Teach Me To Eat

We are so so incredibly excited to share this with you… our 2nd book, “SMALL TALK” is here! 😭

The idea for this book came from a question we asked you last year… we asked you what your core beliefs were about yourself. The answers were utterly heartbreaking…💔

Thousands and thousands of replies saying things like:

“I’m lazy”
“I just need to try harder”
“I’m stupid”
“Everybody hates me”

We realised there is a MASSIVE problem in our community. That the worst symptom of ADHD isn’t in fact the memory issues, time issues, or problems with organisation… it’s the fact that we feel like we are bad people on a core level 😞

Living with these core beliefs ruins lives. It means you will always undervalue yourself, judge yourself, never go after your dreams, allow mistreatment, and never ask for help. I know this because that was my life for so many years…

In this book we share (well, overshare!) how these beliefs show up in our lives, and how to work through them replace them with something much much better! 🩵

Thank you all so much for inspiring us to share so much of our lives with you… we truly hope this one can be a game-changer for people with ADHD, and the people that love them. 🙏🏼

SMALL TALK is available to pre-order now in the US and UK.

Rox & Rich
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Thank you to the Orton Gillingham Online Academy for this awesome graphic!

Link to quoted PubMed article- PMID: 31433384
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Which one of these brands did you grow up with? When I was a kid, it was Peter Pan Peanut Butter - you know the one full of hydrogenated cottonseed oil and sugar?

Now I look for a brand that is…

1. Only made with nuts (and perhaps sea salt). There shouldn’t be added oils or sugars.

2. Certified Organic. This will reduce your exposure to pesticides like Piperonyl Butoxide, which is classified by the EPA as a possible human carcinogen and linked to liver damage. Conventional peanuts and nuts are commonly treated heavily with pesticides. Residues of glyphosate (Roundup) have been found in Skippy Natural Peanut Butter.

3. ”Raw” (unless it’s peanut butter): This means the nuts and seeds are not roasted. That’s because the roasting process can damage the healthy fats found in nuts and can produce free radicals.

Check out my picks on the right! If you can’t find these brands in your local stores, you can online:

✔️ Artisana Organics
✔️ MaraNatha (only their raw and organic versions)
✔️ Jem
✔️ Sun & Seed
✔️ Santa Cruz
✔️ Wilderness Poets
✔️ Kirkland Peanut Butter (organic version)

Know anyone still buying Jif and Skippy? Please share this with them!

Slime & Sensory Bottles make great stocking stuffers!

Large - 8 oz slime $15
Small - 4 oz slime $10

Sensory Bottles $15

Some slime with glitter & some with charms.

Leftover from Youth Entrepreneurs Crafts Fair.

Special orders available by request.

I feel that 😝

Tag your friends below who need some better stocking stuffer ideas than Reese’s!

Reese’s doesn’t need to use processed ingredients like TBHQ, Vanillin, and PGPR in their Peanut Butter Trees...but they do because these artificial ingredients are CHEAP and it cushions their bottom line. It’s all about the $$$$ at the expense of our health!

⚠️ TBHQ: Controversial preservative that may harm the immune system and increase the risk of food allergies.

⚠️ PGPR: A cheap emulsifier used to replace more expensive cocoa butter.

⚠️ VANILLIN: Artificial vanilla flavor is made from wood or petrochemicals.

⚠️PALM OIL and PALM KERNEL OIL: These refined oils go through an insane amount of processing at high temperatures with chemicals to transform them into clear, bland, and odorless product. This destroys nutrients and health benefits.

Instead, try organic holiday chocolates made by Lake Champlain. They have organic chocolate santas, and even those little chocolate coins that I used to love as a child!

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I've never written a book but I can absolutely relate 🫣

This is an image from my new non-compliance-based school approach (coming soon).

This pic definitely won’t reflect everyone’s journey through school.

But I know it will be familiar to many of us.
Too many of us.

School can be so harmful.
I’m ready to change it.

Edited to add: I'll change bit that says 'school refusal' to 'school can't'. School refusal is misleading. School can't is accurate.

Em

This was life-changing for me! When I stopped focusing on the calories, carbs and fat grams and looked into the ingredients I was eating instead, my health completely turned around.

I went from being on 9 prescription drugs and feeling like a zombie all the time to someone who now feels full of life!

It’s no wonder because many ingredients in “low carb” or “low calorie” processed foods are linked to health issues and weight gain in studies… like Cellulose Gum, Artificial Sweeteners (Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose), refined oils, and sugar.

Seek out nutrition first…and the rest will follow! It’s remarkable what real food can do.

If you want my help, pick up my new book Food Babe Family. It includes over 100 recipes and foolproof strategies to help you and your family fall in love with real food. Now you can stop worrying about calories and carbs and start eating real food that fully nourishes your body!

Did you know, can often be spotted in the classroom by their "Spiky Profile"?

We score very highly in some things - often in the top percentiles - and very low in other things - often in the bottom percentiles.

This means we're great storytellers, but find spelling tricky. We're incredible lateral thinkers, but we struggle to remember times tables. We ask questions no one else has thought of, but have trouble getting our thoughts down on paper.

Understand more about by taking our new, FREE, training: Dyslexic Thinking in Schools - available NOW: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/empower-dyslexic-thinking-schools/ in partnership with Microsoft Education

Really helpful apps!

Learning clocks in process 🕙

Mastering Executive Function skills is the secret to a more successful life. And although it's often assumed that abilities like organization and attention are unchangeable (i.e. you have them or you don't), the truth is they can absolutely be developed and improved upon.

Here's how we do it: https://bit.ly/3rGB2g7

Please stop calling Autistic people fussy with food or drink. For me it isn't being fussy, it is a physical repulsion to certain types of food or beverages due to sensory or traumatic issues. I wouldn't expect you to eat toe nails, so don't expect me to eat casserole.

For instance I like raw carrots, or caramelised fried carrots, or carrot soup, but I'm repulsed by stewed carrots because of the texture.

And if you think you can't get trauma from food or drink, then you try sitting in the middle of a hall, while everyone laughs at you for not drinking your milk when you're 8 years old, and you feel like the biggest freak because you questioned why a human drinks baby cows milk. I often asked questions that adults didn't have answers to, so I would be punished for my insubordination 😔

Not every banana, or apple, or tomato tastes the same, so there is an anxiety attached to eating fresh food, because of the unpredictable nature of unripe, ripe and gone bad. But ready salted crisps, will always taste like ready salted crisps (chips for the Americans)

*This has been an Autistic public service announcement from someone who does now drink cow milk, but still thinks it's weird 🤔 😐 😅