Summary:

Today’s episode explores the truth about neurodivergent communication and why autistic and ADHD communication styles are powerful, direct, embodied, and deeply misunderstood. Kate breaks down the real science behind autistic and ADHD boundaries, interoception, proprioception, alexithymia, emotional intensity, desire, pacing, overwhelm, sensory overload, and why neurodivergent nervous systems communicate with clarity and honesty.

You’ll learn how to set boundaries without masking, how to honor your nervous system, how to protect your energy in conversations, and how to build relationships that actually work for your autistic or ADHD brain. This episode is essential for anyone navigating communication challenges, shutdowns, meltdowns, misinterpretation, rejection sensitivity, and sensory-based overwhelm in work, love, friendship, leadership, and everyday life.

This is neurodivergent communication as sovereignty, not a flaw.

Keywords: neurodivergent communication, autistic communication, ADHD communication, autistic boundaries, ADHD boundaries, alexithymia and autism, interoception autism, proprioception autism, sensory overload, autistic overwhelm, ADHD emotional intensity, neurodivergent relationships, regulating nervous system, autistic burnout, ADHD burnout, boundary setting for neurodivergent adults, embodied leadership, autistic masking, ADHD masking, autistic emotional processing, Play Big Queen Podcast, neurodivergent friendship, autistic conflict, pacing and capacity, autistic sensory needs, ADHD regulation, autistic desire, neurodivergent nervous system

Takeaways:
✔️ Neurodivergent communication is not unclear. It is direct, honest, and shaped by sensory intelligence.

✔️ Boundaries for autistic and ADHD people are self-commitments based on values, capacity, and regulation, not rules placed on others.

✔️ Interoception and proprioception shape how autistic and ADHD adults name emotions, recognize overwhelm, communicate needs, and stay grounded.

✔️ Emotional intensity is not overreaction. It is fast, full-volume nervous system processing that often overlaps with alexithymia.

✔️ Desire in neurodivergent people is body-based and deeply truthful, not fantasy or impulse.

✔️ Leadership grows when you honor your pacing, sensory needs, timing, and communication style instead of masking.

✔️ Boundaries protect connection, energy, and long-term sustainability, especially for neurodivergent nervous systems.

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©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved

#neurodivergentcommunication #neurodivergentwomen #neurodivergentadults #autisticwomen #adhdwomen #autisticadult #adhdadult #latediagnosed #latediagnosedautistic #latediagnosedadhd #AuDHD #actuallyautistic #adultadhd #sensoryprocessing #interoception #proprioception #alexithymia #nervoussystemregulation #emotionalregulation #neurodivergentrelationships #masking #unmasking #autisticintensity #adhdintensity #autisticexperience #adhdexperience #autisticvoice #adhdvoice #adhdclarity #adhdinsights #adhdhealing #neurodivergentstrengths #neurodivergentpower #boundaries #boundarieswork #embodiedleadership #neurodivergenthealing #playbigqueen #neurodivergentpodcast

Summary:

This episode breaks down the real truth about what it takes to start a business, inspired by a simple question asked in one of Kate Bailey’s college classes. What began as a conversation with a first time entrepreneur became a clear and grounded roadmap for anyone at the beginning of their entrepreneurial life.

Through lived experience and years of mentoring founders, leaders, and neurodivergent women, Kate clarifies the parts of entrepreneurship most people never say out loud: why being your own boss often means working harder, why stability fuels creativity, how every business is built on solving a specific problem, and why mastery comes from time and consistency rather than instant success.

This episode offers a reality check with compassion and precision, helping new entrepreneurs understand the emotional, financial, and relational foundations required to build something real, sustainable, and aligned. It is essential listening for anyone dreaming of their first venture or returning to entrepreneurship with a clearer sense of self.

Keywords: how to start a business, entrepreneurship for beginners, women entrepreneurs, neurodivergent entrepreneurs, business foundations, entrepreneurial mindset, nervous system and business, problem solving in business, sustainable entrepreneurship, Kate Bailey podcast

Takeaways:
✔️ Entrepreneurship feels like freedom but requires deep ownership, responsibility, and emotional capacity.
✔️ Stability supports creativity and protects the nervous system from desperation driven decisions.
✔️ All entrepreneurship is problem solving and every business must solve a meaningful problem for a specific group of people.
✔️ Time compounds like interest and mastery develops through years of consistent refinement.
✔️ Simplicity in systems, offers, and operations prevents overwhelm and creates long term success.
✔️ Relationships, community, and reciprocity are foundational because no entrepreneur succeeds alone.

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If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:
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🔗 Connect with Kate
✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

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©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved

#PlayBigQueenPodcast #WomenEntrepreneurs #StartABusiness #EntrepreneurshipForBeginners #NeurodivergentEntrepreneur #BusinessMindset #CreativeEntrepreneurship #SustainableBusiness #NervousSystemSupport #EmbodiedLeadership #EntrepreneurialJourney #WomenInBusiness #KateBailey #WalkAndTawkWednesdays

Summary:

Kate Bailey unpacks the deep and often misunderstood connection between ADHD, estrogen, progesterone, and perimenopause. In this science-backed episode and through her own story of hormonal upheaval, she demystifies what’s really happening in the body during midlife transitions and how these shifts impact motivation, mood, focus, fertility, and overall mental health. You’ll learn how estrogen supports dopamine, why ADHD medication can suddenly stop working, and how to advocate for yourself in a healthcare system that routinely overlooks women—especially neurodivergent, queer, disabled, and women of color. This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating hormonal changes, fertility questions, or midlife fatigue, and for every woman ready to reclaim her body, voice, and brilliance through informed, inclusive care.

Keywords: ADHD and hormones, perimenopause symptoms, estrogen and dopamine, neurodivergent women, hormone replacement therapy, progesterone anxiety, fertility and perimenopause, menopause brain fog, women’s health advocacy, Kate Bailey podcast

Takeaways:
✔️ Estrogen supports dopamine—the neurotransmitter behind focus, motivation, and mood—so ADHD symptoms often worsen when estrogen drops.
✔️ Low progesterone impacts sleep, anxiety, and early pregnancy stability; it’s one of the most overlooked hormonal factors in women’s health.
✔️ Perimenopause can last 4–10 years, creating major shifts in energy, focus, and emotion that are biochemical, not personal failures.
✔️ Continuous HRT can suppress ovulation, but cyclical hormone therapy may preserve fertility while supporting hormone balance.
✔️ Neurodivergent women need hormone-informed care; medication adjustments alone aren’t enough.
✔️ Tracking your cycle, energy, and ADHD medication effectiveness can help you self-advocate and find real solutions.

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If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:
👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate
✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

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©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved

#PlayBigQueenPodcast #ADHDWomen #ADHDandHormones #PerimenopauseAwareness #HormoneHealth #NeurodivergentWomen #FertilityJourney #WomensHealthAdvocacy #MidlifeRevolution #KateBailey #NeurodivergentLeadership #MenopauseSupport #WalkAndTawkWednesdays #NeurodivergentCommunity

Summary:

In this powerful and emotional episode, Kate shares her lived experience voting as a late-diagnosed AuDHD woman. She opens up about sensory processing challenges, reading comprehension barriers, auditory processing differences, and the internal labor that invisible disabilities require during something as simple and sacred as voting. Kate walks us through her first time accessing a legally-protected voting accommodation — a qualified ballot reader — and the emotional roller coaster of being met with judgment, misunderstanding, allyship, and dignity all in one visit to the polls. This episode is a reclamation. A reminder that our brains and bodies deserve to exist in democracy. A call-in to build systems that support disabled voters, not just slogans about “empowerment.” And a vision for how voting access, technology, and proactive accommodations could transform civic life for neurodivergent, disabled, caregiving, overwhelmed, and time-poor voters. Access is not special treatment. Access is a civil right. Your brain belongs here.

Keywords: invisible disabilities, neurodivergent voting, ADHD women, autistic women, AuDHD, sensory processing, auditory processing disorder, ballot accommodations, ADA voting rights, Help America Vote Act, disability justice, civic access, democracy accessibility, self advocacy, neurodiversity rights, women with disabilities, voting with disabilities, internalized ableism, inclusive democracy, trauma informed civic systems, embodied advocacy

Takeaways:
✔️ Invisible disabilities are real, valid, and deserving of dignity in civic spaces
✔️ Access to support when voting is a legal right, not “special treatment”
✔️ Self-advocacy is emotional labor, especially in public systems designed for neurotypical brains
✔️ Inclusion without accessibility is performance, not justice
✔️ We need voting systems that support sensory needs, executive function realities, and diverse brains
✔️ Empowerment means designing systems where participation is actually possible

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🔗 Connect with Kate
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©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved

#InvisibleDisability #NeurodivergentVoices #AuDHD #ADHDWomen #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryProcessingDisorder #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #NeurodiversityAdvocate #DisabilityJustice #AccessIsARight #VotingRightsMatter #DemocracyForAll #ADA #HelpAmericaVoteAct #CivicAccess #DisabilityAdvocate #InternalizedAbleism #WomenWithDisabilities #VoteWithDignity #SupportNotStigma #CommunityCare #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #WeBelongHere #SelfAdvocacy #AccessibleDemocracy #VoterAccess #ExecutiveFunctionSupport #RedesignDemocracy #Vote2025

Summary:
In this honest and empowering episode, Kate Bailey opens up about what happens when your launch doesn’t go as planned, and how to navigate it with emotional intelligence, nervous system awareness, and grace. This conversation explores the deeper lessons behind slow seasons, self-regulation in entrepreneurship, and the balance between profit and purpose. Kate also shares how Walk + Tawk Wednesdays was born from her desire to create real community and connection for women who are tired of doing life and business alone.

Keywords: walk and tawk wednesdays, women’s community, emotional regulation, nervous system care, women entrepreneurs, adhd women, neurodivergent leadership, feminine leadership, women supporting women, slow business growth, embodiment, online community

Takeaways:
✔️ Slow launches don’t mean failure, they often mean depth and alignment.
✔️ Emotional intelligence is the foundation of sustainable and successful business.
✔️ Profit and purpose can co-exist without sacrificing integrity.
✔️ Neurodivergent timing and creativity deserve trust, not shame.
✔️ Connection is medicine, community heals isolation and burnout.
✔️ Walk + Tawk Wednesdays is a live, body-based space to walk, breathe, and connect with women who are done doing life alone.

🔥 Join Walk + Tawk Wednesdays 
👉 https://www.xxxkatebailey.com/WalkandTawk

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:
👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate
✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved

#WalkAndTawkWednesdays #PlayBigQueen #NeurodivergentWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #EmotionalIntelligence #SomaticLeadership #CommunityForWomen #NervousSystemCare #WomenSupportingWomen #EmbodiedBusiness

Summary:

We’ve been taught to push harder, grind more, and perform our way to peace. But what if the medicine your body’s been asking for isn’t another workout… it’s a work in? In this episode, Kate Bailey unpacks the truth about overwhelm, burnout, and why our nervous systems are more overloaded than ever in a world of constant trauma and stimulation. You’ll learn how consistent, embodied rituals (like Walk + Tawk Wednesdays) can regulate your energy, build momentum gently, and help you reconnect to yourself through community instead of isolation. This isn’t about fixing yourself — it’s about returning home to your body, your rhythm, and your people.

Keywords: Work In vs Work Out, nervous system regulation, embodiment for women, ADHD routines, neurodivergent women, trauma-informed coaching, community for women, Walk and Tawk Wednesdays, Kate Bailey podcast, Play Big Queen, nervous system reset, burnout recovery, slow growth, healing through movement, ADHD community support

Takeaways:

✔️ Why “work outs” often feed perfectionism and burnout instead of healing

✔️ How “work ins” help regulate your nervous system through gentleness and consistency

✔️ Why women need weekly community rituals to feel grounded and connected

✔️ How small, sustainable steps lead to massive transformation over time

✔️ The truth about overwhelm for ADHD and neurodivergent women

✔️ What it means to be real, messy, and embodied in supportive community

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:
👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate

✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved.

#PlayBigQueen #WalkAndTawkWednesdays #EmbodimentPractice #WorkInNotOut #ADHDWomen #NeurodivergentLeadership #SomaticHealing #NervousSystemReset #WomenWhoLead #CommunityCare #SlowGrowth #TraumaInformedCoaching #EmbodiedLiving #MindBodyConnection #KateBaileyPodcast #BurnoutRecovery

Summary:

What happens when you ask for help from someone who’s “the expert” but their response leaves you feeling disempowered? In this episode, Kate Bailey shares a deeply personal story about power dynamics in therapy, setting boundaries, and the courage it takes to self-advocate. Drawing from her lived experience with cPTSD, dissociation, and embodiment work, Kate explores how courage, repair, and self-trust redefine what it means to hold power while receiving support. This conversation invites listeners to reflect on how experts, coaches, mentors, and therapists can become partners in healing and empowerment, not gatekeepers of it.

Keywords: women’s empowerment, confidence for women, trauma healing, setting boundaries, therapy power dynamics, manifestation, nervous system regulation, trauma recovery, self-advocacy, embodiment, complex PTSD, cPTSD, EMDR therapy, trauma-informed care, neurodivergent women, feminine leadership, healing relationships, somatic practices, nervous system healing, courage, self-trust, self-leadership, empowerment journey

Takeaways:

✔️ Asking for help doesn’t mean surrendering your power, it means practicing self-leadership.
✔️ Some relationships are worth the work if they lead to repair, respect, and mutual empowerment.
✔️ Self-advocacy is a form of embodiment; it teaches your body that your voice is safe and powerful.
✔️ Expertise doesn’t equal authority over your experience, your lived wisdom matters most.
✔️ True healing happens in relationships that expand your power, not diminish it.

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:

👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate

✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved.

#PlayBigQueenPodcast #WomenEmpowerment #HealingRelationships #EmbodimentWork #TraumaHealing #ConfidenceForWomen #FeminineLeadership #ComplexPTSD #NeurodivergentHealing #CourageAndHealing #SelfAdvocacy #EMDRTherapy #EmpoweredWomen #ManifestationJourney #somatichealing

Summary:

This episode walks you through a practical 7-part Business Self-Audit so you can see where your time, money, and energy are going — and what to refine before you scale. We cover pricing based on facts (not vibes), marketing that converts beyond pretty photos, systems that save hours, retention that drives revenue, culture as brand, local visibility, and a CEO energy audit. You’ll also hear a simple story that shows how narrowing to your highest-margin service can create momentum fast.

🎁 Download the free Business Self-Audit Checklist PDF here: 

https://www.xxxkatebailey.com/business-self-audit-checklist

Keywords: business audit checklist, how to audit your small business, salon business growth, Carlsbad New Mexico small business, service business pricing, client retention strategies, local marketing ideas, marketing that converts, CEO energy audit, small business systems, branding and culture, play big queen

Takeaways:

✔️ Clarity before growth: audit leaks in time, money, and energy.
✔️ Price from data: know your costs, margins, and average ticket.
✔️ Market the transformation, not just the product.
✔️ Automate scheduling, reminders, deposits, and rebooking.
✔️ Retain first, acquire second: build a loyalty and referral ecosystem.
✔️ Do a CEO energy audit so your pricing supports peace and profit.

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:

👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate

✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved.

#BusinessAudit #SmallBusinessGrowth #SalonBusiness #CarlsbadNM #MarketingThatConverts #ClientRetention #WomenInBusiness #NeurodivergentEntrepreneurs #PersonalBrand #PlayBigQueen

Summary:

Burnout has a way of sneaking in, even when you’re doing everything “right.” In this episode, Kate Bailey opens up about releasing perfectionism, recognizing shifting capacity, and reclaiming energy with compassion. She shares the difference between perfectionism as survival and precision as brilliance, and why resting is just as powerful as achieving.

Keywords: burnout, perfectionism, precision, neurodivergent, autistic, ADHD, rest, nervous system, self worth, overachieving, compassion, inclusion, Play Big Queen

Takeaways:

✔️ Perfectionism is survival mode. Precision is brilliance.
✔️ Burnout can creep in even when you have good tools and support.
✔️ Your capacity shifts, adjusting without shame is part of resilience.
✔️ Rest is not weakness; it’s a powerful reset.
✔️ You can be brilliant and messy at the same time.
✔️ When burnout happens, call your energy back and begin again.

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:

👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate

✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved.

#neurodivergent #ADHD #autisticwomen #nervoussystem #selfworth #rest #leadership #womeninbusiness #traumainformed #embodiment #invisibledisability

Summary:

In Episode 37 of the Play Big Queen Podcast, Kate Bailey challenges the myth that leadership is only about owning your personal choices. True leadership is about taking responsibility for repair, trust-building, and equity even when you didn’t create the harm. Kate unpacks the genocidal roots of America’s history, the Doctrine of Discovery, and how systemic inequities still shape our schools, neighborhoods, and opportunities today. She explains why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) benefit everyone, including white women, and offers three practical steps white leaders can take to act with courage, not scarcity. This is a call to build communities where every woman rises, where repair is real, and where leadership is rooted in abundance and justice.

Keywords: leadership responsibility, accountability in leadership, DEI and leadership, white leaders equity, systemic inequities, Doctrine of Discovery, inclusive leadership, courageous leadership, Play Big Queen podcast

Takeaways:

✔️ Leadership isn’t guilt, it’s repair, stewardship, and trust-building.
✔️ America’s history is built on genocide and systemic erasure, not just “discovery.”
✔️ DEI benefits everyone, including white women, by addressing systemic inequities.
✔️ Scarcity thinking undermines leadership; true leadership comes from abundance.
✔️ White leaders must name reality, redistribute resources, and listen to marginalized voices.
✔️ Real leadership is about healing communities and refusing to replicate inequity.

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and brilliance, book your Private Coaching Session with Kate:

👉 xxxkatebailey.com/private-coaching-sessions

🔗 Connect with Kate

✅ Follow on Facebook and Instagram @playbigqueen

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube

🤍 Learn more → xxxkatebailey.com

©2025 Kate Bailey LLC | All rights reserved.

#Leadership #Accountability #DEI #Equity #InclusiveLeadership #PlayBigQueenPodcast #WomenInLeadership #NeurodivergentLeadership #SystemicChange #KateBailey