S1E10: Sexuality, Neurodivergence & the Journey to Self with Sarah Sproule

What if your sexuality wasn’t something to figure out — but something your body already knows?

In this season finale of Becoming You – The Podcast, John sits down with Sarah Sproule — a late-diagnosed autistic ADHDer, occupational therapist, sexuality educator, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner — to explore the unspoken links between neurodivergence, sexuality, shame, and coming home to the body.

Growing up undiagnosed and unsure, she says she “absolutely grew up feeling too embarrassed to talk about anything to do with sex at all.”

Diagnosed later in life, Sarah shares how autistic burnout shattered the façade she’d held together for years — and how it became a portal back to her body, her truth, and her who she is today.

Together, John and Sarah navigate everything from neurodivergence, sensory identity, sexuality, queerness, trauma, and joy — all through the lens of someone discovering herself again, one moment at a time.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• How burnout brought Sarah back into relationship with her body
• The moment she stopped apologising for her needs and sat on the floor with a yoga mat
• Why growing up without the words for queerness or neurodivergence shaped her early shame
• Johns reflections on sex education growing up in rural Ireland 
• How John’s diagnosis reframed his relationship to the gay community and his own identity
• Sarah shares a gentle way for you to explore sexuality through sensations (not labels)

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