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F**king Normal

The Fking Normal Team

Join hosts, Lauren Fenton and Rina Teslica, both mothers to daughters with special needs as they and their guests share unique parenting stories and chat about the things they"ve learnt and are still learning. Prepare to sometimes laugh, sometimes cry, but hopefully leave with a shot of optimism in your arm!The goal of the F**king Normal podcast is to extend the conversation and build a supportive community for other parents. We don"t have the answers but want to create a safe space to share stories

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All Episodes

1:20:28

Ep:12 Telling your own story with Emmett de Monterey

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2023/08/14

This week, Rina, Lauren and season one guest Gemma Sherlock, interview trained psychotherapist Emmett de Monterey on his extraordinary life and memoir ‘Go The Way Your Blood Beats.’Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at 18 months old, Emmett was raised by loving and liberal parents and yet he grappled for a long time with accepting his own identity. In his early adolescence, these feelings were compounded by the discovery that he was gay, and by becoming a media sensation for ground-breaking gait surgery

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Ep 11: Uncertainty with Miriam Elia

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2023/07/31

In this episode, Miriam Elia shares her approach to living with the uncertainty that comes with her son’s mitochondrial and neuro-degenerative condition - Leigh Syndrome. With her characteristically dry wit and wicked laugh, Miriam shares her unusual gung-ho and joyful parenting approach as she beautifully describes the profound impact that Sid’s diagnosis has had on her entire family. With a ridiculous number of references to Legoland (no they are not a sponsor of the show!) and frequent bursts of

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1:03:40

Ep 10: Bridging the Gap - where we are with...

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2023/07/17

In this episode Lauren and Rina discuss neurodiversity and how we want the world to evolve, with the team behind the play ‘Just be Normal’ - Connor Pearce and sister's Emma and Sophie Jackson.The conversation includes a beautiful monologue performance from the play by Sophie,as well as each guest sharing their own personal experiences and their hopes and wishes for a more accepting and accessible world.“Just Be Normal” explores the topics of Autism and neurodiversity. Sophie wrote the play and stars

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1:14:13

Ep 9: Undiagnosed, unseen and unheard with Jazz Manley

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2023/07/03

In this episode, Rina and Lauren talk with Jazz Manley about her experience of searching for answers and a diagnosis for her son Max. Jazz is candid, being open about her own vulnerability and mental health struggles. She discusses her son’s difficult birth and the challenges she faced when he was young and her concerns surrounding her son were not shared by others. We also discuss how Jazz came to discover that she herself was autistic.Jazz provides a raw, honest, but also funny and heart-warming

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1:05:07

Ep 8: Dualling neurodiversity with Bryony Kimmings

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2023/06/19

In the first episode of our new series Lauren and Rina speak to performer and writer Bryony Kimmings. Bryony's son Frank is autistic and two years ago, she was also diagnosed with ADHD. They talk about Bryony’s parenting approach, discovering your own neurodiversity and how to balance a neurodiverse family with sometimes conflicting needs and wants. With her characteristic candour and wicked humour, Bryony describes how much she has learnt about herself and in doing so, how she has become a better

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Series 2 coming soon...

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2023/06/15

We are back! A quick hello from your hosts, Lauren and Rina to let you know that Series 2 will be coming out very soon. And what an interesting array of guests we have in store for you. Starting with performer and writer Bryony Kimmings early next week.We also have an ask for our listeners. Do you have any questions for psychotherapist, Charlotte Fox Webber, who we will be interviewing soon on various themes that come up when we talk to parents of disabled children. We will talk trauma and different

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1:08:43

Ep 7: Acceptance with Rina and Lauren (turning the...

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2022/09/28

It’s our series 1 finale and time to turn the tables on our hosts, as Lauren and Rina are interviewed by our first ever podcast guest, the wonderful Genevieve. They discuss their experiences of pregnancy, birth and diagnosis with some key moments of acceptance and internal and external influences that helped. From language to being kinder to oneself, we discuss modifying parenting expectations and learning to not give a shit about what others’ think.For our 3 hosts today (and most of the podcast

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Ep 6: Couple relationships with Clare and George

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2022/09/21

In Episode 6, we discuss couple relationships, with Clare and George, who are parents to Ada and Ivo, about the impact that having a disabled child has on their relationship.Both the highs and lows.An eye-opening, heart-warming and hilarious account of this fabulous couple’s story. Covering everything from finding out you’re pregnant after the second date, moving in together after three months, to being told your child’s autism diagnosis, whilst pregnant with your second child.Clare talks candidly

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Hello from your hosts and what's your F**king Normal?

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2022/09/14

We want this podcast to be about connection and building community. So please get in touch with your feedback and ideas. Please tell us what you want to hear from us... Or answer the question we have posed: "What's your F**king Normal?" and share with us any unconventional, unique, beautiful or humorous examples of your daily parenting experience.Where you can reach us:fkingnormalpodcast@gmail.comWebsite - www.fkingnormalpodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/fkingnormal_podcast/Facebook -

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1:08:43

Ep:5 Advocacy with lawyer and SEN mother Caroline...

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2022/09/08

Systems of support aren’t always automatically in place for disabled children and their families, and the world simply has not been designed for disabled people. As parents of disabled children, we have to champion, persuade and shout loudly on our kids behalf.Our interview with Caroline discusses the battles with getting a diagnosis for her daughter Dottie, the struggles she had to persuade the right people to listen and the impact this had on her mental health. We talk about the challenging

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1:17:37

Ep 4: Extreme juggling with Helen Gamble-Shields

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2022/08/31

Helen’s wonderful humour combined with her raw accounts of diagnosis, epilepsy and having to be in that constant state of alert give us a deep insight into their lives. We learn a lot about the extremes of juggling life from finding childcare for a young child with complex needs, getting the appropriate support and funding, to the balancing act after returning to full time work.All three Mums talk about their very different experiences and the choices they have made about going back to paid work and

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Ep 3: Relationships whilst single parenting a...

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2022/08/24

In the third episode of the F**king Normal Podcast, we discuss Relationships, whilst parenting a disabled child.Our guest is Vicky- a divorced, single-parent, domestic violence survivor and former disabled-parenting-dater.Vicky’s wonderful son has an array of diagnoses, including Lissencephaly- a rare brain malformation, which causes profound disability in all areas of his life. He’s also blind, has uncontrolled epilepsy, is non-verbal, a wheelchair user and is now tube-fed. We discuss the lows of

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1:23:42

EP 2: Siblings with Gemma Sherlock and Jess Honeyball

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2022/08/17

This is another emotional, incredibly heart warming and, as always, funny as f**ck discussion. Both Gemma and Jess talk openly about their individual IVF journeys, the births, surgery, diagnosis and where they and their children are now.Both Mums talk frankly about the process of moving through the acceptance of their first children’s early days to deciding to have more children.They share wonderful stories about their children’s unique characters and how that plays out between siblings in daily

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EP 1: Loneliness and raising a disabled child, with...

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2022/08/03

Gen says ‘you can be surrounded by people but if none of those people ‘get it’ it can be incredibly isolating. The loneliest I felt was strongest when I realised, I had lost my identity, Gen had gone, only Mummy remained. Finding a community who ‘get it’, support you, encourage you, laugh with you, cry with you, rant with you allowed me to begin to find Gen again.’ Our interview with Gen discusses struggles with mental health as a result of the breakdown of her relationship with Dylan’s Dad and the

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