Sara Hartley: Purposely Me: Navigating Neurodiversity With the Power of Stories
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Who is Sarah Hartley and what is her mission?
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How did Sarah's personal experiences shape her coaching approach?
Hi, I'm Tony Mantour. Welcome to Why Not Me? Embracing autism and mental health worldwide. Joining us today is Sarah Hartley. She is the visionary behind SLH Creative Group and a fierce advocate for the neurodivergent community. She's an author, a storyteller, a guide, and a champion for those whose minds dance to a different rhythm. She channels her lived experience into books that are both a rallying cry and a roadmap. She will give us insight to her Purposely Me series, which is a collection of engaging, heart-centered, social, emotional books for kids navigating anxiety, ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurodiverse experiences. Whether she's coaching individuals, consulting with organizations, or penning her next book, she hopes to inspire everyone when it comes to living authentically and thriving on our own terms.
She has a great story to tell.
What sensitive topics are addressed in Sarah's children's books?
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Oh, thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.
Yes, my pleasure as well. If you would, give us a little information on what you're doing.
I'm Sarah Hartley. I'm a mom of two neurodivergent boys. I'm a healthcare executive, and I've written 14 now. A couple weeks ago, it would have been 13, but 14 children's books centered around neurodiversity and difficult topics for children.
What kind of feedback has Sarah received about her books?
And I'm also an ADHD and neurodiversity certified coach.
That's really good. Let's start with the coaching side first. What led you to get involved with coaching?
Honestly, it was my son's journey and everything that we have gone through to really understand his ADHD diagnosis. He's now almost nine. And a lot of this started around even 18 months old of where there were specific things that we saw of where he might have beaded some early symptoms. intervention. And so that really took me on a journey of understanding my own ADHD a bit more and really just wanting to be able to provide information to parents and children out there within my children's books. so that it becomes a more of that credible source and have those true parenting strategies that will ultimately help for us to calm ourselves, to help mirror that and calm our children as well.
What challenges did Sarah face while creating her books?
And so within each of the books that I've written, in the back, there are discussion questions. There are different calming strategies used throughout. And so I wanted to ensure that what I was articulating to those that will read these, that it was as accurate as possible. because I am touching on very sensitive subjects.
You say you touch on some sensitive subjects. Can you expand on that?
One is around bullying, death, divorce. There's another, given the appropriateness level of the age group, it being more elementary school kids, there is one on drills as well. And so I know that one really hits close to home in Colorado and You know, a few weeks ago, we had the shooting at Evergreen High School.
What are Sarah's future goals for her book series?
And so even just the anxiety that comes with children doing fire drills and tornado drills and now active shooter drills, there's a tremendous amount of anxiety from that. And so other topics are anxiety, dyslexia, ADHD, autism. So it really runs the full gamut of various things that can be neurodiverse, but really are all centered around mental health.
Yeah, those are all great topics. What kind of feedback are you getting? When you put something new like this out, you never know what to expect.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Sarah Hartley and what is her mission?
0:06–1:02
2
How did Sarah's personal experiences shape her coaching approach?
1:02–1:58
3
What sensitive topics are addressed in Sarah's children's books?
1:58–2:32
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What kind of feedback has Sarah received about her books?
2:32–3:32
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What challenges did Sarah face while creating her books?
3:32–4:14
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What are Sarah's future goals for her book series?
4:14–4:53
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How does echo parenting relate to Sarah's work?
4:53–5:46
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What important messages does Sarah want listeners to take away?
5:46–29:39
Speakers
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