Neuroshambles

Managing the work/shambles balance | Mark Holborow


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How do you hold down a job when your home life is full-on chaos? Mark is joined by fellow dad Mark Holborow to take a refreshingly honest look at the difficulties of holding down a job, while raising neurodivergent kids and trying (often unsuccessfully) to keep those two worlds from colliding..

They explore the dubious benefits of working from home, burnout, discrimination, and what happens when employers don’t understand - or care - about your home life.

Mark Holborrow shares his career journey and how he’s built boundaries that actually work. Mark Allen opens up about the guilt of trying to “do it all”.

It’s a cathartic, relatable deep dive into the realities of navigating employment when your home life is anything but typical - with plenty of laughs, rants, and candid talk about autism, ADHD, PDA and neurodivergent parenting.

CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS (Estimated):

00:00 – Intro & Listener Survey Feedback

05:30 – Meet the Guest: Mark Holborough
10:00 – The Challenges of working parents
16:30 – Working from Home with neurodifferent Kids
25:00 – Background chaos, interruptions and client calls
33:00 – The emotional guilt of being the breadwinner
40:00 – Supporting the non-working Parent
53:00 – How open can you be at work?
1:00:00 – Hiding a child at work: Real life stories
1:07:00 – Why parents of neuro-exceptional kids make great employees
1:13:00 – The economic cost of caring
1:26:00 – The Positives
1:29:00 – Neurodiversity Champions
1:33:00 – Tiny Epic Wins
1:37:00 – What the Flip? Moments
1:41:00 – Wrap-up and thanks

LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Neuroshambles Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/2wFVupe4HumCYym6A
  • LSE Report – The Economic Case for Prioritising Autism in Policy and Reform: http://lse.ac.uk/cpec/assets/documents/Autismeconomics.pdf
  • The Sunflower Alliance – raising awareness of hidden disabilities: https://hdsunflower.com/
  • BUPA Medical Insurance: https://www.bupa.co.uk/health/health-insurance-ppc-b 
  • CONTACT US

    🌐 Website: www.neuroshambles.com

    📧 Email: [email protected]
    📸 Instagram: @neuroshambles
    🎵 TikTok: @neuroshamblespod
    📘 Facebook: Neuroshambles
    🧵 Threads: @neuroshambles

    CREDITS

    🎶 Theme music by Skilsel on Pixabay: pixabay.com

     

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