Life in the MiND

Life in the MiND

Join Murray Spear and Joy-Amy Wigman as they chat about neurodivergence and talk to various guests about their relationship with Neurodivergence We are not stereotypes - we are individuals. One box doesn’t fit all.

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July 14, 2025 27 mins

mind 2 myND finale!

This week's episode is an end of season retrospective as Zeb, Murray and Joy-Amy reflect on the guests and topics from the second season of the podcast. 

Life in the MiND is a podcast for, by and about Neurodivergent people. We interview people from all walks of life about their experiences, we also tackle topics facing them and the community.

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In Episode 21 of our second series, we chat about our pets and the importance of animals in our lives and for neurodivergent folk.

How can animals help navigate the world around us and our mental health? We delve into the relationships we have with the animals around us and how this helps the relationship we have with ourselves.

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May 27, 2025 25 mins

Life in the miND with...Roberta

Roberta is a Multi-passionate creative and independent celebrant from Cheltenham with ADHD. In her own words, she "still hasn’t decided what she wants to be when she grows up!"

In Episode 20 of our second series, we chat with Roberta about her work as an independent celebrant and how we navigate grief with neurodivergence.

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May 13, 2025 20 mins

Life in the mind of...Roberta!

Roberta is a Multi-passionate creative and independent celebrant from Cheltenham with ADHD. In her own words, she "still hasn’t decided what she wants to be when she grows up!"

In Episode 19 of our second series, we chat with Roberta about their late discovered neurodivergence and how this has changed their relationship with themselves.

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May 5, 2025 26 mins

Life in the 'screen free' MiND

It's Screen Free Week apparently! But is that a good idea for us neurodivergent folk. Zeb and Murray discuss the pro's and cons of the little screens in our pockets and invite you to comment on the same.

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April 29, 2025 24 mins

Life in the miND with...Bee!

Bee is Inclusion Gloucestershire’s Inclusion Hubs & MHELO (Mental Health Experience Led Opportunities) project manager and project coordinator of Autistic Youth Projects.

In Episode 17 of our second series, we chat to Bee about their work with neurodivergent young people, how this affects the struggles young people face, and how their experience can be fundamentally different to those of neurotypica...

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April 25, 2025 21 mins

Life in the miND of...Bee!

Bee is Inclusion Gloucestershire’s Inclusion Hubs & MHELO (Mental Health Experience Led Opportunities) project manager and project coordinator of Autistic Youth Projects.

In Episode 16 of our second series, we chat with Bee about their late diagnosed neurodivergence and how that affects their experience of the world.

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April 14, 2025 24 mins

Life in the miND with...Dr Catherine Jones.

Dr Catherine Jones is the Director of the Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC). Her work is driven by the aim of improving understanding of autism and supporting better outcomes for autistic people.

We talk to Catherine about neurodivergence and sensory issues, her work in researching dedicated sensory rooms and spaces, and how brilliant these spaces can be for neurodivergent people.

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Life in the miND of...Dr Catherine Jones.

Dr Catherine Jones is the Director of the Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC). Her work is driven by the aim of improving understanding of autism and supporting better outcomes for autistic people.

In Episode 14 of our second series, we chat with Catherine about her relationship with neurodivergence and how this informs her work at the Wales Autism Research Centre.

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March 17, 2025 26 mins

Life in the miND with...Jake

Jake is a PhD Student at Cardiff University with Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) and Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC), investigating sensory processing differences in autism.

In Episode 13 of our second series, Murray chats with Jake about his research at Cardiff university. Jake's research explores the sensory processing differences in autism using neuroimaging techniques ...

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March 10, 2025 23 mins

Life in the miND of...Jake

Jake is a PhD Student at Cardiff University with Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) and Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC), investigating sensory processing differences in autism.

In Episode 12 of our second series, we chat with Jake about his experiences with neurodivergence, his discovery and diagnosis and how this changed his relationship with himself.

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Life in the miND with...Danielle

Danielle is a Gloucestershire based writer, producer & theatre practitioner.

In Episode 11 of our second series, we chat with Danielle about our diverse neurodivergences and how they interact with our different health conditions, and at times share the same characteristics.

Find out more about Epilepsy Action: https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

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February 24, 2025 20 mins

Life in the miND of...Danielle Danielle is a Gloucestershire based writer, producer & theatre practitioner.

In Episode 10 of our second series we talk to Danielle about her experiences with epilepsy, and how her discovery of neurodivergence changed her relationship with herself.

Find out more about Epilepsy Action: https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/

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February 20, 2025 23 mins

Join our hosts, Joy-Amy and Murray as they catch up about personal discoveries, those 'lightbulb moments' and the cross over of neurodivergent characteristics with other health conditions. Life in the MiND is a podcast for, by and about Neurodivergent people.

We interview people from all walks of life about there experiences, we also tackle topics facing them and the community.

 

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February 6, 2025 22 mins

Life in the miND with... Zeb!

Zeb is the founder of Horses Helping People with Anxiety and Depression (HHPDA). Zeb has lived experience of Anxiety and Depression and is diagnosed as AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD).

In Episode 8 we chat to Zeb about how she became the founder of the charity Horses Helping People with Depression and Anxiety, how her relationship with horses has helped her, and how many of us neurodivergent people find sola...

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February 4, 2025 23 mins

Life in the miND of... Zeb!

Zeb is the founder of Horses Helping People with Anxiety and Depression (HHPDA). Zeb has lived experience of Anxiety and Depression and is diagnosed as AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD).

In Episode 7 of our second series we talk to Zeb about her relationship with neurodivergence, her diagnosis, and how it has changed her relationship with herself.

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January 6, 2025 24 mins

Life in the miND...2025!

In Episode 6, the Life in the miND team talk about neurodivergence and the New Year. Expectations, resolutions and those 'nothing' days.

🎊What do you think about new years resolutions?

🎊Do your expectations for New Year's celebrations match reality?

🎊Happy New Year!🎊

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December 23, 2024 32 mins

Life in the miND…Christmas Special!

In Episode 5, the Life in the miND team talk about their loves and loathes of Christmas as they play a game of ‘Present or Coal’ 

🎄Wishing all of you a very merry Christmas🎄

Life in the MiND is a podcast for, by and about Neurodivergent people. We interview people from all walks of life about there experiences, we also tackle topics facing them and the community. 

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December 16, 2024 22 mins

Life in the MiND with... JB

In episode 4, youngs miNDs, we talk with JB about how, as a learning support assistant for young people, their lived experience of neurodivergence helps to support neurodivergent students.

JB is a Learning support assistant in London and has Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADHD "3 neurodivergences and a trenchcoat...trying to get in the cinema"

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December 9, 2024 22 mins

Life in the MiND of... JB

JB is a Learning support assistant in London and has Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADHD "3 neurodivergences and a trenchcoat...trying to get in the cinema"

In Episode 3 of our second series, we talk to JB @neurodivergentnoodle about their relationship with neurodivergence, the challenges of diagnosis and the impact it has on their life and relationships.

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