Someone Gets Me Podcast

What if the food you keep reaching for has nothing to do with hunger and everything to do with a part of you that stopped trusting itself a long time ago? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen closes out her trilogy on food noise with an honest, heart-led look at the real root underneath it: self-trust. She shares stories from her decades of work with gifted and neurodivergent profes...

Most gifted people live in their minds so much of the time that they aren't always aware of what they truly need. In Episode 2 of the 3-part Food Noise series, Someone Gets Me, host Dianne A. Allen helps us understand why gifted adults often experience overwhelm, food noise, and challenges with self-regulation. She explores why external success doesn't always create inner peace, why developing int...

Has there ever been a time when you weren’t physically hungry, yet found yourself standing in the kitchen searching for something to eat? In the first episode of this 3-part series on Food Noise, Dianne A. Allen explores how your brain may be seeking to meet an unmet need, leading you toward food instead. She explains how food noise can be your body’s attempt to regulate the nervous system, why ea...

What if overthinking is not a flaw? What if it is just your gifted brain doing exactly what it was built to do? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen reframes the words we have been using against ourselves for years. She gets honest about what really happens when gifted and neurodivergent people suppress how their minds work, breaks down the real causes of overwhelm, and offers a gro...

What if the burnout has nothing to do with hating your job and everything to do with how you're wired?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen talks about one of the most misunderstood experiences in the neurodivergent professional world: burning out in a job you genuinely love. She breaks down why it happens, what it actually feels like from the inside, and what neurodivergent peopl...

What happens when being the capable one starts to cost you more than you can afford? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen gets honest about something that rarely gets talked about in neurodivergent and gifted spaces: the dark side. The emotional exhaustion of always being the one everyone turns to. The loneliness that comes with being seen as strong. The quiet burnout of carrying ev...

What does it actually look like to stop living for a paycheck and start living for yourself?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen shares the mic with Frank McKenna, a man who spent 24 years at a job he hated, followed a quiet pull toward something completely unexpected, and built a life that most people only dream about. Frank shares how curiosity and persistence led him from New...

What if the very things that made you feel "too much" your whole life were actually signs of a rare and beautiful gift?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen opens up an honest, heartfelt conversation about what it truly means to be a gifted adult — not the elementary school kind, not the IQ test kind, but the real, lived kind that shows up in how you process the world, feel things...

Why does your brain keep looping about food even when you are not hungry? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen gets real about food noise and why it is not about willpower or control. For gifted and neurodivergent adults, the loop is driven by dopamine, emotional regulation, and nutritional needs that most people never connect to food. There is nothing wrong with you. Your brain is...

What are the unwritten rules of the workplace, and why does no one warn gifted people about them?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen draws from her own lived experience and the questions she hears most often from her clients to uncover five workplace realities that gifted, neurodivergent, and twice-exceptional adults are almost never told about in advance. From the way clarifyin...

What if the answers you’ve been searching for are buried inside your own story? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen sits down with Carrie KC West to explore the practice of becoming your own archaeologist — digging into your past, your patterns, and your inherited belief systems to uncover who you truly are. Carrie shares her extraordinary origin story: a traumatic childhood, the d...

What does it really mean to be hopelessly neurodivergent — and why is that something to celebrate? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen shares an honest and heartfelt look into the everyday inner life of a neurodivergent, gifted adult. From the challenge of opening mail to navigating brain fog, body doubling, seasonal rhythms, and the relentless inner critic — Dianne speaks from liv...

Do you ever feel like your brain just works differently than everyone else’s?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen breaks down why visionary leaders operate on a completely different system—and why that’s not a flaw, it’s a superpower. She explores how traits like rapid processing, future-seeing intuition, thriving under pressure, and deep empathy set visionary leaders apart, and...

Change isn’t something to fear—it’s something to learn how to navigate. In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen sits down with Jay Abbasi to explore how to move through life’s uncertainty with clarity, resilience, and intention. After a profound personal loss, Jay shares how his journey led him to rethink everything—from how we handle grief to how we respond to fear, stress, and unexpe...

Are the neurodivergent people on your team truly safe—physically, emotionally, and mentally? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen explores why neurodivergent overwhelm and burnout in the workplace are often rooted in leadership—and how they can be addressed through greater awareness and the creation of a genuinely neuroinclusive environment. She also explains what happens in the bra...

How can you begin to use your ADHD in your favor? In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen shares an impromptu and honest look into the “secret life” of a neurodivergent adult and those with ADHD. She opens up about her own journey as a gifted individual, highlights common patterns and practices many ADHD adults experience, and reframes what it means to be wired differently as a powerfu...

Saying no is often the first step toward truly saying yes to yourself. In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen is joined by Pearl Chiarenza, a Say Yes to Your Life™ Coach, author, speaker, and retreat facilitator, to explore how gifted individuals can be fully seen in the world without losing themselves, and how Pearl became a powerful advocate for self-care and healthy boundaries. Tog...

Most people experience dysregulation—but awareness and intentionality are what set you apart.   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen unpacks what it truly means to be regulated or dysregulated, the consequences of each, and how these states uniquely impact neurodivergent and gifted individuals. Through real-life examples and insights drawn from her work with clients, she explores ho...

Our nervous system requires different ways of functioning.   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen explores why neurodivergent visionaries are not meant to fit the conventional path, and how the struggles, loneliness, and exhaustion often come from trying to walk roads that were never meant for us. This is a reminder that visionaries see differently, so pay attention to your energy a...

You are in this beautiful dance of seeing possibilities and distilling them into the present, into meaningful actions and ideas. In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen talks about how visionary leaders translate their vision and choose to create real impact that our hearts and souls are here to accomplish. She explores how we can use our neurodiversity to our advantage, strengthen the...

Allow yourself to ride the waves of life and emotion, and receive the goodness that’s coming. You are capable of success. In today’s episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen explores what to do when life doesn’t unfold the way we expected, especially for intensely sensitive and neurodivergent leaders. She speaks to the emotional waves that follow disappointment and how we can move through them...

Everybody has a story. We’re not better or less, just different by design. In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen reflects on how our lives are shaped by the stories we carry and the meaning we make from them. Each story matters because we influence one another simply by being who we are. Our experiences shape our trajectory, and our stories are meant to unfold with purpose, depth, an...

Your definition of normal may look different from someone else’s, and that’s exactly where your truth lives.   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen sits down with Sandy Bean for an honest conversation about masking, its hidden costs, and how many gifted and neurodivergent people may already be paying the price without realizing it. Sandy also shares how growing up as a gifted child...

Sign up for “Different by Design: A Retreat for Gifted, Sensitive & Neurodivergent Adults” happening January 30-31, 2026 https://retreatwithdianne.com/   The most important rule: always ask before doing something for someone.   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen shares how neurodivergent and gifted people can be present and hold a truly safe space without absorbing other peopl...

Sign up for “Different by Design: A Retreat for Gifted, Sensitive & Neurodivergent Adults” happening January 30-31, 2026: https://retreatwithdianne.com/   Have you ever wanted support, only to minimize it the moment it’s offered?   In this episode of Someone Gets Me, Dianne A. Allen unpacks why gifted adults often block when support is given to them. She explains how an overprotective nervous...