Touched Out, Peopled Out

Episode 10: Touched Out, Peopled Out. Cover Art for Drudgery and Dreams Podcast

Touch and connection with people. It’s something we all need but we want it on our own terms. Molly and Angela talk about being touched out and peopled out in this episode. Join us for this conversation as we talk about the shame and guilt that comes with touch in a variety of our relationships […]

The Zone of Consent

Drudgery and Dreams Podcast, Episode 11 Cover Art. The Zone of Consent.

We are giving a big ass enthusiastic YES! to this one!!! From FRIES to rings and yummy goodness in between, this episode is a full course meal! Angela loves to blow folks’ minds with her take on consent and Molly reminds us all that not only is consent a process, but learning about it and […]

Medicine, Masks, and Meltdowns

Drudgery and Dreams Episode 12 Cover Art: Medicine, Masks, and Meltdowns

Depending on your own neurospicy flavor, this week’s episode may be a must listen. We’re talking all about how medicines eff with our ability to mask, the different ways people in the neurodivergent community view masking, and all the overloads/meltdowns—and even this word is a controversy in the community—that come as a result of life […]

Anti-Resolutions & New Year’s Transitions

Drudgery and Dreams Episode cover art. Episode 13, Anti-resolutions and New Year's Resolutions

Welcome to Season 2! Molly and Angela are excited to get going this year! And what better topic than resolutions and transitions, right?  True to their ND spirits, they aren’t jumping on the resolutions bandwagon.  Instead, they are talking anti-resolutions by not making resolutions at all or—YIKES!—only making resolutions that you actually want to make […]

Stardate 76568.5 Molly’s Neurodivergent, Queer, Squeektastic Voyage

Drudgery and Dreams, Podcast Cover Art. Episode 15, Stardate 76568.5 Molly’s Neurodivergent, Queer, Squeektastic Voyage

Sergeant Squeaks is in the house! Molly may not have known they were neurodivergent their whole life–but now that she does? Well–that’s what this episode is all about. Reflecting on the highest and lowest points of her past to acknowledge the (now obvious) signs of her ND life. Listen as Angela helps Molly talley up […]

Neurodivergent Sensory, Stims, & Supports

Drudgery and Dreams Episode cover art. Episode 16, Neurodivergent Sensory, Stims, and Support

Rocking, magnets, and squeeks*! Oh my! In this episode, we get into the nitty gritty of the senses, all eight of them. You heard that right—EIGHT, not the five you were taught in elementary school! Then things get stimmy when Molly shares how multiple ND people in one home can be tricky and Angela adds […]

Why can’t my neurodivergence be accommodated, too?

Episode Art Drudgery and Dreams Episode 17 Why can't my neurodivergence be accommodated, too?

“Back the fork up. I’m about to explode like my little kiddos house in Minecraft when it’s built from TNT” (Molly, 7:56). Today, we are talking about needing accommodations but not always getting them because we are the one’s doing the accommodations most of the time. Because we can…until we can’t. We talk about why […]

Imposter Syndrome, Confidence Culture, and Other Positive BS

Season 1 Episode 4 Drudgery and Dreams Podcast

Molly and Angela are calling bullshit again. This time, it’s all about the toxic side of positive psychology, how confidence culture is making us feel worse, and acknowledging that conversations around “imposter syndrome,” as it has been defined by the current social narrative, might be holding us back rather than propelling us forward.  Fake it […]

Imposter Syndrome, Confidence Culture, and Other Positive BS: Part 2

Episode 5 Drudgery and Dreams Podcast

Join Molly and Angela in Part 2 of Imposter Syndrome, Confidence Culture, and Other Positive BS as they focus on the “Father of Positive Psychology,” Martin Seligman’s, personal statements about the substance of this practice, and the help versus the harm that it causes. This one’s intense, y’all, so buckle up, buttercup, you’re in for […]

Beyond the Bedroom: BDSM for Neurodivergent Folks

Drudgery and Dreams Episode 7 BDSM Beyond the Bedroom Cover Art

Bondage, Dominance, Submission…let’s talk about that! Today, Molly and Angela delve into BDSM—but not exactly in the way you might expect. We aren’t talking about sex, baby! This episode is all about understanding how the structure and practices within BDSM can support us individually as well as in our relationships with others. And you’ll get […]

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