Today Michelle and Wallis are joined by wonderful North Node member, prolific creative, and whip-smart entrepreneur Dr. Liz Bahr, to muse on managing a creative life with a neurodivergent/squiggly brained diagnosis.

Liz is a writer, creative expression facilitator, adjunct professor, clinical mentor,  consultant, entrepreneur, and Doctor of Occupational Therapy. She holds a Doctorate from Boston University and a Master of Science from NYU, 500-hour yoga teacher, and specializes in working with ND people and populations — Sensory Processing Issues, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and ADHD. She’s the founder of Pegasus Wellness, and The Magic Word, a podcast about science, creativity, and storytelling (the first season is out this spring!).

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We muse on:

• How to identify sensory processing and sensory wellness preferences and which environmental accommodations to seek 


• Being diagnosed at various ages and what this does for your learning and development 


• How to identify when getting help for a specific diagnosis is helpful 


• Strategies for planning and externalizing your thoughts when dealing with ADHD and executive dysfunction 


• The practice of “junk journaling” for psychic release for squiggly brained creatives 


• Strategies for coping with overwhelm and getting out of our heads and back into our bodies

Resources for further exploration:

• Your sensory health matters. Here's why | TED Talk


• The double empathy problem


• Sensory processing as it's own condition


• More info about neurodiversity


• Executive functioning and ADHD


• The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years


• OT who discusses sensory processing issues on TikTok


• SPD in Adults | STAR Institute has programs for people with sensory issues


• Austin Kleon’s work

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