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PODCAST - Digging Deeper Into Strategies for ADHDers Around Employment, Friendship, Relationships and Family Life, with personal stories from ADHD author Zoe Kessler

9/12/2013

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This episode explores:

- How to fight against familial expectations to live your dream life
- How to find your talents and strengths
- Stories about horrible jobs we've both had that were not ADHD friendly for us
- How to create friendships that are mutually beneficial and accomodate for ADHD traits
- Zoe's journey from a future in law to a very successful multi-book deal career (including her new book ADHD According to Zoe)
- How to tell your employer about your ADHD
- ADHD and Entrepreneurialism
- ADHD and dating "internships"

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Zoe Kessler, Author and Speaker
Length: 29 min      Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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PODCAST - An emotional Interview with the Author of new book "ADHD According To Zoe"

9/5/2013

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This episode includes:

- An interview with Zoe Kessler, author of new book "ADHD According to Zoe"
- How ADHD differs in women and men
- Zoe's hardest chapter to write (this one's a tear jerker)
- Zoe's experiences writing her books while juggling her ADHD symptoms
- Exploration of careers compatible and incompatible with ADHD (and our own personal experiences doing this right and WRONG)
- Exploring how ADHD has impacted her life in every way
- How her book has impacted her romantic life

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Zoe Kessler, Author and Speaker
Length: 29 min      Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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PODCAST - A Teen's Journey of Success Beyond Learning Disabilities

8/8/2013

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This episode includes:

- Sasha's journey to success despite (and because of) her disabilities
- Creative school accomadations for teens
- Advice for struggling teens and their parents
- How she found her direction in life and the role her disabilities played
- How teachers can help kids with learning disabilities learn more effectively
- What life is like for a student with learning disabilities within the public school system
- Public perspectives on learnings disabilities; now and then

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Sasha, a teen with Learning Disabilities
Length: 28 min      Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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Exploring Trauma Processing through Art Therapy for ADHD & Asperger's

6/28/2013

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Tune in to today's episode about:
  • What is Art Therapy?
  • Art; Projects Versus Therapy
  • How Art Therapy can help with ADHD, Asperger's and FAS
  • Examples of Art Therapy techniques
  • Where to find Art Therapy in your community
  • Groups versus one on one sessions
  • Case Studies of success in Art Therapy
  • Recent research in the Art Therapy field
  • Art therapy's impact on emotional regulation, PTSD, trauma, perfectionism, and impulsivity
  • Neurology of Art Therapy

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Eve Tesluk - Art Therapist and Student
Length: 29min      Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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Podcast: ADHD & Mindfulness Meditation

6/6/2013

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Tune in to today's episode about:

- Minfulness meditation and ADHD/Asperger's
- A hands on run through of a quick guuided Mindfulness Meditation (sped up for time purposes)
- An interview with another ADHDer who meditates
- The impact of meditation on executive functions
- Recent research about meditation and mental health/brain function
- The neurochemistry of meditation

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Karen, an ADHDer & mother of several ADHDers
Length: 30.59min      Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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PODCAST: Why the Current School System is Failing ADHD and Alternative Education Systems that Work

5/23/2013

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This episode, we explore:
- How schooling impacts ADHD
- How Play-Based Learning, Homeschooling, Correspondence Courses & Unschooling work
- Self-Directed Learning
- Amy's experience growing up in the Homeschool system
- Recent Research on Alternative Education
- How to successfully transition from a Homeschool environment to higher education and beyond

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Amy Chapeskie Ph.D.c. - Doctoral Candidate in Leisure Studies, Specializing in Alternative Education
Length: 28min               Aired On: CFRU 93.3fm
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Podcast: ADHD & Neuroplasticity + an interview with Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, author of "The Woman Who Changed Her Brain"

3/28/2013

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Join us for a talk about:

  • Neuroplasticity and ADHD
  • Neuroplasticity and Learning Disorders
  • Writing International best seller "The Woman Who Changed Her Brain"
  • Bringing Neuroplasticity into the school system via the Arrowsmith Program
  • Personal stories about Neuroplasticity in action
  • Neuroplasticity and the future

Length: 25min

Host: Alina Kislenko MA (Cand.) CNLPP, RYT
Guest: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young MA
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Podcast: Foods for Focus - Optimal Diet/Nutrition for ADHDers with Naturopathic Doctor Emily Murphy ND

3/21/2013

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What foods help focus?
What supplements should ADHDers take?
What foods are best to avoid?
How does what we eat impact our brains?
How could changing my diet improve my life?
Why should I care about blood sugar?

Tune in for the answers to these questions and more!

Host: Alina Kislenko MA(Cand.) CNLPP RYT
Guest: Emily Murphy ND
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Podcast: Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID) and ADHD + Practical Strategies for Follow Through

3/14/2013

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This episode is all about the disorders that commonly come with ADHD (as well as my own personal stories about them), including:
  • Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) - 50% comorbidity!
  • Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID)
We also got a chance to discuss several practical strategies that have made all the difference when it comes to following through on goals for people with ADHD.

Host: Alina Kislenko MA(Cand.) RYT CNLPP
Guest: David Willoughby, Graduate Student in Psychology Specializing in Diagnosis
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Podcast: Understanding Depression in ADHD and Discussing Diagnosis 

3/7/2013

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Check out this week's podcast with ADHD Coach Alina Kislenko (Host) and Psychology Grad Student David Willoughby (Guest).

Tune in for 30 min of enlightenment
on the topics of:
  • The Triad of Hopelessness Depression
  • How to Avoid Depression
  • How ADHD and Depression Interact
  • The Types of ADHD
  • David's Life in an ADHD Family
  • Understanding the Process of Diagnosis
  • Savantism in Autism (10%!)
  • Losing the Asperger's Label via DSM-IV
  • Social Anxiety
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    Alina Kislenko MA, RP
    Registered Psychotherapist

    is an ADHD &ASD specialized Registered Psychotherapist, as well as the Founder of The ADHD & Spectrum Centre. She is currently working on producing her radio show "Strange Brains" on these topics, and can often be seen on the Inside Guelph TV Show as their regular ADHD and Autism specialist. Learn More

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