The Neurodiversity Business Podcast (Sara Kedge)

Matt shares his journey discovering his ADHD diagnosis and the challenges he faces as a neurodiverse entrepreneur. He discusses stigma around neurodiversity and the lack of support systems. Matt founded Out Britain to help LGBTQ+ business owners connect and get opportunities from major corporations.

Topics Discussed:
- Matt's experience receiving an ADHD diagnosis and coping mechanisms
- Embracing failure and taking risks as an entrepreneur with ADHD
- Lack of understanding and support for neurodiverse individuals
- Founding Out Britain to create an LGBTQ+ business community
- Connecting diverse business owners to contracts from large companies
- Discrimination still faced by some in the LGBTQ+ community
- Importance of asking about accommodations for neurodiverse individuals

Key Insights:
- Neurodiversity is an asset for entrepreneurship due to diverse thinking
- Community and advocacy are needed to empower neurodiverse individuals
- Asking about needs creates inclusion; assuming leads to missed opportunities
- Transparency about challenges enables others to provide appropriate support

To find out more about Out Britain go to www.outbritain.co.uk

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Neurodiversity, Emotions and Creativity with Suzi Payton

In this episode of the Neurodiversity Business Podcast Sara sits down with coach, comedian and speaker Suzi Payton to discuss neurodiversity, emotions, and the power of improv comedy.

Suzi shares her personal journey with ADHD and autism, and emphasizes the importance of self-kindness for neurodivergent individuals. She and Peter discuss how acknowledging emotions can help overcome negative thought patterns.

Suzi explains how improv comedy sessions help neurodivergent people build trust in their creativity and problem-solving skills. Sara relates her own experiences with dyspraxia and the workarounds she's developed.

They explore challenges like pathological demand avoidance and rejection sensitivity dysphoria.

Suzi stresses creating cultures of belonging by listening to individuals' needs and realities.

To find out more about Suzi, go to https://www.suzipayton.com

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

There's a whole bunch of stuff that happens before you even go to get a diagnosis. You don't you don't wake up one morning, and over your cornflakes and your cup of tea go, I know today I'm going to be diagnosed with autism. It just doesn't happen like that.

In this episode, Sara talks about the diagnosis journey, and what that might look like.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode of the podcast, Sara talks to Peter Garbacz and discusses the need for ongoing support and supervision in the coaching industry.

Sara talks about the launch of her new coaching supervision program called "Coach Coach" which aims to address the isolation many coaches experience and help them continue developing their practice. 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today we're going to do a slightly different session, we are going to do a bit of a Q&A. This is part 2!

As you probably know, one of the things I do is work with corporate organisations delivering training, supporting them to understand what neuro divergence is, and how to make their business practices and their work environment, less hostile and more supportive to neurodivergent people.

And what I thought I would do is from the hundreds, if not 1000s of questions that I've been asked over the years, it's just to pick a few and do a bit of a Q&A. Let's dig in. 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode, trauma recovery coach Ronia Fraser discusses narcissistic abuse and the journey to healing.

Ronia shares insights from her own experience overcoming narcissistic abuse and how she helps clients recover through modalities like hypnosis and NLP.

Topics covered include recognizing narcissistic abuse, the importance of no contact, addressing trauma on deep levels for recovery, and how to shift unconscious narratives to attract healthier relationships.

To find out more about Ronia go to www.roniafraser.com

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today Sara talks to Natalie Lewis about Neurodiversity and inclusion in the workplace, Disability fears and reasonable accommodations in the workplace and Creating a more inclusive culture in organizations.

To find out more about Natalie, head to https://www.dynamichrservices.co.uk/

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today Sara is talking to the fabulous Gemma Went, an amazing business mentor & event organiser about, well, a bit of everything!

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Stimming is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, words or moving objects around that some neurodivergent people do.

But why? How does it help? In this episode, Sara answers all these questions, and more!

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Dopamine is something I never understood until I got my medication!

What I am going to talk to you about today is the basics of what it is, what it does, and how you can use it to good effect.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode, Sara talks to Pete Garbacz, a Cumbria-based Creative who is late to the ND world, having been diagnosed at the age of 41.

You can find Pete at www.petergarbacz.com 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

This episode explores neurodiversity inclusion in the workplace through conversations with Solène Anglaret founder of Be Beyond Borders.

Topics discussed include recognizing individual needs within neurodiverse communities, upskilling managers to have better inclusive conversations, and leadership approaches to shaping inclusive cultures.

Solène shares personal experiences with neurodivergence and emphasises the importance of empathy, open-mindedness, and collective efforts to break down stigmas.

To find out more about Solène go to bebeyondborders.com

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode of the Neurodiversity Business Podcast, host Sarah Kedge interviews Charlie Hart, aka Ausome Charlie, about their experiences as an HR professional and neurodiversity advocate.

Charlie shares their journey to receiving autism and ADHD diagnoses later in life, and how this inspired them to help create more inclusive workplaces.

They discuss the importance of believing employees when they share accommodation needs and moving beyond just following disability law to truly understand individual needs.

Charlie also outlines the most effective inclusion strategies they've seen, such as establishing employee resource groups, and shares how businesses have benefited.

To find out more about Charlie, go to www.ausomecharlie.co.uk

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today we're going to talk about why neurodivergent people struggle in the workplace, and how employees AND employers can make small changes that have a huge impact.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

For many years, there has been Spoon Theory. And it basically goes that every morning, a person wakes up and you have a certain number of spoons. And throughout the day, you use spoons - for getting up, interacting with other people, with the tasks you need to do.

You have spoons. And once you run out of spoons, you are spoon-less.

However, I personally prefer the term energy biscuits, Energy biscuits is something that you can use in very different ways. Because you can have a barrel full of biscuits, you can be crumbs in the bottom of your biscuit barrel, you can bake yourself some new biscuits, you can burn your biscuits.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode, Sara Kedge speaks with inclusion specialist Anita Phagura about creating an inclusive culture, especially in male-dominated industries like construction.

Anita shares her experience working in these sectors and emphasizes that inclusion requires long-term culture shift work through unlearning biases.

They discuss addressing backlash to inclusion initiatives and meeting diverse employee needs. Anita also highlights the importance of measuring inclusion's impact over both the short and long term to demonstrate business value.

For those wanting to start their inclusion journey, Anita provides advice on getting started.

To connect with Anita, click here.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today we are talking with the incredible Anne Ferguson who's a brand strategist and a messaging magician. And that undersells her.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

This episode of the Neurodiversity Podcast explores alternative education models and the need for reform in the mainstream school system.

Host Sara Kedge speaks with Jenn Hodge of Rama Life about their work providing tailored, needs-based learning for students who struggle in traditional classrooms.

Jenn discusses how prioritizing well-being, life skills, and small group settings has helped young people feel less alone and more able to achieve.

She also shares the frustration many parents and teachers feel with current policies. Jenn advocates collecting personal stories through their "My School Story" campaign to push for change. 

To find out more about Jenn go to www.ramalife.co.uk

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Welcome to the Neurodiversity Business Podcast!

Neurodivergence is a piece of language that was coined in the 90s to describe people who have different ways of processing the world experiencing the world and engaging within it.

However, there is there are medical texts and reports going back to the 1700s that describe traits or experiences of people. So it's not a new thing.

So what is neurodivergence? How does it affect humans, and in particular, how does it impact business owners?

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode, social entrepreneur Nazia Anwar discusses her tech platform Social Blox and its mission to automate fundraising processes for small nonprofits.

Nazia explains how Social Blox streamlines communications and donations for organizations, saving them time and increasing funds raised. She emphasizes the importance of inclusion at her workplace, sharing her experience creating a diverse team where people feel they can bring their authentic selves.

Nazia also discusses her perspectives on effective diversity conversations and management approaches shaped by her personal journey with cultural identity and witnessing others' experiences with neurodiversity.

To find out more about Social Blox go to www.socialblox.uk

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Reasonable adjustments are the things that our workplace or business can put in place to get the best performance out of that person possible.

They are designed or should be designed not to take away a task from a person so they don't have to do their job, but they should be designed so that frictions or difficulties are either removed or worked around to enable the employee to do the best job they can possibly do. 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

This week Sara talks to Alex Fraysse, ADHD coach and founder of Healthy Pillars.

You can find Alex at www.healthypillars.com 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode Sara talks to Erica Birtels from UW AI talks with Peter Garbacz about creating an inclusive workplace for neurodiverse individuals. They discuss UW AI's mission to connect organizations facing diversity challenges with experts in the field.

You can find out more about Erica here, and you can find out about the UWI here.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free Facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

In this episode of the Neurodiversity Podcast, host Sara Kedge interviews longtime friend and colleague Colleen Humphries about building an inclusive culture in the workplace.

Colleen shares her passion for governance and experience consulting with charities and small businesses. She emphasizes the importance of valuing diverse perspectives to attract top talent and foster innovation.

Colleen also discusses the role of authentic leadership in defining organizational values and engaging staff to shape culture.

This is an episode that's talking about one of the other phrases that are used to describe the neuro-divergent experience, requests to modify.

They are the tiny, and sometimes larger statements or adjustments that are encouraged neurodivergent people's behaviour to appear more typical.

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here

Today we're going to do a slightly different session, we are going to do a bit of a Q&A.

As you probably know, one of the things I do is work with corporate organisations delivering training, supporting them to understand what neuro divergence is, and how to make their business practices and their work environment, less hostile and more supportive to neurodivergent people.

And what I thought I would do is from the hundreds, if not 1000s of questions that I've been asked over the years, it's just to pick a few and do a bit of a Q&A. Let's dig in. 

To find out more about Sara, go to www.sarakedge.com 

You can find Sara's free facebook group, How 2 EntrepreNeuro, here