Different, not broken

About Different, not broken

Welcome to You're Not Too Much from the Different Not Broken Network, a podcast about how you're not too much - they're not enough. Space expands, so let's fill it. You’ve spent your whole life feeling like something’s wrong with you. Here’s a radical thought: what if you’re not too much. This is your no-filter, emotionally intelligent, occasionally sweary podcast that challenges the idea that we all have to fit inside neat little boxes to be acceptable. Hosted by L2 (aka Lauren Howard), this show dives into the real, raw and ridiculous sides of being neurodivergent, introverted, chronically underestimated - and still completely worthy. Expect deeply honest conversations about identity, neurodivergence, gender, work, grief, anxiety and everything in between. There’ll be tears, dead dad jokes, side quests, and a whole lot of swearing. If you are tired of pretending to be someone you’re not, this space is for you. Come for the chaos. Stay for the catharsis. Linger for the dead Dad jokes.

Publisher

Lauren "L2" Howard

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

3 Apr 2025

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

53 of 92 episodes have a transcript.

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   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introvert Networking: I Peopled for Three Days and Actually Liked It

   Host [Host Name] shares how introverts can navigate networking events, discovering fulfilling connections and avoiding burnout.

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   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Imposter Syndrome: Wildly Successful and Still That 12-Year-Old Girl

   Host L2 explores imposter syndrome, revealing how immense success coexists with lingering self-doubt and the core self.

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   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Cornell 7: They Assign Essays When They're Embarrassed

   Host [Host Name] explores how seemingly different punishments, like essays for questioning authority or for sexual assault, reveal a shared cultural intent to avoid accountability.

Inside a recent episode

Introvert Networking: I Peopled for Three Days and Actually Liked It

Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We talked a whole lot about failures, about the things that we've done wrong, about the mistakes that we've made, about ways that we've fixed them, about some of the stuff that you don't talk about in healthcare. Like you don't tell anybody you went through that because it doesn't look great. We were around people who have been through the same things. There's no judgment. It was just like, yep, here's how we dealt with it. This is the vendor we use. This is how we... structured it I can definitely help you with that reach out to me when we get back home it was great it was great I was like in the best mood the best mood when I got back but that whiplash that re-entry whiplash was tough because I was like I made friends and I talked to people and I walked up to people and introduced myself and it wasn't weird or if it was weird it was weird for them and not for me and they didn't tell me And I joined conversations and I shook hands and I didn't sanitize my hands after every time. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,719

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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