Episode 101: Finding Neurodivergent Joy After Autistic Burnout
Austen Marie.
What does it look like to choose your nervous system over everything else? Austen Marie, a former special education teacher turned podcast host, shares her journey from creating trauma-informed classrooms while burning herself out, to the moment her body forced her to stop. We talk about growing up undiagnosed, the cost of high-masking, and what "living a nervous system life" actually means.