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Better Being Me
by Joanne Hatchard
Welcome to the Better Being Me Podcast, a celebration of finding the EASE… an essential life pillar for host Joanne Hatchard. Our bodies can often be a temple of stress, seeking tension release through unhealthy and unproductive ways - it is here that Jo uses her incredibly canny and candid awareness of living life awkward, to gift you permission to leave behind the things that aren’t serving you and explore the seriousness of life’s big cosmic body slams. Discover how our executive functioning, neural pathways and brain mapping open up new, innovative ways of BE-ing that will forever change the way you relate to yourself and the world around you. This neurodivergent Mum with her infectious chuckle, self-deprecating humour and sarcasm will help you create a better connection to self and cut through the shitshow of life to uncover the simplest workaround!
Episodes
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Everything Suddenly Made Sense — with Linja Reid
✨ In This Episode Hello — this one is for every woman who built a life on being organised and never asked why. Linja Reid worked out she was ADHD in her late 30s, after her son's diagnosis, a misdiagnosis maze, and one question from her psychologist that undid the whole story: but why are you...
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Making It Make Sense: Building a Neuroaffirming Business from the Inside Out with Claire Britton
Making It Make Sense: Building a Neuroaffirming Business from the Inside Out with Claire Britton ✨ In This Episode Hello and what an absolute cracker of a conversation this one is. Claire Britton is the founding director of Neuroinclusion, an OT and a neurodivergent business owner who has built a...
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We Weren't Actually Living": Paige Carter on Burnout, the Grey Area, and Becoming a Badass Advocate
🎙️ Episode Title "We Weren't Actually Living": Paige Carter on Burnout, the Grey Area, and Becoming a Badass Advocate ✨ In This Episode Hello. This week I'm with Paige Carter — the woman who once filled Parliament House with autistic families so their reality landed in front of the...
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She Drew Rainbows Everywhere: AuDHD, Late Diagnosis & Self-Compassion — with Brianna Thomas
🎙️ EPISODE TITLE She Drew Rainbows Everywhere: AuDHD, Late Diagnosis & Self-Compassion — with Brianna Thomas ✨ IN THIS EPISODE Hello and welcome back to Talking Twaddle. This week Joanne is joined by Brianna Thomas — AuDHD psychologist, Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, and co-director of the...
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Burn It Down, Build It Better: Late ADHD Diagnosis, Accountability & Motherhood with Sandra Senn
🎙️ Burn It Down, Build It Better: Late ADHD Diagnosis, Accountability & Motherhood with Sandra Senn ✨ In This Episode What happens when you know you’re capable… but your brain won’t cooperate? In this honest, unfiltered conversation, Joanne sits down with Sandra Senn, founder of Business Mums…
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Cassie Day on Unmasking, Burnout & Belonging
🎙️ Episode Title Late Diagnosis, Loud Identity: Cassie Day on Unmasking, Burnout & Belonging ✨ In This Episode This episode, Joanne sits down with longtime friend and powerhouse human Cassie Day for an unfiltered chat about late-diagnosed neurodivergence, unravelling identity, and rebuilding…
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Talking Twaddle with Katie Price
🎹 Episode Title Parenting, Burnout, and Finding Justice: Katie Price on Neurodivergence and the Innocence Project ✨ In This Episode This is one of those episodes that sits in your body long after listening. Joanne chats with the passionate, hilarious, and no-BS Katie Price about late diagnosis,...
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Talking Twaddle with Danielle Baker
🎙️ Episode Title ADHD, Anger & Authentic Parenting: Danielle Baker on Reclaiming Her Neurodivergence ✨ In This Episode What happens when the therapist gets diagnosed? In this deeply real and refreshingly honest chat, Joanne sits down with Danielle Baker—play therapist, psychotherapist, mum, and...
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Amy Hourigan Talking Twaddle
Finding Peace in a Noisy World: Amy Hourigan on Late Diagnosis, PDA Parenting + Nervous System Healing ✨ In This Episode This week, Joanne sits down with digital marketing expert and neurodivergent powerhouse Amy Hourigan (@amywhodigital) for a no-holds-barred, deeply human conversation. They…
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Talking Twaddle with Amelia Wright
From Burnout to Belonging: Amelia Wright on Late Diagnosis, Self-Acceptance + Neurotopical Therapy ✨ In This Episode Joanne sits down with the beautifully insightful Amelia Wright (@neurotopicaltherapy), a late-identified autistic ADHDer and social worker who's carved a neuro-affirming path…
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Talking Twaddle with Victoria Hausler
Late Diagnosis, Masking & the Motherload with Victoria Hausler This episode is a bit like sitting in on two neurodivergent women unpacking years of “what the actual fuck?” moments—with a side of humour, a splash of parenting honesty, and a big dose of finally feeling seen. I’m joined by the...
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Talking Twaddle with Leonie Dawson
Talking Twaddle with Leonie Dawson: Embracing Neurodivergence, Creativity & Life Without a Filter 🌀 Episode Summary: What happens when two unapologetically neurodivergent women sit down and talk about literally everything? This episode is part joyride, part deep-dive into what it means to live,...
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Talking Twaddle with Josephine Moon
This month Better Being Me host Joanne Hatchard talks to Josephine Moon, author of The Wonderful Thing About Phoenix Rose. They kick off their conversation with the topic of names, as they share a birth name, and also talk about preferred names and the names others give us. Josephine delves into...
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Talking Twaddle with Jasmine Deakin
On this episode of Talking Twaddle, your host Joanne Hatchard from Better Being Me talks to social worker Jasmine Deakin from Sunny Spectrum Supports. They talk about employment for autistic people, their own work as social workers and the insight that has brought them. The differences between...
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Talking Twaddle with Beck Newell
In the April episode of Better Being Me’s podcast Talking Twaddle, host Joanne Hatchard talks to neurodivergent children’s author Beck Newell about their books, studies, parenting, gender, more books, emotions, mental health issues, threat of homelessness, catastrophizing and future thinking, and...
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Talking Twaddle with Leah Smolarek E2
In the March episode of Better Being Me’s podcast Talking Twaddle, host Joanne Hatchard and guest Leah Smolarek get psychological! Leah talks about her Clinical PhD in Psychology, and attending a recent symposium and conference. Her research area being self-compassion and pro-social behaviour.…
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Talking Twaddle with Allison Davies E1
In the February episode of Better Being Me’s podcast Talking Twaddle, host Joanne Hatchard talks to guest Allison Davies about death, emotions, technology, and division of tasks in the home. Their conversation opens with the topic of death, prompted by the recent passing of Allison’s 97 year old...
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Welcome to Talking Twaddle!! A Better Being Me Podcast
After a significant brake from creating any podcasts I have sorted myself out and creating the first of my monthly podcasts! AND I have full plans on how I am actually going to make it happen!!! By getting help! My love for talking and podcast hasn't gone away - but my ability to focus on them…
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Better Being Me has a pivot
I was thinking about my podcast and why it exists, why haven't I released a new podcast in ages, and what was holding me back. The answer I was seeking came in the form of training.
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BBMe: Steve Never Forgot Me
Very strange thing happened over the weekend that I wasn't expecting in anyway shape or form. Which would probably add to my reaction, but I don’t see how I could have prepare myself for what transpired. I have to prefix this to say that I did not have that much sleep that night before and I was...
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BBMe Grief of a Diagnosis
Welcome to season 2, just me chatting today. I think it is really important to acknowledge and process the grief that can come with a diagnosis, for yourself or for your child. The idea of grief after diagnose has come up several time in the last month or so. And I think it is really important to...
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BBMe Bites - Be The Change You Want to See
I have just finished attending webinar hosted by @wwda_au on NDIS and Gender. Amazing source of information and support. I am not overly surprised to report that there are more males receiving NDIS support then females. Which is not a direct relationship between the number of men vs females with...
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Eileen Low & BBMe
By Eileen is the rebrand from The Crystal Project. Eileen Low shares her amazing story of finding her way in life. Knowing there was something more than the work driven culture of Singapore, challenging the drinking culture of Australia, to find her own space in creating jewellery that radiates...
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Jess Crawford with BBMe
Jess’s artworks bring brightness and light to the world with their vibrant colours and inspiring imagery. Recently Jess has been using her artworks to bring objects to life too so that her clients can take that joy with them wherever they go. It is so important to see the beautiful colour in life...
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BBMe & Victoria Rashleigh
Victoria was a busy woman working full time in the construction industry. Having a baby didn't slow her down, having twins did. Pushing through her own signs of stress, Victoria took the twins arrival as a sign that life was not going to work the same way any more. Things needed to change.…
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BBMe with Georgy Rochow
Georgy is more that just BadAss Living, she is a powerhouse of ideas, and here to bolster the woman of the world. Encouraging all to take up space, share their voice and stand up to be counted. Georgy's work with Girls Rock! is inspirational, as is the organisation that "uses the medium of music…
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BBMe with Tree House Family Counselling
Emma Holdsworth is a mother of two, Family Counsellor, Parenting and Breastfeeding Educator and Postpartum Doula with 20 years experience working with families. Emma is passionate about supporting pregnant and new parents to feel empowered to become the parents they truly want to be. Emma…
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BBMe with Mel Hansen
Today we dive into all things Melanie. She is a certified integrative women’s health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer, and soulful business coach for women who desire more energy, time & freedom. Naturally gifted as a nurturing intuitive feminine energy healer Melanie supporting mothers and...
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BBMe with Shawna Barber from Sacred Centre - Part 2
As mentioned in the last episode, Shawna Barber and I had such a deep, wonderful and unexpected conversation that I decided to share it in two parts, if you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, I’d recommend starting there. This is part 2 with Shawna. As you’ll hear, Shawna is a spiritual business...
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BBMe with Shawna Barber from Sacred Centre - Part 1
Shawna Barber and I had such a deep, wonderful and unexpected conversation that I decided to share it in two parts. This is part 1 with Shawna. As you’ll hear, Shawna is a spiritual business mentor with a little bit of inner rebel. She supports women who are seeking to explore spirituality in a...
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BBMe Q & A my work
A series of questions that I have been asked about my work and what it is I do. From Nikki - what exactly is it that I do? What happens in a session with me? From Gen - Do you need to be a mother to benefit from the work I do? From Yvette - What is your face method of making you feel calm while...
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BBMe with Yvette Victoria Beauty Studio
Yvette and I dive deep into the diverse culture of beauty, make up and self care. What we find is a labyrinth of reasons for make up. As an expression of self, extensions of mood, a mood uplifter, the consistent message coming through however is, do what makes you happy. Create the time, space…
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BBMe Introduction to Tapping
I explore the method I use for EFT - emotional Freedom technique or tapping. We go through the points to tap on, the physical sign you should be looking for as a release and why it works. Step by step we cover the how to phrase your statements, when to move on to the next round and why we want to...
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BBMe with Nicky Schulze
The always generous Nicky Schulze is the latest guest on the Better Being Me podcast. We cover her reason why, an inspiring journey of recovery. We talk about her how, so many skills in that bag of tricks. We talk about who she helps and the process she goes through. There are no half hearted...
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BBMe with Nikki O'Brien
My wonderful chat with Nikki from Quintessential Being by Nikki. We had finished a one-on-one covering personality traits, using the Big 5 personality test. We had look at Nikki's results on Openness to Experience, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism. I pulled out the connections with her...
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BBMe with Jesse Miller
Joanne expands the ideas and inputs today through introducing the amazing Jesse Miller from Luminescence Therapeutic Arts. Jesse talks about the freedom of Art Therapy and how it allows for issues to bubble to the surface rather than going digging for them. The joy of seeing how much a persons…
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How Autism shows up in my family
In this episode, Joanne Hatchard takes us through the preparation process for taking her autistic son Gilbert for a blood test. As an unwanted and painful activity, this seemingly quick 10-minute appointment takes 2-3 months to prepare for in Joanne's family as she addresses a whole myriad of...
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Better being a neuro diverse Mum with Joanne Hatchard
Host Joanne Hatchard welcomes us to the Better Being Me podcast with a poignant reflection of some of her personal journey. She shares with us her early years of feeling awkward and the visceral relief a diagnosis of dyslexia in high school gifted her in such a turbulent time. After years of...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Better Being Me Podcast, a celebration of finding the EASE… an essential life pillar for host Joanne Hatchard. Our bodies can often be a temple of stress, seeking tension release through unhealthy and unproductive ways - it is here that Jo uses her incredibly canny and candid awareness of living life awkward, to gift you permission to leave behind the things that aren’t serving you and explore the seriousness of life’s big cosmic body slams. Discover how our executive functioning, neural pathways and brain mapping open up new, innovative ways of BE-ing that will forever change the way you relate to yourself and the world around you. This neurodivergent Mum with her infectious chuckle, self-deprecating humour and sarcasm will help you create a better connection to self and cut through the shitshow of life to uncover the simplest workaround!
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Joanne Hatchard
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Welcome to the Better Being Me Podcast, a celebration of finding the EASE… an essential life pillar for host Joanne Hatchard. Our bodies can often be a temple of stress, seeking tension release through unhealthy and unproductive ways - it is here that Jo uses her incredibly canny and candid...
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Better Being Me is created and hosted by Joanne Hatchard.
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