I’m Jess — the person behind this hub. I’m an AuDHD mum, creator, and someone who never really stops learning.
Over the years, I’ve taken different paths to learn more about people and how our minds work. I’ve completed training in Counselling and Mental Health First Aid, I’ve supported others and qualified as a Peer Supporter, I've spoken publicly about my own experiences and trained to provide National Autism Awareness training. Right now, I’m working through an ADHD coaching course and learning about CBT and NLP, alongside full-time study at university. All of these pieces give me more tools to understand myself and to share with others — but the biggest lessons have always come from lived experience.
People often assume I have it all together because of everything I juggle, but the truth is very different. My ADHD means I need to keep busy and dive into new ideas, and my autism explains why I’ve often felt too much in some ways, and not enough in others.
For much of my life, I carried the wrong labels — lazy, weird, over-sensitive. Finding out I’m autistic and ADHD helped me understand that my brain wasn’t broken or failing; it just worked differently. That understanding was life-changing, and it’s why I share my journey now.
Like many late-diagnosed adults, I know how it feels to be told you must be “high functioning” or "have mild autism" because your traits don't look obvious on the outside whilst you're quietly burning out behind the scenes. To mask, to overcommit, to both achieve and struggle in ways that don’t make sense to others.
This hub is here for people like us — the ones who’ve been misunderstood, who need tools that actually work for our brains, and who want to feel seen. I don’t have all the answers, but I share what I learn in the hope it helps make life a little easier, and a little lighter, for someone else.
And away from all that? I’m usually scribbling down too many ideas, learning something new, or trying to keep up with family life while sneaking in a bit of late-night creativity.
