Memoirs of a Neurodivergent Latina
A podcast about the life at middle age and inner workings of a neurodivergent woman.
Episodes
This new episode is about the year when everything started to finally go right. It was enough to make me somewhat hopeful for the future.
This will be the last episode of the season. I know it's a short one, but thanks for listening to everything. I'll be back by the end of the summer with being a mother and neurodivergent.
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Michelle Choairy is a speaker, mentor, podcaster, and the founder of Wisdom 4 Complex Kids, Special Education Concierge, and the THRIVE Program. She is the creator and host of the Complex Kids, Simple Solutions podcast and co-host of The Mom Panel, where she blends expert guidance with heartfelt conversations to support parents raising neurodivergent, apraxic, and complex kids.
In this episode, we will be talking to her about her pe...
I think this deserves a trigger warning in the text, though the name is probably enough. This is an episode about what my depression felt like from the inside: the spirals, the self-talk, even a brief considered un-aliving. If this is too much, skip the episode. Your mental health matters more.
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I'm sorry that I'm so late with this episode. It was a slip of mind that I won't make again.
This episode is about all the happy little things that kept me going during college. You've been hearing a lot of the dark, so I figured I'd break it up a little.
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Holidays are a strange mix of traditions and changes that break traditions. All of these things can cause anxiety for neurodivergent people.
This episode is not about college. It's more about the general holidays and the difficulties we might have around this time of year.
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There are negative words and descriptions about yourself that tend to stay with you forever. For me, being irresponsible came up in college, and I've never managed to shake the term in my internal dialogue. Listen to the things my junior year that embedded it into my psyche.
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This is by far the hardest episode I have done to date. There are a lot of pauses that I considered taking out, but they, I think, convey how much this still affects me. This episode is about a couple of events that redefined my trust in others around me and my belief in the reality of my friendships in a negative way.
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They say that being autistic makes it hard to have and maintain relationships. I don't find that to be fully true, but I did struggle making meaningful friendships in secondary education. Listen to get the story,
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I have spoken before about singing being my stim, and how there were a lot of factors that made it harder and harder for me to engage in it. This episode is about the evolution of my ability to sing and perform again throughout college.
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Academics were always a consistent source of self-esteem, so what happens when I go to a new place, with unresolved trauma, and a neurodiversity that I didn't know about? It was definitely not what I would have hoped for.
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An honest look at going to a new Secondary School from someone who is autistic.
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We're coming back in September with more storytelling. Join us!
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There are a number of correlated physical traits that go along with autism. This episode focuses on hyperextending joints, ligament issues, and poor muscle tone.
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As much as I might be a good person, there are always some selfish impulses. Listen to this podcast episode on my need for acknowledgement and decide for yourself whether this is just a me thing or if it's a symptom of neurodivergence.
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Beth has always known she had OCD. Find out what it's like for her.
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One of the biggest difficulties with autism and other Neurodivergences can be how we react to change. While it has been talked about in other episodes, we haven't really focused on it specifically. So, let's discuss change. What kinds of change affect us? And what does the reaction to change look like?
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Comfort with different communication styles is something that changes a lot even within people with the same neurodivergence. Listen to my preferences and why some things are difficult.
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There are a lot of misconceptions about neurodivergence and creativity, especially when focusing on autism. This episode helps to debunk those misconceptions.
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This episode addresses twice exceptional people and how they tend to mask their difficulties until they can't anymore.
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Theory of Mind is often said to be missing in certain neurodivergences. Listen as I discuss an article on the topic and breakdown the reality vs perception of theory of mind.
The article is: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/theory-of-mind
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