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Neurodivergent Faith
Neurodivergent Faith explores the intersection of neurodivergence and Christian faith and practice, creating a space where neurodivergent individuals can process their faith without judgment, while also offering education and inspiration for neurotypical listeners to understand and support their neurodivergent family in Christ.
Episodes
42 episodes
Neurodivergent Faith: What's Working (And What's Not) Right Now (Spring 2026)
In this episode of Neurodivergent Faith, I reflect on what’s working—and what’s not—in this current season of life and faith. From singing together as a family and discovering the quiet gift of object-focused connection, to the unexpec...
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Parents, Please Regulate Yourselves!
What if one of the most important things you bring to your neurodivergent child (or your loved one)… isn’t your words, your strategies, or your plans—but your regulated presence?In this episode, we explore the sacred, often over...
Parenting, Trauma, + Connection [with Amanda Diekman]
In this episode of Neurodivergent Faith, I sit down with Amanda Diekman—known to many as “Low Demand Amanda”—to explore the tender intersection of parenting, trauma, and connection.We name the reality so many parents carr...
Child Sacrifice for the Sake of the Community
In this episode, “Child Sacrifice for the Sake of the Community,” we explore what happens when belonging, harmony, and reputation are prioritized over a child’s nervous system. Through personal reflection, we name the ways many of us l...
The Myth of Good Christian Parenting
In this episode of Neurodivergent Faith, I sit down with Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis to explore some often unexamined assumptions that have shaped Christian parenting culture. Together, we name the pressure to produc...
Growing Up Undiagnosed In Christian Church + School (Pt 2)
In Part 2 of my conversation with Alyssa Barringer, we explore what led to her AuDHD diagnosis and how that understanding began to bring clarity to years of lived experience. We talk about neurodivergence in the family, the connection between m...
Growing Up Undiagnosed In Christian Church + School (Pt 1)
In this first part of my conversation with Alyssa Barringer, she shares stories that you may find very relatable—especially if you grew up in the rhythms of church and Christian school, trying to follow God with all sincerity, while simultaneou...
S4 E1: I Wish I Had Been Believed
In this opening episode of Season 4, we begin exploring the question:What do you wish your caregivers had known… or done differently?In this episode, Josh shares his answer to this question and together we explore:...
Listening to Our Listeners: Celebrating One Year of Neurodivergent Faith
In this final episode of Season 3, we celebrate one year of the Neurodivergent Faith podcast—34 episodes of stories, courage, and connecting with God and with each other. I reflect on the themes and wisdom listeners have shared over th...
Masking as Performing Belonging (a conversation with Sunita Theiss)
In this final episode of the Masking and Spiritual Formation series, Josh is joined by Sunita Theiss for a thoughtful and deeply honest conversation about masking as performing belonging—especially within faith and community s...
Masking and Faith Communities [a conversation with Harrison Litzell]
In this second episode of the Masking and Spiritual Formation series, Josh is joined by Harrison Litzell for a thoughtful and honest conversation about masking and belonging in faith communities. Together, they explore how masking show...
Masking and Spiritual Formation (An Introduction)
What if we don't have to pretend to be something we aren't in order to be loved?In this opening episode of a short series on Masking and Spiritual Formation, Josh explores the practice of masking—what it is, why neurodivergent p...
Stimming and Stewardship: The Sacred Work of Regulation
In this episode, my friend Kristina Coombes joins me for an exploration of stimming across all our senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, interoception, proprioception, and the quiet wisdom of the vestibular system. Together we name stimming...
Executive Function + Faith (Part 3): Organization + Time Management
This is part three of a conversation on executive function with Neurodiverse Couples Coach, Robin Tate. We wade into the territory of organization—how systems help some of us stay grounded, and how easily life unravels when those systems are di...
Gratitude in All Circumstances: A Live Gathering of Neurodivergent Faith!
In this first-ever live gathering of the Neurodivergent Faith community, listeners came together from different states and countries to practice something both simple and deeply brave: honest gratitude in all circumstances.Roote...
Executive Function + Faith (Part 2): Attention, Task Initiation, Prioritization
This episode is the second part of a conversation on executive function with Neurodiverse Couples Coach, Robin Tate. In it, we explore the tensions many of us know so well—wanting to begin, yet feeling unable to start…attention pulled in differ...
Christianity on the Spectrum (with Jon Machnee) Part 2
Josh continues the conversation with researcher and podcast host Jon Machnee (Christianity On The Spectrum) to explore the autistic experience of faith.With a r...
Christianity on the Spectrum (with Jon Machnee) - Part 1
In this conversation, Josh sits down with researcher and podcast host Jon Machnee (Christianity On The Spectrum) to explore how the autistic experience can widen our un...
Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Community (with John Fela)
What does it mean to be a parent when the path looks different from what you imagined? In this conversation, special needs dad John Fela shares his journey of raising his autistic son, Christopher—and how fatherhood, in all its ...
What’s Working (and Not Working) for Me [Fall 2025]
In this opening episode of Season 3, Josh returns to a simple but powerful spiritual practice first explored in Season 1, Episode 9: naming what’s working and what’s not.Through listener reflections and his own honest check-in, ...
Overstimulated, Undeterred: Jordan Rios on Single Motherhood, ADHD, and CPTSD
In this season finale, Jordan Rios joins us to share her journey of late diagnosis, deep healing, and resilient faith. As a single mother of seven—navigating ADHD, CPTSD, and a lifetime of misdiagnosis—Jordan speaks with raw honesty about overs...
Executive Function + Faith (Part 1): Impulse Control, Working Memory & Emotional Regulation
In this first episode of a series, we begin a sacred conversation at the intersection of Executive Function and Faith.Together with neurodiverse Christian couples coach Robin Tate, we gently explore three foundational executive function ...
Neurodivergent and Third Culture: A Conversation with Ananda Bossois
In this episode of Neurodivergent Faith, I sit down with Ananda Bossois—a Brazilian, ADHD, third culture woman of deep faith—to explore the intersection of neurodivergence, multicultural identity, and life with God. Together, we reflec...
The Tyranny of the Normal: Autism + Worship with Léon Van Ommen
In this thought-provoking and grace-filled conversation, Josh speaks with theologian Léon Van Ommen about his book Autism and Worship. Together we explore what autistic ways of being offer the spiritual community, the value of embodime...
When Church Doesn't Feel Safe: A Story of Autistic Shutdown
Sometimes the places that are meant to be sanctuary feel like war zones instead—especially for neurodivergent people navigating unspoken expectations, sensory overload, and shifting social norms. In this honest solo episode, Josh shares the sto...