What brewing beer taught me about neurodivergent wellbeing I may have mentioned, once or twice, that beer is one of my special interests (specifically imperial pastry stout) and I’m lucky enough to have some lovely friends who run an excellent microbrewery ( Tom's Tap and Brewhouse ) where I’m occasionally allowed to play with the brew kit. My favourite part of the brewing process is always the sparge, and not just because it is an excellent vocal stim, but because it’s all a

I’ve been asked a few time recently how I work with rejection sensitivity. It’s been buzzing round my head while I was on leave a few weeks ago so while I was up early one morning watching the amazing sunrise below, I wrote about it on my substack and I wanted to share it here too. I can’t give a perfect one size fits all solution which will magically make rejection sensitivity go away, but I can share some of the ways I work with it when it comes up for my clients (and in m

I’m always telling myself, my family and clients that noticing is the first step in change. If we don’t notice something then we don’t...

One of the things I’ve really valued about my work developing my new training and model of neurodivergent wellbeing is that it has...

Historically, most therapy training has been based on neurotypical to neurotypical interactions. When I trained I don’t think...

I’m noticing the tension in me to look back and reflect, while still trying to get things boxed off and finished before my out of office...

I often describe my neurodivergence as a pick a mix. Autism is my dominant flavour, that you get in every mouthful, with a healthy...

You may have noticed that I haven't been posting as much for a while there's been lots of reasons for this, but I realised I was looking...

Recently a friend of mine ran a course on continental knitting, it produces the same results as the technique I’ve been using for 20...

This weekend I, with the support of some friends, pushed my self right out of my comfort zone (mentally and physically) and took part in...

I’ve not written a post in a little while as I’ve been busy behind the scenes doing some other things. Some of you might have seen that I...

In the past I have often been overly optimistic about the capacity future me would have. I generally believed that somewhere between...

This weekend I got to go and see one of my favourite folk duos, O’Hooley and Tidow, playing in Manchester. It was a as wonderful as every...

I talk about self-compassion a lot with my clients, supervisees and anyone else who will listen because learning to connect with my own...

As some of you will know, at the beginning of the year I moved into a new office that we had created in our attic space. I love my new...

I’m not much of a sports fan, but you can occasionally find me on a cold Sunday afternoon watching Crewe Alex Women FC with a few...

It seems like a while since I felt I had the space to sit down and write, but as always space emerges eventually. This year I’m making...

Because most of my life has been lived to the rhythm of an academic calendar, September is usually all about new things for me (mostly...

You may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quieter than usual over the last month. This is because I have been thinking about how I can...

I don’t see clients on Mondays, so it tends to be a bit of a ‘mop up’ day for admin, CPD or the occasional meeting. However, it’s real...