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EPISODE · Oct 31, 2025 · 55 MIN

How Dyslexia Can Humanize Legacies with Russell Van Brocklen

from Design Your Legacy - Life Lessons · host Angelina Carleton

In multi-generational families of wealth, dyslexia can quietly challenge the very ideals of achievement, confidence, and continuity. A child who struggles to read may internalize shame or feel they’ve disappointed the family. Parents, driven by high expectations, often oscillate between guilt and overcorrection—seeking to fix rather than understand. Grandparents may misinterpret the struggle through outdated notions of discipline, unaware of the opportunity for growth it presents.   In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Russell Van Brocklen about his personal struggles as well as his latest research project. When a family can reframe dyslexia as difference instead of defect, it can transform frustration into empathy and innovation...and Russell offers a few ideas on how to leverage both AI as well as the craft of research as tools.  These insights can shift results as well as opportunities —from perfect performance to creative problem-solving and resilience. Ultimately, acknowledging dyslexia early on can strengthen the family legacy, humanizing what we all bring to the table with compassion and new perspectives.Learn more at https://dyslexiaclasses.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

In multi-generational families of wealth, dyslexia can quietly challenge the very ideals of achievement, confidence, and continuity. A child who struggles to read may internalize shame or feel they’ve disappointed the family. Parents, driven by high expectations, often oscillate between guilt and overcorrection—seeking to fix rather than understand. Grandparents may misinterpret the struggle through outdated notions of discipline, unaware of the opportunity for growth it presents.   In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Russell Van Brocklen about his personal struggles as well as his latest research project. When a family can reframe dyslexia as difference instead of defect, it can transform frustration into empathy and innovation...and Russell offers a few ideas on how to leverage both AI as well as the craft of research as tools.  These insights can shift results as well as opportunities —from perfect performance to creative problem-solving and resilience. Ultimately, acknowledging dyslexia early on can strengthen the family legacy, humanizing what we all bring to the table with compassion and new perspectives.Learn more at https://dyslexiaclasses.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

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