The Neurodivergent Polyamorist

Trigger Warning: Discussion of body image issues/weight loss Hey all! And welcome to our first ever New Years episode of the Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast! In this special episode, we attempt to talk all about how new years resolutions don't actually work for neurospicy humans, and how to set goals that actually work WITH your neurodivergent brain instead of against it. I say 'attempt' though...

Happy Holidays dear listeners! And welcome to our first ever holiday special! In this episode, we talk all about what its like to navigate family get togethers as queer, polyam humans, how to survive said get togethers when conservative family members are involved, and why polycules, partners, and chosen family can be the connective threads that make the holidays (whichever you celebrate) even mor...

Hey all, and welcome back to another episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist! In this episode, Adam gets vulnerable and shares how, when he was diagnosed as Autistic in the '90s, his parents were told that he'd never be able to fall in love or form meaningful social relationships. We then dissect the crap out of that comment and argue instead that while those words may hold true from a neurotypi...

**Trigger Warning - Body Image/Diet Culture Content Ahead!** Hey all! And welcome to a very exciting episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast! This week, we have special guest host Ramsay Alexander on the show. Ramsay is a queer, neurodivergent life coach who has worked predominantly with youth and specializes in combatting fatphobia and diet culture in our society. As two people with our...

Hey all! And welcome back to another episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast! In this episode, we look at hierarchies as they apply to relationships of all kinds - platonic, romantic, polyam, and mono. The prevailing wisdom in the polyam community after all is that hierarchies are bad, and while we're certainly not generally fans of them ourselves, we have both also found many moments in...

Hey all! It's me Adam, and I'm coming at you solo this week since Becca had some life shenanigans to work through. It's alright though - it gave me the perfect opportunity to rant and ramble at you all a little bit about my new tattoo, why firsts are a big deal, and why its important to have the courage to push through fear in order to try new things, have new experiences, and ultimately live the...

Welcome to Season 2! This is our first episode of our second season, and in it we go completely off-script, tackling everything from representation to LGBTQ and neurodiversity issues and everything else under the sun! Did you really expect any less from us at this point?  If that all sounds like a good time to you, relax, sit back, click play, and enjoy! And thanks for coming back to hang out...

Chosen family is a trope you see everywhere these days: in books, TV shows, movies, and video games. It's also a concept that is near and dear to the hearts of many marginalized communities - especially the LGBTQ alphabet mafia. But what is chosen family? How does it relate to the more traditional concept of biological family? On today's episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist, we explore that a...

Hey all! Happy Pride Month to all of our spicies out there in interweb land! In this episode (the first of our summer release schedule), we talk all about Pride, the importance of it, and how while awesome parties and celebrations are great, its far more vital to remember how LGBTQIA+ Pride can and literally HAS both changed and saved lives.  ...also...y'know...Pride was a Riot, ACAB, and all...

Warning - Incoming Spicy Content! This episode is NSFW and also not safe for anyone under the age of 18. If you're in either of those categories (or just aren't into the topic being covered) its cool - we understand! No hard feelings! Just skip this one and come back next time! ...as for the rest of you - welcome to the long-awaited kink episode! In this one, we talk all about the intersection bet...

May the Fourth Be With You, dear listeners! In this very special episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist, we use May The Fourth as a jumping off point to explore our relationships with our fandoms (both individual and shared) and why nerdiness appears to be so important to the neurodivergent community. Spoiler alert: the venn diagram of nerdiness vs neurospiciness is really more of a complete ci...

Hey everyone! This is it! The one we've been excitedly talking up for weeks now - the 420 Friendly Episode! It's a short, wild, meandering, and random little bonus one but we had a blast doing it. So in honour of 420, click that play button, sit back, relax, and prepare to soar the multiverse with us. ...and there are plenty of Space Koalas too. Enjoy! CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains refere...

I like cheese...do you...like cheese? Even if you don't, if you're neurospicy and feel like you're terrible at flirting, this is an episode you won't want to miss! Join us this week as we take a deep dive into how neurodivergent folks flirt, and how it tends to differ from the norm. Because contrary to popular belief, we Spicies CAN flirt...just not when we TRY to! Seriously...don't ask us to cons...

Oh boy...brace yourselves folks; this is going to be a tough one! The American Psychological Association just released the new revised version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5-TR), and we decided to take a look at exactly what it had to say about autism. As you can probably guess, we were not all that enthused, but even so, it launched us into a really good discus...

Guys, gals, and nonbinary pals? We're going to level with you all this week - we're EXHAUSTED! Real life caught up with both of us in a massive way last week and we're both still feeling the burnout from it. That's why we're late in bringing this one to you...but its also why we decided to take this episode as an opportunity to talk all about our personal experiences of burnout, what we've learned...

"We don't talk about Bruno...no...no...no"...but Autistics and neurospicy folks in general sure do! In this really special episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast, we got silly, talked all about how Encanto is officially our new favourite Disney movie, and what it has to teach us about breaking cycles, generational trauma, neurodiversity, and mental health. Plus, we rambled a lot, burst...

This week's episode is all about nothing. No, seriously! We promise it's not LITERALLY about nothing. We mean nothing more in the 'Seinfeldian' sense of the word, because this week, we didn't have a topic in mind at all, nor a script to follow. But that's okay! We figured after all the heavy topics we've done since the very beginning of this podcast, it would be fun to hang out off the cuff, talk,...

Another Wednesday, another episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist - and this time, it's the one we've been promising for a few weeks now. That's right; we've finally rustled up the spoons to talk about Rejection Sensitivity. This episode is really open and raw for us as we discuss how deeply Rejection Sensitivity has affected both of us our whole lives. We hope you will come along on the journe...

Hey all! Yes, you read that right - this episode is all about "seggs!" Specifically, the intersection of sex and neurodiversity and all the hilarity that can arise when those two mix. Naturally, that means this episode may not be everyone's cup of tea, so if you are uncomfortable and don't like this subject matter, feel free to skip this one and rejoin us next week (no hard feelings, we promise!)....

In this episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist, join us as we finally draw attention to the second half of our podcast name and talk all about - you guessed it - Polyamory! This isn't an exhaustive analysis by far (the ethically nonmonogamous world is way too expansive for that), but we tried our best to explore the kinds of polyam we'd experienced and to offer our thoughts on what has worked f...

In this episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast, join us as we explore communication from a neurospicy perspective - especially as it relates to interpersonal relationships of all kinds (friends, partners, you name it). We try to go in depth on how neurodivergent people tend to communicate differently, share some interpersonal stories, and ultimately go full-on galaxy brained...necessita...

In this very special episode of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist, we explore how grief can sometimes manifest very differently in neurodivergent folks compared to in neurotypicals. We each share our feelings about the grief process, unpack it, validate each other, and share some touching family anecdotes along the way. It's a less goofy, more sombre episode, but an important and powerful one all the...

Hello! And welcome to this, the first, hastily slapped together episode of the Neurodivergent Polyamorist Podcast! In this premiere episode, we talk a little about who we are and why we want to do this podcast. We also attempt to talk about the phenomenon of the "inner monologue" but get utterly sidetracked on our way there. Would you expect anything less from two multiply neurodivergent humans? W...