During this episode with neurodivergent counselor Jarral Boyd we address the connection between trauma and neurodivergence and ways to think about romantic love as well as the following: 

• ​Navigating neurodivergence and trauma 
• ​Understanding your emotional vocabulary. 
• ​Addressing challenges through somatics and getting to know your body and acknowledge what is going on.
• ​Creating a routine can be helpful to better understand your body and emotions and help you get more in tune.
• ​Understand how to experience joy in your body.
• ​Translating what’s happening in your body when you have alexithymia.
• ​Information shared through AANE certification includes using a 1-5 scale to share with your partner how you’re feeling emotionally.
• ​Memory issues during or after a meltdown.
• ​Apologizing when you don’t feel you have done anything wrong. 
• ​Trauma can make being wrong scary and unsafe.
• ​Cassandra Syndrome 
• ​Benefits of decentralizing romantic love for neurodivergent folx 
• ​Removing relationship hierarchy and being open to different types of romantic relationships. This can help reduce expectations of one or both partners. 
• ​The value of expanding the idea of love.
• ​Asking youself "Is it the person I want or the situation?"

You can contact Jarral Boyd at: jarralboyd.com

If you are interested in the free support groups Mona offers for the non-autistic/neurotypical partners you can email her at [email protected] to get the Zoom links.

Mona Kay, MSW, Ph.D.

Host of the Neurodiverse Love Podcast

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