In these bonus episodes I typically invite previous guests to return to the podcast to share their continuing journeys and stories, and how their relationship with their autism has evolved. Or sometimes we come back together to discuss a specific topic of interest.
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![145 [Bonus] “An overarching, big life project”: interconnecting special interests, memory and mental health](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Laura-Richmond-episode-art-400x250.png)
Laura Richmond is a writer, researcher and doll restorer from Southampton in the UK. She was my guest on the podcast in 2023. When we spoke then, it was just a year on from her autism diagnosis, and she was on the brink of publishing her memoir. So I was delighted to...
![143 [Bonus] Beyond diagnosis: Self‑trust, masking, and the continuing autism journey](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Vera-ep-artwork-400x250.jpg)
I first met today’s guest, Vera, nearly five years ago, when we recorded a podcast episode early in 2021. A lot has changed for Vera since then, so we decided it was time for a catch up. Now 46, when we last spoke Vera had very recently been formally identified as...
![141 [Bonus] A deeper dive into our experiences and attitudes around AuDHD – with Sam Brown (AKA Mrs AuDHD)](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Sam-Brown-bonus-400x250.jpg)
After the Season 10 episode with Sam Brown, AKA Mrs AuDHD, was released in the summer, a lovely listener got in touch to share their feelings about being disappointed by some of the comments Sam and I made about how we felt about having ADHD. Sam and I thought it was...
![124 [Bonus] Autism and therapy: connection, validation and using our strengths to heal our lives](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cloie-Parfitt-wide-Bonus-400x250.jpg)
This is the third and final in my miniseries of bonus ‘revisit’ episodes, in which I reconnect with guests from previous seasons. This week, I talk with psychotherapist Cloie Parfitt, who I first talked to a couple of years ago, in the summer of 2022. Cloie is...
![122 [Bonus] Softening and bracing: autism, loneliness and how we can find connection](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aisha-Edwards-Bonus-1-400x250.jpg)
I am thrilled to bring you this conversation with somatic therapist Aisha Edwards, in which we talk about autism and loneliness. This continues a short series of revisits, where I reconnect with some of my guests from previous episodes. I first met Aisha two years...
![120: [Bonus] A magic key? Deeper learnings 4 years on from a late autism diagnosis](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sophie-Longley-400x250.jpg)
I recorded this special episode with former Squarepeg guest Sophie Longley. I last spoke with Sophie at the end of 2020, when she was working as an English teacher in Singapore and was about to start her Masters in Experimental psychology at the University of Sussex....
![118. [Bonus] Building a happy and authentic autistic life](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Thrive-bonus-ep-wide-400x250.jpg)
In this bonus episode I share more about my own autism journey, and talk about my career-ending burnout and creating authentically autistic lives we don't want to escape from. Squarepeg is a podcast in which neurodivergent women, and trans and nonbinary people,...
![[105] Bonus: Eating disorder recovery, autistic self discovery and releasing ourselves from labels that limit us](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Livia-Sara-400x250.jpg)
Livia Sara is an eating disorder survivor, mental health coach, autism advocate and author from the Netherlands. Diagnosed autistic at 20, she now helps other neurodivergent people recover from disordered eating through learning to embrace their unique traits. She...
![[80] Bonus: Grief and validation: repairing the damage of autistic masking and finding a sense of self](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aisha-Edwards-400x250.jpg)
Aisha Edwards is a somatic trauma therapist, podcaster and writer from Vancouver, Washington, USA, and was diagnosed autistic last year, aged 39. Somatic trauma therapy is a body-centred approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder that rather than focusing...
![[31] Amy Richards: giving myself permission, reframing past failures and achievements, and finding people I can relate to](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amy-Richards-bonus-400x250.png)
In this episode I share some of the things that have changed for the better in my own life since I was diagnosed autistic.
![[30] Sarah Boon: being kinder to myself, having better boundaries and finding a new purpose in life](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sarah-Boon-bonus-400x250.png)
Sarah Boon, an MA graduate and autism advocate from Surrey in the UK talks to me about being kinder to herself, setting good social boundaries, and finding a new purpose in life.
![[29] Alyssa Washington: clarity on the physical side of autism, language for my emotional experiences, and validation](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alyssa-Washington-bonus-400x250.png)
Coach, speaker and author Alyssa Washington talks to me about getting clarity on the physical components of her autism, finding language for her emotional experiences, and getting validation that she’s not broken or dysfunctional.
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