🎙️ Episode Title
Late Diagnosis, Loud Identity: Cassie Day on Unmasking, Burnout & Belonging

✨ In This Episode
This episode, Joanne sits down with longtime friend and powerhouse human Cassie Day for an unfiltered chat about late-diagnosed neurodivergence, unravelling identity, and rebuilding from burnout. Cassie shares with raw honesty what it felt like to be diagnosed with ADHD (and a “side-serve” of autism) at 47 — and how she's still finding her place in a world that’s only just catching up.

🧠 What We Talk About

• 00:05 – Cassie’s late-diagnosis story and slipping through the cracks

• 09:00 – Parenting neurodivergent children while realising your own traits

• 14:00 – Processing diagnosis shame and the internalised “not enough”

• 22:00 – Imposter syndrome, self-trust, and deciding not to justify yourself anymore

• 27:00 – Burnout, business, and rediscovering identity beyond being a carer

• 35:00 – Neurodivergent communication quirks in relationships (kitchens beware)

• 42:00 – Cassie’s biggest message to other late-diagnosed women

💬 Memorable Moments

“I’m just me. This is how the world works, right? How can I be different when I’ve always just been... me?”

“I get to say no. I get to draw the line. I get to choose different.”

“Don’t second guess yourself. You already have everything you need — and you’re okay exactly as you are.”

📚 Resources + Mentions

• Cassie Day’s website: www.cassieday.com

• Instagram: @days_of_cassie

• Cassie on LinkedIn

• Joanne’s programs & offerings: https://betterbeingme.com.au

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🎹 Episode Title
Parenting, Burnout, and Finding Justice: Katie Price on Neurodivergence and the Innocence Project

✨ In This Episode
This is one of those episodes that sits in your body long after listening. Joanne chats with the passionate, hilarious, and no-BS Katie Price about late diagnosis, parenting four neurodivergent kids, and shifting from burnout to purpose. They unpack everything from the medical model to the prison system—and why Katie's now helping wrongfully convicted people through the Innocence Project. It's big-hearted, wide-ranging, and full of truth bombs.

🧠 What We Talk About

• 00:02 – Why Katie resisted a diagnosis and what finally changed her mind

• 00:14 – Raising four neurodivergent kids in rural Australia

• 00:30 – Rejection of the medical model and the harm of deficit-based labels

• 00:42 – The complicated relationship with NDIS and service providers

• 01:10 – Burnout, breakdown, and why hospital was the turning point

• 01:28 – How chickens (yes, really) and social justice shaped her career path

• 01:50 – From social work dropout to criminology and the Innocence Project

• 02:05 – Miscarriage of justice, systemic bias, and finding your purpose

💬 Memorable Moments

“You have to ride your worst day to get help. And even then, they make you prove it.”
“We're allowed to be shit at some things. It doesn't mean we're broken. It means we're human.”
“I was trying to fill holes in a bucket that was exploding. And then they gave me a sieve.”

📚 Resources + Mentions

• Katie Price on LinkedIn

• Edith Cowan University – Criminal Justice Review Project

• Law Society WA: Interview with John Button

• Innocence Network

• Australian Miscarriages of Justice Organisation (NetK)

• Joanne's Program: Be Me Completely

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💭 What part of Katie's story lit something up in you?
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🎙️ Episode Title
ADHD, Anger & Authentic Parenting: Danielle Baker on Reclaiming Her Neurodivergence

✨ In This Episode
What happens when the therapist gets diagnosed? In this deeply real and refreshingly honest chat, Joanne sits down with Danielle Baker—play therapist, psychotherapist, mum, and founder of The Nurtured Village. Danielle shares her journey of late ADHD diagnosis, what it’s like to parent while healing, and how perfectionism, nervous system dysregulation, and unmet needs show up in daily life. If you’ve ever felt like you were doing it all and still falling short, this one will land hard—in the best way.

🧠 What We Talk About

• 04:30 – The ADHD diagnosis that changed everything

• 08:55 – Why becoming a mum was the unraveling (and the awakening)

• 15:10 – Heavy lifting, high-pressure jobs, and the need for stimulation

• 23:45 – Creating a neuro-affirming workplace at The Nurtured Village

• 30:20 – Parenting while re-parenting yourself

• 41:40 – Sensory needs, perfectionism, and asking for help

• 51:00 – The power of play therapy and non-verbal emotional processing

• 1:10:00 – Literal thinking, self-soothing, and letting go of parenting guilt

💬 Memorable Moments

“We parent the way we do with the knowledge and the skills we have at the time. That’s all we can do.”

“I created a workplace I wish existed—for neurodivergent mums, by neurodivergent mums.”

“Being a therapist didn’t mean I didn’t yell. It meant I had the awareness to apologise.”

📚 Resources + Mentions

• Danielle’s Website: www.thenurturedvillage.com.au

• Instagram: @thenurturedvillage

• Personal IG: @__daniellebaker

• Circle of Security Parenting

• BBMe Programs & Resources: https://betterbeingme.com.au

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