talk to the a

How to Talk to the Rude Child

Oct 19th, 2020 33m 54s

There is nothing that makes my blood boil more than rudeness from my kids! How about you?But as we are learning, there is nothing that some fizzy kids like more than an excuse to kick off! Join us for Episode 3 of Season 1 (Learning a new p

How to Talk to the Angry Child

Oct 12th, 2020 39m 1s

What do you say to your child when they are angry? How do you react? How does it make YOU feel to see and hear their anger?In this second episode of Season 1 (Learning a New Parenting Language), Ali explores what makes fizzy kids angry, how

How to Stop Telling your Kids to CALM DOWN!

Oct 5th, 2020 25m 49s

Why do we say what we say to our kids? And why do fizzy kids not respond to it in the way that we want them to?! Kicking off this first season of podcasts, Ali steps into the murky world of trying to understand what lies behind the language

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Sep 7th, 2020 1m 55s

“Calm down!” “How dare you talk to me like that!” How do you talk to your kids when they are struggling with their behaviours and big feelings? Join Ali on her quest to transform her parenting language and the way she interacts with her fizzy

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