MiND Stim

About MiND Stim

What happens when you stop masking, start asking, and speak the truth about how your brain works - especially in a world that wasn’t built with you in mind? MiND Stim is a podcast that explores the hidden layers of neurodivergence . Not as a diagnosis, but as a way of experiencing work, creativity, relationships, and systems. Hosted by Jacques Malecaut, each episode features bold conversations with guests who live and work at the intersection of difference and design. From accessible marketing to emotional regulation, workplace inclusion to ADHD, we ask the hard questions without the clinical gloss. No productivity hacks. Just real stories, creative thinking, and a few lovingly applied truth bombs. Whether you’re neurodivergent, questioning, or just curious - you’re welcome here.

Publisher

MiND Stim Podcast by Jacques Malecaut

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jun 2025

Latest episode

1 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2025

   You Are Super Duper Awesome (Episode 5) — with Arber Ismaili

   In Episode 5 of MiND Stim, Jacques sits down with Arber Ismaili, a 20-year-old autistic advocate and soon-to-be degree apprentice at HSBC, to explore what it means to embrace difference, lead with positivity, and build real community online and off. Part lived experience, part playbook, this conversation gets specific: stimming without shame, masking and why suppression backfires, inclusive hiring that brings out strengths, and practical advice for social platforms. Arber shares how consistency and authenticity build trust, how to handle trolls, and why small, sensory-aware events can be more inclusive than large, noisy rooms. They also dig into the less-talked-about pieces: the social rules that trip people up, turn-taking and time limits on the mic, the feeling of isolation at school, and how choice and clarity lower stress and reveal strength. Arber reflects on early speech and language therapy, finding his voice on LinkedIn, and the role of support from Radical in preparing for interviews. His message to hiring teams is simple and actionable: “Treat them like they’re people, not numbers.” Arber’s story runs from shy school years to an HSBC offer in private banking, with a steady thread of self-acceptance, community, and courage. It closes with the spirit that defines him: “Never forget what cosmic, shining, gleaming stars you are.” 🎧 Tune in for grounded advice, myth-busting, and immediately usable steps for leaders, teams, event hosts, and neurodivergent professionals alike.

2. 

   11 Aug 2025

   Strengths Over Deficits (Episode 4) — with Amanda Riley

   In Episode 4 of MiND Stim, Jacques sits down with Amanda Riley — founder of Thriving with Neurodiversity, strengths-led neuroinclusion specialist, and proud late-diagnosed ADHDer — to explore how to turn awareness into practical, strengths-based action at work. Part lived-experience, part playbook, this conversation gets specific: busting myths and stereotypes, reframing ADHD beyond “deficit”, disclosure and masking at work, psychological safety, why C-suite sponsorship matters, and the simple communication habits (clear agendas, roles, shorter meetings) that make teams genuinely inclusive. They also dig into the less-talked-about pieces: RSD and emotional regulation, hormones and ADHD (from teen years to peri/menopause), sensory load and energy ebbs, delayed sleep phase, flexibility vs presenteeism, and the impact of social media misinformation on self-diagnosis and stigma. Amanda shares how her daughter’s diagnosis — and then her own — led her from a 20-year career in change and communications to founding Thriving with Neurodiversity, blending research, myth-busting and strengths coaching to help organisations design neuroinclusive cultures that actually work. 🎧 Tune in for grounded advice, myth-busting, and immediately usable steps for leaders, teams and neurodivergent professionals alike.

3. 

   28 Jul 2025

   Justice-Flavoured Autism (Episode 3) - with Jill Johnson

   In Episode 3 of MiND Stim, Jacques sits down with Jill Johnson — neurodivergent content strategist, military spouse, and future social worker — for a conversation that cuts through the noise and touches the nerve. This one’s different. It’s the first time Jacques talks about his own autism diagnosis on air — not as a clean story or polished insight, but from right in the middle of it. Still navigating. Still not comfortable. Still here. Together, they explore the strange discomfort of late diagnosis, the emotional cost of masking, and why the label “high functioning” often hides the very thing people need support with most. There’s talk of D&D, justice, identity, and trying to rebuild yourself after years of not having the words. It’s unfiltered, nonlinear, and real — and maybe that’s the point. 🎧 Tune in for a bold, funny, and unscripted episode about speaking out… even when you're still figuring it out. New episodes drop fortnightly on Mondays.

4. 

   14 Jul 2025

   Strong Path Forward (Episode 2) - with James Dewar-Haggart

   In Episode 2 of MiND Stim, Jacques sits down with James Dewar-Haggart — trauma-informed coach and founder of Strong Path CIC — to explore what it really means to create safe, inclusive spaces for neurodivergent people. Almost like a confessional episode, this is a raw and reflective conversation between two people who’d only just connected that week. We talk about late ADHD diagnosis, the grief of being misunderstood, masking, masculinity, and the realities of addiction as a coping mechanism. Together we unpack the systems that weren’t built for us, and what healing can look like when it’s rooted in co-regulation, truth-telling, and lived experience. James shares how his own experiences of school exclusion, misdiagnosis, and burnout led him to found Strong Path CIC — a fitness and coaching space designed with, not for, the neurodivergent community. 🎧 Tune in for honesty, insight, and a powerful reminder that support doesn’t begin with a service — it begins with understanding.

5. 

   27 Jun 2025

   Designing for All (Episode 1) – with Tania Gerard

   Tania Gerard, ADHD UK ambassador, defines inclusive design with Jacques as they discuss color contrast and decision fatigue in accessible marketing practices in this interview.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

17,918

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

0

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