FOUNDATIONS. A 6-week, online group programme for neurodivergent adults
March 11th - April 15th 2025 | Tuesdays 1-3pm | £300 (pilot price)
Supporting you to build skills, understanding and self-compassion through your journey with neurodivergence
Is it for me?
You may be formally diagnosed, self-identified or just starting to wonder. It can be a life-changing experience to identify your neurodivergence, but where do you go from there?
There’s a heap of information that you know you could be researching, reading, figuring out on your own. But it can be hard to see which bits actually apply to you, or how it will make a tangible difference in your daily life.
Foundations is a space to start untangling the overwhelm. To more fully understanding your brain’s unique ways of processing the world.
It’s about identifying practical steps that can make life more manageable, while developing the self-compassion that leads to more ease in the long-term.
What you'll gain
Understanding
Explore your neurodivergence and how it shapes your life.
Gain clarity on your unique strengths, challenges, and patterns.
Self-acceptance
Develop self-compassion and explore authenticity and unmasking.
Connect with others who share similar experiences.
Practical tools
Access frameworks and resources to support your daily life.
Set realistic goals and explore strategies that work for you.
- Coming to terms with your neurodivergence and shifting your concept of yourself and your life takes time. It can be a slow process, and that’s appropriate.
- In a short period of time, however, we can bring in a new sense of understanding, optimism and connection. We can get started on some practical changes, and you can get a sense of what the longer-term process may hold.
The programme
Weekly, 2-hour Zoom sessions. Teaching on the week’s topic, along with group discussion and exercises. Sessions will be recorded, so you can revisit them at your own pace or catch up if you miss one.
Supporting materials and resources to explore between sessions, with the flexibility to continue working on them beyond the programme dates.
Optional weekly, 90-minute ‘body doubling’ sessions to support you in making progress on your goals. A virtual co-working space, you bring along something specific to get done during the session. This way of working is often really supportive for neurodivergent people, giving a sense of focus and accountability. You can read more about body doubling here. Times and dates TBC as I’ll give group members a few options to pick from.
Modules, week-by-week
1. Understanding your neurodivergent self
Spiky profiles, sensory differences, and your individual cognitive blueprint. Identify what you want from this programme and set realistic goals.
2. Executive functioning and brain strategies
How memory, focus, and motivation work in your neurodivergent brain. Notice stuck points and potential adjustments to your habits and ways of working.
3. Navigating stress and emotional regulation
Your relationship to overwhelm, emotional awareness and stress-tolerance. Practical tools for self-observation and regulation.
4. Energy management and boundaries
Strategies for pacing, setting boundaries, and preventing burnout. Begin designing routines that honour your brain’s rhythms and capacity.
5. Authenticity and self-advocacy
Reflect on your strengths and what genuine self-expression looks like for you. Build confidence in understanding your needs, and advocating for support.
6. Integration and looking forwards
A flexible session to revisit or deepen previous topics, explore new ones, and set intentions for the future.
Since this is a pilot group, there is some flexibility built in around the module content.
I’ll be asking for feedback as we go along, and at the end. This won’t be too time-consuming, and if it’s something you struggle with we can adapt to make it work for you.
There isn’t a planned community space for this programme, although we’ll see how the group shapes up and whether space (e.g. Facebook or Discord) would be valuable.
Dates, times and price
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6 sessions - 2 hours per session (with breaks)
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11th, 18th, 25th March; 1st, 8th, 15th April 2025.
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Tuesdays 1-3 pm on Zoom
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Weekly body doubling sessions (dates tbc)
This is a pilot group programme, which I’m offering at the discounted price of £300. If money is a block for you attending this group, please get in touch to ask about payment plans or reduced rates.
Tailored 1:1 support will be available at £60/ hour for programme participants (usual rate £120). You’ll receive details for this once you’re registered.
A bit about Christina...
Following my accreditation as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, I tailored my post-graduate certificate with the University of Chester to focus on neurodiversity.
To continue my professional development, I completed CPD studies in neurodiversity coaching, mental health coaching, and trauma-informed approaches. I’m committed to my ongoing development, receiving ongoing coaching and supervision.
I was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and dyspraxia in my late thirties, so I have personal understanding and lived experience of neurodiversity.
