I can never summarise things, but I’ll try not to bore you.

I’ve recently started my 30s, and in the most unintentional, cliché way - after I hit 30, hit rock bottom, I got busy trying to figure out my brain.

Like a lot of the people I work with, I’ve navigated the last couple of decades being told one thing, and then another by doctors and specialists who could only ever narrow my symptoms down to my weight. Gaslit and misdiagnosed along the way until we finally reached 2023 where I was presented with the beginning of what has ended up being the most bittersweet journey.
ADHD (combined), Autism Level 2 and C-PTSD, which teamed nicely and made my 2016 diagnoses of OCD and PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder) a bit more meaningful.

As an AFAB human (Assigned Female at Birth) with a uterus, I’ve had my share of the common things that come with owning a uterus and being neurodivergent.

Growing up, I was the “hypochondriac” child - the one that it was always assumed was looking to be the centre of attention. Heck, because I am so loud about my diagnoses and my history, I still am to some.
Sound familiar?

I became a mother to my first son in 2019, and I thought I had my sh*t figured out.
Then came my second son in 2022 and boy, what a journey…
Since then, I’ve managed to remain alcohol-free since Oct 2022 and I’ve been on a journey to find who I am, and use my lived-experience to inspire and help others.

In 2023, I enrolled in to a traineeship where I studied my Cert III in Individual Support, where, let’s just say, my intense sense of justice was ignited and my non-negotiable intolerance of sub-par providers began.

Despite how much I loved being a support worker, I burnt out hard and I searched to find an opportunity to continue working in the field from behind a computer screen where I was able to make accommodations for myself.

Despite my efforts to accommodate myself, I was later diagnosed with ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis), Lipoedema, Psoriatic Arthritis, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome). I guess once the body knows it can rest, that’s when it wants to make you aware of everything you’ve been masking, right?

And hence, my special interest and hyperfocus is on late diagnosed neurodivergent humans, and the connection with trauma and chronic illness / autoimmunity. And as a result, that is now the cohort of NDIS participants that I work with.

Because I get it.

Long story short, here I am.

You can read about my professional background here.