Episode 129: Embracing Your Autism with Pippa Hastings

 

Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Pippa Hastings.

Pippa is a sock wearer. Autistic comedian storyteller. Artist. Sourdough maker. Mum. Truth teller. TikToker. Coach. She cares so much. In this episode, Pippa and Madison have a candid conversation about their late in life diagnosis with autism, and how it has impacted their lives, health, friendships, intimate relationships and more! 


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 In this episode we talk about:

  • Discovering she was autistic through her child’s  “unusual behavior” and diagnosis

  • Autistic hyper-empathy & being misunderstood

  • Internalized abelism

  • The riddles and codes that lead to masking, and learning allistic communication

  • Differences in autistic and allistic communication styles

  • Understanding the similarities and differences in codependency and high masking behaviors

  • The beauty and trouble of hyper-empathy

  • Pippa’s most recent breakup, and what it offered her in terms of seeing herself as lovable and accessing the beauty of life

  • Parenting autistic kiddos as an autist: Communicating capacity to children visually, being honest about feelings and managing expectations

 

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