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