The DysAdvantage Podcast: Empowering Dyslexics| Entrepreneurship | Dyslexia

Tessa Tallakson is currently a student, artist and aspiring entrepreneur. When she's not revising for history exams she's putting in the work to share her beautiful artwork with the world. Tessa has some real talent and has continued to pursue her dream of being an artist despite not going to the art school she got accepted into. Tessa shares her story about how dyslexia has affected her.    Tessa was home schooled and her mum was realised that she learnt differently. Tessa's mum has done a great job as Tessa has got an incredible work ethic and put in the work and is doing extremely well in school.   This interview was so much fun to record and I hope you enjoy it.   https://www.instagram.com/tessatallakson/?hl=en   Music Credit

Samuel Fragoza is a self employed, Singer, Actor, Author and many other things. Samuel and connected over social media and after speaking with him over email I had to get him on the podcast to share his amazing story.  Samuel was like Troy Bolton (high school musical) at school and was one of them popular kids. He was the best wrestler at school but wasn't so good with wrestling his books and getting the best grades. Samuel struggled to read and write but came up with some creative ways to get passed his struggles which he shares in this episode.    Samuel's Tips  Reads everyday to exercises his "weakest muscle"   Listens to classical musical when reading. Samuel finds it brings the text to life, try it out guys and let me know how it goes  Unwinds by playing video games (everyone needs some chill time, do whatever relaxes you)  Works out in the morning (working out early in the morning will give you more energy and get you ready for the day)  Sit with nerds (love all the nerds out there, sit people who are going to challenge your thinking, help you rather than people who don't want to learn Sit at the front of the class  Things mentioned in this Episode  MUST READ FOR ALL YOU DYSLEXICS OUT THERE   - David and Goliath  - Malcolm Gladwell  Connect with Samuel  www.fragoza.me  

Emily Israel the founder of Teble Games, who’s on a mission to inspire new way of thinking. Dyslexia has sometimes been a struggle in her life but she hasn’t let it stop her from achieving her goals. Emily dreams big and one of her biggest achievements was graduating from university.   Recommended by Emily  https://www.grammarly.com/ - Grammarly makes you a better writer by finding and correcting up to 10 times more mistakes than your word processor. Instagram - Follow Emily on Instagram   Music Credit   

Nic is a 19 year old who has some massive ambitions want to change the education system so people can tested in way which suits them so they’re not at a disadvantage. Connect with Nic Instagram Facebook   Music Credit   

Matthieu Laing born and raised in France moved to Scotland to study and better himself. Matt wasn’t happy with getting average grades and wanted more out of education. His dad taught him English at home and his English became better than his French. He’s been attending boarding school in Scotland to get the support he needs to make sure he aces his exams. Matt has some real big ambitions and I’m excited to see what he achieves. Enjoy guys.   Matt’s website http://www.unidictionary.co.uk/ Matt’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laing_matt/   Music Credit   

Hi Guys,  This was an amazing interview with Robert Francis Muller. In this interview he talks about  How he missed his school breaks because he couldn't finish his work on time  Why he decided to hide his dyslexia up until last year  The moment he froze on stage and felt like was at school again  This interview is very inspirational, Rob (his friends call him Rob and Rob's our new bestie) is representing all the dyslexic actors out there doing their thing. If you want to get in touch with The Amazing Rob check out the contact links below Rob's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robertfrancismuller/ Rob's Website http://cargocollective.com/robertfrancismuller Music Credit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efJQ1RAUNvU   Connect with me  Snapchat Instagram     

Hi guys, thought I’d get personal with you and share my story with you. In this episode I talk about My daily routine Why started DysAdvantage School Life Biggest struggle with Dyslexia Special Q&A from Instagram Family How I stay focused Overcoming self-doubt Habit forming (waking up at 5am) Staying organised Hope you enjoyed this one guys, sorry for sleepy voice, 5am recorded. Social Media  Instagram Facebook  Snapchat    Music Credit  Reborn Tunes 

Hader talks about his struggles in school and how we went from dropping out of University to starting his company. Hader is loving what he's doing and now want to go back to university to study his passion. Connect with Hader http://www.haderali.com http://www.wfda.org.uk/   Music credit in intro   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efJQ1RAUNvU  

 Annette Dolan shares her amazing story about what is it was like growing up in school with Dyslexia. She was forced to leave school at the age of 15 without any qualifications. She worked  Annette had always had a talent for art, and after saving and scrimping she got the money together for a stained glass course. She became skilled enough at this to start getting paying commissions. Annette grew more confident and then took a big gamble - she moved to the West of England (where her family had moved to London from as a small child) and set up a studio in Bath. She had hardly any money, but she stuck with it. Her business grew, and grew, and now she is one of the most successful businesswomen in this part of Britain. Besides her original studio, Bath Aqua Glass (www.bathaquaglass.com) she has a glass blowing studio, and two other retail shops in central Bath and over 20 employees.   

Sam is a Graphic Designer at MAKE Architects who graduated with a First Class Degree at Portsmouth University. Sam is also the author of the amazing book "What's its like to be Dyslexic" Sam takes us through his life and shares some interesting stories. Enjoy with interview guy   Music credit Reborn Tunes Snapchat us DysAdvantage

​Stephanie Wickens shares her amazing story on how she went from someone who didn't have much confidence growing up into a confident women who didn't let her Dyslexia stop her. Stephanie persevered through life and continued to push forward with her goal of going to university despite being knocked back a couple times. Stephanie graduated with an incredible 2.1. After graduating  she  worked in a restaurant for a while until she found and returned someone's laptop .. Check out the interview to find out how this laptop made such a difference to Stephanie's life.    Connect with Stephanie Instagram - Inxypixie Twitter - Stephwickens   Music intro Credit - Reborn Tunes

Madilyn Bailey is a YouTube sensation and has over 2.5 million subscribers. Madilyn was home schooled for a few years which helped her with her Dyslexia. Madilyn is now a singer and song writer who is doing what she truly loves. Connect with Madilyn YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/MadilynBailey Twitter https://twitter.com/MadilynBailey Instagram https://www.instagram.com/MadilynBailey/ Snapchat – mizzmadhatter Intro Music Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efJQ1RAUNvU   DysAdvantage Instagram www.Instagram.com/dysadvantage Snapchat – DysAdvantage

Laura Kirkpatrick is truly amazing. She didn't do too well in school and was labelled as one of the "dumb kids". She was placed in the "Special needs" class but still went on to college to study art. After a few months of college she realized that it wasn't for her. Laura took after her mum and went into modeling, it wasn't an easy journey for Laura but her "don't give up" attitude is what got her through the hardships of life.Laura is now a very successful model with a big following behind her. Stay true to yourself and keep working on your goals.  Connect with Laura www.instagram.com/laura_allstar  https://twitter.com/laura_allstar Beat in the Intro  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBwcsa8PkEnaU9s498uLTw    

Erica is a mum, works two jobs and is in the process of starting her company. Erica has struggled with dyslexia and only found her she was dyslexic when her youngest daughter was diagnosed. Erica is an amazing women is has a shares a really powerful story. Contact Erica  http://www.mynapervillecounselor.com/ erica@mynapervillecounselor.com Download your free 3 day video course on how to start an online business  www.dysadvantage.com/free   

This is an awesome interview, my buddy Evan Williams talks about why he didn’t want to work on someone’s else dream and decided to discover his passion and turn it into his own business, Kareless Original which is a lifestyle apparel company. Evan also talks about his dyslexia and what affect it’s had no his school and business life.   Contact Evan evan@karelessoriginal.com             Website: https://kareless.com    DysAdvantage: www.dysadvantage.com              Social media: www.instagram.com/dysadvantage   

Anthony talks about how his Dyslexia helps him see things differently. He talks about his highs and lows of his business.  Contact Anthony http://apexpersonalfitness.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apexfit/   Contact me: Kyle@dysAdvantage.com Website: www.dysadvantage.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/dysadvantage

In this interview Chris talks about his highs and lows of his business and how he used his DysAdvantage.

Hi Guys, super excited to welcome you to first show on the DysAdvantage Podcast, where I interview some of successful Dyslexics and share their tips and tricks with you.