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Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes

Short and shareable conversation starters to support you or your loved ones with a complicated and beautiful brain.

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EPISODE #80: Making a Difference in our Corners of...

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/05/08

In this episode, Angela shares her gratitude for the work she is honoured to do and the people she supports and walks alongside. She shares her passion for reducing both the impact and incidences of prenatal exposures and thanks you for your ongoing support of this message by listening to this podcast and taking these important topics back to your kitchen table.By taking care of our own little corners of the world, we can create real change that will spread and, one day, have a global effect.Please

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13:59

EPISODE #79: School Accommodations - Are They Working?

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/04/25

In this episode, Angela shares some of her recent kitchen table conversations regarding Individual Education Plans and when and how we support students in the way that they need in order to reach their potential. Sometimes our efforts are shortsighted and not as helpful as they are intended to be, and sometimes it's simply not possible to make the accommodations that people are looking for. Angela shares how it takes a community to raise a child and we need to extend ourselves to others rather

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10:37

EPISODE #78: The Many Benefits of Acceptance...

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/04/10

Angela is proud to be trained in Mindfulness Yoga Acceptance Commitment Therapy/training and sees the improved outcomes in individuals and families every single day in her small but growing practice. She uses elements of the modality in her personal and professional life. Angela is pleased to be able to speak to the research and the practice based evidence at the 9th International Research Conference of FASD for Adults and Adolescents in Seattle Washington. She is also participating in a poster

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13:18

EPISODE #77: The Urgent Need to Spread the Word

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/03/27

To follow up on our last conversation, where we discussed the holes in our social safety net, Angela focuses on the need to increase awareness within our system and within our communities regarding the incidents and the consequences that result from prenatal substance exposures. She gives examples of how misinformation and resistance does harm to those who we are passionately supporting - just often in unhelpful and irrelevant ways. We also need to know that families are struggling and conditions

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14:06

EPISODE #76: Some Holes In Our Social Safety Net

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/03/13

In this episode, Angela shares information about programs and services aimed to support people in need. She also discusses how sometimes these programs and services fall short and that we all can help to clarify the myths associated with income and disability support and realize that the system is not always easy to navigate, and oftentimes it is not utilized to its full potential; meaning that we are not seeing the improved outcomes that we are all hoping for with the financial investments made

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13:39

EPISODE #75: Neurodivergence - Some Parenting Tips...

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/02/29

In this episode, Angela shares a few tips and strategies that may be helpful when supporting our children with ADHD, and she also discusses some overlapping characteristics for other mental health and learning difficulties that should be considered and talked about around our Kitchen tables.Resources to Learn More:PsychCentral | Parenting Kids with ADHD: 12 Tips to Tackle Common ChallengesDOWNLOAD | Not Your Typical Parenting Guide (PDF)Community Networks | Overlapping Behavioral Characteristics of

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12:05

EPISODE #74: Valentine's Day

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/02/14

A chance to reflect and evaluate.In this episode, Angela talks about different needs and approaches to special days like Valentine’s Day and acknowledges that for some this can be a very difficult day, and there are no rules; no 'right' or 'wrong' way of doing things. She discusses the power of music and messaging that can help to inspire us and highlights a couple of good songs that she recommends.Angela also discusses grief, and loss, and the benefit of seeking out support

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8:08

EPISODE #73: Not Your Typical Parenting Strategies

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/02/01

In this episode, we are chatting about prioritizing our efforts, keeping busy and meeting our kids and the people we love and support where they are at and without so many assumptions and blame. We will discuss how important prevention efforts are, but also, how important it is to just be helpful no matter what the diagnosis is or what caused it. If parents and providers can do a better job identifying when people are struggling with some things that are legitimately more difficult for them to

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10:48

EPISODE #72: It's Bell Let's Talk Day!

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/01/24

Let's all see what we can do to bring these conversations home to our kitchen tables so we can all do our part to reduce the stigma and deepen our understanding of how we can support mental wellness beyond just a superficial level. In this episode, Angela touches on how Bell media is doing wonderful things to keep the conversation going, but also, reportedly blindsided one of their major news anchor's with an abrupt dismissal. Regardless of the reason's for the termination, which are

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17:56

EPISODE #71: Happiness... is it Overrated?

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/01/17

What are we really looking for?In this episode, Angela chats about how we define and understand happiness, and how sometimes the quest for happiness can be counterproductive. It can leave us feeling like our efforts are not working and that we must be doing something wrong.Angela also points out that these elements are in line with ACT and highlights how pleased and proud she is to be presenting at the conference and the workshop. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE:Psychology Today | What is Happiness?9th

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18:15

EPISODE #70: Why Isn’t This Going Viral?

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/01/10

In this episode, Angela chats about why there continues to be such resistance in communities and within systems to learn more and share more of this important messaging that could really be game changing in terms of the health and wellbeing of future generations.Angela encourages you to check out training opportunities from FASD ONE and CanFASD to learn more, including her Social Work Training aimed to build our current system capacity without much more in the way of financial investment. When we

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16:06

EPISODE #69: Happy 2024!

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2024/01/04

A new year is a time to reflect and often involves the opportunity to look ahead and set some new intentions/resolutions. It's also o.k. to not and to just keep plugging away and working towards living our best life. There are no 'rules' here but we all can do little things that can increase our overall wellness.This episode has some tips to support emotional intelligence and to build resilience because sometimes "bad things happen to good people" and we can focus more on

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9:30

EPISODE #68: Considerations for the Holidays

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/12/20

Our final podcast for the year!! Hoping it finds you well and looking forward to some quiet time with family and friends. We're also mindful of those who do not celebrate or find this time of year as peaceful as they would like for a number of reasons. Our thoughts are with you. In today's episode, we are reminded of the importance of community and connections, and we offer some ideas in this area. We are also reminded of the importance of supporting healthy choices and offering non

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12:44

EPISODE #67: Happiness

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/12/13

In this episode, we’re going to take some time to talk about happiness and the thing we can be doing to experience more of it. Please take a time some time to read the article I mention by Psychology Today that shares 23 ways to be happier.Take time to reflect on what’s most important to you. While happiness all day every day is not a realistic goal, find moments in everyday life and appreciate them as they come.RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE:ARTICLE | How to be Happy: 23 Ways to be Happier by Psychology

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16:14

EPISODE #66: Empowering our Future Parents and Helpers

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/12/06

This episode reminds us all of where the most meaningful learning takes place and there are times when we need to challenge historical understandings, and approaches particularly when it comes to relationships and parenting strategies. Research is evolving, and this means that there are things for us to learn and bring home. My focus continues to be around the misinformation about prenatal alcohol/substance exposure because there is an URGENT need for us to do things differently. Even when I get

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14:31

EPISODE #65: Preparing for the Holiday Season [REPEAT]

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/11/29

This episode originally aired as EPISODE #17 on December 21, 2022.In this repeat episode, today's conversation will centre around the holiday season as we explore all the 'feels' and consider the needs of people who may find the season particularly stressful. These tips and considerations will be helpful to all of us, but in particular for people with complicated mental health, learning and sensory needs. Let's do our best to challenge the 'rules' we have in our heads

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14:31

EPISODE #64: Children's Mental Health

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/11/22

This episode addresses the urgent need for us to do things differently; to consider things like the impact of financial stress, housing issues, and overall mental wellness of the family when considering ways to improve children's mental health. We also need to consider one concrete way that we all can mitigate the risk of children's mental illness, and that is by talking about the risks associated with drinking during pregnancy.Let's keep this conversation going!RESOURCES TO LEARN

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11:24

EPISODE #63: Presenting at the CMHO Conference

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/11/15

I am excited to be presenting at the Canadian Mental Health Ontario Conference. My goal is to broaden the audience and invite more people to explore training opportunities to become more competent and confident in their ability to screen and identify when what people are presenting with is more than Mental Health, trauma and parenting issues and may be directly related to prenatal trauma including exposures to alcohol and other polysubstances. With prevalence rates being conservatively understood to

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8:34

EPISODE #62: So Much to Learn and Share

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/11/08

In this episode, we’ll look at some surprising statistics and what people do not know about some of our most complicated and beautiful brains. Listen in to hear of some of Angela’s recent and upcoming efforts to increase awareness and build system capacity. A shout out to MPP Rob Flack for giving us so much of his valuable time to listen to the needs and opportunities. Many many thanks.RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE:FASD Assessment Team Training, in partnership with FASD ONETraining for Social Workers,

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13:50

EPISODE #61: The Passing of a 'Friend'...

Kitchen Table Conversations with Angela Geddes ·

2023/11/01

In this episode we will look at the passing of a ‘friend’ and have further discussion about complicated mental health and addictions from the real experts. Check out the links below for Rebecca Tillou's work and we recommend Matthew Perry's book, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. We feel that hearing from people with lived experience is so important and we encourage all to take these conversations back to our kitchen tables and to share the podcast broadly. We can really make an

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