The Biology of the Neurodivergent Brain in Midlife

Something shifted. Maybe gradually, maybe suddenly. The focus that used to be there isn't.

The sensory tolerance you built your life around has gotten smaller.

The patience, the resilience, the ability to just push through — they've all gotten harder to access. And nobody has been able to explain why in a way that actually makes sense of your experience.

This workshop is the explanation.

On Saturday, Dr. Sarah is bringing the science — the real biology of the neurodivergent brain, what hormones have been doing behind the scenes all along, and why midlife changes everything — to a room of 25 women who are done guessing and ready for answers.

This is not a support group. It is not therapy. It is two hours of honest, shame-free science that finally makes your life make sense.What you'll learn

The morning is built around two core teaching blocks, delivered by Dr. Sarah and supported by a beautiful workbook you'll follow along with and take home.

In the first block, you'll learn the biology of the neurodivergent brain how the dopamine system works differently, why executive function is a structural issue and not a character flaw, how sensory processing differences show up in the body and the nervous system, and why emotional dysregulation is a physiological pattern, not a personality problem.

In the second block, you'll learn what happens when that brain meets midlife. You'll understand what estrogen was doing for your dopamine and focus all along, why perimenopause hits neurodivergent women harder than most doctors realise, what mitochondrial health has to do with brain fog and fatigue, and what the evidence actually says about supplements like magnesium, B vitamins, omega-3s, and CoQ10.

You'll also have time to ask the questions you've never quite been able to ask submitted anonymously on index cards, answered in depth, with no microphone and no spotlight required.

Your workbook is included in your ticket and is yours to keep. It is not a printed slide deck or a stapled handout — it is a beautifully designed, spiral-bound reference that runs alongside both teaching blocks and becomes a personal record of the morning.

You will use it during the session to follow along with diagrams, fill in science notes, and complete the guided reflection prompts. After the event, it becomes the thing you return to at your next doctor's appointment, in a hard week, or when you want to explain something to someone who doesn't yet understand.

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1800 2nd St, 1800 2nd Street, Sarasota, United States

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