• Self Care with Dr Megan Anna Neff

  • Nov 25 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
  • Podcast

Self Care with Dr Megan Anna Neff

  • Summary

  • On today’s episode we’re excited to welcome Dr. Megan Anna Neff to the podcast to chat with us about neurodivergence and self-care. Megan is a clinical psychologist, author, and the founder of Neurodivergent Insights. She’s written Self-Care for Autistic People and has a new book on autistic burnout coming soon. Megan discovered her own neurodivergence at 37, which sparked her passion for raising awareness around non-stereotypical presentations of autism and ADHD. Through her work, she creates resources to support the neurodivergent community and co-hosts the Divergent Conversations podcast.

    On this episode we cover:

    1. How Megan thinks about neurodivergence, including side quests into right brain / left brain ideas and the concept of time. (Trust us, it’s relevant!)
    2. Megan’s path to discovering her own neurodivergence, and the relief and grief associated with that.
    3. Understanding self-care within our socio-cultural context.
    4. A re-imagined definition of self-care.
    5. Examples of self-care strategies and ways that we can embed self-care into our everyday functioning.
    6. Common blocks to self-care experienced by neurodivergent women, AFAB, and parents.
    7. The experience of transitional identity for late diagnosed folks.
    8. De-shaming from self-care strategies that may be perceived negatively or have unwanted unintended consequences.

    Find Dr Neff’s work at her website - https://neurodivergentinsights.com/ - or listen to her on the Divergent Conversations podcast. She is also on Instagram @neurodivergent_insights. Follow her through your preferred medium to be notified when her new book on autistic burnout is released!

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