249. Book Festivals, Seasonal Depression & Autistic Olympics: What We've Been Up To In Life, Work, Family & Reading!

Leonie's recording from outside, and there's a reason. Operation De-SADify is underway after a week of crying at random, including weeping twice in one day about Cathy Freeman winning gold in 2000. Tam has found the Slavic shamanic teacher she's been hunting for years and is running a literary festival. We're both reading fabulous books that we want to tell you about. Also: the autistic Olympics. Census night, baby.WHO THIS IS FORIf you're a neurodivergent creative running a business while also holding kids, ageing parents and your own wobbly nervous system through the last month of winter, this one's for you. Especially if you can't tell whether you need a strategy or just more sunshine and a nap. Two women talking honestly about widening to hold it all.TOPICS COVEREDSeasonal affective disorder, micro-depresso and Operation De-SADifyA Laufey concert with a teenager, and discovering there's room for all of usHow healing primitive reflexes changed Leonie's capacity for big overwhelming citiesTam's Slavic shamanic training and coming home to your own lineageEmotion as a pathway to the divine, instead of sitting still and being decorousParenting your kids as they are, not as your ancestors assigned themSandwich generation life and the tragedy-comedy of caring responsibilitiesCensus night as competitive sportKEY INSIGHTSRandom crying is a useful depression indicator if you're not ordinarily a weepy soul. If you're welling up at nothing at the end of winter, up your light, your vitamin D and your outdoor hours.Nervous system work has profound effects.. Leonie went from wanting to hide in a bush in Sydney to happily sitting through an arena concert.The way you see your child can be an inherited story rather than a true one. Keep people around you who'll aren't afraid to tell you you're wrong. Leonie's husband told her she was misreading one of their kids, and he was right.Don't break under the pressure. Widen. That's what every grandmother before you did.Making money and keeping money are two different skills. A leaky container drains a great income.NOTABLE QUOTES"I don't want to be the mother that just gets all her feathers ruffled just because she's gotten some feedback." — Leonie"Instead of feeling like I'm going to break under that pressure, I just keep thinking that I need to widen so I can hold it all." — LeonieLINKS & RESOURCESUnicorn Biz & Life Academy, $99/year: https://www.leoniedawson.com/academyJoin Leonie's mailing list for the illustrated book notes: https://www.leoniedawson.comDandenong Ranges Litfest, programme launch 27 August, tickets 28 August: https://dandyrangeslitfest.net/Tam's Slavic shamanic teacher, Vlasta: https://www.tiktok.com/@thevlasta Iris Meyer, shamanic practitioner: https://brightshaman.com/BOOKS MENTIONED:Indistractable by Nir EyalThe Psychology of Money by Morgan HouselUnnatural Habits (Phryne Fisher) by Kerry GreenwoodIf this one resonated... make sure you hit subscribe pretty pls! A review takes 40 seconds and helps other gorgeous souls find us. And if you want the whole toolkit, the Academy is $99 a year for 100+ programs, monthly coaching, and the Make Your Money Back Challenge that pays for your membership before you've finished your cup of chai!ABOUT YOUR HOSTS!Leonie Dawson is a multi award-winning entrepreneur who has created over $16 million in revenue in part-time hours. She is the founder of the Unicorn Biz & Life Academy which helps 3,000 people build unique, joyful & abundant businesses.https://www.leoniedawson.comTamara Protassow is a non-fiction writing mentor + creativity coach. She’s developed books with 55+ authors over 16 years, both for self-published authors as well as for Hay House UK. https://www.tamaraprotassow.com #WomenInBusiness #NeurodivergentEntrepreneur #AuDHD #CreativeBusiness #SpiritualBusiness #MidlifeWomen #SandwichGeneration #PersonalGrowth #SoulfulBusiness