What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

What’s it really like to be neurodivergent? What’s it like to have ADHD or high sensitivity? How is it to live with epilepsy or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? How does it impact people’s work, relationships and sense of self?

In this series of interviews we hear from real people, discussing many aspects of their neurodiversity. I hope you enjoy their stories and through them find deeper understanding of yourself and others.

This is who you are.

This is the brain and the nervous system you have been wired with.

And, they are marvellous.

High sensitivity is known in the scientific community by the biological name of Sensory-Processing Sensitivity. This biological difference exists in hundreds of species, including humans, at around 15-20% of the population.

Yes, that's approximately 1 in 5 people who are Highly Sensitive.

How might Chinese Medicine offer insight, understanding and benefit to Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)?

I am a big fan of personality tests, as a way of understanding myself and others.

Many people have come across the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which I have used since career days at University.

The comprehensive test indicates your preferences based on 4 main characteristics. There are a total of 16 possible personality types, each with their strengths, challenges and perceptions of themselves and the world.

There's a lot of buzz about this new moon and solar eclipse (latter in the US) on August 21st. Can you feel it?

There is a strong energetic intensity which has been building in the last few weeks. And in the world there is a rising sense of fear, despair and chaos, which all add to the rather strange vibe around.