Mythbusting Neurodiverse Relationships

Feb 27 2025 38 ep. 31 mins 7
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Welcome to the Mythbusting Neurodiverse Relationships Podcast, with hosts Natalie Roberts and Heather Parks, busting myths that we’ve realised aren’t true and that were preventing us from recovering and having the relationships and connection with partners and children that we desperately wanted. lovingdifference.net natalieroberts.com heatherparks.co.uk

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35. Invisible Control in Your Neurodiverse Relationship

Feb 27 2025 17 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net♟️Are you playing an invisible game of chess in your neurodiverse relationship?Are you open to the possibility that you may be unintentionally controlling yourself, situations, issues, outcomes, other people?As I took a different path to resolve the hamster wheel of issues in my neurodiverse relationship/family I realised I was. Initially I was shocked a

34. Are You Playing Trigger Dominoes in Your Neurodiverse Relationship?

Feb 13 2025 15 mins  
www.lovingdifference.netIf you're here, you're likely experiencing Trigger Dominoes in your neurodiverse relationship, a catalogue of triggers on a daily basis for many years, resulting in unhappiness, disconnection and exhaustion. In today's episode, Natalie is flying solo and sharing some more on this relationship game we're often playing and how we can change the rules and the o

33. Guests on Neurodiverse Christian Marriage Podcast

Jan 16 2025 65 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net In this episode we're in conversation with Dr Stephanie Holmes from Neurodiverse Christian Marriages, answering questions from her listeners. Natalie and I share our perspectives and, of course, try to bust some myths that we think are stereotypical, unhelpful and untrue! We cover why it's highly problematic to tell another person that they may be neurodive

32. Celebrating 10 Years of Choosing!

Dec 19 2024 12 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net Celebrating 10 years of friendship, recovery, career change and the creation of the Loving Difference programme, Heather shares how difficult it was back then to prioritise herself enough to seek support. The myth we're busting in this episode is that you have to figure it out alone. The new truth we want members to hear is that there is hope and a way forw

31. How is my nervous system impacting my neurodiverse relationship?

Dec 05 2024 23 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net Today’s episode is Heather’s presentation at the online Neurodiverse Love conference in February 2023. Heather’s busting the myth that things will only get better if your partner changes or if you change even more than you have already. We want you to know the new truth, that it takes two to create a pattern and only one to change it.. You can change

30. Is surviving or just liking my neurodiverse relationship the best I can hope for?

Nov 21 2024 21 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net A different episode of the podcast for you today.. In this episode and the next one, we’re sharing our presentations from the Neurodiverse Love conference that happened online in February 2023. We loved the opportunity to share our experience with others there and now we’re bringing them to a wider audience via the podcast too. In Natalie's presentation

29. Will festive seasons in my neurodiverse relationship always be a disaster?

Nov 08 2024 25 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net 🌟 We're here with Festive Hope and a Way Forward! Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Diwali, New Year's, Parties, Family Gatherings... We used to dread the festive season. With festive myths busted and new ways to navigate challenges WITHOUT compromising what matters most to us, we now sparkle our way through the season! A special edition episode ... we'

28. Can my neurodiverse relationship only get better if we're both on board with sorting it out?

Oct 18 2024 32 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net It's been a while!!!.... it felt really good to get back to recording our conversations! If you're feeling lost, stuck and hopeless in your neurodiverse relationship and your partner can't or doesn't want to work on the issues that you think need sorting out, we're here with hope and a way forward! Here's some of the things we hear from people... 'If my

27. Celebrating 9 Years Friends & Answering Your Questions

Dec 04 2023 68 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net Recently we got together to celebrate being friends for nine years and a special AUA (Ask Us Anything!) answering questions from Loving Difference members. In 2014, we both felt like we were suffocating and trapped in lives we couldn't change. It was as if life had drained the life out of us. We hoped that discovering neurodiversity would sort out the dai

26. I can't be happy at all whilst everything is so terrible in my Neurodiverse relationship.

Nov 02 2023 39 mins  
www.lovingdifference.net In this episode we're busting the myth that 'I can't be happy at all whilst everything is so terrible in my Neurodiverse relationship'. Many of our members arrive in Loving Difference hoping to resolve the challenges in their neurodiverse relationships, so that they can be happy again. We don't want our members to wait until they've resolved all their ch