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Bernadette Haigh

Dyslexia advocate, author and founder of Daring Dyslexic, host of the Doing Dyslexia Differently podcast, based on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Oct 1, 2026

22:02
So tell me how you did that.
22:04
Yeah, very hard.
22:05
Very hard.
22:06
Because for me, the first step in that, because of my own journey and how emotive and triggering it was, was actually doing my own work on that.
22:18
So really making sure that I checked in with myself and I wasn't going to project my own insecurities, my own fears onto him because I was looking at him and going, he's a blank canvas.
22:30
Don't give him your stuff.
22:33
So that was kind of definitely the first thing for me.
25:49
So if there's a mum or dad listening now, like who feels they may have failed their child, what would you say to them?

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