Rebelling
The Rebelling podcast is a thoughtful, emotionally honest podcast about identity, neurodivergence, and unlearning the pressure to be "normal." It has a mix of solo and interview episodes that are both curious and practical, about coping mechanisms, work, resources, relationships, and the inherited systems that shape our lives. It's the kind of podcast that makes you think differently about humanity, connection, and how we orient to reality.
Rebelling
When Pretending Stops Working with Kelly Shannon
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In this conversation with 28-year-old writer and interdisciplinary artist Kelly Shannon, we dig into the complex landscape of identity, burnout, and diagnosis. We talk about policing your own intensity, contradicting the narrative of exhaustion, how the toll of performing normal led her to seek answers, and that weird liminal space you're in just before and just after realizing you're neurodivergent.
We also take an unexpected detour into the Gothic — yes, the literary genre — and how its themes strangely mirror the diagnosis experience. As an autoethnographer, Kelly has used her research skills to dig deep into her own story, uncovering exactly why seeking a diagnosis wasn’t just validating — it was necessary.
https://kellyshannon.substack.com/
Learn more about Autoethnography here & here
Laura Westengard - Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma
Sarah Teresa Cook - The Body Responds (guest post on D.L. Mayfield - Healing is My Special Interest)