Mind Vox Claire Jacobs

After two months of radio silence, Claire is back with a new Mind
Vox episode.

This is more of an update to what’s been going on, as well as what she’s learnt through the current issues she’s faced, and what’s coming up for the pod.

This episode explores:

-Why Claire hasn’t uploaded a pod episode in a while!

-Some of the symptoms she’s recognised as Autistic and ADHD
Burnout.

-Recent transitions that have been adding pressure and increasing the burnout, including school transitions and holidays.

-The limitations she’s faced to recover, including summer holidays as a single parent and being a sandwich carer.

-What Claire’s been doing to reduce the burnout and which have been the most helpful.

-Things she’s learnt from this most recent burnout to take forward for the next time.

-Ideas for future episodes.

*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about Burnout, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Sensory Processing, Perimenopause, AUDHD, Trauma and Social Isolation.

Links

Claire featured on the ADHD Mums Podcast recently, and her interview can be found on episode 2.

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the CashApp, Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in our bio. 

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.


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Allie Mason is a Children’s Author and a Landscape and Training Coordinator.

She was diagnosed Autistic at the age of 23 in 2020, and wants to talk about her late-diagnosis journey and what she has put in place to help with the Autistic traits that affect her wellbeing.

Allie describes herself as an Autistic Adventurer Extraordinaire, as she finds outdoor adventures help improve her wellbeing.

She wants fellow neurodivergent people to get outdoors for the same reason, which has inspired her first non-fiction book.

The Autistic Guide to Adventure was written to support Autistic young people to feel able to explore outdoor adventures if they have sensory processing issues that previously put them off attempting this.

Allie has come onto the podcast to talk about her late-diagnosis journey and the positive coping mechanisms she’s adopted since learning about her traits.



This episode explores:

-Allie’s Autistic late-diagnosis journey.

-Her reflections on being undiagnosed for 23 years, and misdiagnosed with other conditions.

-What Allie’s learnt about Autism and how to manage her traits since diagnosis.

-How Autism affects Allie’s wellbeing.

-How the outdoors and adventuring improve Allie’s wellbeing.

-Advice for ways other neurodivergent people can get outdoors when they’ve previously assumed it won’t work with their sensory needs and other traits.

-Creating a Sensory Toolkit to help indoors and outdoors.

-Exploring ways to enjoy nature with chronic pain and physical disabilities.

-What inspired Allie to write a book for Autistic young people, and how she hopes it will help them.

-How Allie managed the long editing and publishing process as a Neurodivergent.



*Trigger warning*

Contains conversation about ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, Sensory Processing, Lockdown, Skin-Ripping and unhealthy coping mechanisms including Self-Harm and Social Isolation.



Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the options on our Linktree (@mindvoxpod)

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.

Allie’s book The Autistic Guide to Adventure can be bought here.

Allie’s website can be found here, and her Instagram and TikTok are @alliewrote.


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Carrie Kearns is a Veterinary CPD Tutor and Student Hypnotherapist and Counsellor.

They were a Pet Bereavement Counsellor for 22 years and are currently training as a Hypnotherapist.

Carrie has two children and is a late diagnosed Autistic who uses They/Them pronouns.

They were misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety before getting an Autism diagnosis, and their experience within the mental health system inspired them to now train as a counsellor.

Carrie talks about their late diagnosis journey, why they think functioning labels can be harmful and their experience of the mental health system, both diagnosed and undiagnosed.



This episode explores:

-Carrie’s misdiagnosis of depression and anxiety, which was actually Autism and ADHD, and their experience of burnout.

-How Carrie got through burnout and the work they’ve done to reduce future burnouts.

-The abuse and struggles Carrie dealt with throughout their life.

-Carrie’s late-diagnosis journey and how they’ve dealt with it.

-Why Carrie feels functional labels can be harmful.

-Carrie’s views on the mental health support offered in this country and how it could be improved for Autistics.

-Why Carrie decided to train in Hypnotherapy.

-The ways Carrie adjusted their parenting to meet their son’s Autistic needs, and their (suspected neurodivergent) daughter’s too.

-Autistic Meltdowns, Shutdowns and Burnouts- the differences between them and how Carrie manages them.

-Challenges Carrie has faced with trying to get their daughter assessed for Autism and ADHD, when she doesn’t present stereotypically.



*Trigger Warning*

Contains conversation about Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Trauma, Stress, Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Abuse, Bullying, 17q12 Duplication Syndrome, Suicidal Ideation and Attempts, OCD, Dyslexia, Medications, RSD, Pet Bereavement and Aphantasia.



Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the CashApp, Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in our bio.

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.

The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills can be found here.

Samantha Craft’s Autistic Traits List can be found here.

Carrie’s podcast is called All Creatures Great and Gone and can be found on most platforms.

If you want to volunteer for Carrie while they train in Hypnotherapy, email cyclecounselling@hotmail.com


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Sylvia Tillmann is a TRE® (Trauma & Tension Releasing Exercises) Provider, specialising in teaching therapeutic ways to improve physical and mental wellbeing.

She’s founder of Tremendous TRE®, and is also trained in counselling, Jikiden Reiki and Laughter Yoga.

Sylvia feels that people hold too much tension in their bodies which can manifest in many forms, from chronic physical pain to mental health issues.

She believes TRE empowers us to learn to help and heal ourselves, rather than relying on others for various physical and psychological issues.

She's come onto the pod to talk about the benefits of TRE and to give examples of tools we can use to help ourselves at home.



This episode explores:

-What somatic tools are

-What TRE is and the benefits of it

-The benefits of somatic tools such as TRE

-Who TRE is designed for and what issues it can help with

-The impact that stress can have on our physical and mental wellbeing

-How we can improve our physical and mental wellbeing using TRE techniques

-Examples of TRE tools we can try at home for various issues and ailments



*Trigger Warning*

Contains conversation about Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Trauma, Lockdown, Stress, Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Abuse, Trying to Conceive, War Zones, PTSD, Parkinson’s, MS and Alzheimer’s.



Links 

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the CashApp, Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in our bio  https://linktr.ee/mindvoxpod

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.



Sylvia can be contacted via her website Tremendous TRE and she can be found on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook.

 

The Body Keeps The Score book can be found on Amazon here.

David Berceli, PhD created TRE and has a book that explains it here


Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.


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Sue Bordley is an Author, Teacher and mother to two teenage sons.



She’s Autistic, which was discovered when her children were formally diagnosed with Autism. Sue’s self-diagnosed, and has some experience of the stigma surrounding self-diagnosis.

 

Sue’s taught English at secondary school for 26 years, whilst also writing novels for adults and teenagers.

 

Her latest book, Sweet Like Candy, features an Autistic family based on her own experience of family life.

 

Sue uses the pen name Jess Molyneux for some books, including XY, Z, which aims to educate teenagers about sex and consent. It also includes the message that women should be treated as equals in relationships.


Surrounded by ‘chick lit’ where women are often depicted as stereotypical shopping-obsessed, wine-loving and looking for a man to depend on, Sue wanted to change the narrative.

 

Sue chooses to empower women and girls through positive representation in literature, so female characters in her books are strong, sharp, funny and self-sufficient.



Sue’s come onto Mind Vox to discuss parenting neurodivergent children, her self-diagnosis journey and how she’s empowering women and educating teenagers about equality, consent and sex using books.

This episode explores:

 

-Sue’s journey to becoming an author for both teenagers and adults.

 

-Why Sue felt the need to educate teenagers about consent and gender equality within relationships by writing teenage fiction.

 

-Advice for how parents can use books like XY, Z to educate their children about sex, consent and relationships.

 

-Sue’s feelings around how women are represented within ‘chick-lit’ fiction and how she’s trying to encourage more positive representation of women in her work.

 

-Her experience of Autistic late self-diagnosis and reflections of being undiagnosed for so long.

 

-Sue’s experiences of parenting her (diagnosed) Autistic children, who also have Dyspraxia.

 

-How she’s been inspired by her own family to create an Autistic family in her latest book.


*Trigger Warning*

Contains conversation about Autism, ADHD, Sexual Consent, Gender Equality, Contraception, STIs, Andrew Tate, Peer Pressure, Sexuality and Dyspraxia.



Links

To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the CashApp, Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in the bio.

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Music by Lesfm from Pixabay.

Sue’s books for teenagers can be found here: XY, Z  and SE6.

 

Sue’s adult books can be found here: Sweet Like Candy and Rescue Me.

 

Sue can be found on Instagram and TikTok.


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Lauren Sullivan is a mother of two young daughters and is founder and illustrator of Loz Creates.

She grew up without her father, until he came into her life when she was a teenager.

He then groomed Lauren, supplied her with drugs, and abused her frequently. Lauren’s father was aware he was HIV-positive at the time.

Lauren has Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), Anxiety and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as a result of the trauma from the abuse.

Her father was jailed, and has now completed his sentence. Lauren went through the restorative justice process which included writing an open letter to her father.

During the last few years Lauren has found great healing from creative outlets, including illustrating which led to her current business.

She waived her anonymity to help other abuse survivors, which has included speaking openly about her journey across social media and in the press.

This episode explores:

-The abuse Lauren suffered at the hands of her father.
-The impact of the abuse for her as a teenager and also presently.
-The stigma of abuse and challenges of disclosing it, including judgment, shame and guilt.
-What recovery from sexual abuse has been like for Lauren, and the healing journey she’s been on.
-The tools Lauren has used to try to heal the trauma, and how creative outlets help Lauren to heal.
-The processes Lauren went through for justice and why she waived her right to anonymity around it.
-What restorative justice is and Lauren’s experience of it.
-How Lauren manages the CPTSD and other mental health conditions
-The other continued effects of the trauma for Lauren and how she manages what she refers to as her ‘life sentence’.

*Trigger Warning*
Contains conversation about Self-Harm, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, Solvent Misuse, BPD, CPTSD, Anxiety, Suicidal Attempts, Depression, Abusive Relationships and Dissociation.

Links
To donate the price of a coffee to help the pod, find the CashApp, Paypal and BuyMeACoffee options on our Linktree in our bio.

To send us ideas for future episodes, or offer to be interviewed, please contact us via Instagram or email mindvoxpod@gmail.com

Your host, Claire, can be found on Instagram, TikTok and via her website Single Parent Pessimist.

Lauren’s artwork can be found via her business website Loz Creates.

For information about the Name Change Sex Offender Campaign Lauren is part of, and the open letter she wrote to her father, visit Lauren’s personal Instagram Just.Loz

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