Don’t Tell Me How to Function

Episode Cover Art for Drudgery and Dreams Podcast. Episode 21 Don't tell me how 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  Where they will talk all about the importance of wordshow outdated words need to go (maybe)why functioning labels (in all forms) can fly a freakin’ kite and also […]

Stimagz with Kody Lukens

Drudgery and Dreams Episode 18 Cover Art - 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 […]

Why can’t my neurodivergence be accommodated, too?

Episode Art Drudgery and Dreams Episode 17 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 […]

Angela’s ADHD, Queer, Autistic Wonderland

Drudgery and Dreams podcast episode 14 cover art: Angela's ADHD, Queer, Autistic Wonderland

You asked for it so here it is. Angela’s story. Angela takes Molly on a tour through her Wonderland. The story starts in Weirdville and takes a side quest to Queertown. A trip to Autisticland brings back memories for Molly as she recalls Angela’s first visit before she realized that it was home. And Angela […]

Anti-Resolutions & New Year’s Transitions

Drudgery and Dreams Episode cover art. Episode 13, Anti-resolutions and New Year's Resolutions

Welcome to Season 2! Molly and Angela are excited to get going this year! And what better topic than resolutions and transitions, right?  True to their ND spirits, they aren’t jumping on the resolutions bandwagon.  Instead, they are talking anti-resolutions by not making resolutions at all or—YIKES!—only making resolutions that you actually want to make […]

The Zone of Consent

Drudgery and Dreams Podcast, Episode 11 Cover Art. The Zone of Consent.

We are giving a big ass enthusiastic YES! to this one!!! From FRIES to rings and yummy goodness in between, this episode is a full course meal! Angela loves to blow folks’ minds with her take on consent and Molly reminds us all that not only is consent a process, but learning about it and […]

Touched Out, Peopled Out

Episode 10: Touched Out, Peopled Out. Cover Art for Drudgery and Dreams Podcast

Touch and connection with people. It’s something we all need but we want it on our own terms. Molly and Angela talk about being touched out and peopled out in this episode. Join us for this conversation as we talk about the shame and guilt that comes with touch in a variety of our relationships […]

Co-Regulation and Neurodiversity

Drudgery and Dreams Episode 8, Co-Regulation and Neurodiversity, Cover Art

In this episode of Drudgery and Dreams, Molly and Angela dive into the importance of co-regulation. Last week, Molly showed us all how to co-regulate when she supported Angela when she got overwhelmed and was legit frozen from the restraints of time and the sheer amount of things she wanted to say about something she […]

Sitting in the Messy Middle with Guest, Rebecca A. Weiner, M.Ed.

Join Angela and Molly for the first ever guest episode of Drudgery and Dreams. We are joined by Educational Consultant and Inclusionist, Life-long learner, and creator of Learn Play Grow Educational Consulting, Rebecca Weiner, MEd. Rebecca is here planting seeds of change so families and teachers, who have been talked out of their intuition and […]

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