Neurodiverse Love with Mona Kay

Learning, Healing and Growing with Plant Medicine with Maya


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In this episode with coach and trauma informed therapist Maya, we talk about how plant medicine helped heal some of Maya's past trauma and how she has used it to help neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals better understand themselves and other's in their life. In addition, she shares how plants can help heal our wounds in a way that other healing modalities may not have been able to and talks about how her plant medicine journey helped her be a better partner in her relationship with an autistic man.


PLEASE NOTE: This episode is for educational purposes only and the information shared during this episode is one person's personal and professional experience. Plant Medicine is not legal in many countries, so this information is provided as an educational resource only.


Maya also addresses some other topics including:

  • Plant medicine focuses on energy.
  • Our issues are in our tissues.
  • Empathogens pluck out the weeds from the roots and plant new seeds.
  • Plants can take us deep into our feelings without re-traumatizing us.
  • We can see things from a different perspective.
  • The importance of addressing unmet needs and core wounds.
  • Relationships give us an opportunity to see our "growing edges".
  • To be the best partner we need to face and heal our past relationship traumas.
  • We can learn to uncouple unmet needs from anger.
  • Understanding "taking space" as sacred can be helpful.
  • Self acceptance.
  • Learning how to love deeply and unconditionally.
  • The importance of asking ourselves "Have I lived fully, loved fully and learned to let go?"
  • Life is the ceremony and the plants test us.
  • We know an experience is complete when we can say "yes" and "thank you".
  • When a relationships ends we have an opportunity to look at how it has served us.
  • As we change a lot of things can fall away.

  • If you would like to contact Maya you can e-mail her at: [email protected]


    If you would like to buy a digital deck of the "Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards", or the recently released "Neurodiverse Love Conversation Card Workbook", subscribe to the Neurodiverse Love newsletter, or get more information about the support groups that Mona facilitates for neurodiverse couples, or the neurotypical/non-autistic partners, check out her website at: www.neurodiverse love.com, or send her an email at: [email protected]

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