Building Driving Confidence: Lydia and Kev’s Journey with Anxiety, Neurodiversity, and Finding the Right Instructor

Welcome to the final episode of season nine of The Driving Confidence Podcast! Kev and Tracey are joined by driving instructor Kev Lynes and his former student, Lydia, to explore the transformative journey of learning to drive, especially when faced with anxiety, a lack of confidence, or neurodiversity.This episode explores the unique relationship between instructor and learner, highlighting the importance of finding the right match to support individual needs. Lydia shares her honest experiences as a nervous learner, from the anxieties of picking up the phone to the first steps behind the wheel. Together, Kev and Lydia reflect on how patient, adaptive teaching methods and simple acts of kindness, like pulling over for a coffee or recognising when to change the pace of a lesson, can make all the difference.Find Kev at DriveLincs: https://drivelincs.uk/And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevLynesADIFind out more about how we can help transform the way you feel about driving and follow us on social media:The Drive Calm Journal:A Twelve-Week Prompt Journal for Anxious Drivers - available to buy in all formats on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/hdrzRKjGet help from Kev and Tracey at Confident Drivers:Sign up for our free weekly newsletter that includes a tip of the week plus the latest news and podcast episode: Sign up HereTry one of our most popular tools, the Confident Drivers Coaching Wheel, to help you identify your driving strengths and weaknesses and see if you are driving test-ready: https://courses.confidentdrivers.co.uk/courses/coachingwheel-testreadyAre you ready to stop the search on social media and start taking action to overcome your driving concerns? Our Nervous Drivers Calming Kit has the online tools and video guides you need to master your driving anxiety. Get immediate access, starting from just £27Nervous Drivers Calming Kits: https://courses.confidentdrivers.co.uk/courses/category/calmingkitsDo you know that you would like some individual support from us, to create a personalised plan with our help and added accountability to take action? Then our Driving Confidence coaching will help, we offer different levels of help to suit your needs.One-to-One Driving Confidence Coaching options:https://courses.confidentdrivers.co.uk/courses/category/anxious-driversLeave us a Tip / Buy us a coffee:https://driving-confidence-podcast.captivate.fm/supportFollow or contact us on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/confidentdriver/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confidentdrivers/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVucIvyC_2AX33zNL7-yoQPodcast NewsletterIf you would like us to keep you up to date with podcast episodes, click the most appropriate link for you:Individual driversDriving InstructorsMentioned in this episode:Find our Drive Calm Journal on Amazon* Do you avoid driving whenever possible? * Do you feel like the only person who is anxious about driving? * Would you like to drive wherever you want, whenever you want? * Are you ready to take action to improve your driving confidence? Follow the prompts, questions, exercises and reflections each week to create your own goal based action plan to work on your driving mindset. Created by Kev & Tracey Field to help anxious drivers take action and track their progress over twelve weeks based on our unique Drive Calm® System, you set your own goals so you can work at your own pace. Drive Calm Journal on Amazon