For some people the revelations around their neurodivergent profile can raise lots of questions about what this could mean for the future, both in terms of personal and professional relationships.
While the ‘ah ha’ moment may be accompanied by lots of revelations, knowing what to do with these can feel tricky when you are already time poor, overwhelmed or overloaded.
Through the SHAPE programme you will bring renewed focus to your strengths and values. Using this perspective we will investigate ways to understand and shape the relationships and environments around you.
You will have dedicated time and space to explore your unique experiences, strengths and challenges in this context. You’ll gain new perspectives, co-create strategies that work for you, and move forward feeling safer, more informed, and confident in your path ahead.
Discovering you’re neurodivergent often follows a lifetime of feeling different without fully understanding why. Many have spent years trying to blend in, sometimes at the expense of mental and physical wellbeing. You may have developed intricate coping mechanisms and masks which can make reconnecting with your true self challenging.
Simply managing daily life can leave little time or energy to explore your identity or develop strategies which truly align with who you are. Often, you may not even know what you don’t know, making it difficult to seek support or even figure out what key words to Google.
The idea for SHAPE came from a blend of my own experience of being diagnosed in adulthood and the recurring themes I’ve observed while mentoring neurodivergent adults and teenagers over the years.
Some sessions will feel more structured than others, involving specific tools so we can get to your truth quickly. Others are more free form. But always it is about you and your lived experience. This is no ‘chalk and talk’ programme.
Always starting from a point of strength, you will:
- Clarify existing sources of safety (psychological, emotional and physical) and ways to expand upon these
- Recognise and utilise internal signals to foster a greater sense of security and confidence when navigating daily life
- Identify opportunities around adjustments both at home and work – their implications and implementation options
- Constructive self-advocacy – the when and how of disclosure versus signposting
- Identify and develop ways to take advantage of your unique strengths, skills which are often born out of the very fact you experience the world differently
- All the while continuing your identity journey with constructive support by investigating your beliefs and those you encounter, why this matters and what you can do to support yourself
THRIVE and SHAPE can be purchased together at a discounted rate. The content is complementary, and it doesn’t matter which you do first.