aliceb

For The Deep Feelers & Big Hearted People Pleasers with Alice Bramhill

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Welcome to real talk about neurodivergence. I'm a neurodivergent interpersonal psychotherapist, mental health nurse and coach. Diagnosed ADHD at 47, autistic at 50, and parent to two autistic children. I blend professional expertise with lived experience to explore ADHD, autism, and highly sensitive experiences. You'll find content on unmasking, breaking free from people pleasing, understanding your nervous system, setting boundaries, building authentic relationships, and parenting neurodivergent children. Practical support for challenging the conditioning that tells you you're not enough.

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Why Boundaries Feel Impossible When You're Neurodivergent 29.10.2025 15:48

If you're neurodivergent, setting boundaries probably feels genuinely impossible. Not just hard - actually impossible. In this episode, I break down the real reasons why: How your nervous system responds to boundary-setting as a threat The conditioning that convinced you your needs don't matter Why neurotypical boundary advice never worked for you This isn't about willpower or being &q...

The Push and Pull of AuDHD 20.10.2025 13:57

You crave quiet and predictability, but your ADHD brain is racing and restless inside. If you're a late-diagnosed AuDHDer, you know this exhausting push and pull. This episode explores what it's really like to manage two nervous systems that want opposite things, why it leads to burnout, and what actually helps.

When You Don't Trust Yourself Anymore (Or never have) 17.10.2025 16:07

Have you ever frozen when someone asks "What do you want?" - not from overwhelm, but because you genuinely don't know? In this first episode, Alice explores self-trust for late-discovered neurodivergent adults. We dive into why decades of masking means many of us never learned to trust ourselves in the first place, how people-pleasing becomes a nervous system survival strategy, and p...