Episode #4.11 Wendy Leroux

Episode #4.12 Carly Phillips

This is My Gift - Happy 2021

THIS IS MY GIFT

Music & Lyrics by Don McLeod
 Copyright 2008

I’m a dreamer, of 3D pictures

I’m a traveler, of a different kind

I’m a builder, I’m a designer, I’m an actor

The stage is mine

This is my Gift

This is who I am

Finding my place, in this life

It ain’t always easy

But I’m not afraid

We’re all unique, in our own way…..

This is my Gift

This is who I am

I hear the process, I see my thoughts

I view the feelings, in my Minds Eye

I’m a creator, I’m an investor, I’m an artist

The world is mine

This is my Gift

This is who I am

Finding my place, in this life

It ain’t always easy

But I’m not afraid

We’re all unique, in our own way

This is my Gift

This is who I am

There was a time, I’d hide in shame

The system seemed, to forget me

Now I see, the system change

This is my Gift

This is who I am

Finding my place, in this life

It ain’t always easy

But I’m not afraid

We’re all unique, in our own way

This is my Gift

This is who I am

Finding my place, in this life

It ain’t always easy

But I’m not afraid

We’re all unique, in our own way

This is my Gift

This is who I am

Episode #3.5 Julie Salisbury

Julie is a dyslexic author who founded Influence Publishing which might appear to be somewhat of an oxymoron. She joins us from Mexico and shares the story of how she discovered her gift, and how she has made full use of it in her thriving career as a book publisher.

Episode #3.3 Alison Edgar MBE

It was truly an honour to talk with Alison, who is known as the Godmother of Entrepreneurs and joined us from the UK. Her story is a truly remarkable, full of hard work, determination and inherent people skills; all of which have been recognized recently when she was awarded an MBE!

Episode #3.2 Ed Roman

Ed is an incredibly talented, international award winning musician.  He takes us on a lively, breathtaking and emotional journey as he describes the colour his gift brings to his world.  Ed is a larger-than-life individual who is dedicated to enriching the lives of fellow dyslexics and we are extremely grateful for his support.

Episode # 3.1 Intro

Tristan Macdonald interviews Sue Hall to introduce the third series of podcasts which have a festive theme – focusing on the gift that all dyslexics share. Sue outlines this natural ability to alter perception before you meet many talented individuals from around the world, who make good use of their gift.

Episode #2.6 Chelsea Flett

Chelsea Flett provides a current insight into using Davis Learning Strategies in her school. She attended a DLS Workshop in October 2019 and sheds light on introducing these methods just before Covid, during the online schooling months, and then as school reconvened with Covid measures in place.

Episode #2.5 Abigail Marshall

Abigail Marshall is a retired lawyer, mother of a dyslexic and the invaluable webmaster for www.dyslexia.com. She is well-read in research about dyslexia and brain research and it is an honour to have her join us.

Episode #2.4 Richard Whitehead

Richard Whitehead is a teacher, Facilitator, presenter, author of Why Tyrannosaurus but not If  and heads Davis Dyslexia Association UK. His book shares his extensive knowledge for teachers and interested parents; it provides a fascinating, educated and compelling argument for using Davis Learning Strategies in schools.

Episode #2.3 Maggie Robertson

Maggie Robertson is an inspirational teacher who joins us from her school in New Zealand to share her experience of Davis Learning Strategies, which she has been using for several years.

Episode #2.2 Donna Doerksen

Donna Doerksen is a teacher who, as a sound-based learner was shocked to
discover a world of image-based learners and has since become one of our
strongest supporters.  She now mentors the teachers who are providing Davis
Learning Strategies in her school.

Episode #2.1 Intro to Second Series

Sue and Tristan Macdonald introduce their second series of podcasts. Having illuminated what dyslexia really is in the first series, they now focus on how the challenges can be avoided. Everyone is learning able if they are taught in the way they learn, and Davis Learning Strategies reach every child, regardless of learning style – prepared to be inspired !

Episode #10 Sue Hall

Sue Hall finishes off the series with Chapter 17 of Fish Don’t Climb Trees – we have to know there is a problem before we look for a solution – well here is both the problem for one third of the children entering our education system, and Sue’s solution.

Episode #9 Julie Brewer

Julie Brewer tried many methods to help her son with his learning challenges, including Vision Therapy. Having seen his success after his Davis program, the Vision Therapist wanted to know what had happened, and she decided to attend a Davis Learning Strategies Workshop to use the methods in her Montessori Pre-School class.

Episode #8 Henry

Henry is a young man who knew he had dyslexia while he was at school, and takes us through his schooling, both private and public, and in particular a special school for children with learning challenges. He shares his ‘take aways’…

Episode #7 Tessa Halliwell

Tessa Halliwell is a Davis Facilitator in the UK, who has developed an App which provides images for trigger words. Trigger words are very small words like the, if, of, as and they have no image-based meaning, and trigger confusion for image-based thinkers and here’s why…

Episode #6 Alyssa

Alyssa is a young woman who is new to her discovery of dyslexia. Not only does she describe how she thinks in images, but she also uses colour to navigate her world.  She allows herself to be taken through a podcast version of a typical interview/assessment and recognise the talents that come with the gift.

Episode #5 Manda Aufochs

Manda Aufochs is a remarkable mother, author, journalist, researcher, educator, broadcaster and activist… who achieves a great degree of success in the world of words and literacy and at the same time observes her daughters’ challenges in this world. In particular, she shares an intriguing, in-depth understanding of the different aspects of phonics, phonemic and phonetic approaches.

Episode #4 Sara Kramer

Sara Kramer studied the connection between perceptual talent (the gift part) and dyslexia for her Masters and shares a fascinating and fun way of discovering HOW we call all discover our preferable way of thinking, and why this is the most important question in education that we never ask!