A Very Neurodivergent Christmas: Gift Anxiety, Family Gatherings, Expectations & Burnout
In this festive episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott are joined by hypnotherapist and breathwork practitioner Ashley Bentley for a warm, funny, and deeply relatable c...
11 Dec 202556min
Mindful Mondays With Ashley Bentley: The Quiet Weight of December | Navigating Loneliness & Holiday Overwhelm
In this week’s Mindful Mondays, Ashley Bentley explores the quiet emotional weight that December so often brings - especially for neurodivergent nervous systems. Through gentle storytelling, neuroscie...
8 Dec 202530min
Hot Topic: Neurodivergent Animals? The Problem Isn’t the Pets — It’s the Framing
In this Hot Topic episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott react to a recent article claiming dogs can be “autistic” — and unpack why this framing misunderstands both ani...
5 Dec 202527min
Feeling at Home Away From Home: A Neurodivergent Weekend With Friends
In this episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott share a warm, funny, and deeply relatable account of their weekend in Liverpool — a true neurodivergent experience of tra...
4 Dec 202555min
Mindful Mondays With Ashley Bentley: Where Love Begins | Loving Kindness Meditation & Coming Home to Yourself
In this week’s Mindful Mondays, Ashley Bentley begins December with one of the most transformative practices in meditation - Loving-Kindness, or Metta - a heart-centred practice that played a pivotal ...
1 Dec 202535min
Hot Topic: The Truth About “Overdiagnosis” — Debunking Reform UK’s Agenda on Neurodivergent Children
In this Hot Topic episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott respond to shocking recent comments from Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice — whose claims about “overdiag...
28 Nov 202528min
Five Years After Lockdown: How It Changed Neurodivergent Lives
In this episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott look back at five years since the COVID-19 lockdown — and how that period reshaped society, mental health, and the lives ...
27 Nov 20251h 15min
Mindful Mondays With Ashley Bentley: Two Hemispheres, One Story | How Your Brain Writes Your State
Your brain is constantly switching between two modes of knowing: the left hemisphere’s precision and prediction, and the right hemisphere’s intuition and imagination. Between them lies the tender spac...
24 Nov 202535min
