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Neurodivergence: embracing your difference
In this episode of The Different Stories Podcast we talk about the importance of embracing individuality and self-expression rather than quashing it - of being who we are and seeing ADHD as a gift whilst acknowledging...
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Bereavement: navigating young widowhood
When her husband was diagnosed with leukaemia when their son was just 7 years old, Fi Wadforth found herself immersed in a world of hospital appointments, diagnoses and treatments. She shares her story for the first...
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Neurodivergence: Living life on the outside looking in.
Karen Kodish was diagnosed Autistic at 47, ADHD at 48, as having Irlen Syndrome at 49 as well as self-identifying as having PDA.
In this episode she shares the sheer relief and grief she felt at hearing the news....
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Childhood Sexual Abuse: when normal isn't normal
When childhood sexual abuse takes place behind closed doors the child has no point of reference so often doesn’t know that what’s happening shouldn’t be happening. All they know is that they want to avoid being left...
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A Bipolar Journey: Navigating Choppy Waters
Because Catherine Stratta was ‘doing alright’ at school and then at medical school, her periods of depression were thought to be nothing more than normal hormonal issues. In this episode she shares her story of how...
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It’s Time to Acknowledge Grief
Having experienced 4 major losses in her early 30’s within less than 3 years, Jeanette Fornwalt learnt a lot about grief the hard way. In this episode she shares her story of floundering her way through grief to a...
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EDS from a Parent's Perspective
On a mission to raise greater awareness and understanding of connective tissue disorders and the impact they have on the person, their family and carers, in this episode business owner Tanya Gaffon shares her story of...
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: connecting the issues
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a connective tissue disease with 13* different manifestations or types. The most common of these is the hypermobility type, with stretchy and fragile tissues creating havoc throughout...
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Passing through the grey zone of alcohol
In this episode Ann Gilkes shares her story of how her so-called social drinking eventually caused her behaviour to go beyond her own principles, at which point she made the difficult decision to quit. While many...
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Living between the moments: insights into Sickle Cell Disease
If being a black woman working in a predominantly white male industry, feeling she has to continually prove herself wasn’t enough of a daily challenge, Afiyah Chohollo also lives with the unpredictability of Sickle...
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Gurrl, you ain’t crazy: life with schizophrenia
Imagine discovering at the age of 12 that the people you’d always believed to be your parents were actually Foster Parents. Add to that the trauma of being placed in a family so culturely different from what you were...
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Why don’t you just…?
Recognising herself in some of questions during her daughter’s assessment for Dyslexia, Niki McGlynn could finally make more sense of herself and her past. As a neuro-development therapist herself, in this episode of...
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