Paths Uncharted.

A collaborative blog by Divergent Path Wellness

exploring mental health in context, centering neurodivergent and queer experiences, and undermining prescriptive paths

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Neuroqueer Life

Affirming perspectives for queer and neurodivergent people who are done contorting to fit limiting and oppressive norms. These posts celebrate unconventional authenticity, question neuronormativity and heteronormativity, and explore everyday liberation through identity, creativity, and creating space for authentic self-expression.

Rest Is Resistance: Reclaiming Summer and Navigating Burnout as a Neurodivergent Queer Person

Feeling burned out by summer's heat, noise, and social expectations? This post explores sensory overload, internalized productivity shame, and how rest can be a radical act—especially for neurodivergent queer folks.

Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Jul 256 min read

“Am I Bad at Being an Adult?”

If you’ve ever looked around and thought, “Everyone else seems to have this whole adulthood thing figured out—what’s wrong with me?” — you’re not alone.

Helen Dempsey-Henofer LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Jul 119 min read