Dr Rebecca Jackson - The Quirky Brain Coach

AuDHD & Women Workshop Understand how autism and ADHD intersect in women, and discover how to manage your traits effectively. With Q&A.

Booking now open for my Seed Talks workshop on AuDHD in women for 25th August at 5pm online. A blend of research and lived experience insights. See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audhd-wome...

AuDHD & Women Workshop Understand how autism and ADHD intersect in women, and discover how to manage your traits effectively. With Q&A.

Booking now open for my Seed Talks workshop on AuDHD in women for 25th August at 5pm online. A blend of research and lived experience insights. See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/audhd-wome...

Best and most creative #dnd podcast I've ever come along. You'll laugh and you'll cry. 🎲🎲🎲

A little, incredibly vague, perhaps symbolic (perhaps not) teaser of this month's episode. You're welcome. #girlswhodontdnd #gwddnd #gwddndpod #dndpodcast #dnd #aussiedndpodcast #actualplaypodcast #fantasy #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonsanddragonspodcast

Milton’s ‘double Empathy Problem’: A Summary for Non-academics - Reframing Autism Currently, Autism is classified as a diagnosable ‘neurological disorder’. Most non-autistic people think of Autistic people as ‘lacking empathy’ and […]

reframingautism.org.au/miltons-doub... may be helpful for background reading about autistic Theory of Mind and why many nonautistic people can't guess what we're thinking and feeling, and thus lack empathy for us.

Any UK #DND nerds or potential UK DND nerds in my network can find me on Discord, if they really must ⚔️🛡️🏹🧤✨📜

I've spent ages in the app and can't find a link to share yet (will rectify) but you can find me if you really need to 😊👍

Look for "elbecuardo" or "Becci the Palabard"...

Hi! Have been for a while but only seriously coming to it now. I can't abide some other platforms anymore and would like different and better conversations and connections. Glad you could see a Tod sunset again!

... It can be big or small and will depend on individual tastes and sensory profiles BUT often unexpected moments of so-called natural beauty fit the bill! This sunset was entirely unexpected and richer than I've seen in a while. I felt so uplifted after. I do love me some awe!
#ADHD #Autism #AuDHD

A glowing sunset. The sky is light purple with streaks of orange and yellow and pink cloud radiating up from where the sun has dipped below the side of the valley. Bare trees line the side of a canal. Ducks float on the canal, seeming to swim in the colours reflected from the sky.

Experiences of awe and wonder seem to help us somehow gain perspective, requantify things and - I think - help us use our senses to anchor us in our own world. Awe is a great way for me to exploit my sensitive senses, instead of blocking them out. What generates awe for each may be different...

How can slow be faster than fast? Huh?
Well, "slow can be fast" is one of my own principles and it helps me to remember/allow myself to take the path I need to at tough times when I am frustrated. I wrote about it in my newsletter, which is here for those who want to see. eepurl.com/i8MdqI
#AuDHD

simply plan to not actively strive towards anything that isn't driven purely by intrinsic motivation, interest or enthusiasm in winter. I kind of did it instinctively with turning to games but this was intuitive rather than planned. I choose a different planned rhythm for 2025. #AuDHD #Autism #ADHD

Mid-morning sun rising in a blue sky over a green valley side but obscured by and shining through bare trees.

Unidentified warm bright object!
A few days of sun and my mood and motivation are noticeably up. Light levels do interact with neurotransmitters, which is new knowledge for many of my coachees.
Next year, research, business and creative goals will be undertaken in summer for me and I will

considering what accommodations and game design features/ways of running a game we can put in place to create fun AND offer some of the wellbeing benefits I have had. I suspect it'll all be possible to bring into coaching as well, with luck. #DnD

A grey plastic dragon miniature of a female dragonborn paladin in a defensive stance wielding a longsword. The figure looks tiny in the foreground, and she is standing in front of my dungeons and dragons manuals on a shelf.

This is my mini me (my character mini). For years, I wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons but couldn't find people to play with. Now I have, and it's been affirming, inclusive and a lot of fun. I am learning to run games, and am looking at the psychological benefits for ADHD/autistic folks and

Maybe more canary islands than Trømso then ❤️ I like the water to be warm when snorkelling because then I can spend hours gawping at the shiny fishies!

the main point of the newsletter is to share resources, help you live as you need, and to give something back to my neurokin. I never contact you individually or without you contacting me first. And please do unsubscribe if you don't like it...that's what the coach in me would punch the air for 🤣🤣🤣

reflection questions or link to free resources (with no sign up). Here's one I wrote about a time I went unexpectedly non-verbal and what I learned from it. I'd love to get over 200 interested subscribers soon us21.campaign-archive.com?u=4d719ca475...

Ps I occasionally mention coaching services but

I have a newsletter...I didn't send it out over the deeper winter period but I'm firing it up again from next week. It's for #adhd and/or #autistic adults based in the UK. I write about the lived experience and psychology/wellbeing lens of being an AuDHD adult. I often include self-coaching or...

A pile of soft clothes - a sports bra, alpaca wool socks, comfy blue joggers, a soft sweat wicking blue t shirt and a soft yellow uv hoodie.

Here are my "soft clothes" that I wear when I want to travel comfortably and reduce my sensory burden so I can concentrate on getting through customs - they also work for post-meltdown self-care in the middle of winter. 😉

a second brain with structured models and conversations to help you with this aspect of self-discovery and self-accommodation and ever choose to work with me, just let me know you'd like to start our work with a sensory profile, and coaching around starting your chosen tweaks. Thanks for reading ❤️

If you're realising that you're autistic and you've not thought about your sensorium before, I just wanted to share this information in case it helps. As we are all different, as always, adopt, adapt or discard what I've written according to your needs and preferences. If you'd like

Such a difference. I don't get burned out as badly or anywhere near as often anymore now I try to influence my sensory environment where I can and it's something I can influence. I have much more energy and am less anxious now. I also feel like I have some say in my day unfolding how I'd hope.

To see what others do or what might be something you could rule in or rule out. We're all different and have different sensory profiles, needs and resources so there's always a bit of trial and error with this stuff but I personally found a few cups of tea and journalling pockets made...

By following accounts who write about such things, communicating with other autistic people (when you want to and accessibly) and by looking at books by neurodivergent professionals, plus maybe talking to occupational health if they're available and clued up in your workplace, it's possible...

When I work with people on this, the missing piece is often a) knowing what supports match what situation b) deciding for oneself which tweaks are going to feel most doable, accessible, and offer the biggest reward in comfort for the least effort (quick, big benefits while conserving resource).

Becci is on a plane. Her long hair is tied back. The plane has blue low lighting as it's night time. She is wearing polarised glasses and noise cancelling chunky black headphones and she is grinning because she is excited. She wears a blue t shirt because it is soft and flexible for travelling.

If you want to go further, you can then map what you've noted about your sensorium to certain sensory supports or environmental tweaks e.g. noise on bus > noise cancelling headphones, bright lights in supermarket > polarised glasses, smells of cleaning products > change to unscented brand.

Some people like to at least have a drawing or written list or anything else you can work with enjoyably to help you tangibly record your sensory joys, sensory icks, what sensations lift you up and which burn energy or add to your nervous system's load. That's enough for some people.

There are coaches, therapists and psychologists - some of whom are also autistic and/or #ADHD - who can have structured conversations with you to help. We can't always access these, however. There is much learning you can do solo if you have some ideas of what to write down or speak aloud.

I can't speak for other countries but in the UK, when you discover later in life you are autistic, there's little support on offer and much needs to be figured out informally or through trial and error. It might help if people could have the option to be guided through mapping their "sensorium".

Working through reflective exercises and coaching conversations helped me to work out where I need to use certain sensory supports and why, and how I could gently tweak my sensory environment in ways that actually felt within my influence to have a manageable sensory experience, day to day.