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The FASD Success Show

Jeff Noble

175 episodes

1 week ago

What really happens as people with FASD grow into adulthood and beyond? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff Noble sits down with Dr. Valerie Temple to talk about brand-new Canadian research exploring how the FASD brain and body change with age — and what families, caregivers, and professionals need to know to support lifelong success. Dr. Temple and her team analyzed data from over 400 adults across Canada to compare younger adults (18–24) with older adults (35+). What they found c...

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What really happens as people with FASD grow into adulthood and beyond? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff Noble sits down with Dr. Valerie Temple to talk about brand-new Canadian research exploring how the FASD brain and body change with age — and what families, caregivers, and professionals need to know to support lifelong success. Dr. Temple and her team analyzed data from over 400 adults across Canada to compare younger adults (18–24) with older adults (35+). What they found c...

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Self-Improvement

Health & Fitness

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The FASD Success Show

Episode 183: New Research on FASD and Aging - What Families Need to Know

What really happens as people with FASD grow into adulthood and beyond? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff Noble sits down with Dr. Valerie Temple to talk about brand-new Canadian research exploring how the FASD brain and body change with age — and what families, caregivers, and professionals need to know to support lifelong success. Dr. Temple and her team analyzed data from over 400 adults across Canada to compare younger adults (18–24) with older adults (35+). What they found c...

1 week ago

35 minutes

The FASD Success Show

Episode 182: FASD in Adulthood: What Happens After Diagnosis? A Future Shaped by What Works, Not What’s Expected

What happens after the diagnosis? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff Noble sits down with Joseph Munn, an adult with FASD who’s building a life that works, not one that’s defined by expectations. Joseph opens up about what it felt like to finally understand his brain, how interdependence and technology help him stay regulated, and what community really means in adulthood. From gaming and advocacy to the one-dollar house that changed his life, Joseph’s story reminds us that success...

2 weeks ago

54 minutes

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Ep. 181 | Dr. Debbie Michaud: Healing Old Wounds & The Journey from Lived FASD Experience to Doctor

What if healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken but finally seeing it clearly? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff sits down with Dr. Debbie Michaud, a researcher, advocate, and storyteller whose groundbreaking dissertation Hitchhiking With Mama: Living With FASD, A Collection of Truths explores what happens when we stop trying to fix the past and start understanding it. Debbie shares her journey of growing up in a family shaped by trauma, addiction, and undiagnosed FASD, and how ...

3 weeks ago

42 minutes

The FASD Success Show

Episode 180: Sophie Harrington The CEO Birth Mom: From FASD Diagnosis to National Leadership

In this episode of The FASD Success Show, Jeff Noble sits down with Sophie Harrington, CEO of NOFASD Australia, to talk about what happens when caregivers stop chasing perfection and start building holidays and lives that actually fit their families’ nervous systems. Sophie is a mom, advocate, and birth parent who’s turned her personal story into national leadership. Together, Jeff and Sophie dig into the power of reframing guilt, setting boundaries, and parenting differently without ap...

1 month ago

39 minutes

The FASD Success Show

Episode 179: Melissa Dobson — Turning Sh*t Into Rocket Fuel

The holidays are here, and for a lot of caregivers raising individuals with FASD, this isn’t the season of calm and cozy. It’s the season where routines explode, nerves fray, school schedules flip, people show up unannounced, and you’re trying to keep everyone safe while the world tells you to “make memories.” That’s why all month long, The FASD Success Show is bringing you the Holiday Sanity Series — conversations that unpack the science, the stress, and the strategies that actually make lif...

1 month ago

36 minutes

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Still Growing: Why Slower Doesn’t Mean Stuck in the FASD Brain

The scans are in, and they tell a different story. Dr. Catherine Lebel, Canada’s leading FASD brain imaging researcher, joins Jeff Noble to share what MRI research reveals about how the brain develops after prenatal alcohol exposure and why the story is far more hopeful than most people think. Through years of ground breaking studies, Dr. Lebel and her team have shown that the FASD brain doesn’t stop growing. It just grows differently and on its own timeline. Her work connects science and liv...

1 month ago

41 minutes

The FASD Success Show

What Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Really Does to the Brain(even low levels)

What if your loved one with FASD’s brain wasn’t misfiring — it was miss-messaging? In this powerful episode, Jeff sits down with Dr. Long from the University of Calgary’s Developmental Neuroimaging Lab, one of the key researchers on Dr. Catherine Lebel’s team, to uncover what really happens inside the brain after prenatal alcohol exposure. Dr. Long explains how the brain’s network — the system that keeps messages moving between regions — changes after prenatal alcohol exposure, and what that ...

1 month ago

36 minutes

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How the Gut Talks to the Brain: Dr. Tamara Bodnar on FASD, Stress, and Small Changes That Matter

Send us a text What if mental health and behavior weren’t just about the brain, but also about the body? In this fascinating conversation, Jeff sits down with Dr. Tamara Bodnar, a biological scientist and researcher at the University of Calgary, whose work is changing how we understand FASD from the inside out. Dr. Bodnar studies the gut–brain axis — the constant communication between our digestive system and our brain — and how prenatal alcohol exposure can disrupt that balance for life. Her...

2 months ago

29 minutes

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Dr. Jacqueline Pei: Understanding Mental Health and Hope in FASD

Send us a text Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions around mental health challenges and suicide. Please listen when you feel ready and take care of yourself as needed. What if everything you thought you knew about mental health and behavior was flipped on its head? In this powerful conversation, Jeff sits down with Dr. Jacqueline Pei, psychologist, professor at the University of Alberta, and senior research lead with CanFASD, to explore how mental health really shows up for indi...

3 months ago

58 minutes

The FASD Success Show

From Fires to Foundations with the Freemans

Send us a text What if you could hear the same family one year apart and actually feel the shift from chaos to connection. In this powerful “before and after” episode, Jeff revisits Angela Freeman and her two kids, Ruby and Elias. Last year, we met them in Toronto when every day felt like triage — school battles, misunderstandings, and constant fires. One year later, everything looks different. Through sober momentum, the right school fit, and daily co-regulation, the Freemans moved from surv...

3 months ago

52 minutes

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Teaching, Training & Transformation: Malgorzata’s Journey Forward

Send us a text Teaching, Training and Transformation: Malgorzata’s Journey Forward What happens when language that works at home starts changing classrooms and systems. What if a one minute demo with an umbrella could stop symptom punishment faster than another meeting. What if a parent advocate was invited to help shape an international conference. About This Episode In this Part 2 of The FASD Success Show, I bring Malgorzata back from Poland to share what happened next. Invitations to schoo...

3 months ago

41 minutes

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Turning Pain Into Purpose: Malgorzata’s FASD Advocacy

Send us a text Turning Pain Into Purpose: Malgorzata’s FASD AdvocacyWhat if the child you were promised was “healthy” — and the real story didn’t show up until years later? What if the diagnosis you fought so hard to get didn’t open doors but instead left you standing in another long hallway? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, I sit down with Malgorzata from Poland. Her journey takes us through judgment, grief, and exhaustion, but also resilience and advocacy. From being told by her pe...

3 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

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Relationships and Resilience: Reinier & Kate on Love and FASD

Send us a text Relationships and Resilience: Reinier & Kate on Love and FASD What does love look like when FASD is part of the story? And how do you play the long game when milestones come later than expected? In this episode of The FASD Success Show, I sit down with my friends Reinier deSmit and Kate Kristiansen for a real and vulnerable conversation about partnership, conflict, and resilience. Reinier was diagnosed with FASD at 56. Now in his 60s, he describes that diagnosis as a gift&n...

4 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

The FASD Success Show

FASD Awareness Month Special: CanFASD Updates + See Jeff Live

Send us a text FASD Awareness Month Special: CanFASD Updates + See Jeff LiveAwareness isn’t just hashtags or red shoes. It’s what we do with that awareness that counts. In this special episode of The FASD Success Show, I sit down with Kathy Unsworth (the new Executive Director of CanFASD) and Audrey McFarlane (who has been a champion of mine since day one). We talk about the new Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) report, the leadership transition at CanFASD, the National FASD Framewor...

4 months ago

59 minutes

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Why Getting an FASD Diagnosis Matters: Barb Clark’s Story (Part 1)

Send us a text In this raw and powerful episode of the FASD Success Show, Jeff sits down with his friend and colleague Barb Clark just hours after she received her official FASD diagnosis. Barb has coached, trained, and supported caregivers for years, but this time she’s on the other side of the story talking openly about what it feels like to finally have confirmation of something she always suspected. She shares the shock, the relief, and the validation of putting a name to her lifelo...

4 months ago

39 minutes

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Why an Adult FASD Diagnosis Isn’t Doom: Barb Clark’s Story, Three Months Later

Send us a text In this follow-up episode of the FASD Success Show, Jeff reconnects with Barb Clark three months after she received her official FASD diagnosis. When we first spoke, Barb had just gotten the news, and she shared the raw relief and validation of finally having a name for her lifelong struggles. Now, with time to process, she reflects on what has actually changed in her daily life, her work, and her relationships. Barb opens up about the accommodations she’s put in place, the rea...

4 months ago

28 minutes

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FASD Without Borders: Raising a Family, Building a Movement with Cornelia Fornefeld

Send us a text In this powerful episode of the FASD Success Show, Jeff sits down with Cornelia Fornefeld, a fierce and funny foster mom from Germany who's turning personal adversity into national impact. Cornelia opens up about the whirlwind journey of raising her daughter Dana, who came into her home at just five weeks old. Despite being a trained social worker and early childhood educator, Cornelia quickly discovered that parenting a child with FASD meant learning a whole new playbook. From...

6 months ago

57 minutes

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Ready to Run: Crystal’s Breaking Point and How They Found a Way Forward

Send us a text In this episode of The FASD Success Show, I sit down with Mike and Crystal, a couple who have been through the wringer raising four kids—all on the FASD spectrum. They open up about their darkest moments and the journey that brought them from surviving on the edge to finding peace and understanding. Crystal shares how she was on the verge of running away, feeling overwhelmed and without support. But through education and connection, they found the tools to change their family d...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Teamwork and Transformation: Ray and Jen’s FASD Success Story

Send us a text Join us for a raw and real episode of The FASD Success Show. I’m your host, Jeff Noble, and in this episode, I chat with Ray and Jen, parents of five kids—four of whom are on the FASD spectrum. Before joining our community, they were constantly overwhelmed by daily blowups, meltdowns, and behaviors that left them walking on eggshells. But through training and education, they found the tools to stop engaging in the chaos and create more peace at home. Ray and Jen share their hon...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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Breaking Through the Overwhelm: Ryan Jolly’s Path to FASD Caregiving Success

Send us a text Welcome to another inspiring episode of The FASD Success Show! In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Jolly, an incredible single mom of four, two of whom have FASD. Ryan's story is one of resilience, determination, and the transformation that comes from finding the right support. Ryan opens up about her toughest moments—like dealing with explosive behaviors and feeling completely overwhelmed. However, she also shares how she shifted her mindset through training and community su...

1 year ago

45 minutes