Divergent Mind
Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You
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Narrated by:
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Tegan Ashton Cohan
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By:
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Jenara Nerenberg
About this listen
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" - only ever labeled as anxiety - were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity - a framework that moves away from pathologizing "abnormal" versus "normal" brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups.
When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don't learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.
Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are "different". Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD, and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it's not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it).
Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.
©2020 Jenara Nerenberg (P)2020 HarperAudioWhat listeners say about Divergent Mind
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- Kerry King
- 15-07-2022
Informative
Some great tips for neurodivergents. Very hard to listen to the voice reading it though.
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- Maria Cruz
- 13-02-2023
ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING!!!
From listening to this book not only did I identify what several of the things she pointed out I figured out that I am also neuro-diverse.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-03-2024
Finally understanding begins
This is such a good overview of what it can be like as a neurodivergent person. So helpful in is clear descriptions of different conditions. I’ve also purchased the paper book so i can share some of the concepts with my family. Thank you
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-2022
Really needed this
Very grateful for this book. really needed to hear a lot of what was said and it made a lot of things make sense. still have a long way to go myself but glad I listened to this.
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- jacqueline rozenfeld
- 26-06-2022
Absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
I cannot recommend this book for highly to anyone who has always felt “Different”, too intense, too sensitive, too perceptive, too ANYTHING.
I wish I had read this book decades ago.
It feels nice to finally understand why it is often so very challenging to live in a world that to the extra sensitive person can feel abrasive, excluding, too loud, too bright, too EVERYTHING.
This book is life changing and should be read by all who interact with the public but especially teachers and healers.
Should be compulsory for all humans.
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- Danikka Taylor
- 05-10-2022
Life changing
So much helpful information for women on their diagnostic journey. I'll be re listening to this again and again
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- June Elizabeth Fynn
- 28-04-2023
Excellent info although a difficult listen
The material was interesting although the readers voice seemed a little flat. There was more nuance in her voice when she was reading from someone else’s (rather than the writer’s) viewpoint. I found I would get distracted & miss a lot due to the style of reading.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-09-2024
A real gem and potentially life changing
Much needed kind, wise, brave words on being true to who you are. The book offers a powerful reminder of why we need sensitivity and diversity in this callous modern world, and provides practical suggestions on embracing and nurturing with one’s sensitivity at work and at home, and discusses how to change our relationship with our sensitivity and the world in the long run. Great resources for anyone trying to understand neurodiversity across humanity, neurodivergence in individuals, and wants to peak into a neuroinclusive future.
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- John Greive and Joanna Duda
- 27-11-2022
really good.
not too long. lots of information and studies. easy to listen. recommend for all neuro divergent gals.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-2022
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This book has helped me understand myself in ways I never thought possible. Alongside therapy I now have better language and understanding of what goes on inside my own mind and how this affects me daily. I have spent so long feeling broken and now I see I am simply different from the standard system we've been bought up on.
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