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Building on last week’s extremely popular episode with Rachel Tomlinson, this week I am chatting to Janina Vigurs, one of the parents I had the privilege of interviewing for the amazing Newbold Hope conference.

Janina spoke from the heart about her experience of parenthood and her daughter who has been diagnosed with autism, and what she has learnt through the supportive Newbold Hope community.

As I chatted to Janina and got to know her a little better, I found that we both share a love of storytelling, having fun and much more.

I thought she would be an amazing guest for the podcast series and she didn’t disappoint!

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• There is a child within every adult. Come out to play!
• Inclusion matters and can be enhanced through storytelling
• Fun is FUNdamental to building a change platform.
• Fun helps people relax and talk to each other as equals.
• Laughter can be a part of even the most serious and sensitive topics
• Clowns and laughter specialists can bring joy, even in the toughest times         
• Dr Bob Klaber’s kindness sessions are a joy!
• Being mindfully kind is good for you
• Janina WLTM Rachael Wong, children’s author and storyteller!
• Storytelling is a gift - help others to become storytellers
• People are compelled to tell their stories
• A story told well, with passion and knowledge is pure gold
• Miles Sibley,  Patient Experience Library, is right – we need to give far more weight to ‘patient stories’
• Language matters. Words are very powerful.
• A diagnosis of autism allows access to the right tool box
• Things have been really tough during the pandemic - don’t beat yourself up! 
• Newbold Hope provides a phrase book to understand, interpret and respond to children’s violent and challenging behaviour
• We love Yvonne Newbold!
• Prioritise support for children who have struggled during the pandemic

Links and shoutouts
Janina Vigurs
Fun is FUNdamental to building a change platform
Grapevine, Coventry
Rachael Wong, children’s author
Miles Sibley, Patient Experience Library
Yvonne Newbold and Newbold Hope
The exhibition of Ukrainian stories in Birmingham
The World Storytelling Cafe online

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