Rebecca Antrim Neurodivergent Therapy and Consultancy

08/12/2025

08/12/2025

05/12/2025

Self-love isn't about pretending you're perfect (none of us are). It's about refusing to use your imperfections as ammunition against yourself. You can acknowledge where you're struggling and still treat yourself with kindness. Both things can be true at the same time.

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05/12/2025

05/12/2025

For some people, symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can feel more noticeable or harder to manage during the winter.

But small things can help:

🔵 try some physical activity – anything that gets you moving
🔵 make the most of natural light – getting outside or sitting near windows
🔵 plan for tougher days – shifting stressful tasks or building in more rest

There’s also treatment available if you’re finding things really tough – such as light therapy, talking therapies or medication.

Find out more ➡️ www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder-sad/overview/

03/12/2025

Autism/ADHD/AuDHD are NOT a fad.

Yet I’ve been seeing them increasingly being treated that way when it comes to employment, corporate etc. for some time. A box ticking exercise that isn’t given much thought beyond ‘just get it done, quickly and cheaply’.

To the point where I’ve had people trying to cash in by lifting content directly from my website and using it to tell others they offer exactly what I do. Only they don’t. And they’re not qualified/registered/insured to do so either. In many cases, they have no lived experience and in others no work experience. In one case, I was the sole contractor to a national organisation, so they certainly were NOT offering that service, yet still went as far as to advertise that they did. To appear more legitimate and trustworthy (!)

I worked damn hard to build up this business in a world that is not designed for people like me, where we’re not accommodated whilst being berated for the impact of that. I had a horrible experience feeling forced out of the workforce and didn’t want others to experience the same which is why my consultancy service matters so much to me. It was created as a response to the cruelty and oppression we unfairly face all the time…when we’re just trying to do our jobs and get by.

And now…the same people that needed to hear us are again talking over us. Taking work from us, bastardising our ideas. Cheaping out with ‘focus groups’ which seem increasingly exploitative when they’re taking credit for people’s ideas and contributions and offering nothing in return for their time and effort (like asking artists to work for free for ‘exposure’). Implying they know best, yet they don’t know the difference between neurodivergence and neurodiversity, they just have a bigger advertising budget to help them look the part.

So, when you are thinking about neuroinclusivity in your workplace, think carefully about who you consult and work with and what their motivation is.

What is their background and level of experience/expertise? (I’m AuDHD AND have experience in management and employment-we do exist!) Qualifications alone aren’t enough and lived experience alone isn’t always enough either.

Do they know what they are talking about and can evidence this, or are they simply trying to make a quick buck whilst speaking for and over us yet again?

Please don’t be part of the problem by enabling this crap.

03/12/2025

Whether for aesthetic reasons, sensory reasons or even safety reasons, it's totally fine to do trees your own way.
I mean, we're talking about the concept of bringing an actual TREE indoors. Anyone claiming there's a "normal" way of doing this probably needs some perspective. :P
Chris Bonnello - Autistic Author

[Image description: blue text on a translucent photo of a teenage boy in a red hoodie stood next to a snow-covered hedge. Text reads:
“Autistic Not Weird Advent calendar
24 tips for an autism-friendly Christmas
Day 2
Ignore the expectation of what a Christmas tree is “supposed” to look like. If you’d rather have a small one (or a homemade model) because it’s less imposing or even less hazardous, that’s up to you.”]

03/12/2025

Here it is- the start of the ANW Advent calendar! :) I hope you find the posts useful over the next 24 days.

Like I said yesterday- Christmas is a celebration, not a duty, and celebration should never be one-size-fits-all.
-Chris

[Image description: blue text on a translucent photo of a teenage boy in a red hoodie stood next to a snow-covered hedge. Text reads:
“Autistic Not Weird Advent calendar
24 tips for an autism-friendly Christmas
Day 1
Christmas is for you, not just “everyone else”. Celebrate it on your own terms, not theirs.”]

03/12/2025