Let's talk Synaesthesia

This week we're gonna tackle 3 forms at once! Guest is the wonderful Jenna French from Texas, USA (@jennakfrench_). Jenna is a math teacher and former coaching client of Maike. Together they look at Ordinal-Linguistic-Personification (OLP), Concept-Shape and Mathematical Synaesthesia. And learn why Maths is beautiful! This is the Youtube Video we spoke about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYQIc...

On this week's episode Zoe and Maike once again meet virtually to chat about the day to day of a synaesthete. Maike shares a bit about the work with her neurodivergent clients and Zoe updates us on a new form -motion to sound- she's discovered! Stick around until the second half of the episode for a community call out! A really cool opportunity is waiting for you!! To book a first free session wit...

It's time for another synesthesia chat with @zoesthesia. Maike and Zoe exchange their experiences of living with synesthesia and a body that's easily overwhelmed. TRIGGER WARNING MISOPHONIA: The last 15 min are a taste challenge, where you might hear chewing sounds. connect with Zoe: @Zoesthesia Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.maikepreissing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.synesthesia.at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maikepreissing⁠⁠...

This week we met Meriem Delacroix, a french synaesthesia artist based in Padua, Italy. Meriem shares how hard it was growing up as a neurodivergent child without the right support, how she uses her uniquely wired brain today and why it is important to have access to support. Connect with Meriem: https://www.delacroixstudio.art @meriemdelacroix Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.maikepreissing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠...

I got myself a co-host! Meet Zoe (@zoesthesia), musician, synaesthesia artist and teacher from Singapore! Every other week Zoe and I meet virtually to chat, discuss and process our synaesthesia. It'll get spicy Connect with Zoe: @zoesthesia Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.maikepreissing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.synesthesia.at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maikepreissing⁠⁠⁠⁠

We're back from the summer break and start off Season 3 with one of the biggest guests yet: Dr Joel Salinas, Medical Doctor, Researcher and fellow synaesthete. Enjoy this very personal conversation between Joel and Maike and don't forget to submit your "Synnie of the month" story! Connect with Dr Joel Salinas: https://joelsalinasmd.com/ Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.maikepreissing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www....

This week we meet synaesthete and vet Sheila Butungi. Sheila is based in Uganda and board member of the Synaesthesia Society of African and talks us through her own story and hopes for Africa and the synaesthesia community. Come along as we cover another part of the globe! If you want to connect with the SSOA please find them on facebook or their website Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.maikepreissing....

In this weeks episode, we welcome back James Wannerton. He is probably the world's most famous synaesthete, and decided to courageously shares a hidden part of his life with us. Join us as he discusses his experience as a voice hearer, shedding light on the positive aspects and offering a fresh perspective on hallucinations. Through this conversation, James inspires us to reconsider our perception...

Ok, it's time to reintroduce the topic: What is Synaesthesia? What differences do we see in the brain of a synesthete compared to a non-synaesthete? And what do we know about the genetics? On this episode we tackle the (not so basic) basics with no other than Prof Jools Simner. She is a synesthesia expert, Professor for Neuropsychology at the University of Sussex and head of the MULTISENSE lab. Wh...

Happy Pride everyone ! Join Maike as she meets Jaime Prada, founder of the art platform carriedaway.uk . In this empowering episode, these two neurodivergent queers delve into the intersections of activism and art, highlighting the significance of platforms like carriedaway.uk. A place that aims to foster representation and reclaim identities within marginalized groups. With a focus on their share...

Maike meets Anton Sidoroff-Dorso, a psychologist, linguist, and researcher from Moscow. Anton shares fascinating insights about his research on the synaesthesia quotient, unique perspectives and events within the Russian synaesthesia community and worldwide. Then, get ready to meet Yelena Lastovina, a multi-talented poet, synaesthete, and journalist from Volgograd. Yelena is a very active member o...

Join Maike this week as she sits down with Candin Phillips, a licensed therapist and ADHD coach from the United States. In this episode, they explore the realms of ADHD, synaesthesia, and medication, delving into the unique phenomenon of sequence space synaesthesia that brought them together. Get ready for personal stories, insightful discussions, listener questions, and the exciting announcement...

In this episode, we're going to hear about "The Possibility of Colour," a play written by Pete Carruthers, who is a writer, actor, and researcher. Pete will share how the play came about and discuss his relationship with voice-hearing, synaesthesia, autism, and AI. Maike and Pete will also delve into the impact of using theatre and film in nurse training, emphasising the significance of asking cha...

On this week's episode Maike meets Dr Sean A. Day - founding president of the International Association for Synaesthetes, Artists and Scientists. Sean shares his own story of witnessing one of the biggest earthquakes, developing PTSD and losing his synaesthesia as part of that. They also cover what it's like to live with very strong forms of taste- and odour-to visual-synaesthesia. Connect with Dr...

On this episode Maike meets Kaitlyn Hova. The two have a chat about how they each experience the world through their synaesthesia and ways to make it tangible. They cover person-to-colour-synesthesia, product ideas and the Hovalin! This is a 3D printed violin that glows in the colours Kaitlyn sees for music - so cool! Kaitlyn playing the Hovalin Kaitlyn's website Connet with Maike: ⁠⁠www.maikeprei...

In today's episode Maike meets Nina Slottke. Nina is a psychotherapist for children and young people based in Germany. Together they discuss a paper on wellbeing differences in child synaesthetes and what those findings mean for the psychological practice. They also brainstorm ideas on how to speak to kids about synaesthesia and give advice to care givers on how to support child synaesthetes and c...

We're WRAPPING UP SEASON ONE by looking back on the exciting first 9 episodes. Maike is joined by one of her favourite people & great helper in the background Daniel Woods. He's also known as Mr Outro! Dan is interviewing Maike on the regrets she has, what she's learned so far and what season two will look like! If you wanna submit your story for "Synnie of the month" send an e-mail, instagram...

On July 2nd 2023 the very first synaesthesia awareness day will take place!! Todays guest is Stephen Melton, the clever brain behind this new awareness day. He'll tell us how it all came about and what his mission and hopes for the global synaesthesia community are. Wanna get involved or connect with Stephen? @ synesthesiaawarenessday www.synesthesiaawarenessday.com Connet with Maike: ⁠www.maikepr...

It's the PhD-Edition! Corin Anderson and Clara Isabelle Soto Rodriguez, two synaesthetes from different parts of the world decided to study synaesthesia and to dedicated their PhD to it. We hear both their stories of having synaesthesia and what their theses are about: Corin Anderson is Scottish and a PhD student at the Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. His researched topic is called "A compo...

Today's guest is Prof Jamie Ward! He is Professor for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex (School of Psychology) in Brighton, UK and one of the world-leading experts when it comes to synaesthesia research! We've heard him on episode 1 and 6 already and can now listen to the full conversation between him and Maike, We will hear them discuss one shot phenomena, sexual synaesthesia, ho...

This weeks guest is the French filmmaker & journalist Aurore Dupont-Sagorin. Aurore has mirror-pain-synaesthesia, a form of synaesthesia that puts empathy to an extreme. Watching other people or movie character's getting hurt leads to her feeling that same pain in her own body. So fascinating!! We also hear from Prof Jamie Ward from the University of Sussex on synaesthesia research and the con...

This week we hear from Hari Raman and his fascinating way of using his auditory-visual-synaesthesia in daily communication. He always struggled reading other people's emotions. Then he figured out that the colours and their saturation levels help him detect what his counterpart is feeling! As a coder he is now training artificial intelligence to do what his brain was doing so naturally all along....

On this weeks episode Maike meets Sarah Kraning, a full-time synaesthesia artist from the United States. They will speak about their experiences of being a child synaesthete in primary school and how important it is to be listened to by a parent or teacher. They will also discuss the power of social media, their art and the theatre play "soundscapes" by the NYU Sarah was invited to be part of. @sa...

This week Maike meets Brady & Sage (two synaesthetes from Nebraska) to speak about their newly published book on synaesthesia. They'll speak about mental health struggles, Asperger's, good friendship and what it's like to feel your own emotions moving in your body. Instagram: @sagereiger @bradysynesthesiaart Their book "Feeling different - understanding synesthesia through art" as hard cover a...

In this episode Maike meets James Wannerton, a well-known synaesthete from England. James has a very rare and fascinating form of synaesthesia, called sound-to-taste synaesthesia. This means he can not only hear sounds, but also taste them. Maike's voice for example tastes like victorian spongecake to him! We hear about how they each experience the world through their neurodivergence, about the ve...