by Neurodiverse Love with Mona Kay
Join Mona Kay as she focuses on increasing understanding of the strengths, differences, and challenges in mixed neurotype relationships. Whether you're autistic, neurotypical or allistic, this podcast is for you! Knowing how your neurology may impact your communication style, emotional and social needs, processing speeds, sensory needs and sexual and physical intimacy desires is critical, especially in your romantic relationships. Listen in and learn about other's lived experiences, lessons learned, and strategies for understanding how neurological differences can impact your relationship.
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April 22, 2025
<p>To learn more about the resources and information that Mona Kay has available you can check out her website at: neurodiverselove.com</p><p>__________________________________________________________</p><p>During this episode with Sadie and her mom Lynn they share how unknown neurodivergence impacted Sadie's childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, In addition, they address the topics below:</p><ul><li>Terrible two's.</li><li>Sensory overload and meltdowns. </li></ul><ul><li>Restrictive eating and sensitivities.</li><li>Not understanding why you are so different as a child.</li><li>Masking in school and being different at home.</li><li>Expectations in school were more structured and easier to understand.</li></ul><ul><li>Overwhelm during high school and changes in social rules.</li><li>Being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease in high school.</li><li>Stimming at home and walking in circles helps with nervous system regulation,</li><li>Having a spiky profile. </li><li>When younger, being able to socialize better with adults. </li><li>Being a perfectionist and the struggle with some things that others do automatically. </li><li>Challenges with learning to drive and driving…being “perceived” by other drivers.</li><li>Masking and then having no spoons after school.</li><li>Giftedness. </li><li>Different ways that children may process and develop language.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>
April 15, 2025
<p>If you would like to learn more about the resources Mona offers you can <a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. In addition, if you would like to join the new community that Mona is creating for non-autistic/neurotypical partners called <strong>"Neurodiverse Love Conversations" </strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/product-page/neurodiverse-love-community-conversations-for-non-autistic-nt-partners" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">click here</a> to register for the 4 week series that will be held every Thursday from June 5th-June 26th from 7-8:30-pm EST (US). The cost is<strong> ONLY $149 </strong>and each participant will get the <strong>Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards and Workbook and lifetime access to the 2023 and 2025 Neurodiverse Love Conference sessions. </strong></p><p>If you are trying to make sense of how two people could love each other yet repeatedly misunderstand and hurt each other, then this community is for you. If you are repeatedly confused and don't understand why conflict, contempt or stonewalling have become more the norm than the type of connection and attunement you are looking for then this community is where you will find understanding, tools and strategies that can help you work towards achieving more peace and joy in your relationship and life!</p><p><strong>Spaces are limited, so if you feel called to join this supportive community I hope you will </strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/product-page/neurodiverse-love-community-conversations-for-non-autistic-nt-partners" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>register today</strong></a><strong>!</strong></p><p>____________________________________________________________</p><p>This podcast episode was originally published on Jodi Carlton’s podcast called “YOUR Neurodiverse Relationship” and is a conversation between Jodi Carlton, Mona Kay and Michael Daniel, the developer of the "<a href="https://www.neurotranslator.ai" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Neurotranslator"</a> and his wife Elise.<br></p><p>The goal for sharing this episode on the "Neurodiverse Love" podcast is to spread information about the life-changing Neurotranslator app and to highlight the story behind its creator and the challenges he and his wife had been experiencing before learning he was neurodivergent.</p><p><br></p><p>The topics addressed in this episode include:</p><ul><li>How having children changed everything</li><li>Learning about neurodivergence through a child’s diagnosis</li><li> Communication challenges</li><li> Being high masking in life and marriage</li><li>How misunderstandings contributed to conflict</li><li>Unmasking</li><li>Understanding your identity after learning you are neurodivergent</li><li> Reliving trauma through a neurodiverse lens</li><li>How ability to function can change after diagnosis</li><li>Autistic burnout</li><li>Situational mutism</li><li>Ableism</li><li>Wishing you could have a husband with a NT brain</li><li>How the “NeuroTranslator” was born</li><li> Both partners need to work to understand each other<br></li></ul><p>You can learn more about the Neurotranslator app <a href="https://www.neurotranslator.ai" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a><br></p>
April 8, 2025
<p><strong>Lori Crowley, M.A., LMFT, LPCC is a therapist and coach who works with neurodivergent families and couples. During this episode she shares some of her lived experiences and her expertise as well as the importance of taking a somatic approach to psychotherapy. We discuss so many important issues for neurodiverse couples to understand and addresss including:</p><ul><li>How to integrate sensory differences.</li><li>Dealing with sensory overwhelm.</li><li>Neurons that fire together wire together.</li><li>Sensory resourcing.</li><li>Understanding all of our senses including vestibular, neuroception, and interoception.</li><li>Understanding being sensory seeking, sensory avoidant, neutral or a combination.</li><li></strong><a href="https://neuroclastic.com/show-us-your-brain-free-resource-for-understanding-your-brain-story/"><strong>Brain story</strong></a><strong> on Neuroclastic website</li><li>Logicalizing or invalidating emotions.</li><li>“Toward” energy and “Away” Energy.</li><li>Rewiring your neural pathways.</li><li>Double empathy problem.</li><li>Changing the frame in which we are holding our experiences.</li><li>Opposites can “complete” each other.</li><li>Is it a “can’t” or a “won’t”?</li><li>Overwhelm, lack of agency/choice and sense of imminent demise can lead to trauma.</li><li>How do I repair? 1) Create safety in the environment: Person you are interacting with needs to be seen. Look at them through a sensory lens: 2) They need to be heard. Hold what comes at you; 3) Teding-people want to feel respected. This can help the other person’s energy relax. Remember not to say “but”, however you can say “and”.</li><li>Unpacking some of the sensory issues in play that led to Mona moving forward on a divorce.</li><li>Understanding if it’s overwhelm or lack of care?</li><li>Understand that repair may not be possible, however forgiveness can be very healing.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>You can contact Lori for therapy </strong><a href="https://exptherapy.com/"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> or for coaching </strong><a href="https://www.reframecoaching.com/#home"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>If you missed the 2025 Neurodiverse Love Conference you can still buy "lifetime access" to the 31 sessions and the 4 recorded Q&A sessions. To buy access to the conference sessions or to learn more about the presentation topics, presenters and the bonuses you will receive </strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/"><strong>click here.</strong></a><strong></p><p><br></p><p>You can </strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/"><strong>click here</strong></a><strong> also learn more about the other resources Mona offers or at the links below:</p><p> </strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/general-8"><strong>Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards or Workbook</strong></a><strong></p><p></strong><a href="https://www.neurodiverselove.com/newsletter-signup"><strong>Newsletter</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/neurodiverse_love/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="http://www.neurodiverselove.com/"><strong>Website</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvccO3k7S5Yz-u_iIwjzEQ"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong></p>
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