Encore: Understanding Neurodivergence with Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Send us Fan MailKatie Rose Guest Pryal joins the Writing Your Resilience Podcast to take a deep dive into what neurodiversity is and how it impacts writers.Here are a few questions to ponder as you listen to this episode: What do you know about neurodiversity? Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent? If you are, how does that impact the way you set up your writing life, what you write about, and how you see the world?Katie Rose Guest Pryal, J.D., Ph.D., is a bipolar-autistic author, keynote speaker, law professor, and expert in mental health and neurodiversity. Her books include Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education, the IPPY-Gold-winning Even If You’re Broken: Bodies, Boundaries, and Mental Health, and A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education. She writes frequently for national magazines and speaks around the country about mental health and neurodiversity. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Episode HighlightsDefining NeurodiversityThe Power of a DiagnosisThe Problem of OverwhelmReclaiming the Word SelfishLearn to CopeFitting into the Narrow Band of “Normal”Writing and Neurodiversity Items mentioned during this episode: Katie’s post about overwhelm: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzbTVgJgc5L/Compton Cowboys: https://www.instagram.com/comptoncowboys/Contact Katie: Substack: https://krgpryal.substack.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/krgpryal/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krgpryal/Twitter: https://twitter.com/krgpryalConnect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production