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 feels like an extra-ordinary post, interrupting the flow of conversation about neurodivergence, to tune into the collective energy, particularly here in the UK.

There’s a huge amount of psychological unrest as we come towards the removal of restrictions next week and in many ways prepare to exit the extended tunnel of lockdown culture.

Being neurodivergent is full of ups and downs, just like all human life journeys, and it can be especially fraught with painful experiences when the external world, caregivers or the people around us fail to reflect the essence of who we are and are unable to provide a sense of being heard, seen and understood.

Last month I wrote an introductory piece about my own emerging self-discovery of my neurodivergent mind. You can read it again here.

I have continued to explore this aspect of myself, and read some more on the topic too. Here is the next chapter of my thoughts and feelings about this inner quality which affects so much of my life.

Recently I’ve been exploring my own neurodivergence.

My brain works in this funny way. It’s quirky, but not quite so much that I would fit into a diagnosis. Or at least none that I have yet come across.

I’m a witch.

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, and have undertaken my own personal research about what this means for me, particularly over the past couple of years.

What does the word ‘witch’ mean to you?

This is a guest blog by Ruby Glasspool of Sacred Star Journeys. I hope you enjoy her beautiful words, and if you are suffering from depression, or know someone who is, I hope that they bring you some comfort too.

I’m writing this for everybody who is feeling the ongoing knock-on effects of coronavirus, whether through health, mental wellbeing, local restrictions or who, like us here in the UK, are facing another long period of national lockdown.

Right now it is more important than ever that we be gentle with ourselves and kind to our own hearts, minds and bodies.