Understanding Your Neurodivergent Brain: Finding Self-Compassion & Ease

This course is designed for people who are neurodivergent — or who are beginning to wonder if they might be — and are feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or weighed down by years of self-judgment, masking, or feeling “out of sync” with the world. Understanding Your Neurodivergent Brain: Finding Self-Compassion & Ease is both educational and experiential. You’ll learn how neurodivergent nervous systems actually work, why overwhelm and burnout make so much sense, and how mindfulness can become a supportive tool rather than another thing to “do right.” Rather than trying to change who you are, this course helps you understand yourself more deeply, so you can meet your needs with greater compassion, clarity, and ease. Through gentle teaching, guided reflection, and grounding mindfulness practices, you’ll be supported in: Reducing overwhelm without pushing yourself Healing shame that may have built up over years of misunderstanding Recognizing burnout as a nervous system response, not a personal failure Learning your natural rhythm for focus, rest, and energy Unmasking safely and sustainably, at your own pace Each session blends psychoeducation about neurodivergence with simple, repeatable practices you can return to whenever you need support. What You’ll Learn & Practice Session 1: Understanding Your Neurodivergent Nervous System Learn how neurodivergent brains process the world differently and why your responses make sense. This session builds a foundation of self-understanding and relief. Session 2: The Impact of Masking Explore how masking affects the nervous system and sense of self, with mindfulness practices to gently reconnect with who you are underneath learned adaptations. Session 3: You Make Sense Reframe lifelong patterns through a neurodivergent lens, helping reduce shame and replace self-criticism with clarity and compassion. Session 4: The Science of Overwhelm Understand sensory and emotional overwhelm and learn practical tools to regulate your nervous system when things feel too much. Session 5: Burnout Isn’t a Personal Failure Learn how neurodivergent burnout develops and practice resting without guilt, pressure, or the need to earn recovery. Session 6: Healing Shame with Self-Compassion Meet internalized shame with kindness and validation, using mindfulness to soften long-held beliefs about being “too much” or “not enough.” Session 7: Living in Your Natural Rhythm Discover practical ways to work with your energy, focus, and executive function — not against them — using skills you can apply in daily life. Session 8: Becoming More You Integrate what you’ve learned, explore gentle unmasking, and leave with encouragement to keep returning to these practices as ongoing support. This is not a course you need to complete perfectly or only once. You’re encouraged to return to these lessons whenever you need reminders, reassurance, or grounding. The more you get to know yourself, the more naturally you’ll be able to meet your own needs — and the less pressure and struggle you may feel. Nothing here is about fixing you. It’s about helping you understand yourself, trust yourself, and move through the world with a little more ease.