Stepping Off Now: Support for Neurodivergent Creatives
Hello, and welcome to the Stepping Off Now podcast. I'm Kendra, an AuDHD writer, and this is my safe space for talking about the challenges of being a neurodivergent creative and the lessons I'm learning along the way. It's a little bit dark and a little bit visceral, but always honest. I hope that it can be a safe space for you too, where you feel seen and validated wether or not you identify as neurodivergent yourself. All gentle souls are welcome, and my goal is to provide solace and support....
Episodes (348)
E171. Neurodivergent Burnout: Why It Happens and What It Feels Like
Stepping Off Now: Support for Neurodivergent Creatives
E170. Assessing Safe vs. Unsafe When Interacting with the Neurotypical World
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E169. The Ironies of Being a Neurodivergent Writer
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E168. Not Letting the Big Picture Sabotage Your Creativity
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E167. Interview Episode! Featuring Kristin Kisska, Author of The Hint of Light
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E166. Maintaining Motivation for Creative Work in Challenging Seasons
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E165. How Doing Art Constitutes Resistance
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E164. Is the Ability to Make Choices More Important to Art than Creativity?
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E163. A New Theory of Talent
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E162. Creative Practice and the Artist's Illusion
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E161. What Taking on a Second Creative Practice Has Taught Me (+ Some Thoughts o...
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E160. Learning to Use Conceptual Tools as an Intuitive Creative: Is It Possible?
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E159. What Role Do Artists Play in Society? It May Not Be What You Think
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E158. Interview Episode! What Health Looks Like Through the Lens of Creative Pra...
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E157. Finding Psychological Safety in a Tumultuous World as a Sensitive Creative
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E156. How I Learned to Take Myself Less Seriously...and More Seriously
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E155. Why You Really Really REALLY Shouldn't Listen to Advice (*With Some Except...
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E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?
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E153. Preliminary Thoughts on Being a Neurodivergent Creative
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E152. Are the Things We Suck At Actually Special Talents in Disguise?
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E151. When All You Have Is a Drum... Play
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E150. The OG Society Thought Experiment: Why and How We Share Our Art
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E149. Are Big Dreams Bad for Us? Learning to Not Miss the Stars
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E148. Looking for Your Lights in the Dark
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E147. In Search of Continuities in Our Artistic Identity
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E146. In Which I Read My Short Story "The Trash House"
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E145. Re-Envisioning the Creative Journey through the Kishotenketsu Lens
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E144. Special Release: The Calming Effects of Kishotenketsu Narrative Structure
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E143: The Writing Conference and Live Pitching Experience
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E142. Handling Rejection Sensitivity for Neurodiverse and Highly Sensitive Creat...
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E141. Following What's Alive in Your Creative Work
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E140. Update Episode! Plans for Pitching My Novel
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E139. Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Times in the Creative Process
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E138. Recognizing and Recovering from a Creativity Injury
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E137. Good vs. Bad Discomfort in Creative Practice and Life
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E136. Crafting Your Artist Origin Story
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E135. Magical Thinking in the Creative Life: Use and Misuse
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E134. Celebrating Not Accomplishing Goals
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E133. Connecting With Your Greater Purpose for Your Art
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E132. Maintaining a Creative Practice Under Conditions of High Stress
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E131. Developing Your Artistic Voice
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E130. The Deadline Experiment
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E129. How Not to Get Stuck in the Doldrums of Almost Done
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E128. (Final) Summer Updates + Upcoming Programming
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E127. Summer Updates + Creative Breakthrough
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E126. Summer Updates + Redefining My Creative Identity
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E125. Summer Updates + Thoughts on Humbling Yourself to Art
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E124. Some Changes Going Forward
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E123. A Defense of the Lone Wolf
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E122. Three Kinds of Creative Boredom and How to Handle Them
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