Beyond Chronic Burnout: The Talk Show for Women & Helping Professionals

Our Accessibility in Healthcare live panel discussion will cover some of the most important access points for autistics including diagnosis, mental health care, alternative and holistic healthcare, intersectional identities, and so much more with our panel of autistic advocates. Our Panel on Accessibility in Healthcare will discuss areas that we encounter most often that create access barriers in...

Burnout is the result of our needs going consistently unmet. This is the most basic understanding of burnout. When we begin to breakdown the elements that contribute to burnout and burnout restoration, the understanding of accessibility is a huge. This month in the 2nd Annual Shine A Light Autistic Advocate Campaign our focus is on Accessibility and we are looking at it in the areas of work, educa...

Our Panel on Accessibility in Public Spaces and Beyond will discuss areas that we encounter most often that create access barriers in Public spaces and everyday settings from museums to coffee shops. Get your April gift of $100 off First Steps to Burnout Restoration through April 30th. https://resources.mindyourautisticbra... Join XXO Connect and Carole Jean on Thursdays at 3pm Eastern time US. ht...

Join our power packed panel of Autistic Advocates to discuss accessibility in the workplace. We will be covering all the hottest topics from autism disclosure, accessibility and accommodations along with so much more that matters to us in the workplace. Our Autistic Advocate Panel for Accessibility in the Workplace: Sydney Elaine Butler Scott Frasard Piper Hutson  Charlie Hart Cora Burke Lex Harve...

Kicking off the 2nd Annual Shine A Light Autistic Advocate Campaign for 2023. Our focus topic this year is Accessibility. We will be talking all about accessibility in the Workplace, Public Spaces, Healthcare and Education on live panel conversations with Autistic Advocates each week beginning Thursday, April 13th. Don't miss blog articles featured on The Brain Dump from our amazing advocates...

Michael and I are talking about spiky profiles, polarization of strengths and weaknesses and how that can show up in our daily lives and relationships.  Looking for information on one thing and on the way learning a million other things along the way. Experiencing how we feel within our own culture as neurodistinct humans. The beauty and need for silent time and periods of isolation from time afte...

One thing many of us share in late identified autistic life especially if we are over 40 is regret for what we didn’t know about ourselves.  The process of self discovery as a late AuDHDer is often a whole new experience for most of us. Join my dear friend and guest today, Laura van Dijk aka Autistic. Lautie on IG as we share our over 40 diagnosis journeys and things that we never really knew...

Join me for this LIVE replay from Friday, March 10th to visit with upcoming conference hosts Tiffany Castagno and Meenaksi Iyer to learn about their upcoming Burnout Conference and get the juicy details on how you can join us at this incredible event next week. Conference Information: Burnout: The Silent Pandemic – Creating Sustainable Recovery by Embracing Equity We will focus on understanding th...

To get a formal autism identification or not?  Knowing the right questions to ask yourself to discover your why before beginning the process or not makes a huge difference. Brian Bird is sharing insights around this much talked about topic including the questions to reflect upon and more in today’s episode. Brian is the founder of Autism Support Community on IG and FB and the 2022 Award Winne...

“We stopped asking directions to places they’ve never been.”-Tish Melton (lyric in her song, We Can Do Hard Things. Doug Blecher, founded Autism Personal Coach over a decade ago and is also host of THREE amazing podcasts including Autism Stories, Intersections on the Spectrum with Kelly Bron Johnson and Info Dump with Becca Lorre Hector. Recently Doug has been through his own late identified journ...

Have you ever thought…”I don’t know who I am.”  That is one of the questions many of us ask ourselves in late identified life one of the other thoughts that often come up is “if I don’t do this I will fail.” Join me with my wonderful friend and guest today, Benjamin Christmass as we discuss these thoughts along with his glorious idea of “The Germination of Obligation.”  How does obligati...

TW; mention of ABA Join my guest Jacki Edry today as she shares about her book, “Moving Forward:Reflections on Autism, Neurodiversity, Brain Surgery and Faith” We discuss how she began her first education/school experience working with autistic children, her insights and discoveries about the sensory system, how stimming is NOT a “behavior” that needs to be stopped or modified when it is a help to...

Tammy Cho is going to reveal how burnout shows up on the face and in the body.  You aren’t imagining it!  We DO look different in burnout versus how we look in thrive. Imagine how much compassion and grace you can extend to your body when you understand the insights Tammy is sharing today. Queue up episode 105 and share a powerful and enlightening conversion that will open your mind to t...

Most Autistic ADHD adults looking to identify if they are in ND Burnout face one major hidden obstacle that keeps the clarity of identifying how spicy their burnout may be just out of reach. What is that obstacle? Well, before I tell you let me ask you a question.  How do you identify when you are experiencing your normal level of executive dysfunction versus when you are experiencing executi...

I’m speaking at a summit designed by and for neurodivergent folks of all kinds, and I’m honestly so psyched. There’s going to be 19 speakers giving presentations on everything from ADHD and impulsive spending to the intersection of autism, womanhood, and Blackness to ND Burnout Restoration. Best of all? It’s totally free. If you want to learn more about your neurodivergent brain and this amazing s...

Meet author and fellow late identified autistic, Nicky Collins.  Nicky’s new book, “Through Autistic Eyes” publishes on November 11th and is a fantastic resource as part of our resources in late identified life. Knowing we are not alone and having the stories of other late identified women that empower and encourage us as we are navigating what being autistic means in our lives is beyond powe...

Knowing what services are available and how to access them as Late Identified Autistic, ADHD, NDers can be a challenge because most often those services aren’t even offered to us. Join me today along with my guest, Autistic ADHD SLP Stephanie Izzi as she shares some of the top SLP issues many of us face and how to begin finding a provider. There are 5 Degrees of Spicy on my ND Burnout Scale from a...

There are 5 Degrees of Spicy on my ND Burnout Scale from a Poblano Pepper Level 1 to a Level 5 Ghost Pepper.  In my new book coming out November 4th you’ll be able to identify how spicy your ND Burnout is and the first steps to begin Burnout Restoration so that you can get off The Chronic Cycle Burnout Loop for good! Join me as I share some major celebrations that have been made possible afte...

Connecting to your community, finding your people and sharing around topics that matter most in your life is an excellent form of Self Care. Today on the talk show, I am joined by the Founder and Chairperson of ADHD UK, Henry Shelford.  Henry is a late identified ADHDer, recipient of the Point of Light by UK’s Prime Minister for his work with Sarcoidosis UK helping those affected during the p...

There is so much advice out there around Self Care and Burnout but most of it DOESN’T work for us.  Join Amy Cramb founder of Finding Autism and me as we share what types of self care helps us as late identified folks.  We dive in a talk about some of the barriers we face to self care when it comes to guilt and regret. Is this you? I’m looking for 10 people who want to work with me over...

https://anchor.fm/mindyourautisticbrain/subscribe https://linktr.ee/mindyourautisticbrain Creative journaling can take the pressure off of a blank page where you can otherwise feel frozen as to where to begin writing.  Rachel Pavolic is a neurodistinct business owner and founder of Journaling For You, a monthly subscription box. Part of my Self Care Plan from the INSIDE Out is a creative jour...

Being Neurodistinct means that the way we self care needs to meet our wonderfully wired brain and body and that can look different from the mass media burnout and self care posts you see. Kicking off our 2nd Annual Self Care September Series where I along with my guests will be helping you better understand what self care is for you as a late identified person starts today on Episode 096 of the Mi...

“Are you hiring candles but your systems and culture are snuffing them out?”  This is one of the questions Tracy and I discuss today in episode 095 of the Mind Your Autistic Brain Talk Show. After decades of masking and camouflaging, it can be hard to identify your personal brand and often burnout may make it even harder to figure out because you just don’t have the spoons. Today, Tracy and I...

Feeling bored, burned out, anxious or living on autopilot at work?  After 11 years in burnout, being made ‘redundant’ aka ‘let go,’ Pauline Harley looked at her health, wellbeing and her neurotype to discover her best life. Pauline Harley is a certified career coach who helps clients think more creatively about their health and career as they age.  Pauline is a late identified autistic w...

When we’ve been struggling at work and are just discovering the WHY in Late Identified Life, that can lead to re-assessing what we are doing for work.  Join me along with my guest Megan Reimer from the IG account The Autistic Lady as she shares what NEXT step she is taking in her work journey after a late in life autism diagnosis. Megan is sharing one resource and option she has found in Cana...