An NTS podcast about music and growing, where Flo invites a different musical guest to the allotment each week to have a chat whilst carrying out a gardening task. Get in touch about this podcast: hello@ntslive.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A monthly conversation about books and ideas on NTS Radio hosted by friends Carrie Plitt, a literary agent, and Octavia Bright, a writer and academic. Each show features an author interview, book recommendations, lively discussion and a little music too, all built around a related theme - anything from the novella to race to masculinity. Listen live on NTS Radio www.nts.live
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Come be the cherry on top of our mental milkshake. Although the title of this podcast may seem like we juggle, we're just out here juggling our lives. Join these 4 girls from Kentucky as we drink through everyday bull****.
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Neurotypical Disorder is a disability that many people struggle with every day. In fact, up to 98% of the people are neutotypical (NT). Sadly, the general population still has a poor understanding of what NT disorder is. Many people only know about NT disorder from characters in movies such as Dude Where’s My Car or from TV shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond. These dangerous stereotypes exclude much of the NT experience and contribute to NT disorder still being a “hidden disability”. Join ...
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The lifestyle podcast for busy people who want to live their best life! Hosted by Liz Douglas, former food-buyer turned plant-based foodie influencer who is obsessed with personal growth and wellness.
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This is the last episode of Digging for a while, and we’re celebrating with the queen of vegetables… potatoes! Flo is joined by CMAT for her favourite job on the allotment. CMAT is a fast rising singer songwriter from Ireland who has been tirelessly touring Europe and North America with her incredible live show for years now. She’s just been nomina…
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Flo’s joined today by the godfather of Memphis rap, DJ Spanish Fly. Fly is celebrated for his influential role in the early sound of Southern hip-hop, and known for his lo fi, distortion heavy musical style. In this conversation with Flo he recalls his childhood in the church, his arrival in Memphis as a country boy from rural Illinois and his role…
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Off the allotment and into a city garden today with musician and composer Rufus Wainwright. Rufus joined Flo fresh from a run of shows and special events, including the performance of his Dream Requiem in Paris, performed by Anna Prohaska, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, and narrated by Meryl Streep. In this episode of Digging, Flo and …
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Back on the allotment today with Lias Saoudi, best known as the frontman of the heavily mythologised South London band Fat White Family. For the uninitiated, FWF are a controversial band born out of a Peckham squat in 2011: they became known initially for their riotous, electric live shows, as well as their unapologetic attitudes - depending on who…
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Off the plot today and into the Suffolk garden of writer, critic and lifelong gardener Olivia Laing. Laing's diverse career began with their involvement in road protests in the 1980s & 1990s where they lived completely off grid: this led to training as a herbalist, before moving into the literary world. As the deputy books editor of The Observer th…
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Today on the plot Flo’s joined by multidisciplinary artist and musician Duval Timothy. Duval’s work blends his musical and cultural influences with the piano at the centre of his practice. His work spans food, painting, sculpture, textiles and more. Recent collaborators include fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner and rapper Kendrick Lamar. Flo and …
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Jonny Banger (Sports Banger)
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This week Flo is joined by artist, activist and founder of Sports Banger, Jonny Banger. Jonny has taken the art of the bootleg and used it to deliver searing take downs of the status quo: his work is subversive and accessible, and encompasses themes of pop culture, politics and fashion, all undercut by a spirit of rave. In this episode Flo and Jonn…
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Flo and her guests are back on the allotment for the summer. In this first episode she’s joined by NYC based Molly Lewis, who is probably the world’s most famous whistler. In this episode of Digging, Flo and Molly will be planting potatoes whilst chatting about cane toads, the weird and wonderful world of competitive whistling - and Flo gets a whis…
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This week, in the final episode of Digging Season 2, Flo is with fellow NTS host Shy One. Shy is a producer and DJ who started aged 13 making grime instrumentals for this emerging London scene. Now a celebrated DJ and musician, she’s played in clubs and festivals across the world, and is loved for her musically deep, eclectic sets. In this episode …
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Not only are we off the plot today, we aren’t really gardening either. In this special edition of Digging, Flo is spending time with Penny Rimbaud in his garden. Penny is a founding member of the anarcho-punk band Crass and performance group EXIT, as well as a poet, writer and philosopher. In this episode Penny gives Flo a tour of the garden and ‘s…
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We’re back on the plot today with Slauson Malone 1, formerly Slauson Malone, also known as Jasper Marsalis. Jasper is a painter, sculptor and musician who currently lives in Los Angeles. His work in music feels like a form of collage; of narratives, sounds and references. In this episode Flo and Jasper are appealing to Jasper’s perfectionist qualit…
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Today Flo’s off the plot and into the garden of English musician Tirzah. One of the most enduring exponents of weird and wonderful music, Tirzah has released a string of acclaimed albums, and works in close collaboration with other musicians, namely school friend Mica Levi. In this episode Flo and Tirzah are planting onion seeds and broad beans int…
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Today’s guest digger is rising UK rapper Sainté: originally from Leicester, this charismatic artist is an accidental musician: forced to rethink his promising basketball career due to the pandemic, he uploaded a song born out of a freestyle on the bus on the way to practice, and the internet did the rest. In this episode Flo and Sainté plant out ra…
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Flo is back on the allotment for another season of Digging. In this first episode, she’s joined by English contemporary artist Jeremy Deller. The Turner Prize winner often weaves music and pop culture into his art, which tends to be politically focused and collaborative in nature. In this episode of Digging, Deller and Flo attempt to bridge the gap…
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Flo and her guest gardeners have been busy on and off the plot. Season 2 of Digging with Flo will be landing in your feeds next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Literary Friction - Year (and Decade) in Review 2023
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It's time for our usual Year in Review show, but seeing as this is also our last EVER episode (sob!), we're shaking things up a little to bring you a bit of a decade in review as well, so we can look back over our highlights from ten wonderful years of Literary Friction. This show is stuffed full of recommendations, including our favourite reads fr…
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Literary Friction - A Life of One's Own with Xialou Guo
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What does it mean, to pursue a life of your own? And what is art and literature's role in figuring out what that might look like? This month we're delighted to be talking to writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo, whose latest book Radical: A Life of My Own is both a personal lexicon and a memoir, which thinks deeply about what it would mean to truly forg…
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Minisode Forty-Five: Friendship
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Our theme this month was suggested by our patron Maral, who asked us to do an episode about our friendship, because she’s interested in how our (very!) different personalities align. We thought it might be a little self-indulgent to spend a whole episode talking about us specifically, so we’re also going to return to the theme of friendship more br…
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Literary Friction - Desire with K Patrick
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How do the people and things we desire shape our identities? And how do you render the physical intensity of desire on the page? Author K Patrick joins us in thinking about desire this month - we spoke to K about their debut novel Mrs. S, which tells the story of a young Australian who arrives at an elite English all-girls boarding school for a job…
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Minisode Forty-four: Parenthood
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Last year we made a minisode about mothers, and one about fathers, both of which began an ongoing conversation about parenthood and literature that we wanted to pick up this month. Is fiction a good form for exploring the experience of parenthood? And beyond the ubiquitous parenting manuals, what does non-fiction about parenthood have to offer? Adu…
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Literary Friction - Doppelgangers with Naomi Klein
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What is it about doppelgangers that's so endlessly compelling? Who better to answer this question than the one and only Naomi Klein, who joined us to talk about her latest book, Doppelganger. This riveting and intellectually rigorous journey begins with a mix-up: people kept confusing Naomi Klein with another Naomi, author Naomi Wolf (known for The…
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Minisode Forty-Three: Sad Girl Novels
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Our theme this month was suggested by our patron Mary, who asked us to talk about so-called 'sad girl novels', and it turns out we have some strong opinions! So, listen in as we get to grips with what the term 'sad girl' really means - is it just reductive and misogynistic, or is it getting at something? Was Madame Bovary the original literary sad …
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Literary Friction - Short Stories with Arinze Ifeakandu
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What makes a brilliant short story? Are they better read as part of a collection or as a sharp shot on their own? How do you render fully formed characters in very few words? We're thrilled that this month, Arinze Ifeakandu joined us to talk about his short story collection Gods Children Are Little Broken Things, a beautiful, artful collection of n…
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RE-RUN: Author Special with Ocean Vuong
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We first aired this episode back in July 2019, and it was recorded in the studio when Ocean was on the international tour for his novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. It’s a really rich and beautiful conversation, full of the kind of thoughtful insights Ocean is known for, but also a lightness and optimism that feels right for summer. And we also…
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Minisode Forty-Two: Artificial Intelligence
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Are you a techno-optimist or a techno-pessimist? Or even a total Luddite? Does Chat GPT excite you or completely freak you out? Our theme this month was suggested by our patron Elisse, who asked us to talk about Chat GPT in particular. We thought this was a great jumping off point for a bigger conversation about the relationship between art and tec…
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Literary Friction - Dark Comedy with Lorrie Moore
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Dark humour - do you love it or hate it? Do you find it cathartic or macho? Can humour ever be too dark, and is it a useful political tool? This month our guest is the one and only Lorrie Moore, who joined us to talk about her latest novel, I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home, a story about grief and ghosts and history that is equally funny as it …
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This week Flo is joined by old friend and DJ OK Williams to help harvest potatoes on the plot. As they work in the blazing sunshine they reflect on Londoner OKW’s recent ascent in clubland, how she got into DJing, macho club culture, and her past role producing Andrew Weatherall’s influential NTS show. Check out OK Williams’ monthly NTS show Presen…
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Flo is off the plot again today, this time at the veg patch of Cosey Fanni Tutti. Cosey is an artist, musician, and writer. She was a co-founder of COUM transmissions and later went on to form industrial music group, Throbbing Gristle. Both groups were highly censored and at one point they were accused by the mainstream press of being ‘wreckers of …
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Belated season 2 finale - solo episode💘
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I've missed youuuuu! This is a little life catch up episode and belated season two finale!! Poddy will be back on for season three in September 2023. In the meantime, stay in touch on socials. For podcast updates and recipes, you can follow me on Instagram, Tiktok or check out my blog https://vegan-diaries.com/.…
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Flo is off the plot today and doing some container gardening on Brix Smith’s roof garden. Brix started out at the liberal arts college Bennington, alongside Donna Tartt and Bret Easton Ellis, before going on to join seminal British post-punk band The Fall. She was also married to Mark E Smith. Today she fronts her own band, Brix Smith - a “kind of …
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RE-RUN - Minisode Three: Red Flags
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Octavia has been away on her book tour, so today we’re bringing you a re-run of one of our earliest minisodes from April 2019. It was a fun one, inspired by a viral tweet about literary red flags, in which we got into books as cultural capital, literary snobbery, and whether it’s ever ok to judge a person by there reading habits. Plus, the usual cu…
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This week on plot Flo is joined by Turner Prize winning artist and non-gardener, Mark Leckey. They chat about nostalgia, living in Las Vegas and how Mark got noticed in the art world all whilst doing Flo’s favourite task.. potato planting. Check out Mark Leckey's show on NTS. Music and Video Lab will be taking place in Liverpool this year, follow f…
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This week on the plot, Flo gets some help with ground prep from the much loved London musician, Novelist. As they work they discuss his musical upbringing, his new life in Ghana, and Nov’s childhood memories of gardening at his Nan’s house. Presenter - Flo Dill, Producer - Lizzy King, Editor - Sam Stone, Sound Recording & Mastering - Felix Stock, s…
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Literary Friction - Romantic Comedy with Curtis Sittenfeld
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From Pride and Prejudice to Detransition, Baby, the romcom can be an enduring source of great pleasure, fun and comfort. This month we’re thrilled to welcome the American writer Curtis Sittenfeld to talk about her latest novel Romantic Comedy, a smart and funny story about how love can upend all kinds of preconceptions and expectations. It also gav…
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Welcome to Digging with Flo. Subscribe for regular updates, podcast launches Tuesday 20th June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.NTS által
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Minisode Forty: Author Special with Octavia Bright
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Today’s show is an author special, and in the hot seat is our very own Octavia Bright. You probably know by now that Octavia’s first book This Ragged Grace is coming out - and is published today in fact! So Carrie couldn’t resist the chance to grill her about it. This Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol a…
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Confessions of a serial side-hustler
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Haiii friend! This is a bit of a random little solo ep about all the various side hustles I've had over the years. If you're a restless soul like me haha or have ever aspired to work for yourself, I hope this episode resonates with you. Take this as encouragement from me to keep exploring and challenging yourself to find work that clicks for you :)…
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Nourish with ease: practical tips for meal prep
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In this episode, I share my current struggle to maintain a nutritious diet postpartum after welcoming baby Ollie into the world. I go through practical tips I'll be implementing myself to make healthy eating effortless - join me and get my meal plans by signing up to my email list on my blog here: https://vegan-diaries.com/newsletter/ Get instant a…
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Literary Friction - Writing about Writers with Tan Twan Eng
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Do you like reading about writers? What does good writing about the act of writing do? And what happens when you write a real writer into a novel? Our guest this month is Tan Twan Eng, who joined us to talk about his third novel The House of Doors. Based around the writer W. Somerset Maugham’s stay on the Island of Penang, in what was then Malaya, …
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It’s pronounced c*nts-ah
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Cancer, chemo and sex wigs! My friend Sarah is on the show today sharing what it's been like experiencing cancer as a young person. Sarah was diagnosed with lymphoma late last year on the day of her 30th birthday, just one month after her wedding. In this episode, Sarah shares her story and gives advice for anybody who might be going through cancer…
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40k followers in 30 days 🤳my secrets for rapid Instagram growth
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Solo episode on social media!! Today I'm sharing how I grew 40,000 followers on Instagram in just 30 days during Feb-March 2023. If you're a content creator, small business owner or just curious about how to grow an account on Instagram, this will be a super useful episode! For podcast updates and recipes, you can follow me on Instagram, Tiktok or …
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Minisode Thirty-nine: Cities
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How do you feel about cities? Do you love the thrust and thrum of them, or are you more interested in escaping it? Do you like to read urban histories, or stories set in the heady metropolis? Our theme this month was suggested by our patron Alycia, who asked us to talk about cities in literature, so listen in for our favourite literary cities, capt…
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6 weeks postpartum 👶 life update and my tips for new mums
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Life post-baby is a wild ride! In this solo episode I give a real-time life update on how everything has been going with baby Oliver, what happened with our stint in hospital after birth and how I'm finding postpartum recovery 6 weeks after birth. Plus I share my tips for new mums on sleep, breastfeeding, dealing with opinions and unsolicited advic…
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Literary Friction - Feminism with Sara Ahmed
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What's the relationship between feminist writing and feminist activism? What does it mean to be a feminist killjoy, and what can we learn from her? This month, we're joined by scholar and writer Sara Ahmed to answer these questions and more, as we talk about her brilliant latest book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. In it, Sara shows how although th…
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Bloating 🤰why it happens and how to manage it
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You asked, we answered! Nutritionist Naturally Nina is back on the poddy to help us with bloating! We cover what bloating actually is, common causes, what you can do about it and signs there may be a more serious issue at play. To connect with Nina, you can follow her on Instagram @naturally_nina_ or if you need individual support, book a consult v…
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Regulating anxiety with psychologist Mind Food Steph
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You asked, we answered! Psychologist Steph Georgiou @mindfoodsteph is back on the poddy talking all things anxiety, how it relates to our nervous system and strategies for management on a day to day basis. This is a super practical and actionable episode - Steph explains what anxiety is, shares a checklist to determine whether we have a tendency to…
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Mindset shifts & strategies for getting sh*t done in 2023
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Solo ep - this one is for my goal-orientated girlies! We're a quarter of the way through 2023 already and it's the perfect time to reflect and check in on our resolutions and goals for the year. In this ep I'm sharing some mindset shifts I'm focusing on in 2023 to reframe challenges and make success as easyyyy as possible. For podcast updates and r…
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Minisode Thirty-Eight: Book covers
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Today our theme is… kinda judgy! Everyone says you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we all know everyone does. So, this month we thought we'd get into it - we partly covered (lol) this topic in our Rediscovery episode for Picador with Jamaica Kincaid and cover designer Stu Wilson, but we wanted to come back to it because there was so much m…
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Breaking the binge-restrict cycle 💞
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If you’ve ever struggled with binge eating or restrictive dieting, this episode is for you. Psychologist Steph Georgiou @mindfoodsteph helps us unpack what binge eating actually is and strategies to help break the binge-restrict cycle. Follow Steph on TikTok and Instagram. You can check out her course Unchain Your Brain here. Please take care - thi…
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Parenting neurotypical kids
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Parenting is a full time job. Any parent will tell you about how challenging it can be. They will also tell you about how rewarding it is and how much they love the quality time they spend with their little ones. Sadly, the rewarding moments are few and far between for some parents whose children have additional needs and challenging behaviour. Did…
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