Drudgery and Dreams

I’m Not Rigid...Rigid is...

Angela and Molly are info dumping all about rigidity and how it affects everything from day to day life, traveling, work--you know all the things us neurospicy people experience. Listen in as Angela shares how she is flexible when flexibility is the known expectation (like teaching middle school) and how they mistook this for being flexible in general. And Molly shares why she cried over the lack of guacamole at Chipotle. 

Neurodivergence...it really is a spectrum

Forget the aisle-there are so many neurospicy flavor packets we get our own store! Too often people hear “neurodivergent” and think Autistic or ADHD and dyslexia. But neurodivergence is way more than most people realize. In this episode, Molly & Angela share the origin of the word neurodivergence, its original definition, the fabulousness of Neuroqueer, and how important it is for folks to realize the vast diversity of the human mind.
 
Neuroqueer Heresies - Nick Walker - https://neuroqueer.com
Kassiane Asasumasu - twitter @UVGKassi
Models of Disability: https://autistictic.com/2020/02/14/the-holistic-model-of-disability/
BrainFacts List of 400 Neurological Conditions: https://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-and-disorders/neurological-disorders-az
Crisis Support: https://988lifeline.org/

Summer Shenanigans and Forking Transitions

We're back for another season (that's 3 if you weren't counting!) of Drudgery and Dreams. This episode is all about Angela's dice rolls and foot rubs, Molly's cross-country tour (and the pitstop in Ontario), all the forking transitions the summer has thrown at us, and what we have planned for Season 3.

School’s Out For Summer: The Neurodiversity Dilema

With the school year coming to a close--everybody is heading into transition. Whether you're excited or scared shitless, listen up because we're gonna talk through all the different end of school year transitions, frustrations, and coping skills this summer will require for both children AND adults.
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know! CONTACT US
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing sense to the conversation, from her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn't want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. intersectional thinking sexuality queerness neurodiversity consent, and the fact that self care is bullshit. For them, it's all about community, and how we can care for each other.
Molly Hicks
Helping burnt out busyAF neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out of the box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz. For them, it's all about doing what makes sense for your brain.

Planning her AuDHD Way with Sabra Gilbert

Raise your hand if you have bought a planner, used it for a good two weeks, and then left it to die in a drawer or doom pile filled with more planners. The complexities that are being multi-passionate, and an intense planner who may or may not need flexibility leads you to a planner graveyard. You can never find something that is both rigid and flexible. You're not asking for a lot right?! If you raised your hand then this week's episode with Angela and Molly is just what you need. Guest Sabra Gilbert is here to talk about how she decided enough was enough--and design her own planner that's perfect for the Neurodivergent User.
 
If you raised your hand then this week's episode with Angela and Molly is just what you need. Guest Sabra Gilbert is here to talk about how she decided enough was enough--and design her own planner that's perfect for the Neurodivergent User.
Resources
The Chaos Coordinator Planner - Purchase Here
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know! CONTACT US
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We’d love to hear what you think--so share your thoughts and review the podcast!
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing sense to the conversation, from her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn't want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. intersectional thinking sexuality queerness neurodiversity consent, and the fact that self care is bullshit. For them, it's all about community, and how we can care for each other.
Molly Hicks
Helping burnt out busyAF neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out of the box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz. For them, it's all about doing what makes sense for your brain.

Don’t Tell Me To Function

The Struggle Bus is real. Oh, shit, can I say that? Today's conversation takes Angela and Molly into the DSM 5 game of Autistic "levels" of support.  Where they will talk all about the importance of words, how outdated words need to go (maybe), why functioning labels (in all forms) can fly a freakin' kite and also, we see the point of those who say they should stay. Join the conversation, and help us find word solutions for ALL members of our Neurodivergent Community.
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know! CONTACT US
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Loving what you’re hearing?
Be sure to subscribe to Drudgery and Dreams to get notifications when the next episode is live. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays, or you can join us LIVE every Tuesday on our Youtube Channel at 9am CST/7am PST. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
We’d love to hear what you think--so share your thoughts and review the podcast!
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing sense to the conversation, from her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn't want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. intersectional thinking sexuality queerness neurodiversity consent, and the fact that self care is bullshit. For them, it's all about community, and how we can care for each other.
Molly Hicks
Helping burnt out busyAF neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out of the box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz. For them, it's all about doing what makes sense for your brain.

Stress, Silos, and Racing Thoughts

“Have you ever had something you were looking forward to so much, and you had to put so much effort and energy in planning that thing and it's consumed your mind and kept you up at night? And you're up in the morning and you're barely eating or you're over eating? Because you're putting so much effort into this thing?” (Molly, 1:49)  Yeah, this happened to Angela as they prepared for and then hosted a huge, very important event for them, and we dare say the entire ND community. Join us in this episode to hear why Molly says, “A whole bunch of listeners just felt really seen” (34:52).
 
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know!
https://drudgeryanddreams.com/contact/
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Loving what you’re hearing?
Be sure to subscribe to Drudgery and Dreams to get notifications when the next episode is live. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays, or you can join us LIVE every Tuesday on our Youtube Channel at 9am CST/7am PST.
We’d love to hear what you think--so share your thoughts and review the podcast!
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing “sense” to the conversation”--from here on her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn’t want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. 
Molly Hicks
I help burnt out busiest fuck neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out-of-the-box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz

Advocacy and IEP with Rebecca A. Weiner, M. ED.

Rebecca A. Weiner, M.Ed. is back with us today in this powerful episode about inclusion, advocacy and self-advocacy, IEPs and other learning plans and goal-setting, and the power of curiosity (seriously, she has an amazing story about a classroom transformation all thanks to the power of “so what” and “what-if” in one of the classrooms she has collaborated with).  Molly brings in real-life questions and experiences from a parent perspective and Angela speaks about poverty, justice, and access—or lack of it—to resources which make it easier or exponentially more difficult for students, parents, teachers, staff members, schools, and the community to have what they need for education to be meaningful and effective.
 
RESOURCES
Stimagz*: https://www.stimagz.com/products/stimagz-12?ref=drudgeryanddreams Coupon Code = DNDDStim for 15% off your entire purchase
Rebecca’s website: www.learnplaygrowconsulting.com
Rebecca on IG:https://www.instagram.com/learnplaygrowconsulting/
Rebecca on FB: https://m.facebook.com/RebeccaAWeinerMEd
Rebecca on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/RebeccaAWeinerMEd
Rebecca on Easter: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rebeccaaweinermed_easter-egg-hunts-can-be-so-much-fun-and-activity-7048695370402459648-cViz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
IDEA - https://sites.ed.gov/idea/ and https://sites.ed.gov/idea/language-support/
The Sum of Us Podcast: https://www.thesumofuspodcast.com/
The Sum of Us Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together-heather-mcghee/14618549?aid=25144&ean=9780525509585&listref=inclusion-equity-and-justice
Family to Family Network in Houston: https://f2fn.org/
 
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know! CONTACT US
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Loving what you’re hearing?
Be sure to subscribe to Drudgery and Dreams to get notifications when the next episode is live. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays, or you can join us LIVE every Tuesday on our Youtube Channel at 9am CST/7am PST. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
We’d love to hear what you think--so share your thoughts and review the podcast!
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing sense to the conversation, from her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn't want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. intersectional thinking sexuality queerness neurodiversity consent, and the fact that self care is bullshit. For them, it's all about community, and how we can care for each other.
Molly Hicks
Helping burnt out busyAF neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out of the box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz. For them, it's all about doing what makes sense for your brain.

Stimagz-with-Kody-Lukens

Molly and Angela are joined by Stimagz founder, Kody Lukens. They start the episode off right nerding out over Mandalorian - don't worry, no spoilers - and the Millenium Falcon before jumping into the creation of Stimagz, Kody's ADHD experience, how cool squirrels are, motivation, entrepreneurship, and the need to just go ahead and embarrass yourself. Grab your favorite stim tool or fidget and get ready to rock (if that's your thing) as you enjoy this fun-filled, guest episode of Drudgery and Dreams.
 
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Why can’t my neurodivergence be accommodated too?

“Back the fork up. I'm about to explode like my little kiddos house in Minecraft when it's built from TNT” (Molly, 7:56). Today, we are talking about needing accommodations but not always getting them because we are the one’s doing the accommodations most of the time. Because we can…until we can’t.
We talk about why “functioning” is not an appropriate assessment for someone’s support needs, how we can normalize setting meeting expectations and using a “User Manual” to support communications with others, and that assholes aren’t always assholes, but maybe just people who need support but aren’t given the opportunity to access that support. 
 
What do you want to know?
Angela and Molly are here to support all neurodivergent and/or queer folks on their own journeys through the drudgery and dreams. If you have a topic you’ld like to here these two discuss--or maybe want more insight on a previous episode, let us know!
https://drudgeryanddreams.com/contact/
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Loving what you’re hearing?
Be sure to subscribe to Drudgery and Dreams to get notifications when the next episode is live. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays, or you can join us LIVE every Tuesday on our Youtube Channel at 9am CST/7am PST.
We’d love to hear what you think--so share your thoughts and review the podcast!
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Meet Your Hosts
Angela Locashio
Bringing “sense” to the conversation”--from here on her soapbox, she sheds light on the things society doesn’t want you to talk about, you know, the real shit that matters. 
Molly Hicks
I help burnt out busiest fuck neurodivergent and queer entrepreneurs make shit happen by providing out-of-the-box solutions and sustainable systems to grow your biz