Brain Friendly Systems with Aga Gajownik is a weekly podcast for late-diagnosed neurodivergent professionals and leaders who are done with advice that doesn't fit how their brain works. Hosted by Aga Gajownik, AuDHD practitioner, systems strategist, and founder of Innovation and Integration. Each episode covers the neuroscience, operational systems, and identity work that actually moves things forward. Published on Tuesdays. Based in Singapore. Working with professionals internationally.
Aga Gajownik breaks down why it's important to understand your nervous system before any system, habit, or plan will actually hold. She walks through a public meltdown at a conference, what interoception and masking actually do to your ability to catch a crisis early, and why fear and excitement can feel identical in your body.
In this episode
[00:54] What happened at Asia Tech Summit, and why knowing the tools didn't help in the moment
[01:52] Interoception, masking, and why two systems can both be quietly wearing you down
[04:00] Mistaking panic for ambition, and how to tell the difference
[06:30] Why fear and excitement feel the same in your body, and where the actual leverage is
[09:00] On research, polyvagal theory, and why she doesn't wait for consensus before paying attention to her own patterns
[11:45] What she's actually proud of now, and why none of it is dramatic
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James-Lange theory of emotion
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7 Jul 2026
Do I need diagnosis? w/ Dr Sara Delia Menon
Do you actually need a diagnosis, or can you keep going the way you are? In this episode, Aga sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Sara Delia-Menon to unpack one of the most common questions late-diagnosed and high-performing adults ask themselves.
They talk about what's really underneath that question, the genuine pros and cons of pursuing a formal diagnosis, how ADHD, autism, and giftedness can look similar but come from very different "wiring," and where trauma fits into all of it. Aga also shares her own long and winding diagnostic journey. Including a comment from a clinician that stayed with her for years.
If you've ever wondered whether you're "too high-functioning" to need support, or whether it's "too late" to figure your brain out, this conversation is for you.
Links mentioned
Dr. Sara Delia-Menon - Alliance Counseling
Aga Gajownik - Certified AUDHD Practitioner and founder of Innovation Integration
30 Jun 2026
Start Here: What Are Brain Friendly Systems
What do you do when you've built a beautiful system, used it for two weeks, and quietly abandoned it, again? In this first episode of Brain Friendly Systems, Aga Gajownik unpacks her own "systems graveyard," fifteen years of color-coded trackers, bullet journals, and morning routines that worked until they didn't, and the realisation that the problem was never discipline.
Aga introduces the three patterns she sees most often in neurodivergent professionals and leaders: the high-performance mask, the shame spiral around systems, and the executive function cliff. Then she walks through the BASICS Model, her six-pillar framework (Body, Autopilot, Security, Important People, Consciousness, Surroundings) for mapping where the friction actually is before trying to fix anything.
This is the front door to the show. Start here.
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