Let's talk about
neurodivergent experience
where it matters.

Weekly program on 94.7 The Pulse, Geelong. Mental health conversations made accessible for everyday people. Ran until early 2026.

Accredited MHFA facilitator delivering training to organisations including Geelong Arts Centre. Standard and specialised programs.

Creating content across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook that translates clinical knowledge into accessible, lived-experience perspectives on ADHD, AuDHD, and mental health.

The most common workplace mental health intervention is also one of the least effective. This keynote challenges the surface-level approach to mental health conversations and offers a practical alternative: asking better questions, listening without fixing, and building cultures where people can actually answer honestly. Drawing on Mental Health First Aid frameworks and the reality of neurodivergent experience in the workplace.

For many adults, an ADHD or autism diagnosis at 30, 40, or 50 does not feel like relief. It feels like grief. This keynote explores the psychological impact of late neurodivergent diagnosis, the unmasking process, identity reconstruction, and why the clinical system is still catching up to the lived experience. Accessible for general and professional audiences, and for conferences focused on mental health, education, or inclusion.

Burnout is framed as a willpower problem. It is a systems problem. This keynote covers the neuroscience of burnout, why neurodivergent people are significantly more vulnerable, and what organisations and individuals can do differently. Goes beyond the standard "self-care" advice to address what burnout recovery actually requires. Grounded in current research and the Safe Work Australia psychosocial risk framework.

Psychological safety has become a corporate buzzword, largely stripped of the evidence base that makes it meaningful. This presentation returns to what psychological safety actually is, where the research comes from, why it matters for neurodivergent team members specifically, and what leaders can do to build it in practice rather than on paper. Designed for HR professionals, senior leaders, and people managers.

Neurological masking — the suppression of natural neurodivergent behaviour to appear more "normal" — has significant mental and physical health costs. This keynote makes the invisible visible: what masking is, why people do it, what it costs, and what unmasking safely actually looks like. A conversation about authenticity that goes further than most, with specific implications for education, healthcare, and workplace settings.

The median age of ADHD diagnosis for women in Australia is 34. Decades of presenting for support, being told they are fine, being told they are anxious, being told to try harder. This keynote covers the gender gap in ADHD diagnosis, why it happens, what the cumulative impact looks like, and what healthcare, education, and workplaces need to do differently. Relevant to general audiences and essential for health and education professionals.

Over 50% of people with ADHD also have autism. The co-occurring profile is significantly more complex than either diagnosis alone, yet it receives a fraction of the clinical attention. This keynote covers what AuDHD is, how the two conditions interact and amplify each other, what it means for daily life, and why the clinical and support systems are currently failing this population. The most specialist presentation in Leah's repertoire, and the most needed.