Beyond 6 Seconds: Neurodiversity stories from neurodivergent people
First impressions can take only 6 seconds to make! But if you’re neurodivergent, those quick judgments about you can be misleading.
That’s where the Beyond 6 Seconds podcast comes in! Join me, Carolyn Kiel, as I talk with neurodivergent entrepreneurs, creators, advocates & more about their lives and identities. Their stories shatter misconceptions, break stigma and showcase the vibrance of neurodiversity.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 62: Mike Lemme -- A comedy tour of European conference rooms
At the end of 2018, New York City stand-up comedian Mike Lemme traveled to London, Paris and Rome to perform in some unusual venues – conference rooms that he rented in local office buildings – while…
Episode 61: Kevin M. Yates -- From layoff to dream career
What happens when you’re a high performer at work, with decades of success and upward progression in your career, and then you get laid off for the first time? That’s what happened to Kevin M. Yates.…
Episode 60: Charlotte Underwood – Mental health writer and advocate
Charlotte Underwood is a mental health advocate and writer in the UK with a passion for preventing suicide and providing support for those in need.
On this episode, Charlotte shares how her own perso…
Episode 59: Jeff Weisbein – The evolution of BestTechie, a 15-year-old digital media company
Jeff Weisbein is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at BestTechie – a company he started when he was 13 years old and grew it into a digital media company that makes technology easy for everyone to lear…
Episode 58: Stacy Sherman – Blogging about Customer Experience through DoingCXRight
Stacy Sherman is the Director of Customer Experience (CX) at Schindler Elevator Corporation. When she’s not at her day job, Stacy shares her extensive CX expertise on her blog, DoingCXRight, which pr…
Episode 57: Amanda Watson – StyleForIt plus size fashion
Amanda Watson has 20 years of experience in apparel buying, merchandising, and wholesale in San Francisco. She has worked for major fashion lines throughout her career, including Macy's West, Donna K…
Episode 56: Daniel Gefen - The Self Help Addict
Daniel Gefen is the CEO of the Gefen Media Group, a podcast production and booking company. He hosts a podcast called “Can I Pick Your Brain?” and is the author of the bestselling book, “The Self Hel…
Episode 55: Jacqueline Jasionowski - Shift Awake into conscious-based leadership
Jacqueline Jasionowski left her 18+ year career in the corporate automotive world to start her own business, Shift Awake, which is dedicated to working with leaders to create purpose-driven environme…
Episode 54: Kevin Patrick Allen – Life, loss and What Comes Next
Kevin Patrick Allen has been a reporter from sea to shining sea, telling stories of ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges. Now, he’s produced a documentary called “What Comes Next” that exa…
Episode 53: Lisa DeLay – Spiritual formation and the healing power of presence and connection
Lisa DeLay has always been interested in the spiritual, and how humans can connect with the divine and each other in healthy and healing ways.
In this episode, Lisa talks about the spiritual and fami…
BONUS Episode 52: Karen Jaw-Madson and the “soap opera” of book publishing
In this bonus episode, organizational change and culture expert Karen Jaw-Madson (my guest from Episode 52) talks about finding and working with a publisher for her book “Culture Your Culture: Innova…
Episode 52: Karen Jaw-Madson – Building organizational culture using design thinking
Karen Jaw-Madson is an organizational change and culture expert who enjoyed success as a corporate executive before pursuing a “portfolio career” comprised of research, writing, consulting, teaching/…
Episode 51: Natasha Nurse – Empowering women through fashion, media and entrepreneurship
Natasha Nurse is a licensed attorney by trade who held various stints in the corporate world prior to making a foray into fashion, writing, media and entrepreneurship. Natasha started Dressing Room 8…
Episode 50: Gina Marie Agderian – How to write a novel while balancing the demands of work and life
Gina Marie Agderian is a New Jersey-based, independent author who self-published her first novel in April 2018 titled “The Letters in the Old House.” In her novel, a woman at a crossroads in her life…
Episode 49: Esther Hofknecht Curtis – The #GuestBloggerProject and the power of sharing your words with the world
Esther Hofknecht Curtis is a blogger, writer, and content creator who established Parrot Content + Copy to develop her freelance business. She is also the creator of the #GuestBloggerProject, which s…
Episode 48: Flip em the Bird – How Susie Moschkau and Natalie Buckman hatched their funny, fashionable, fingerless gloves
When you don’t have the words, let your gloves say it for you!
Flip ‘em the Bird, Inc. is a women-owned, Minnesota based start-up founded by Susie Moschkau and Natalie Buckman. While freezing at thei…
Episode 47: Marcia McNair – How Sistas on Fire addresses social issues through theatrical performance
Professor Marcia McNair is the co-author of Sistas on Fire, an award-winning theatrical performance that addresses pressing social issues from an African-American female perspective.
On this episode…
Episode 46: Samantha Harris – Thriving after cancer and living Your Healthiest Healthy
Samantha Harris is an Emmy-winning entertainment journalist and TV host. Most of you may know Samantha from her eight seasons as the co-host of the hit show, Dancing with the Stars, or her many years…
Episode 45: Rhodes Perry – Cultivating workplace cultures of belonging
Rhodes Perry helps business leaders, change agents, and visionaries at all levels cultivate workplace cultures of belonging through his leadership & management consulting firm. He is an award-winning…
Episode 44: Larry Sprung – Founder of Mitlin Financial and advocate for suicide prevention
This episode features Larry Sprung, the President and Founder of Mitlin Financial, Inc. He also serves on the National Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
On this episod…