The Neurodivergent Experience

Mindful Mondays With Ashley Bentley: Winds, Waves & Resilience: Nature’s Lessons in Adaptation


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Learning to bend, flow, and rise again.


In this final episode of the Nature as Teacher month, Ashley Bentley explores how the changing elements - wind, water, and stars - mirror the flexibility and strength within us. From the fierce gales of the Isle of Man to the calm rhythm of the tides, she reveals how adaptation, contrast, and curiosity build resilience in the neurodivergent mind and body.


Ashley shares personal stories of sensory overwhelm, growth, and self-compassion, alongside reflections from a listener on the metaphors of nature. You’ll learn how small shifts in perspective and gentle exposure to discomfort can nurture your nervous system’s ability to bend without breaking.


This week’s Microdosing Meaning invites you to rediscover playfulness - singing to cows, stargazing, tracing patterns in leaves - tiny acts that release oxytocin, calm the vagus nerve, and reconnect you with awe. The episode closes with The Winds, the Tides & the Stars - a deeply descriptive, hypnotic guided meditation blending breath, imagery, and stillness to anchor presence and peace.


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