My Blog

This is where I explore the themes that sit at the heart of my work – neurodiversity, relationships, identity, adaptation, adult children of alcoholics (ACoA), and the quieter patterns that can shape how we move through the world.

Sometimes a blog begins with a question. Sometimes with something I've noticed in my work, a conversation I've had, or a book I've been reading. My aim is always the same: to offer language, context and understanding around experiences that can otherwise feel confusing, isolating or misunderstood.

So, make yourself a cup of tea, have a browse, and explore whatever catches your attention.

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Beyond the Stereotype: Understanding Autistic Empathy

Empathy is the ability to understand and share another person’s feelings. It has two main parts: Cognitive empathy: recognising what someone else might be feeling. Affective empathy: actually feeling that emotion with them. The term comes from the German Einfühlung, meaning “feeling into.” It was introduced to psychology by Edward Titchener in 1909, and since then empathy has become a cornerstone of how we define human connection. Do autistic people have empathy? Yes. Absolu

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Oct 17, 20255 min read

Understanding and Supporting Autistic Mothers: With a focus on late-discovered, misdiagnosed and unheard women in perinatal care

Motherhood is a journey filled with love and joy, but for some women it also brings unseen challenges. For many, the path to understanding themselves as autistic begins only after becoming mothers. Sometimes this recognition emerges when observing a child’s neurodivergent behaviours. For others, the overwhelming demands of new parenthood, without appropriate support, may lead to autistic burnout. A late diagnosis or self-realisation can be a pivotal moment, shedding light on

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Aug 21, 20255 min read

Unmasking my autism, part 2 – What I didn’t say the first time

When we mask, we are overlooked. Then when we unmask, we are often too much, too sensitive, too emotional, too direct, not autistic enough, or too autistic to be believed. We move between erasure and rejection. Always trying. Never quite fitting.

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Jun 12, 20254 min read

Unmasking my autism

I grappled with the question of how to authentically express myself in a world that often demands conformity, and, honestly, unmasking is still very much an ongoing process for me.

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Jun 3, 20253 min read

Finding out that I was autistic also explained why I felt so unwell

There are often dozens of co-occurring conditions linked to autism; with many clinicians and researchers now noting the complexity of overlap across physical, mental health, neurological, and sensory systems.

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Apr 10, 20255 min read

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Are Adult Children of Alcoholics the forgotten client group?

It’s not unusual to hear an ACoA play down their parents drinking because the parents worked, or drove, or because they had a nice home.

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Mar 4, 20253 min read

EMPATHY - What is empathy, and could you be an empath?

Empathy is what turns groups of people into tightly knit teams, families, and societies.

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Jan 15, 20254 min read