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Divergent Mind
- Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You
- Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
As a successful Harvard and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" - only ever labeled as anxiety - were considered autistic and ADHD. Being a journalist, she dove into the research and uncovered neurodiversity - a framework that moves away from pathologizing "abnormal" versus "normal" brains and instead recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups.
When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don't learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.
Divergent Mind is a long-overdue, much-needed answer for women who have a deep sense that they are "different". Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD, and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions (for example, it's not that autistic people lack sensitivity and empathy, they have an overwhelming excess of it).
Nerenberg also offers us a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better tomorrow for us all.
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- Rapid
- 16-07-22
Everyone should read this
An amazing resource, especially for neurodiverse women, but would interest anyone supporting a sensitive person.
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- Sellis
- 16-10-22
Thank you for writing this book
As a 38 year old woman recently diagnosed with ADHD last year I can not tell you how impactful this has been for me, it's given me a language I have needed to articulate thoughts and feelings I've had all my life and to ask for the adaptations I need to thrive
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- francie
- 05-07-23
Will listen again and maybe again!
I was drawn in by the very accurate early descriptions and issues surrounding being a neurodivergent. I listened, took notes and replayed chapters ….. it has broadened and help balance the understanding I have of myself.
A book of good sense, great awareness and inspiration. If you want insight at a digestible and intelligent level …. This is good all round information.
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- Kat
- 27-04-20
Highly recommended!
Topics I've not been familiar with before l, very informative and eye opening book.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-22
Validating but monotonous
Interesting and probably a book that will feel very validating to its target audience. Had to struggle the last 2-3 hours to finnish it thought, as the intonation of her voice became a bit too monotonous and the subject matter was just more of the same.
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- CSaundersC
- 04-01-24
Very clearly written.
Learnt a lot from this book. Really sheds some light. it’s a good read, thankyou.
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- Annalise
- 02-12-23
Informative
Interesting and comprehensive full of examples and information. Worth taking notes. Good references. Informative. Affirmative.
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- Jason
- 09-02-22
good insight into Neurodiversity
loved listening to the personal stories and the progress as they understood there differences with their brain
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- Rosie
- 02-01-24
Everyone should read this book
This book was so informative and enriching, everything I needed to hear. The perfect introduction to thinking about neurodiversity and difference in more flexible, inclusive, nourishing, accurate, non-pathologising ways. I love the convergence of science and research with honouring personal experiences, emotions and needs. My partner said the narrator sounds like a robot, but I found her style soothing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-23
Good insights, but outdated language
I felt like I learned a lot as long g as I could ignore some of the language (aspie/aspbergers), and it's very American and some of it is outdated, but describing the neurodiverse brain and approach was good.
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