![[72] S6, Ep5: Autism, energy and the body: somatic healing for autistic trauma](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Vanissar-Tarakali-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 11 Jun, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Dr Vanissar Tarakali is a Somatic and Intuitive Trauma Coach from British Columbia in Canada. She was diagnosed in 2017, when she was in her mid 50s. She describes herself as ‘a queer autistic mystic misfit’, and says she loves to work with people who embody...
![[71] S6, Ep4: Resculpting our lives post-diagnosis: autism, art and connecting with ourselves and each other](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Heather-Peak-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 4 Jun, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 6
Heather Peak is an artist who lives near Hay on Wye in the UK. She came from a working class background, and was discouraged from making a career as an artist, but decided to go to art school in Brighton where she found a place she finally felt she fit. Now 48, she...
![[66] S5, Ep11: A life-saving autism diagnosis: BPD, eating disorders and an autistic experience of the mental health system](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chloe_Slater-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 19 Mar, 2022 | Podcast episodes, Season 5
Content warning: Chloe and I cover some challenging topics in this episode, including eating disorders, self harm, medical trauma, suicidal ideation and suicide. So if you would rather not hear about these topics, you might not want to listen to this one. Chloe Slater...
by Amy Richards | 24 Oct, 2020 | Podcast episodes, Season 1
Stephanie Silvan is self diagnosed. Originally from Germany, she now lives in Finland with her teenage daughter, who is also autistic. She has worked in many different fields: she has run her own business as a dog behaviourist, she is a linguist and biologist, has...
by Amy Richards | 10 Oct, 2020 | Podcast episodes, Season 1
Jack Conley blew me away with their energy and drive to help marginalised communities flourish. Still only 25, they work full time in autism advocacy for an organisation in Washington, USA, and they are a writer, musician and playwright, as well as serving on the...
