![159 [S11 E14] From the inside out: autistic embodiment, burnouts and breakthroughs](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Victoria-Grey-episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 8 Aug, 2026 | Podcast episodes, Season 11
Victoria Gray is an artist and a coach to neurodivergent artists. She lives in York in the UK and was formally diagnosed as autistic in 2017, aged 34. Victoria has spent two decades making and performing solo performance works. She initially trained in Ballet and...
![152 [S11 E7] Sparkly things and heavy loads: autistic menopause, academia and lived experience](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Rachel-Moseley-episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 30 May, 2026 | Podcast episodes, Season 11
Dr Rachel Mosely was halfway through her second postdoctoral job in autism research when she learnt that she herself had been suspected as being autistic as a child. After some investigation, she was assessed and diagnosed at the Lorna Wing Centre, aged 28. Ten years...
![151 [S11 E6] The same type of different: autistic identity, South Asian stories and the model minority myth](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mrinal-Gokhale-episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 23 May, 2026 | Podcast episodes, Season 11
Mrinal Gokhale is an author, writer, and speaker based in Wisconsin in the United States, passionate about all things psychology and wellness. Since becoming an author, Mrinal has written for and collaborated with platforms to discuss South Asian and Asian American...
![148 [S11 E3] Unexpected autism: art journalling, mental health and reframing eating distress](https://squarepeg.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Helen-Shaddock-episode-art-1080x675.jpg)
by Laura Shakesby | 2 May, 2026 | Podcast episodes, Season 11
Helen Shaddock was formally identified as autistic two years ago, after spending over 25 years in the mental health system. During the pandemic Helen was readmitted to mental health services for eating disorders, before receiving an unexpected autism diagnosis. Now...
![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)
by Laura Shakesby | 21 Mar, 2026 | Bonus Episodes, Podcast episodes, Season 10
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...
