Key Takeaways
What misdiagnosis and over-medication can cost
Why self-kindness is foundational
How sensory overload masquerades as “mental illness”
The hidden trauma of masking and trying to fit in
Why listening to the body changes everything
An unexpected role spirituality can play in healing
Today's Guest: Amy Hyde ( www.strawhat.org.uk )
I am a neurodivergent coach with an interest in mental well-being, having worked in a mental health crisis centre for many years. I am accredited with the EMCC and hold senior practitioner status. I have worked neurodivergent individuals across the globe in multiple work sectors.
My original training is in career coaching but my experience has shown that this overlaps hugely with mental wellbeing and so have focused much of my subsequent training to this area and am currently training in trauma informed somatic modalities to help calm the nervous system and ease trauma responses (so watch this space!). I’m also trained in bibliotherapy and using books and stories to help unearth the path ahead.
I am an authentic coach who has a gentle and curious style of coaching and has a passion for accessibility. Enjoying helping others to fully understand themselves, and making previously invisible barriers to success, both visible and surmountable. Thus giving clients the confidence to unmask and live more authentically. Not to mention to feel comfortable with taking the accommodations they are entitled to work on a level playing field, reducing the risk of burnout.
I adapt my coaching in a way that suits my clients and their individual needs and love to incorporate assistive technologies into my practice. This may be something as simple as autogenerated subtitles to digital flashcards to a white noise machine to improve engagement and focus. In my practice I draws on tools, aids, techniques and approaches from a range of coaching methodologies and adapting them to suit the client’s individual needs, often creating bespoke resources, in order to maximise value to the client and create lasting change.
Connect with Amy here:
Website: www.strawhat.org.uk
Book an intro call here: https://tidycal.com/strawhat/introcall
Thanks for Listening to Neuro Dive Urgency!
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* Lived experience stories of people who've gone from struggling to thriving as a neurodivergent or sensitive soul.
* Honest talk about transformation: tools for clarity, healing, and hope without toxic positivity or hustle culture.
* Spiritual and science-based approaches for mastering your mind, your performance, and your mental wellbeing.
About Your Host: Anthony Palacin
Having lived through a Bipolar diagnosis and been put on antipsychotics and then experienced depression, I've worked on myself to come off medications naturally while self-diagnosing as ADHD. I now mentor, teach and coach peak performance based on the neuroscience of "flow states" with a trauma-informed and spiritual perspective.
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