When we receive a neurodivergent diagnosis, it can feel like seeing ourselves clearly for the first time. Many clients tell me it brings a sense of recognition, even relief: “I’m not broken, just different.” But with this new self-awareness often comes something else – a reckoning with the models that shape how society views us.…
There’s a well-known quote attributed to Albert Einstein: “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” For those of us whose brains work differently, this captures something essential. When systems don’t accommodate how we actually think, feel, or learn, or…
Neuro-inclusive coaching is an adaptive and flexible approach which recognises and affirms the diversity of human minds. It is a strengths-based approach which honours the unique ways in which you experience the world. It creates a space that is accessible and affirming, one where you can choose to unmask if you want to. Ultimately, it…
Discovering you are neurodivergent, whether through a formal diagnosis or self-identification, can be life-changing. For many, it begins as a moment of profound recognition. But what follows is often less talked about: identity transition. Everyone experiences identity transition differently, but there do appear to be some common themes, and it is not unusual to hear…
When you’re navigating a world that wasn’t built with your brain in mind, the support you need might not fit into tidy categories. Is it a coach, a mentor or a therapist or a mixture? For many neurodivergent people, a diagnosis (formal or not) can mean revisiting lots of things: our past, what is working…