021 Embracing Neurodiversity: Talia Samora on Personal Growth, Collaboration, and the Magic of "The Alchemist

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What if embracing neurodiversity could unlock unparalleled personal growth and balance? Join us at Shero Cafe for a thought-provoking conversation with Talia Samora, a neurodivergent coach who empowers women managing both business and family life, especially those with neurodivergent members. Talia shares her deeply personal journey, including the challenges and triumphs of raising two teenage boys, and reveals how these experiences have shaped her unique coaching methods. Together, we explore the transformative impact of Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist" on her life, highlighting the book's themes of self-discovery and the importance of living in the present moment.

Furthermore, Talia celebrates the magic of collaboration and the enrichment that comes from diverse perspectives. As we honor her achievement of becoming a published author, Talia reflects on the beauty of working together to broaden our horizons and uplift one another.  This episode is a heartfelt ode to resilience, personal growth, and the power of following one's unique path. Don't miss out on this uplifting and insightful conversation with Talia Samora.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Well, hello everyone.
I'm Debbie Pearson and I'm herewith my co-host, Deborah
Edwards, and we are co-hostingthe Shiro Cafe podcast, where we
celebrate the Shiro in you, andtoday we have as our guest
Talia Samora.
And Talia, if I'm understandingcorrectly, you are a
neurodivergent coach.
You want to tell us a littlebit more about what that means?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hi everybody.
Yes, happy to Thank you.
So I work with predominantlywomen and I support them with
their progress in life and thechallenges that they have and
get some a little bit of controland balance in what's going on
for them.
And the majority of the timethese women are from families

(00:49):
that have either gotneurodevelopment children so
somebody a child maybe with ADHDor autism or they have have
something along those linesthemselves and a lot of the time
they run their own business aswell.
So it's a combination ofhelping them with them
progressing their business,making sure they build a little
bit of harmony and peace andbalance in their life and their

(01:11):
family uh, with their family butalso then molding that business
to kind of work around that.
That and those challenges thatthey kind of face in life.
They're a bit different fromeverybody else I love that.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Yeah, that is a specialty, for sure.
So, and I hear that you've saidthat you are also
neurodivergent yes, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
So my, my family, my, my whole house yeah, we've all
got differences of our own, andI've definitely learned through
having children.
That's how I have two teenageboys.
I've learned a lot about my ownneurodivergencies along the way
, so they've helped me toreflect on myself too, as well

(01:54):
as them.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
That is awesome.
So my first question is what isthe name of the book that you
read and the author?

Speaker 2 (02:05):
So the book that I read was the Alchemist, and the
author is and I get worriedabout saying this wrong is Paolo
Coelho, so hopefully I'vepronounced his name correctly.
Yeah, he's written a number ofbooks and I've read a number of
his books, but the Alchemist isone that's always stuck with me.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah, me too.
And I would love to know.
So then, and I read the book, Ihave it right here.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
You can't see it, I love that that you've got it.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Put it in front of you.
If you put it in front, of yourbody, that's it, yeah, and this
impacted me as well when I readit.
It was it's a great book, soshare with our audience how you
came to this book and how itimpacted you, and what has it
meant in your life?
Why?

Speaker 2 (02:51):
you chose this one, so I chose to share about this
one, particularly because I'vefound that it still always stuck
with me and there's been awarmth about it and a joy about
the story and I've read so manybooks that I've really benefited
from.
But this one, for some reason,has always stayed with me and a

(03:12):
big part of the story is about ajourney, and a journey that a
shepherd boy goes on and what heexperiences in life and the
people that he meets, the goodand the bad, um, the challenges
that he has, and I feel I canrelate to it.
At the time when I read it, Ireally, really appreciated it
and really, um, it helped me toto have a understanding of or

(03:36):
reflect on my own life and quiteoften, to appreciate what I've
got at the time where it is andnot necessarily needing to seek
it elsewhere, although he doesgo on a journey, and a lot of it
is about that.
But for me, I took from it thatactually, that I can.
You know what I need in life isactually right here in front of

(03:56):
me.
Um, so I and I feel like I'm ona journey throughout life.
Anyway, it's just uh, it justmade me appreciate things in a
different way.
And then I think, reflecting onit through this experience of
writing the chapter, it's reallyhelped me identify that
actually you know what I canrelate to it in various
different stages along my lifejourney.

(04:18):
And yeah, I think it's abeautiful book to kind of
reflect on over the years and,yeah, it made a really positive
impact on me.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Was there something specific in the book that you
went?

Speaker 2 (04:35):
oh my goodness, I don't want to give the story
away too much.
I don't want to give the storyaway too much.
Okay, it's a lovely story thathe goes on and he travels and he
really wants to travel andthat's partly why he's a
shepherd and he meets somewonderful people that um really

(04:57):
help and support him on the way,and I suppose those things in
the book I can appreciate in myown journey that I've had people
that helped me along the way.
There have there's beenstumbles along the way and he
had them too, um, and there'sbeen some really valuable
learning experiences as well.
So I just can relate to it.

(05:17):
But there is an element of itthat does a full circle within
the book and that's the bit thatreally you have to read.
I had to complete the book toreally see the full value of it,
and so I'm saying I'm beingvague there because I want to.
I don't want to give too muchaway, because it is definitely a
great read.
It's definitely a great read.

(05:38):
It's not a very thick book.
It's a book that is quite easyto pick up and just appreciate
over.
You know, whether you're a fastreader or a slow reader, it's
quite gentle.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
Yeah, it is, and there is a quote on the back of
the book that I just love and Iand Debbie and I both are
authors in the book too, andthis is connected to the chapter
that I read too as well and itsaid OK is to realize one's
destiny is a person's onlyobligation, and I love that, and

(06:15):
I love that in your work youhelp people realize their
destination Right.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
And so how does that play out for you?
Well, I guess on his journey inthe book he meets so many
different people and experienceslife through their eyes in many
ways and, I suppose, developshis own outlook on life from a
different perspective.
And that's definitely what Ibenefit from when I work with my
clients, because they all havedifferent perspectives, they all

(06:46):
have different traits,experiences, personalities, they
all have different challengesand through working through them
, with them, I really benefitfrom broadening my own
understanding and learning.
But also I help and supportthem and to appreciate
themselves, to make the most outof their own life, to make

(07:08):
things easier for themselves,and sometimes it could be really
really small things that I helpthem with that can make a
massive difference, such as theway they talk to their child,
their expectations they have oftheir family, for instance,
because unfortunately we I'm astrong believer in letting
people know that actually wedon't have to live by society's
expectations and rules and thatwhat we see around us, what

(07:32):
happens in our own home, it'sreally important that we find
our own balance and it doesn'thave to look like everybody
else's, and I think we oftenfall foul of that, that we think
, oh well, you know next doorneighbors, they're not doing it
that way.
You know they're not going tosleep at at midnight, they're
going to sleep at eight o'clock.
They're, you know, puttingtheir children to bed at eight
o'clock.
And we should be doing the same.

(07:54):
And you know we need to get upa certain amount of time,
certain time of day, we need toget dressed in a certain way, we
need to play certain games,paint certain pictures, read
certain books, um, so I, I'mvery much an advocate of helping
people to find their own wayand do it on their own terms and
what suits them and aligns withthem.
And yeah, I really that I feelthat that's in the book too,

(08:15):
that you know he's going on hisown journey, his own path, and
not necessarily what his familyexpected him to do.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
Typically, the last question that we ask our
interviewees is what would youlike to share with our audience?
What is something that you wanteverybody in the world to know
your clients, your potentialclients, anybody that's
listening to us today.
What would be a one thing thatyou would deeply desire that

(08:45):
everybody knows?

Speaker 2 (08:47):
to to encourage everybody to embrace their
differences and their uniquenessand they not to kind of fit in
with the crowd, to actually uh,embrace.
Standing out from the crowd andum yeah, and reading books is a
huge part of helping you to dothat.
So I think the wonderful thingabout us all coming together and

(09:10):
collaborating in this way andshowing people what they can
read and and what they'rebenefiting from it and can
broaden their horizons and helpthem to maybe see their own
uniqueness and enjoy life in adifferent way that is beautiful
beautiful, wonderful, well,talia, thank you so much for

(09:32):
being here.

Speaker 1 (09:33):
We really appreciate you sharing about your life,
what you do and the chapter thatyou wrote.
And, uh, congratulations onbeing a published author.
I don't know if this is yourfirst thank you.

Speaker 2 (09:43):
Congratulations to both of you too, thank you?

Speaker 1 (09:46):
yeah, it's very glad to be in it with you.
Thank you so, deborah.

Speaker 3 (09:53):
Close us out close us out as always, as always,
always, always.
And what debbie and I really,really invite everyone to do is
to care and love the shero andyou bye thanks, talia thank you,
thanks for having me.