Neurodiversity + Living Your Best Life ft. Katherine McCord
Meet Katherine! An expert in inclusive innovation and wizard of thriving with physical and neurodiversities! 🎉 In this episode, we talk about knowing thyself and building a life that supports your thrive. This episode was such a blast to record and Katherine is officially one of my new favorite people, I hope you enjoy! 🎉💜
MEET KATHERINE MCCORD ~
Katherine, a physically and neurodiverse woman herself, built her career on inclusive innovation as an entrepreneur in People Operations and HR Tech. She lives by the motto that different is not a deficit.
CONNECT WITH KATHERINE
On the web: https://www.kmccordspeaking.com
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-mccord-093bb343/
On the TikToks: @KatTheHRTitan
FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THIS EPISODE ~
some of my favorite lines of conversation that came up in this episode:
Understanding the biology underlying neurodiversity can be a superpower
Building the habit of paying attention to our personal rhythms
Boundary setting! And the kind act of being clear with others
Letting the pain of our mistakes really sink in with us 💜
Feeling grateful for the times in our lives when we’ve made mistakes
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS SHOW ~
DETAILED EPISODE BREAKDOWN ~
0:00 - 10:00 ish:
Meet Katherine! and a quick overview of today’s episode 💜
How to train virtually with Caroline!
A moment about hair 🎀
10 - 20:00 ish:
Katherine’s childhood journey with OCD and Bipolar
Tracking behavior and mental health to support oneself in each season
Menopause and neurodiversity
Understanding the biology underlying neurodiversity can be a superpower
20 - 30:00 ish:
Knowledge as a tool to combat the spiraling stories of the brain
Paying attention to our bodies and the signals they’re sending us
Building the habit of paying attention to our personal rhythms
The gift of supportive environments and supportive people
Giving honest support to those in your life with neurodiversities
30 - 40:00 ish:
Neurodiversity and dialed in bullsh*t radars 😂
Boundary setting! And the kind act of being clear with others
Katherine’s jerk theory and poop emoji scale for human jerkiness 😂
Boundaries as a two-way opportunity for growth
Sometimes the best choice is to walk away
Making the hard choice of walking away from the things and people that aren’t for us
40 - 50:00 ish:
Evolving as a jerk 😂
Honoring our past asshole selves
Letting the pain of our mistakes really sink in with us 💜
Communicating through painful experiences and mistakes
Feeling grateful for the times in our lives when we’ve made mistakes
More boundaries! 🎉
50:00 ish and beyond:
Feeling grateful for early challenges in Katherine’s life
About The Octopus Movement
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
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Lots of love,
Caroline
