Thank you for sharing all of this. I'm fairly new to Substack, which I started alongside beginning a regular creative practice again after years of feeling like I couldn't.
It follows several fairly tough years as I navigated early motherhood, discovering my daughter is AuDHD, discovering I'm also AuDHD, and home educating her as the mainstream school system isn't built for and is, in many cases, extremely detrimental to neurodivergent children's health and wellbeing.
My whole working life before my daughter was born, around twenty years or so, was a repeated cycle of burnout without the knowledge of being neurodivergent. Sharing my creative practice on Substack is a way of gently finding out how I can show up again in the world in ways that works for me. It's definitely a work in progress, and I look forward to reading more of your work, Allegra. x
Thank you, Kim! I relate to that so much - I didn't realise I was AuDHD until I was in my mid 30s and I'd been burning out for years without knowing why. It seemed like everyone else could do creative living much more effectively than me! I hope you'll join for the Creative Reset - I think you'll find that really valuable! https://mailchi.mp/creativefix/challenge
Thank you for sharing all of this. I'm fairly new to Substack, which I started alongside beginning a regular creative practice again after years of feeling like I couldn't.
It follows several fairly tough years as I navigated early motherhood, discovering my daughter is AuDHD, discovering I'm also AuDHD, and home educating her as the mainstream school system isn't built for and is, in many cases, extremely detrimental to neurodivergent children's health and wellbeing.
My whole working life before my daughter was born, around twenty years or so, was a repeated cycle of burnout without the knowledge of being neurodivergent. Sharing my creative practice on Substack is a way of gently finding out how I can show up again in the world in ways that works for me. It's definitely a work in progress, and I look forward to reading more of your work, Allegra. x
So glad that Allegra’s words resonate here. I look forward to seeing your own Substack journey unfold. <3
Thank you, Kathryn. X
Thank you, Kim! I relate to that so much - I didn't realise I was AuDHD until I was in my mid 30s and I'd been burning out for years without knowing why. It seemed like everyone else could do creative living much more effectively than me! I hope you'll join for the Creative Reset - I think you'll find that really valuable! https://mailchi.mp/creativefix/challenge
I'm already signed up! x
Awesome, see you there! x