NEURO HAPPY

In today’s episode, we’re joined by the incredible Alice Reeves, founder of Joyfully Different — a business dedicated to helping neurodivergent individuals create systems that actually work for them (not against them 🙌).

Alice shares her personal journey of struggle and triumph, starting with the massive burnout she experienced during the pandemic when her business unexpectedly tripled. While the excitement of growing a business should have been thrilling, Alice found herself without an outlet for all the energy she was taking on from others. This led to a breakdown that resulted in an ADHD diagnosis, ultimately pushing her to rethink and create a work-life structure that truly worked for her. 🌈

Her story doesn’t end there. As a teen, Alice was diagnosed with an eating disorder, but later discovered it was actually undiagnosed OCD, ADHD, and autistic traits that had been converging all along. Through her journey, she sought help from a trauma coach, who guided her in regulating her nervous system. Today, she can recognize her triggers and respond with kindness and love — practices she now uses to support neurodivergent clients in creating tailored systems to thrive. 💖✨

Join us as Alice takes us through how she transformed her personal struggles into a thriving business and shares her insights on how neurodivergent individuals can find work-life balance and success on their own terms. 💼🌟

Key Takeaways:

• Alice’s journey from burnout to building Joyfully Different 🚀
• How undiagnosed ADHD, autism, and OCD shaped her personal and professional life 🧠
• The power of body awareness and nervous system regulation in creating sustainable work habits 💆‍♀️
• How neurodivergent people can design systems that align with their unique needs 🛠️
• The role of love, kindness, and self-compassion in responding to emotional triggers 💖

Tune in for an inspiring, heartwarming conversation that blends personal stories, practical tips, and actionable advice for anyone navigating neurodivergence in work and life! 🎧

Resources:

Alice’s Business: www.joyfullydifferent.co 🌟

📧 [email protected]
🎉 Join the Joyfully Different community
 📱 Instagram |LinkedIn

Katie Stibbs's Business: www.neurohappy.life  : Practical tools  & Coaching to Get You Out Of Your Head, Learning How To Regulate Your emotions and calm your nervous system You will learn to identify & unhook from unhelpful thoughts and beliefs- & learn somatic techniques to calm the body and clear the unconscious blocks holding you back. Mind Body soul & energy work - so you can experience inner peace and happiness- and get stuff done- Live Free & Happy

Daisy O'Clee's Business : Breathe with Daisy

Check Out Daisy O'Clee @breathewithdaisy on Instagram

In this episode of NeuroHappy, we’re joined by the luminous Jenny Lynn Sessions ( Jen- IX) — a multidimensional force of nature, creativity, and deep healing.

Jen - IX  is a natural-born, song-led shaman, visionary, storyteller, healer, transpersonal therapist, and all-round creative catalyst. Her life and work span the mystical and the practical — from international workshops and firewalking to poetry, intuitive channeling, and soul-led singing.

In this conversation, we explore:

• How a near-death experience in 2009 became the catalyst for a new way of living
• What it means to “become your own medicine”
• The healing power of nature, sacred song, drumming, and humour
• Living and creating from neurodivergent brilliance
• What it’s like to walk with elders, shamans, and spiritual leaders — and remain utterly, wildly yourself

With roots in deep ancestral wisdom and wings in the multidimensional realms, Jennicks invites us to honour the interconnectedness of all life and reclaim the magic in our own stories.

✨ Expect soul truths, big belly laughs, and moments that crack the heart wide open.

Resources & Links:

• Find Jen- IX : Become Your Own Medicine
• Her latest book : Pheonix Rising : contact Jen to purchase

What Daisy & Katie do:

 Neurohappy.life  Katie helps people regulate their nervous systems- so they     can stay calm experience inner peace and live happily- working with their  whole system mind/body- using mind inquiry - dissolving unconscious beliefs. breath, emotion work and guided meditative process

 Breathwithdaisy Daisy helps people literally breathe properly so they can                   experience the power of breath can transform the way people live, providing a         gateway to inner peace and renewed energy

Our Workshops: We combine our skills to support people: Learn powerful skills to  regulate their nervous systems - Live life- comfortable in their own skin

🌈 About This Season:

This series is all about changing the outdated, unhelpful narrative that being neurodivergent is a problem. We’re speaking with people in Sussex who are neurodivergent — and those who live or work alongside them — to show that difference is not deficiency. It’s diversity. And it’s powerful.

🧠 Episode Summary:

In this feel-good, thought-provoking episode, we chat with Lucy Egan — Zumba teacher, Hyrox world silver medallist, mum of three, and co-director of Hove Fitness Club.

Lucy might not identify as neurodivergent, but her story — and the way she works with her team — is a brilliant example of what can happen when different brains collaborate without competition. Her two fellow directors have what some might call “ADHD-style” creativity — bursting with vision, energy, and ideas. Lucy brings structure, consistency, and follow-through. Together, they’ve built something truly impactful.

We explore what it’s like to be the one who gets things done in a world of big ideas — and how all brains, all ways of being, bring something essential to the table.

🔥 In this episode, we talk about:

• What makes a dream team (and why it's not about being the same)
• How Lucy balances her superstructured, high-energy mind with others’ more spontaneous brains
• The power of movement for emotional wellbeing (for any nervous system)
• Why collaboration between different brain types is the secret sauce in business
• What joy, rhythm, and consistency can teach us about happiness

💥 Why this episode matters:

Neurodiversity isn’t a problem to be fixed — and neurotypical brains aren’t the gold standard. Every way of thinking brings gifts. This episode shows what’s possible when we stop judging difference and start valuing collaboration.

🎧 Listen if:

• You’ve ever felt “too chaotic” or “too controlling” in work relationships
• You want to better understand the unspoken strengths in your team or family
• You’re a neurodivergent person navigating work with neurotypical folks — or vice versa
• You just want to hear a joyful, grounded story about collaboration and movement

📣 Guest Links: Lucy Egan

• Hove Fitness Club

✨ Stay Connected:

      Follow Katie & Daisy
      Join the movement

      Neurohappy.life  Katie helps people regulate their nervous systems- so they              can stay calm experience inner peace and live happily- working with their                  whole system mind/body- using mind inquiry - dissolving unconscious beliefs.        breath, emotion work and guided meditative process

     Breathwithdaisy Daisy helps people literally breathe properly so they can                   experience the power of breath can transform the way people live, providing a         gateway to inner peace and renewed energy

🎧 New Episode Drop: Breathwork & Thought Yoga for Busy Minds 🌬🧠
✨ Plus! Join us in person: Thought Yoga & Breathwork for Busy Minds — Workshop on 14th June at The Float Spa, Hove ✨ email us at [email protected] to book now

A powerful afternoon of reconnection, regulation, and remembering who you really are. Learn practical tools to calm your nervous system, celebrate your uniqueness, and create more peace and joy in your daily life.

In this episode, we dive into exactly why this work is so life-changing. I’m joined by the wise and wonderful Daisy, breathwork practitioner and co-facilitator of our upcoming workshop. She shares the deeply personal story that led her to this path—navigating the death of her father, the end of her marriage, and her daughter Molly’s brain surgery—and how these heartbreaks cracked her open to something profound.

We explore:

• How breathwork can reset your nervous system (in minutes)
• What thought yoga is—and how it helps us question the beliefs that keep us stuck
• Why we don’t need to fix ourselves, just come home to who we already are
• Tools to move from overwhelm to inner calm (no perfection required)

This episode is a celebration of resilience, self-compassion, and the power of the breath. If your brain is like a browser with 38 tabs open… tune in.

Come breathe with us on June 14th. This isn’t self-help fluff. This is transformation.

Check out Katie Stibbs @ www.neurohappy.life - she shares her NeuroFreedom Method- to find your inner peace and joyful living 

Check Out Daisy O'Clee @breathewithdaisy on Instagram

Power filling Meditation: For Goals & Intentions:

This 20 minute guided process will help you resource yourself, and give you the energy you need to set and achieve your goals and intentions.

When we are able to access our heart -led intelligence we can make decisions that are perfect for us.

A reminder that you are always the expert of your own life, and tuning into your own 
wisdom guidance and truth, is the most efficient and enjoyable path to happy success.

Find Katie Here:
 Email: [email protected]

Website:https://www.katiestibbs.com/

Powerful change work to return you to your most empowered resourceful state 
Practical protocols: To change any habits behaviors and thought processes and beliefs
that are holding you back, from experiencing your desired life

Tools to simplify your life and achieve happy success by embracing your authentic self.

Feel any shame around crushing those goals? You are not alone, setting your intentions for what you want to explore, create, transform, and manifest in different areas of your life and activating the right emotional helpers to support you can be a game changer in melting away the resistance that might be stopping you in your tracks.

SHOW NOTES:

• Spring symbolizes fresh energy and renewal, prompting a discussion on intentions versus goals.
• Encourages listeners to explore various life aspects with compassion and kindness.
• Distinguishes between inner emotional goals and outer practical goals.
• Offers strategies for re-energizing and completing tasks, such as accessing emotional helpers like joy or peace.
• Emphasizes the importance of discerning decisions from the heart rather than fear-based thinking.
• Advocates for practices like vision boards and daily rituals to support intentions.
• Promotes self-compassion and acceptance of all emotions, including fear and shame.
• Invites listeners to share their goals and intentions.

 Find Katie Here:
 Email: [email protected]

Website:https://www.katiestibbs.com/

Powerful change work to return you to your most empowered resourceful state 
Practical protocols: To change any habits behaviors and thought processes and beliefs
that are holding you back, from experiencing your desired life

Tools to simplify your life and achieve happy success by embracing your authentic self.

Welcome to Ambitious ADHD, the podcast where we dive deep into the world of ADHD, embracing all the challenges and victories along the way. Today's episode is a heartfelt exploration of a topic that touches us all: grief. Join us as we share our personal journeys through loss and uncover how ADHD shapes our unique experiences of mourning.

In this Episode, you'll discover:

•    The intersection of ADHD and Grief: How our ADHD brains process the intense emotions that accompany loss differently.
•    Emotional flooding: We delve into the concept of 'flooding'—when overwhelming emotions take over—and its profound impact on those with ADHD during times of grief.
•   Personal stories of loss: Your hosts share their own stories of loss, offering a window into the deeply personal side of grief through an ADHD lens.
•    ADHD strengths in times of crisis: A look at why people with ADHD often excel in crisis situations and how this can affect the grieving process, sometimes delaying it.

 Cruse: https://www.cruse.org.uk/

MIND resources: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/bereavement/support-and-self-care/

 We're Here for You: Remember, you're not alone in your journey with ADHD or in facing the tides of grief. Through sharing our experiences, we hope to offer comfort, understanding, and a sense of community.

 Connect With Us: We love hearing from our listeners! Share your thoughts, stories, or feedback with us on [email protected]

 Subscribe and Share: If you found solace or insight in today's episode, please subscribe to Ambitious ADHD and share this episode with someone who might need it too.

Seonaidh is an author, coach, and consultant who makes it easier for her clients to take action. Across her dual industry career (sports coaching and managing conservation projects) she's had a particular interest in the unnamed and unquantifiable problems faced by everyone with a big goal on the horizon.

 Since her ADHD diagnosis, she's dug deep into invisible barriers in her book 'Why You Skipped Your Workout', taught project management skills to ADHD business owners, and now she is bringing the two together to make running a business easier when you've got ADHD!

Show notes:

• In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Seonaidh, a multifaceted individual whose career spans diverse fields of expertise. Seonaidh is not just an author, coach, and consultant but a guiding light for those navigating running a business
• Drawing from her unique background in sports coaching and managing conservation projects, Seonaidh has honed her skills in tackling the intangible challenges that often accompany big aspirations. It's her keen eye for the unnamed and unquantifiable obstacles that set her apart in her field.
• Sionaidh's journey took a pivotal turn with her ADHD diagnosis, propelling her into a deeper exploration of the invisible barriers that impede progress for individuals with big goals on the horizon. 
• We talk about her experience of burnout and her medication journey while she was writing her book 'Why You Skipped Your Workout', 
• How this chain of events caused her to re-evaluate her workaholic tendencies inspiring her to reconnect to friends and hobbies once again, creating a more balanced and intentional living 
•  At the heart of Seonaidh's work lies a fusion of coaching prowess, people skills, and a solid foundation in project management. This potent combination equips her to address the invisible problems faced by ADHD business owners with precision and empathy.

Tune in as Seonaidh shares her insights, experiences, and strategies for making running a business more manageable in the face of ADHD. Whether you're grappling with the complexities of entrepreneurship or seeking practical solutions to personal challenges, Seonaidh offers a beacon of hope and guidance in such an open and honest way for anyone striving to turn their dreams into reality, by identifying the missing pieces of the puzzle that others might have missed.

Find Seonaidh Jamieson at :
https://www.seonaidhjamieson.com/
[email protected]

 Find Katie Stibbs Here:
 Email: [email protected]

Website:https://www.katiestibbs.com/

Powerful change work to return you to your most empowered resourceful state 
Practical protocols: To change any habits behaviors and thought processes and beliefs
that are holding you back, from experiencing your desired life

Tools to simplify your life and achieve happy success by embracing your authentic self.

Katie Stibbs: Solo Episode

How  Agitation Around  My Big Birthday Inspired This Inquiry

Show Notes:

I talk about friendship and  inspiring  amazing women in my life
Jo Parkes https://theplace.org.uk/profile/jo-parkes
https://www.joparkes.com/

• Exploring how our expectations around important events, people, and situations can cause us feelings of huge disappointment, hurt, and anger.
• Why this happens, and what we can do about it.
• How voicing our true desires, yearnings, and wishes can be a powerful antidote to presuming our loved ones can read our minds.
• Do you actually like surprises or only the surprises you like?

I offer you:
A simple exercise to change the way you relate to your difficult emotions,
And a set of powerful questions for self-inquiry. that tap into your innate wisdom.

 Find Katie Here:
 Email: [email protected]

Website:https://www.katiestibbs.com/

Powerful change work to return you to your most empowered resourceful state 
Practical protocols: To change any habits behaviors and thought processes and beliefs
that are holding you back, from experiencing your desired life

Tools to simplify your life and achieve happy success by embracing your authentic self.

In this episode of Ambitious ADHD, we delve into the profound impact of change work, particularly for women with ADHD.

After struggling to break through my client's narratives and self-judgment, adding in more tools for self-hypnosis and journeys to access their inner knowing and wisdom has been the game changer.  Not only have they been able to get into deep relaxed states quickly and easily but they can change the things that have been holding them back from being fully themselves. I encourage you to go on YouTube and find hypnosis and experiment and create your own with the recorder on your phone.

Episode Highlights:

• We explore how techniques like hypnosis offer a pathway to silence the inner critic and access deeper layers of the subconscious.
•  By slipping into trance states throughout the day, we often reinforce habitual patterns of thought and behavior. 
• How tapping into our creative unconscious, we can regulate our nervous systems enabling resourceful, states so we can take empowered action and say goodbye to years of self-shaming.
• We explore memory reconsolidation and the opportunity to defuse emotionally charged states that have been holding us hostage sometimes for decades

 Find Katie Here:
 Email: [email protected]

Website:https://www.katiestibbs.com/

Powerful change work to return you to your most empowered resourceful state 
Practical protocols: To change any habits behaviors and thought processes and beliefs
that are holding you back, from experiencing your desired life
Tools to simplify your life and achieve happy success by embracing your authentic self.

Sara Robinson

Email: [email protected]

Website: Sara Robinson Communications: https://www.sararobinsoncomms.co.uk/

Award-winning PR Consultant, Trainer, Content Writer, and Labour Councillor in Cardiff.

Reach out to Sara for expert advice on PR and communication strategies, writing services and training.