Holding Both: Neurodivergent Joy, Grief, and Staying Human

Holding Both: Neurodivergent Joy, Grief, and Staying Human

I don’t have a perfect script for this moment in history — but I do know what my body feels.

In this episode of The NeuroSpicy MomPod, we talk about neurodivergent joy — not as denial, not as “look on the bright side,” but as nervous system regulation and psychological survival.

We explore why justice-sensitive, neurodivergent people feel injustice so deeply, how chronic activation impacts the nervous system, and why moments of joy, beauty, and sensory grounding are not indulgent — they’re necessary.

This is an episode for anyone who feels overwhelmed, activated, heartbroken, or stretched thin by awareness — and who needs permission to let joy count.

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Two Identities, One Nervous System: Growing Up Undiagnosed & Rebuilding Who You Are

Two Identities, One Nervous System: Growing Up Undiagnosed & Rebuilding Who You Are

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🎙️ What Our Children Wish We Knew: Healing Our Inner Child While Parenting

🎙️ What Our Children Wish We Knew: Healing Our Inner Child While Parenting

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School Refusal: When the Body Says "I Can’t”

School Refusal: When the Body Says "I Can’t”

Why do some kids seem unable to go to school—no matter how much we encourage, reward, or reason with them? In this episode of The NeuroSpicy MomPod, we unpack school refusal through a neurodivergent a...

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The Hidden Cost of Being Neurodivergent (Audio Version)

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✨ S3E7: The Hidden Cost of Neurodivergence ✨Let’s talk about the price of existing in a neurotypical world — the emotional labor, the job instability, the financial strain, and the silent burnout so m...

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Healing While We Parent - An Interview with Kecia Nelson, LCSW

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In this week’s episode of The NeuroSpicy MomPod, host Austen Marie chats with Kecia Nelson (@wholehearted_parenting)—a licensed clinical social worker and mom—about the messy, beautiful process of rep...

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Trained to Tolerate: How Childhood Abuse & Undiagnosed Neurodivergence Can Prime You for Narcissist

Trained to Tolerate: How Childhood Abuse & Undiagnosed Neurodivergence Can Prime You for Narcissist

In this week’s episode of The NeuroSpicy MomPod, we’re talking about something so many of us live without realizing it — being trained to tolerate. From toxic workplaces to unhealthy relationships, ma...

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🎙️From Overwhelm to Empowerment: Trauma & Neurodivergence with Bry Bryan

🎙️From Overwhelm to Empowerment: Trauma & Neurodivergence with Bry Bryan

🎙️ Today I’m joined by Bry Bryan (@brythetherapist)—a licensed trauma therapist who works with neurodivergent kids, overwhelmed parents, and adults navigating trauma. Her own lived experiences with a...

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Back to the Beginning: A Glimpse at Neurodivergence Through Time

Back to the Beginning: A Glimpse at Neurodivergence Through Time

This week on The NeuroSpicy MomPod, we zoom out and trace the history of how society has seen neurodivergence. From myths of “divine madness,” to the rise of asylums, to the Disability Rights and Neur...

26 Sep 202519min

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