ND BrainSpace

### Boundaries & Self-Care

Boundaries and self-care can feel especially complicated when you’re neurodivergent — knowing where your limits are, how to communicate them, and how to look after yourself without burning out or people-pleasing your way into exhaustion.
This month we’re focusing on the real, lived experience of boundaries and self-care for ND adults.

We’ll explore:
✨ Common challenges — saying yes when you mean no, masking at your own expense, sensory overload, energy depletion, guilt, people-pleasing, blurred boundaries, and not noticing you’re overwhelmed until it’s too late.
🛠️ What actually helps — recognising your limits, pacing, realistic self-care (not the Instagram kind), communicating boundaries, reducing burnout cycles, and finding ways to protect your energy that work for your brain.

Together we’ll ask:
💭 Where do your boundaries get stretched or ignored?
💭 What drains you — and what helps you recover?
💭 What might self-care look like if it was practical, not performative?

## Identity & Masking — Lunchtime Online

Join us from wherever you are — desk, sofa, bed, or a quiet corner you’ve claimed for the hour. Camera off for listening or on for chatting — whatever works best for you on the day.

Masking can be part of everyday life for neurodivergent people — at work, in relationships, and out in the world. It can help us get by, but it can also be tiring, confusing, and make it hard to know who we really are underneath it all.

This session explores identity and masking for neurodivergent adults, grounded in lived experience rather than expectations or labels.

### We’ll explore

✨ Common experiences
Masking and unmasking, people-pleasing, imposter syndrome, late identification, identity shifts, and the sense of not quite fitting anywhere.

🛠️ What can help
Noticing when you’re masking, understanding why, experimenting with safer ways to be yourself, and making sense of your identity over time.

### Boundaries & Self-Care

Boundaries and self-care can feel especially complicated when you’re neurodivergent — knowing where your limits are, how to communicate them, and how to look after yourself without burning out or people-pleasing your way into exhaustion.
This month we’re focusing on the real, lived experience of boundaries and self-care for ND adults.

We’ll explore:
✨ Common challenges — saying yes when you mean no, masking at your own expense, sensory overload, energy depletion, guilt, people-pleasing, blurred boundaries, and not noticing you’re overwhelmed until it’s too late.
🛠️ What actually helps — recognising your limits, pacing, realistic self-care (not the Instagram kind), communicating boundaries, reducing burnout cycles, and finding ways to protect your energy that work for your brain.

Together we’ll ask:
💭 Where do your boundaries get stretched or ignored?
💭 What drains you — and what helps you recover?
💭 What might self-care look like if it was practical, not performative?

## Community Launch Party — Lunchtime Online

Join us from wherever you are — desk, sofa, bed, or a quiet corner you’ve claimed for the hour. Camera off for listening or on for chatting — whatever works best for you on the day.