Beyond The Studio
Beyond the Studio is a podcast hosted by Hayley
Dancer, educator, yoga teacher, business owner, and mum. Created to support families through movement, mindset, wellbeing, and real connection.
This is a space for parents, young people, and educators to feel seen, supported, and inspired. Through honest conversations, lived experiences, and expert guests from the worlds of performing arts, wellness, and education, we explore the real topics families are navigating today.. confidence, mental health, body image, social media, overwhelm, and more.
Each episode offers practical tools, thoughtful perspectives, and behind-the-scenes insight into why the arts and wellbeing play such an important role in shaping resilient, confident young people. Taking what we learn in the studio and bringing it into everyday life.
Listen on a walk, with a cup of tea, or on the school run, and come join the community beyond the studio. ✨
Beyond The Studio
Different, Not Deficient: Embracing Neurodiversity | with Charlie Bentley-Beach
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In this episode, I’m joined by Charlie Bentley-Beach, mum of two, graphic designer, and founder of The Wonder Den and The Mill House.
Charlie shares her adult diagnosis of ADHD and dyslexia, and why this experience has been empowering rather than limiting. We talk openly about late diagnosis, self-understanding, motherhood, and how reframing neurodiversity as a strength, not a flaw.. can change everything, for us and for the next generation.
This is an honest, compassionate conversation that we hope will help listeners feel seen, understood, and encouraged to view differences in a positive light.
Helpful Books:
- The Bigger Picture Book of Amazing Dyslexics and the Jobs They Do
- Book by Kate Power and Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth
- Xtraordinary People by Kate Griggs
- Rebel Girls Celebrate Neurodiversity: 25 Tales of Creative Thinkers
- Adhd or Dyslexia? Resilient Parents. Resilient Children by Katharine Aranda Vollmer
Workshops & Events:
SPACE have fab workshops and events - https://spaceherts.org.uk/