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There’s no big rebrand. No flashy new offer.But there is an unfolding.Cathartic Collaborations is entering a new chapter...
30/12/2025

There’s no big rebrand. No flashy new offer.
But there is an unfolding.

Cathartic Collaborations is entering a new chapter — one that’s less about expansion and more about embodiment.

The next season of this work is rooted in:
Sustainability without sacrifice
Speaking and training that reflects lived and systemic truths
Supervision that centres both rigour and resonance
Offerings that support other neurodivergent practitioners to thrive without burning out

Over the past few months, I’ve been building the backend of programs and resources that honour this shift.

Quietly. Carefully. In alignment with my own cycles, not the market’s urgency.

What’s coming in 2026 won’t be about doing more — it’s about going deeper, and inviting others into that ecosystem.

I’m still offering 1:1 support (with more clarity around what nourishes me).
But what’s emerging is a broader, more scalable version of this work, one that doesn’t rely on overgiving to be impactful.

So if you’re craving community, reflective space, and slowly-built systems for change — you’ll start to see more ways to step into that soon.

Cathartic Collaborations isn’t shifting direction.
It’s growing its roots.

📥 If you want first access to what’s unfolding: trainings, group supervision, resources - follow me.

There’s no tidy wrap-up for this year for my business.No clean metrics. No glossy “year in review” carousel.But Catharti...
28/12/2025

There’s no tidy wrap-up for this year for my business.
No clean metrics. No glossy “year in review” carousel.
But Cathartic Collaborations grew in ways I didn’t fully expect and couldn’t always plan for.

This year asked a lot of me as a neurodivergent professional, managing my own needs in real time while building a business that honours capacity, complexity, and care.

There were launches I delayed to protect my nervous system.
Boundaries I held even when it felt hard.
Reflections I wrote through foggy shutdowns.

And in the background?
A steady, quiet commitment to growing this work ethically.
To saying no when it mattered.
To deepening rather than scaling for the sake of it.

Cathartic Collaborations is still becoming, but so much of this year felt like a foundation being reinforced.
Through supervision. Through the podcast. Through conversations that rippled outward more than any algorithm could track.

If you were part of that — thank you.
Whether you booked a session, shared a post, joined a training, or simply saw this work for what it is: I’m deeply grateful.

However you’re ending this year, I hope you get to feel proud of what you protected — not just what you produced.

Want to reflect gently alongside me? Share one moment or choice that mattered this year — even if no one else saw it.

If your nervous system is whispering “enough” on Christmas Day… listen. Whether you're surrounded by noise or solitude, ...
24/12/2025

If your nervous system is whispering “enough” on Christmas Day… listen. Whether you're surrounded by noise or solitude, love or complexity, you deserve to move through today at your own pace.

This post isn’t here to tell you how to feel festive — it’s here to remind you that your needs matter, especially on days when you’re told to perform joy.

Step away if you need to.
Stim, unmask, or say no to hugs.
Eat what feels safe, rest when you can, and let quiet moments count.

💌 Share this with a friend who needs permission to opt out of pressure this season.

24/12/2025

I’m really pleased to share that Neuro Nuggets by Kaboose App is officially live!

This project brings together contributors with lived experience to create a practical, accessible resource for both individuals and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of neurodivergence.

It’s designed as a collection of concise, evidence-informed insights that support reflection, learning, and more inclusive practice.

I’m grateful to have contributed a number of Neuro Nuggets myself, with a focus on neuro-inclusion and communication.

If you work alongside neurodivergent people, or are navigating your own neurodivergent identity, this is a thoughtfully curated resource worth exploring.

🔗 Link in the first comment if you’d like to learn more.

You don’t need to earn your way into the holidays by masking your needs.If you’re feeling the early edge of festive fati...
21/12/2025

You don’t need to earn your way into the holidays by masking your needs.

If you’re feeling the early edge of festive fatigue — from sensory overload to social pressure to unspoken expectations — this one’s for you.

As an autistic person, the lead-up to Christmas can feel like a multi-sensory marathon. Loud carols in shopping centres, flashing lights, disrupted routines, and crowded conversations... it adds up.

So here’s your gentle reminder:
You’re allowed to pre-empt the overwhelm.
You can build in quiet, choose comfort, and communicate your capacity before the day arrives.
Boundaries aren’t barriers. They’re bridges to sustainable connection.

Save this for when you need a re-grounding guide. And if all you can manage is one soft breath — that’s okay too.

💌 Share this with a friend who needs permission to opt out of pressure this season.

Big news! My PhD ethics application has officially been approved.This is one of those quiet-but-enormous milestones. The...
19/12/2025

Big news! My PhD ethics application has officially been approved.

This is one of those quiet-but-enormous milestones. The kind that doesn’t look flashy from the outside, but inside it feels like a gate opening. Months of careful thinking, ethical wrestling, consultation, revisions, and deep responsibility toward the people whose stories I hope to honour… and now, a clear yes.

I feel excited, relieved, and deeply grounded in what comes next.

This approval means I can move forward with research that is participatory, relational, and accountable. Research that takes autistic adults and mental health professionals seriously as knowers. Research shaped by lived experience, not extracted from it.

Today I’m celebrating the unseen labour. The slow work. The care-full decisions. The trust placed in me to do this well.

Onward, with humility and a very full heart 🌱

There’s a kind of joy that doesn’t necessarily look good on a greeting card.Not loud. Not performative. Not always smili...
18/12/2025

There’s a kind of joy that doesn’t necessarily look good on a greeting card.
Not loud. Not performative. Not always smiling.

Sometimes, it’s a weighted blanket.
A text you don’t have to respond to.
The sound of your stim toy clicking under your palm.
A quiet “I see you” from someone who really does.

If your joy this season is soft, quiet, masked by exhaustion or mixed with grief…it still counts.

You don’t have to be okay for anyone.
You are allowed to feel joy and feel flat.
To love people and still need time away from them.

🎁 Let your joy be yours.
Not something to wrap up and present to others.

If your nervous system is whispering “too much” If your brain feels like 47 open tabs and one is just playing Christmas ...
16/12/2025

If your nervous system is whispering “too much”

If your brain feels like 47 open tabs and one is just playing Christmas music on loop...

If masking through social events leaves your body buzzing for hours...

You are not failing.
You’re processing.

This time of year can be scripted, sensory, so much.
And still...rest is not resistance.
It’s regulation.

Your rhythms matter.
Your need for spaciousness matters.

If you’re not sprinting to the finish line...you’re not behind.
You’re honouring your neurotype.

May you end this year as you are, not as you’re expected to be.

Sometimes healing is choosing to honour what once got dismissed.Especially in neurodivergent families—healing can be gen...
13/12/2025

Sometimes healing is choosing to honour what once got dismissed.

Especially in neurodivergent families—healing can be gentle, ordinary, and deeply transformative.

We’re shifting from:
“You’re being rude” ➝ to “You’re overstimulated.”
“Why can’t you just sit still?” ➝ to “What helps your body feel safe right now?”
“Stop that noise” ➝ to “Do you need to stim?”
“That’s just how it is” ➝ to “How can we do this differently?”

These daily rewrites aren’t small.
They’re acts of resistance.
They’re acts of love.
They’re intergenerational healing in action.

If you’re making space in your home, your relationships, or your parenting for neurodivergent needs—you’re doing powerful work. Even if no one sees it. Even if it feels messy. It matters.

Before you choose a term to describe ADHD, ask yourself:🔹 What assumptions are hiding inside this word? 🔹 Who benefits f...
09/12/2025

Before you choose a term to describe ADHD, ask yourself:

🔹 What assumptions are hiding inside this word?
🔹 Who benefits from this framing — and who is harmed?
🔹 Does this term reflect lived experience, or just clinical tradition?
🔹 Am I reinforcing a deficit narrative without realising it?
🔹 What could this language activate in a reader, student, client, or parent?

Language is never “just semantics.”
It’s an intervention.
It’s a mirror.
It’s a message about what we value.

Let your words be conscious, kind, and accurate.

Inspired by: Friedel et al., (2025)

Unmasking is transformational.It reshapes: • How you inhabit your body • How you relate • How you work • How you parent ...
06/12/2025

Unmasking is transformational.

It reshapes:
• How you inhabit your body
• How you relate
• How you work
• How you parent
• How you love
• How you dream
• How you make meaning

This is the sacred work of returning to yourself —
not becoming someone new,
but remembering who you were before the world taught you to hide.

Unmasking isn’t just about “being yourself.”It’s the slow, courageous return to the parts of you that learned to hide in...
03/12/2025

Unmasking isn’t just about “being yourself.”

It’s the slow, courageous return to the parts of you that learned to hide in order to survive.

As I wrote in a recent publication (link in first comment):

“Unmasking is an invitation to embrace your authenticity. The transformation within ripples outward, reshaping your perception of yourself and the world in ways that can never be undone. With each shift, a deeper truth surfaces, revealing a greater sense of freedom. Once you experience this freedom, returning to your masked self becomes impossible. You would rather break free from societal constraints than go back to your restraints.”

This is the turning point many neurodivergent people know intimately: the moment you realise that the cost of shrinking is far greater than the discomfort of expanding.

Unmasking isn’t self-expression.
It’s self-liberation.

And once you taste that freedom?
You don’t go back.

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