You Matter Jo Turner

I approached Charli when I noticed that, as well as being a clinician, she is also a celebrant. What I didn't know is that she is also a wine expert, a gay, autistic woman with ADHD who is in the middle of a phd looking at the effect of rubber pitch services on injury in male rugby players.
And we cover all of that in this epsiode!

Siobhan Cowling talks to me about what led her to leave Physiotherapy, coping with the transition, what she misses about work, the negatives, 'Who am I?' and the positives, the tips and tricks she's learned along the way.

Siobhan says she still hasn't become comfortable with the R word, but she's found a great alternative and is loving her refirement!

In my ignorance, when Felicity suggested this topic I thought 'that'll be interesting, but I wonder how much being diabetic affects identity.'

As a result of this conversation, I am humbled and now fully educated as to the extent of monitoring, tweaking and managing this condition requires, and also the effect on Felicity's view of herself as a professional.

At one point, in the interests of being human and illustrating that it's okay to have needs as a clinician, Felicity goes off to inject herself with insulin, and I have a wee!

As we embark on a fresh year and the new season of You Matter, who better than my lovely friend Jack to join me in chewing over our respective reflections of 2023 and the things we are looking forward to in 2024.


Never knowingly staying on theme, we cover house moves, kids exams, agony aunts, working with your namesake and many other unrelated topics. Hope you enjoy meandering with us.



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This is the second in a 2-part series with Karli Gibson, a physiotherapist with diagnoses of ADHD and dyslexia. Having described the struggles and the suffering as she puts it, in epsiode 1, this time Karli focuses on the solutions she has found and the evolution this has afforded her both as a person and a physiotherapist.

We also discuss how, as employers and heads of organisations where people with neurodiversity are working (ie all of us) we can help make those environments easier places to navigate for all.

Many of us are probably scared of getting things wrong, or not sure how to get it right. Karli's overriding message is to stay curious.

This is the first of a 2-part series.

Episode 1 - The Struggle and The Suffering

Episode 2 - The Revolution and The Evolution



Karli Gibson is an Occupational Health Physiotherapist.

In this first epsiode, Karli talks to me about…

Feeling thick, but smart.

Learning to cope, and learning to mask.

Getting diagnosed with dyslexia and discovering resources.

Getting diagnosed with ADHD, and finding support, but not so many resources…yet.

You can’t fail to hear Karli’s determination and commitment to finding her own path, not just in Physiotherapy but also in life. This episode is about the struggles as she puts it, but even here, there are hints at the evolution to come.

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