2025-26 Neurodiversity Foundation Research Fellows

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🚀 Applications Open: Neurodiversity Research Fellows Program 2025-2026🌍At the Neurodiversity Foundation, we believe every mind brings unique strengths, insights, and value to the world. To spotlight and empower the next generation of researchers, we’ve launched the Research Fellows Program — a space where passion meets purpose, and ideas become impactful change.✨ First introduced in September … Continue reading 2025-26 Neurodiversity Foundation Research Fellows

First Impressions Who Am I Activity

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In many of my workshops, I've started with an activity that I created a few years ago from an idea I had when preparing for a personal branding workshop. I've then developed further and used for various workshops on topics like (neuro)diversity and inclusion, networking and even just as an icebreaker. Usually participants have never … Continue reading First Impressions Who Am I Activity

God is a DJ Silent Disco The Hague

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Earlier this month, I attended the God is a DJ Silent Disco in The Hague, The Netherlands. I love going out on dancing. However as a neurodivergent, I can easily get overwhelmed and overstimulated. This was a fantastic experience though, where more elements of choice were brought into the disco experience. https://youtu.be/GcFEtmvoYbg?si=Mu-3Myx48kbdKhfl Event text... On … Continue reading God is a DJ Silent Disco The Hague

2024 Society 5.0 Festival Amsterdam

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9 & 10 October | The Social Hub Amsterdam City Amidst rapid technologisation, polarisation, the climate crisis, and burnout, it can be easy to sink into apathy and despair. But now is the time to gather and find agency, to do something: We need to transform society's social fabric. How? By listening, nurturing, and repairing our … Continue reading 2024 Society 5.0 Festival Amsterdam

2024 Diversity Week @ THUAS

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From 30 September to 4 October,  De Haagse Hogeschool/The Hague University of Applied Sciences will celebrate Diversity Week. During this week, diversity in all its forms is highlighted – from cultural background and gender to neurodiversity and sexual orientation – as it is what brings us together and strengthens us. The week’s programme is dedicated … Continue reading 2024 Diversity Week @ THUAS

Breathing Workshop: Oxygen Advantage

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Breathing is something that we all do every single minute of every single day - and yet, I feel I do not do it well. Over the years, I've tried various methods and techniques to improve this via doctors, yoga, physio, logopedie and more. This is the first time I've spent several hours on it specifically though, … Continue reading Breathing Workshop: Oxygen Advantage

Neurodiversity in Business the Netherlands launch

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On 2 June 2023, I had the absolute pleasure of being present at the Neurodiversity in Business in The Netherlands launch. Hosted by EY in Amsterdam, it was a truly inspiring event. You have no doubt seen a wide range of discussion around DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and may or may not have (yet) … Continue reading Neurodiversity in Business the Netherlands launch

2022 Neuroemergence Virtual Conference

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Neuroemergence virtual conference 2022 Neuroemergence is a virtual gathering space for neurodivergents and allies to come together, share stories, learn from each other, get inspired and convene as a community.  The international NeuroEmergence event has grown out of the want for people to be able to come together and help build a more neurodivergent friendly … Continue reading 2022 Neuroemergence Virtual Conference

Welcome to the Zestee Blog

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Welcome to the Zestee blog - this is portfolio of my work as well as a a treasure trove of more than 15 years of my favourite topics, articles, resources, book reviews, summaries of events I've been to and more.  You can navigate by scrolling, or via the category and archive dropdowns in the sidebar … Continue reading Welcome to the Zestee Blog