Better Being Me

About Better Being Me

Welcome to the Better Being Me Podcast, a celebration of finding the EASE… an essential life pillar for host Joanne Hatchard. Our bodies can often be a temple of stress, seeking tension release through unhealthy and unproductive ways - it is here that Jo uses her incredibly canny and candid awareness of living life awkward, to gift you permission to leave behind the things that aren’t serving you and explore the seriousness of life’s big cosmic body slams. Discover how our executive functioning, neural pathways and brain mapping open up new, innovative ways of BE-ing that will forever change the way you relate to yourself and the world around you. This neurodivergent Mum with her infectious chuckle, self-deprecating humour and sarcasm will help you create a better connection to self and cut through the shitshow of life to uncover the simplest workaround!

Publisher

Joanne Hatchard

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Jun 2020

Latest episode

24 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Everything Suddenly Made Sense — with Linja Reid

   ✨ In This Episode Hello — this one is for every woman who built a life on being organised and never asked why. Linja Reid worked out she was ADHD in her late 30s, after her son's diagnosis, a misdiagnosis maze, and one question from her psychologist that undid the whole story: but why are you organised? We talk about what changes when you finally have the answer — at home, in her bookkeeping business, and in how she talks to her kids about their brains. 🧠 What We Talk About - The parent-teacher interview that started everything — a chaotic desk, five lost lunchboxes in a week, and a son who suddenly made sense (approx. 06:00) - "But why are you organised?" — the screening question that turned Linja's super-competence into recognition (approx. 09:00) - The misdiagnosis maze: long COVID, Hashimoto's, POTS — and the exhaustion that was ADHD burnout all along (approx. 15:00) - Her daughter's assessment being dismissed — "shows zero signs" — and what masking at nine years old actually looks like (approx. 29:00) - Burning down the BAS-agent box: building a bookkeeping practice where clients brain-dump first, regulate second, and do the numbers together — without shame (approx. 32:00) - Melatonin, capacity, and teaching two ten-year-olds to understand their own regulation (approx. 48:00) 💬 Memorable Moments "I'd spent most of my adult life going, why does this seem so hard for me? Everybody else just seems to be able to do this stuff really easily." — Linja "And so I said yes. And she said, but why are you organised?" — Linja "The biggest surprise I had was the compassion. Yeah, life is harder for you. But you've still been able to get where you are." — Linja 📚 Resources + Mentions Linja Reid — After her ADHD diagnosis in her late 30s, Linja started seeing her life — and her business — through a completely different lens. What had felt like personal failure was unmet support. As the founder of The Connected Bookkeeper and a registered BAS Agent, she now helps overwhelmed women in business understand their numbers without shame — built on compassion, nervous-system safety, and systems that work for real brains. Guest Instagram: @theconnectedbookkeeper Guest Website: https://www.theconnectedbookkeeper.com.au Also mentioned: Zones of Regulation (the school curriculum Linja's kids use). 🎧 Listen + Subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4RLYE5TA3ZsCtuAF8otRQ0 📲 Connect With Us Instagram: @betterbeingme_bbme Website: https://betterbeingme.com.au BBMe Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FwjxRf5Km/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986 ✍️ Something to Sit With Where in your life are you "organised" — and what would happen if the calendar, the lists, and the systems disappeared for a week? Notice whether your organisation is preference, or scaffolding holding the whole thing up. Linja said the biggest surprise of diagnosis was compassion for herself. If you knew the answer — whatever it turned out to be — what would you stop blaming yourself for? 🧩 Ready to understand how your brain actually works? The ND Life Alignment Quiz takes about 10 minutes and gives you a personalised picture of where you are right now — across the areas that matter most for neurodivergent women. Take the quiz → https://go.betterbeingme.com.au/ndquiz-landing Go forth, be awesome. — Joanne

2. 

   28 Jul 2026

   Making It Make Sense: Building a Neuroaffirming Business from the Inside Out with Claire Britton

   Making It Make Sense: Building a Neuroaffirming Business from the Inside Out with Claire Britton ✨ In This Episode Hello and what an absolute cracker of a conversation this one is. Claire Britton is the founding director of Neuroinclusion, an OT and a neurodivergent business owner who has built a team of 20-odd therapists on a foundation that most organisations still can't spell — genuine neuroinclusion, not just the poster on the wall. This is a conversation about what happens when you stop waiting for permission and start building the thing you wish had existed. And what that actually looks like from the inside. 🧠 What We Talk About How a contact-napping newborn, COVID lockdowns, and a Perth relocation collided into burnout — and the autism + ADHD diagnosis Claire had somehow missed across seven years of clinical practice (~00:09:00) Why ADHD medication was the turning point that made starting a business possible and the specific moment Claire stopped apologising for the way her brain works (~00:13:00) The colour-coded caseload system Claire pitched to corporate and was told absolutely not and then built herself anyway (~00:13:00–00:15:00) What happened when Claire fitted out a clinic with individual rooms for each staff member (books said neuro people need their own space) and the first thing everyone did (~00:18:00) Why "done is better than perfect" and "when you stuff up, not if" are the actual operating principles of a neurodivergent team and what that means for accountability (~00:25:00) The anger-versus-hope conversation: what's fuelling the neurodiversity movement, what's stalling it, and why Claire thinks unity and multi-disciplinary collaboration are the missing pieces (~00:33:00) 💬 Memorable Moments "Making things make sense for you is more important than making them make sense on a piece of paper." — Claire Britton "We don't talk about if you stuff up. We talk about when you stuff up. Because being neurodivergent, being in a neurodiverse team — let's just cut the rubbish." — Claire Britton "The most people are stuck because they have one person in their little rowboat going upstream. We need to add more people to this rowboat." — Claire Britton 📚 Resources + Mentions ChildKind Conference , where Joanne and Claire first met. Claire was awarded at the conference (and found out she was pregnant the same week, a big week by any measure). Claire Britton Claire is an Occupational Therapist and the founding director of Neuroinclusion — a national OT practice building neuroaffirming support across clinics in Perth and Melbourne, with telehealth available across Australia. She's neurodivergent herself, diagnosed with autism and ADHD after seven years of clinical practice and a postpartum period that finally made everything click. Her whole business is built on the belief that systems should fit people — not the other way around. Guest Instagram: @neuroinclusion.au (https://www.instagram.com/neuroinclusion.au/) Guest Website: neuroinclusion.com.au (https://neuroinclusion.com.au/) 🎧 Listen + Subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4RLYE5TA3ZsCtuAF8otRQ0 (https://open.spotify.com/show/4RLYE5TA3ZsCtuAF8otRQ0) 📲 Connect With Us Instagram: @betterbeingme_bbme (https://www.instagram.com/betterbeingme_bbme/) Website: https://betterbeingme.com.au (https://betterbeingme.com.au) BBMe Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FwjxRf5Km/ (https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FwjxRf5Km/) Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986) ✍️ Something to Sit With Where in your life are you waiting for the system to change before you start? And what would it look like to build the thing that makes sense for you, now, with what you have? Is there something you've been apologising for, at work, at home, in how you communicate, that was never actually a problem to begin with? 🧩 Ready to understand how your brain actually works? The ND Life Alignment Quiz takes about 10 minutes and gives you a personalised picture of where you are right now — across the areas that matter most for neurodivergent women. Take the quiz → https://go.betterbeingme.com.au/ndquiz-landing] (https://go.betterbeingme.com.au/ndquiz-landing)

3. 

   30 Jun 2026

   We Weren't Actually Living": Paige Carter on Burnout, the Grey Area, and Becoming a Badass Advocate

   🎙️ Episode Title "We Weren't Actually Living": Paige Carter on Burnout, the Grey Area, and Becoming a Badass Advocate ✨ In This Episode Hello. This week I'm with Paige Carter — the woman who once filled Parliament House with autistic families so their reality landed in front of the decision-makers. We talk about the day her family stopped surviving the pressure cooker, packed life into a caravan, and watched her son come back to himself on the open road. If you've ever held it all together and still not actually lived, this one's for you. 🧠 What We Talk About Why Paige pulled her family out of "the pressure cooker" and onto the road (approx. 05:00–08:30) Her son Oakland regressing in a mainstream school that couldn't meet him — and returning to himself within weeks of leaving (approx. 09:00–13:30) The "grey area" in SA education: kids too able for special ed, too unwell for mainstream — and the fight she's taking to the Premier (approx. 22:30–29:30) Her late ADHD diagnosis landing as validation, and the both/and of grieving a late recognition (approx. 14:30–20:00) Becoming a "badass advocate" without burning down — pacing the fight so it survives (approx. 20:00–22:30, 30:00–33:30) Connection as what makes the hard shareable, and her new podcast When Life is Lifing (approx. 40:00–56:00) 💬 Memorable Moments "I constantly felt like we were in a pressure cooker, and we weren't actually living." — Paige "You have to become a badass advocate to get the best for your kids." — Paige "It's okay to be like, I actually can't do that today. And it doesn't mean I fail." — Paige 📚 Resources + Mentions Inclusive Oak (https://www.instagram.com/inclusiveoak/)(formerly Oak for Autism) — Paige's community for neurodivergent families. Follow the page; no membership needed to be welcomed. SA education advocacy campaign + submission form (https://inclusiveoak.com.au/a-call-for-change-in-sa-schools)— on Paige's site. ~10 minutes; every submission is collated as evidence and has gone to the Premier. When Life is Lifing — Paige's new podcast with Leanne. (https://open.spotify.com/show/6anY9JYG2LPbCSVuxapsv1?si=2Xo4uTpUTfSXrGqHWQ9DVQ%0A&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnDK27yim0sw9W5ZM_vjz6jaSMfgsNh14yFJ1RE4KUp1bw3mbyBeSSxJLcjzQ_aem_LrrcoRdnSwzPn9NJsX2pnw&nd=1&dlsi=f6f7a1d7602646d3) Wildly Grounded Co — Leanne's business. (https://www.wildlygrounded.com.au/) Paige Carter — founder of Inclusive Oak, fierce neurodivergent advocate and mum to a proudly neurodivergent family. Years fighting for autistic kids in SA's education system, now doing it from the road while travelling Australia for a year. One half of When Life is Lifing. Guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inclusiveoak/ (https://www.instagram.com/inclusiveoak/) Guest Website: inclusiveoak.com.au (https://inclusiveoak.com.au/) 🎧 Listen + Subscribe Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-being-me/id1516970986) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4RLYE5TA3ZsCtuAF8otRQ0 (https://open.spotify.com/show/4RLYE5TA3ZsCtuAF8otRQ0) 📲 Connect With Us Instagram: @betterbeingme_bbme (https://www.instagram.com/betterbeingme_bbme/) Website: https://betterbeingme.com.au (https://betterbeingme.com.au) BBMe Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FwjxRf5Km/ (https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FwjxRf5Km/) ✍️ Something to Sit With Paige's family didn't get a bigger house — they got fewer demands. When you picture "more space," is it more room, or less pressure? "I can't do that today, and it doesn't mean I fail." Where are you treating a pause as failure, when it's just pacing? 🧩 Ready to understand how your brain actually works? The ND Life Alignment Quiz takes about 10 minutes and gives you a personalised picture of where you are right now — across the areas that matter most for neurodivergent women. Take the quiz → HERE (https://go.betterbeingme.com.au/ndquiz-landing) Go forth, be awesome. — Joanne

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• Amy Hourigan
• Amelia Wright
• Victoria Hausler
• Leonie Dawson
• Josephine Moon

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