![118. [Bonus] Building a happy and authentic autistic life](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Thrive-bonus-ep-wide-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 4 May, 2024 | Bonus Episodes, Podcast episodes, Season 9
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,...
![[114] S9 E9: Playing on ‘hard mode’: accepting our autistic challenges while anchoring to our brilliance](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Anissa-Ljanta-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 16 Mar, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Anissa Ljanta is a writer, a neurodivergent specialist coach, educator and equity and inclusion advocate living in the remote hills of a wild surf beach in West Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She grew up in Samoa and South Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand, where she...
![111 [S9 E6] A magnet pulling me out of darkness: thinking through my body into autistic expression](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dana-Michel-artwork-wide-1-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 27 Jan, 2024 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Dana Michel is a live performance artist and choreographer in Montreal, Canada, where she creates experiences based on a mixture of improvisation, choreography, hip-hop, cinematography, techno, poetry and social commentary. Now 47, she self identified as autistic in...
![107 [S9 E2] Autism deep-dive: examining the literature and ourselves, and reflections on burnout](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dr-Alexandra-Johnston-wide-artwork-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 30 Dec, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 9
Dr Alexandra Johnston is an academic and social anthropologist from Melbourne, Australia. Now 49, she was diagnosed in March 2023. She lives with her wife, Cherie, who she describes as the first person she ever truly unmasked with. She has several degrees, including...
![[103] S8 E11: From feeling ‘deficient’ to self acceptance, research and advocating for autistic colleagues](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kirstie-Pickles-wide-artwork-1080x675.jpg)
by Amy Richards | 10 Jun, 2023 | Podcast episodes, Season 8
Kirstie Pickles is an equine vet, academic, mum and mental health advocate from Derbyshire in the UK. Now 49, she was diagnosed autistic at 47, following her daughter’s diagnosis. She is passionate about sharing her story and raising the awareness of neurodiversity to...
