(Neuro)Diverse Dialogues

I had the amazing opportunity to talk to Dr Tom Nicholson on the podcast #NeurodiverseDialogues . On this we hear a story in mark contrast to when I spoke to Sally Ingram MBE regarding the impact that having support or not has on young people (and then through life). Sally talked of a teacher who came alongside her and supported her and endeavoured to understand. Tom had the opposite brutal experi...

Warning:  On this episode Kat and I are joined but a Jack Russell contributing vocally at time (not for long).  This Causes a little disruption but in maintaining Kats stoic resiliance I have not edited.  Thanks Kat! People love tidy labels for autism and ADHD, but real neurodiversity refuses to stay in a single box. We sit down with Kat, a newly qualified dietitian who has a dual diagnosis of aut...

A fast mind can be a beautiful place—until the world demands it walk in a straight line. We sit down with Rebecca Jackson, a higher education administrator who found clarity at 32 with an ADHD diagnosis after years of masking, burnout, and misreads of mood. Her story is honest and practical, weaving personal turning points with the small, repeatable tactics that make daily life calmer and work mor...

Ever looked at someone’s glittering CV and wondered what’s buried underneath? We sit down with Jordan, a PhD researcher and student union staffer with dyspraxia, to map the real academic journey—the wins above the waterline and the quiet stack of rejections below. Jordan’s take is refreshingly frank: persistence matters, but reflection matters more, and the path that looks straight in hindsight is...

Curiosity can carry you across disciplines—and back to yourself. We sit down with a researcher who began in biomedical sciences and pivoted into psychology and colour philosophy, guided by a mind that fixates deeply, senses keenly, and asks relentless questions about how we see the world. What starts as a story about colour perception becomes a study in boundaries, mentorship, and the quiet ergono...

In this episode we had to start and stop as Misha had to change locations (which has a certain symmetry as they talk about their experience in moving countries too!).  In the name of autheticity we carried on and as alweays I leave it unedited for you

Ever felt like you’re gliding on the surface while paddling like mad underneath? Christina shares what a late ADHD diagnosis revealed about masking, invisible effort, and why looking calm on the surface often means below the waterline. Tired of the “neurodiversity as superpower” cliché? We dig into real role models, disclosure, and accommodations that work in education and beyond, not just on pape...

A tidy desk isn’t the story. Rosie, a third-year biochemistry student, opens up about the reality of OCD: intrusive thoughts that hit like alarms, compulsions that promise relief and steal time, and the slow, deliberate work of exposure therapy that teaches the brain to stop demanding rituals. We pull apart the myths and look at what day-to-day life actually feels like when your mind whispers “wha...

Hello, welcome to my podcast (fireside chats), this is a introduction rather than a trailer, a little bit about me but mostly about why I'm doing what I'm doing. I hope you enjoy what you hear. I hope you learn from what you hear, please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to take part in the podcast going forward, or please let other people know who you think might valu...