Karen Doherty

like that they are they have been in a bad place but then they they go away and they do the work can you come back stronger much stronger much stronger you know you've you've they they've been together quite long time actually um and they'd obviously been good at the beginning and then the trials and tribulations of their own children and the the challenges that they'd faced there had um had taken its toll the challenges of undiagnosed neurodiversity had taken its toll um

like that they are they have been in a bad place but then they they go away and they do the work can you come back stronger much stronger much stronger you know you've you've they they've been together quite long time actually um and they'd obviously been good at the beginning and then the trials and tribulations of their own children and the the challenges that they'd faced there had um had taken its toll the challenges of undiagnosed neurodiversity had taken its toll um

But they stayed together and they did the work and they're looking at another phase of their life now in a much more positive way. It's much stronger, much more positive, much more open. There's something about this... You know, life phases as well. So couples come to me at all sorts of times of their life. You can get young people who are actually, I'm really big on working out a couple deal.

But they stayed together and they did the work and they're looking at another phase of their life now in a much more positive way. It's much stronger, much more positive, much more open. There's something about this... You know, life phases as well. So couples come to me at all sorts of times of their life. You can get young people who are actually, I'm really big on working out a couple deal.

What are you actually doing? What does this couple mean for you? And that needs to be negotiated as you go through life. You know, as you go through your children, it's a different relationship. When the children are teens, it's a different relationship. When the children leave, it's a different relationship. So, yeah, it's neurodiversity has to be it's it's the same as any relationship.

What are you actually doing? What does this couple mean for you? And that needs to be negotiated as you go through life. You know, as you go through your children, it's a different relationship. When the children are teens, it's a different relationship. When the children leave, it's a different relationship. So, yeah, it's neurodiversity has to be it's it's the same as any relationship.

It's going to go through phases.

It's going to go through phases.

So interestingly, the work with ADHD Aware really, really has highlighted to me of late how some of the negative aspects of neurodiversity and how it's being talked about in the media. There's quite a lot of frustration, actually, that it's possibly trivialising the conditions. Oh, yeah, we've all got a bit of ADHD or... oh, yeah, I think I'm on the spectrum. We're all on the spectrum.

So interestingly, the work with ADHD Aware really, really has highlighted to me of late how some of the negative aspects of neurodiversity and how it's being talked about in the media. There's quite a lot of frustration, actually, that it's possibly trivialising the conditions. Oh, yeah, we've all got a bit of ADHD or... oh, yeah, I think I'm on the spectrum. We're all on the spectrum.

That is, it's so wrong. And it upsets a lot of people because it means that these really very, very complex conditions are not being taken seriously enough. So I think the media has a part to play here. I think we have to, it's fantastic that neurodiversity finally has a voice. It's how we use that voice. It's how that voice is now going to be used by people like yourself.

That is, it's so wrong. And it upsets a lot of people because it means that these really very, very complex conditions are not being taken seriously enough. So I think the media has a part to play here. I think we have to, it's fantastic that neurodiversity finally has a voice. It's how we use that voice. It's how that voice is now going to be used by people like yourself.

How that is going to be actioned and what it requires to educate and to integrate. Neurodivergence has been with us forever.

How that is going to be actioned and what it requires to educate and to integrate. Neurodivergence has been with us forever.

always been there um and it is really very much part of the new world that we live in you know these neurodivergent brains are fantastically able to move in this new environment this global this global technological environment they are with kids at it now whilst there might have been a lot of challenges a lot of challenges in a society that was more closed

always been there um and it is really very much part of the new world that we live in you know these neurodivergent brains are fantastically able to move in this new environment this global this global technological environment they are with kids at it now whilst there might have been a lot of challenges a lot of challenges in a society that was more closed

and perhaps more structured and perhaps more ruled by religion or local community or attitudes. That's not the case anymore. So neurodivergence, I think, we're coming into the age of it. And so within a couple, it needs to be seen as for its full potential. It really does. And the media needs to sort of start talking about it in that positive way, I think.

and perhaps more structured and perhaps more ruled by religion or local community or attitudes. That's not the case anymore. So neurodivergence, I think, we're coming into the age of it. And so within a couple, it needs to be seen as for its full potential. It really does. And the media needs to sort of start talking about it in that positive way, I think.

Fantastic fun. Spontaneity. Bringing the other into the moment, into the now. The fit is usually that the fit, the couple fit, is often that one is a bit more serious, one is a bit more loaded down with life. This comes back to what we were talking about earlier. You do have a pretty classical couple fit where there'll be, if you're talking ND and NT, you have a pretty classical fit where...

Fantastic fun. Spontaneity. Bringing the other into the moment, into the now. The fit is usually that the fit, the couple fit, is often that one is a bit more serious, one is a bit more loaded down with life. This comes back to what we were talking about earlier. You do have a pretty classical couple fit where there'll be, if you're talking ND and NT, you have a pretty classical fit where...