Neurodiverse Love with Mona Kay

Alina and her husband have been married for 24 years and have 5 sons. Throughout their marriage, they have experienced lots of challenges that other couples weren't having.  However, it wasn't until her husband was diagnosed, earlier this year, with Autism Spectrum Disorder, that those challenges began to make sense.  When Alina found the "Neurodiverse Love" podcast she realized she was...

We are issuing a "trigger warning" for this episode, as we are talking about food addictions and other addictions that some of our listeners may be dealing with and may be very sensitive about.   During this episode, Mona and Manecia talk with an anonymous guest who has been dealing with food addiction issues and has recently realized that she was using food to fill voids in her life and her...

For her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Pnina Arad conducted ground-breaking research with women in neurodiverse relationships and published her book, "When Your Man is On the Spectrum-To Know, Understand and Transform Your Relationship" to share all that she learned during her research.  During this episode, Pnina provides us with insightful information that will help provide neurodiverse couples...

During this episode you will hear from two of the four co-founders and coaches in the "Loving Difference" on-line community.  This site was created to help individuals and couples learn how to thrive in life and in their neurodiverse relationships. Natalie Roberts and Heather Parks share some of the lessons they have learned in their neurodiverse relationships and provide insightful informati...

During this episode, Sarah and Larry Nannery share the lessons they have learned during their 10 year Neurodiverse Love relationship. Their motto is "Better Together" and it is clear that they personify this motto.  Sarah sought a diagnosis after she became a parent and realized that managing all of her new responsibilities was more then she was prepared for, and at 31 she received a formal A...

During this episode we talk about whether it's important to have a formal ASD diagnosis to understand the best ways to create a successful relationship.  No one can make this decision for you, however Mona and Manecia discuss how they feel about the different ways to understand that you and your partner have different neurotypes.  They also discuss the value of disclosing that you are au...

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the Neurodiverse Love podcast, Mona and Olga are co-hosting this special episode to talk about some of the important lessons they have learned in their various neurodiverse relationships.  During the first season, at the end of each podcast episode, lessons learned have been shared about the topic that was discussed.  During this special episode,...

During this episode, Mona and Manecia have the pleasure of talking with communication expert, Dr. Ali Arena.  Ali has been working for years with autistic children, parents and neurodiverse couples to help them improve their communication skills.  During our conversation, Ali provides so many insightful and helpful strategies for dealing with black and white thinking, different processin...

This episode is filled with pearls of wisdom and lots of laughter as Mona and Manecia welcome Janelle Harding to the "Neurodiverse Love" podcast. Janelle has been in a neurodiverse relationship for a few years and her and her husband have a one year old son. She talks about her no nonsense way of dealing with her husband's mind-blindness, black and white thinking, food preferences and special inte...

During this episode Mona and Manecia have an in-depth conversation with Heidi who has been married for over 25 years and found out 5 years ago that her husband is on the autism spectrum.  After raising 4 kids together and having ongoing communication challenges, things started to make sense when Heidi learned about ASD.  Learn about how special interests played a big part in the beginnin...

Ashley is a licensed counselor and a coach who has worked with many neurodivergent couples.  She focuses on the strengths of each partner to address challenges and opportunities for growth to create a path to a healthy partnership.  During this episode, Ashley shares what she has learned in her own neurodivergent marriage, as well as what tools she uses to guide other neurodivergent coup...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Neurodiverse Love podcast. In this episode we talk about the challenges that can occur when you and your partner think and process things differently.  We share stories about differences in planning and organization, as well as the ways in which our partners could get stuck trying to multitask or prioritize and take action on their "things to do" list.  Knowing...

During this episode we talk about how challenging it can be when socializing, friendships and travel have different value to us and impact us differently in our neurodiverse relationships.  As neurotypicals, socializing is very important in our love relationships, however our neurodivergent partners didn't place the same importance on socializing and social events as we did.  Understandi...

The first season of the "Neurodiverse Love" podcast includes 30 episodes of our lived experiences and lessons learned in "Neurodiverse Love" relationships.  In addition, we published five episodes with various guests, who share their very interesting neurodiverse stories.  We had to change the account we are using to record Season 2 of the podcast, so if you want to continue with us on t...