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...
![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-1080x675.png)
Squarepeg podcast episodes
Season 10
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![143 [Bonus] Beyond diagnosis: Self‑trust, masking, and the continuing autism journey](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Vera-ep-artwork-1080x675.jpg)
143 [Bonus] Beyond diagnosis: Self‑trust, masking, and the continuing autism journey
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...
![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-1080x675.jpg)
141 [Bonus] A deeper dive into our experiences and attitudes around AuDHD – with Sam Brown (AKA Mrs AuDHD)
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...
![140 [S10 E12] Working with autism, not against: Mental health, masking and giving ourselves grace](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kara-Nash-episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
140 [S10 E12] Working with autism, not against: Mental health, masking and giving ourselves grace
Kara Nash is a registered nurse and autism consultant who focuses on creating positive change in how the healthcare system treats people on the spectrum. Kara has over twenty years’ experience working in the field of...
![139 [S10 E11] Creating space to show up without shrinking: how we can thrive at work as autistics](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Hassani-Turner-episode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
139 [S10 E11] Creating space to show up without shrinking: how we can thrive at work as autistics
Hassani Turner is an executive coach for neurodivergent professionals and the founder of MyNeuroCompass, a coaching service and app that helps neurodivergent people understand how their brains work, identify their...
![138 [S10 E10] Working with our ocean and our tides: the impact of autism self identification](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lara-Schaeffer-Episode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
138 [S10 E10] Working with our ocean and our tides: the impact of autism self identification
Lara Schaeffer taught high school English for 28 years until her autism identification at age 47 - and her school’s resistance to her being open about her autism to her students. She waited three years for them to...
![137 [S10 E9] Meeting myself again: sensory needs, autistic joys and building stronger relationships after autism diagnosis](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Marian-Schembari-Episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
137 [S10 E9] Meeting myself again: sensory needs, autistic joys and building stronger relationships after autism diagnosis
Marian Schembari is an author and essayist whose first byline was at age eleven. It was a poem about dragons. Since then, her essays about travel, friendship, money, and love have appeared in many well known...
![136 [S10 E8] ‘Undercover autistic’: shaping a more just and inclusive future for autistic care users & practitioners](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Shazzy-Tharby-Epsiode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
136 [S10 E8] ‘Undercover autistic’: shaping a more just and inclusive future for autistic care users & practitioners
Shazzy Tharby is a Disability & Neurodiversity Leader, Mental Health & Neurodivergence Consultant, counsellor and psychotherapist, the Founder of Positively Living, a worldwide therapeutic service, and Vice...
![135 [S10 E7] A blessing and a curse: autism, masking and miscommunication](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Clara-Tornvall-Episode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
135 [S10 E7] A blessing and a curse: autism, masking and miscommunication
My guest this week is Clara Törnvall, an author and journalist who lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her two children. Clara was diagnosed autistic five years ago at age 42, leading her to write her first book, The...
![134 [S10 E6] Making your body a nicer place to live: autism and a different approach to physical fitness](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Leighanne-Stephens-epsiode-art-1080x675.jpg)
134 [S10 E6] Making your body a nicer place to live: autism and a different approach to physical fitness
Leighanne Stephens is a fitness and lifestyle coach for neurodivergent women and non binary people. Now 27, she was diagnosed autistic two years ago, with as she puts it, ‘a surprise addition of ADHD’. Leighanne lives...
![133 [S10 E5] The Mess and the Magic: from the good girl narrative to autistic self compassion](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Michelle-McQuaid-epsiode-art-3-1080x675.jpg)
133 [S10 E5] The Mess and the Magic: from the good girl narrative to autistic self compassion
Dr Michelle McQuaid is a wellbeing researcher in her early 50s. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia, where she is an honorary fellow at Melbourne University's Center for Wellbeing Science. Michelle was...
![132 [S10 E4] “Layers of unravelling”: autism, leadership and belonging with Kirsty Cullen-Campanelli](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kirsty-Cullen-Campanelli-epsiode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
132 [S10 E4] “Layers of unravelling”: autism, leadership and belonging with Kirsty Cullen-Campanelli
Kirsty Cullen-Campanelli is Head Of People Ops, Comms And Employee Engagement at Apple. She was diagnosed autistic two years ago at 38. Kirsty’s story began on a council estate in southern England, where she grew up in...
![131 [S10 E3] Working at the edge of what we know: autism, trauma and identity](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Dr-Stephanie-Aspin-episode-art-1-1080x675.jpg)
131 [S10 E3] Working at the edge of what we know: autism, trauma and identity
My guest today is Dr Stephanie Aspin - a therapist, educator, and writer in her late 50s, based in Norwich, UK. Originally from Willesden in London, her background in a multicultural, working-class community has shaped...
![130 [S10 E2] “Whenever I fell, autism caught me”: autism, intersex and gender](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Deborah-8-1080x675.jpg)
130 [S10 E2] “Whenever I fell, autism caught me”: autism, intersex and gender
Deborah discovered they were autistic in their 60s, after a lifetime of not fitting in anywhere. Their sense of difference was not just social, but physical, as in their teens they were diagnosed with CAUV – congenital...
![129 [S10 E1] “I thought I was just disorders”: navigating autistic and ADHD traits and challenges – with Mrs AuDHD](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Sam-Brown-2-1080x675.jpg)
129 [S10 E1] “I thought I was just disorders”: navigating autistic and ADHD traits and challenges – with Mrs AuDHD
Sam Brown, AKA Mrs AuDHD, is late-diagnosed AuDHD, a trustee of the ADHDadultUK charity and co-presenter of The ADHD Adults podcast, that deals with a different ADHD related topic each episode. On the podcast she is...
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