You feel like an imposter or a square peg in a round hole at work and have to conform a lot?
You feel like an imposter or a square peg in a round hole at work and have to conform a lot?
Or, people feel threatened by you, intimidated because of your intellectual ability, meaning you often silence yourself to fit in?
You’re exhausted from trying to keep up with the rules of work, working such hard and long hours that you are worried you will burn out, or already have?
You leave work feeling lonely, anxious, frustrated or even angry and then lack the enthusiasm to do it all over again the next day?
You know you can perform, but you want to have the confidence to show up more authentically and waste less energy on masking and camouflauging?
Empowered Executive is an autistic-led, neuro-affirming and strengths-based approach to empower you to:
Explore and define what it means to be your unique, amazing and neurodivergent self in a professional context
Learn to better manage your energy to prevent (or recover) from burnout and avoid making career limiting mistakes at work
Become your own anthropologist so that you can fit in without having to ‘fit in’ and save compromising yourself
Develop practical skills and strategies to work smarter, not harder, so that you don't need to work those crazy long hours
A compassionate network of other unlike-minded women who have same, same but different life experiences.
A safe and supportive environment to share problems and perspectives on leading in an authentic way.
Clarified how you will articulate your neuro-profile, preferred ways of working and unique needs which makes more sense to neurotypical brains.
Implemented practical plans to better manage your sensory sensitivities and give you the energy to not only survive, but thrive.
A toolkit of productivity hacks that will be the envy of your neurotypical colleagues and help you save time while doing better quality work.
Contribute to the growth, development and progression of more female neurodivergent leaders
Spend considerably less time and energy masking or camouflaging around others at work
Have more energy to bring your most creative, insightful and productive self to work
Feel more efficient and effective in the way you work to save time and deliver better quality outcomes
Increase your satisfaction with what you set out to achieve each day and improve your career prospects
Be more confident to authentically support and lead yourself and others at work
Leave a positive legacy for the unique and amazing neurodivergent women who follow
"As a newly diagnosed neurodivergent woman I had a lot of negative thinking about how and why I did things. I was masking, lacked boundaries and had no idea how to manage my energy levels and the commitments
that come with having a family and a career.
This program was life changing in the sense that it is a beautiful invitation to be yourself, embrace yourself and learn that you have something wonderful to contribute to this world and, guess what, it didn't feel hard!
To be surrounded by other women on this journey removed the isolation that can come from navigating the workplace and life
with a brain that is wired differently.
Joey is incredibly knowledgeable, kind and inviting. You instantly know that her authentic approach is a safe place for all of us to come and share our experience and gently learn to be our best selves.”
Testimonial from Empowered Experience
A Circle of unlike-minded women who are navigating their atypical leadership strengths and style, within a typical professional world, who support one another to be their authentic selves.
Safe and supportive monthly discussions where peer learning is augmented with targeted and tailored information and frameworks that develop practical skills and strategies.
Two optional retreats held on the beautiful South Coast of NSW (the lands of the Wodi Wodi people) to deep dive into your personal wellness practice and to explore your future goals as an authentic leader.
Empowered is a unique program for unique women that delivers self-acceptance, self-management and self-advocacy outcomes that lead to sustainable professional success
Sharing lived experiences is one of the most inspiring and impactful parts of this program,
As late diagnosis and discovery of neurodivergence can be unsettling, this discussion will support us to explore our identity as a neurodivergent professional in order to deepen an authentic sense of self.
We’ll cover neurodiversity fundamentals to develop a clearer and concise narrative for normalising neurodiversity in our organisations.
In this discussion with Mental Health GP, Dr Jess Nathan fromKintsugi Holistic Health we will explore the cycle of energy and the strategies we can use to improve our baseline and potential.
Targeted tools will enable us to understand and define our own energy cycles so that we can identify and implement strategies that optimise energy, positive emotions and engagement with work.
Twin Figs Farm, located two hours south of Sydney’s CBD, will play host to our optional retreat. The program is designed for us to relax, reset and rejuvenate our wellness and life goals for a healthier and happier life.
Supplementary fee applies.
Due to heightened sensory sensitivities, the physical environment/s in which we work have a significant impact on our wellbeing and leadership capacities. In this discussion we will explore the relationship between our work, workplaces and energy cycles and positive strategies for regulating our nervous system.
Occupational therapy is increasingly being used to support neurodivergent professionals to minimise sensory overload, improve focus, and support executive functioning. In this discussion we will work with an OT to understand useful workplace adjustments, balancing workloads to prevent burnout and accommodate fluctuating energy levels.
We may be “executives” but we face executive functioning challenges over and above neurotypical peers. In this discussion, we’ll explore and share strategies for managing time, prioritising tasks, organisation, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making.
At certain points in our journey together, we will decide together what our focus for this discussion will be. Options include smaller break out conversations to get to know each other better, a workshop in a particular skill-building area, member-facilitated discussions in their area of expertise or a guest speaker of our choice.
Etiquette in organisations hasn’t disappeared entirely, but it has evolved in response to changes in work environments, technology, and cultural norms. The informality, hybrid workplaces and shifts in power dynamics can pose challenges for leaders. This discussion will be a chance for us to reflect on our personal brands and the standards we set for ourselves and others.
Speech pathology is increasingly playing a transformative role in supporting neurodivergent professionals by focusing on communication strategies that enhance both personal and professional effectiveness. Mimi Naylor of TalkShop will support our discussion into organising thoughts, communication planning, verbal clarity, non-verbal cues and identity-affirming communication.
At certain points, it will feel natural for us to to completely embrace our unique and amazing selves – and especially the differences. This discussion will focus on the role of authenticity in organisations; what does it really mean to “bring our whole selves to work”.
Twin Figs Farm will again will play host to our optional retreat. This time, the program is designed to celebrate the journey and set goals for embracing an authentic future.
Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time for us to relax, reset and rejuvenate.
Supplementary fee applies.
I got up when all I could do was sleep
I dressed up in the corporate outfits that made me look like a man and made it difficult to breathe
I showed up and took the “opportunities” to work longer and harder, give the presentations, take on the big roles
You feel like an imposter or a square peg in a round hole at work and have to conform a lot?
You feel like an imposter or a square peg in a round hole at work and have to conform a lot?
Or, people feel threatened by you, intimidated because of your intellectual ability, meaning you often silence yourself to fit in?
You’re exhausted from trying to keep up with the rules of work, working such hard and long hours that you are worried you will burn out, or already have?
You leave work feeling lonely, anxious, frustrated or even angry and then lack the enthusiasm to do it all over again the next day?
You know you can perform, but you want to have the confidence to show up more authentically and waste less energy on masking and camouflauging?
Empowered Executive is an autistic-led, neuro-affirming and strengths-based approach to empower you to:
Explore and define what it means to be your unique, amazing and neurodivergent self in a professional context
Learn to better manage your energy to prevent (or recover) from burnout and avoid making career limiting mistakes at work
Become your own anthropologist so that you can fit in without having to ‘fit in’ and save compromising yourself
Develop practical skills and strategies to work smarter, not harder, so that you don't need to work those crazy long hours
With any investment in your professional development, it is natural
to have some questions. Here are just a few, but please feel free to
book an informal chatto enBullet listsure this is the right program for you.
No. From my experience, the diagnosis path is a daunting, comprehensive and expensive process. It is not necessary to be clinically diagnosed to self identify or self diagnose as neurodivergent. You are welcome to join this program if you experience the challenges of fitting into a typical work environment yet you still want to achieve in your professional life.
Group discussions are at 8am AEDT on the last Friday of the month and run for 90 minutes. The timing is designed to enable you to:
● complete your high priority work beforehand so that you can be present and engaged in the discussion
● action any ideas or experiments before the working week closes out
● use the weekend for reflection
This group program is specifically designed for women. Joey offers Empowered Private which mirrors much of our signature Empowered Experience program. It includes the same online self-paced coursework, access to the community platform for additional resources and discussion and six 1:1 coaching sessions over 12 weeks. Enrol here.
Yes. If you pay in full you will save $767 (for this introductory offer) or opt for payment plan of $397 per week. Payment plans are not available for purchases made by organisations.
It is possible to purchase spaces to the Empowered program for your staff under a number of the existing Australian Government panels. Please contact Joey to arrange an invoice.
Of course! I’ve designed Empowered for a very specific talent pool that is underestimated and often under-utilised or mis-utilised. I’d welcome the opportunity to discuss how this program will help your staff to thrive at work and best contribute to your organisation’s performance.
I also offer workshops for managers about neurodivergence in the workplace and ways to lead neurodivergent staff. Please make a time with me and let’s have an informal chat.
Join Empowered risk free. If after attending the first group call you decide this program is not for you then we will happily refund you in full.
A compassionate network of other unlike-minded women who have same, same but different life experiences.
A safe and supportive environment to share problems and perspectives on leading in an authentic way.
Clarified how you will articulate your neuro-profile, preferred ways of working and unique needs which makes more sense to neurotypical brains.
Implemented practical plans to better manage your sensory sensitivities and give you the energy to not only survive, but thrive.
A toolkit of productivity hacks that will be the envy of your neurotypical colleagues and help you save time while doing better quality work.
Contribute to the growth, development and progression of more female neurodivergent leaders
Spend considerably
less time and energy
masking or camouflaging around others at work
Have more energy
to bring your most creative, insightful and productive self to work
Feel more efficient and effective
in the way you work to save time and deliver better quality outcomes
Increase your satisfaction
with what you set out to achieve each day and improve your career prospects
Be more confident
to authentically support and lead yourself and others at work
Leave a positive legacy for the unique and amazing neurodivergent women who follow
Whilst I thought I was doing OK, I realised I hadn't yet fully processed and completely accepted my neurodivergent diagnosis. Joey created a safe space and an open environment in the Empowered Program for members to learn, share and simply be themselves without shame or judgement.
A Circle of unlike-minded women who are navigating their atypical leadership strengths and style within a typical professional world who support one another to be their authentic selves.
Safe and supportive monthly discussions where peer learning is augmented with targeted and tailored information and frameworks that develop practical skills and strategies.
Two optional retreats held on the beautiful South Coast of NSW (the lands of the Wodi Wodi people) to deep dive into your personal wellness practice and to explore your future goals as an authentic leader.
Empowered is a unique program for unique women that delivers self-acceptance, self-management and self-advocacy outcomes that lead to sustainable professional success
As late diagnosis and discovery of neurodivergence can be unsettling, this discussion will support us to explore our identity as a neurodivergent professional in order to deepen an authentic sense of self.
We’ll cover neurodiversity fundamentals to develop a clearer and concise narrative for normalising neurodiversity in our organisations.
In this discussion with Mental Health GP, Dr Jess Nathan fromKintsugi Holistic Health we will explore the cycle of energy and the strategies we can use to improve our baseline and potential.
Targeted tools will enable us to understand and define our own energy cycles so that we can identify and implement strategies that optimise energy, positive emotions and engagement with work.
Twin Figs Farm, located two hours south of Sydney’s CBD, will play host to our optional retreat. The program is designed for us to relax, reset and rejuvenate our wellness and life goals for a healthier and happier life.
Supplementary fee applies.
Due to heightened sensory sensitivities, the physical environment/s in which we work have a significant impact on our wellbeing and leadership capacities. In this discussion we will explore the relationship between our work, workplaces and energy cycles and positive strategies for regulating our nervous system.
Occupational therapy is increasingly being used to support neurodivergent professionals to minimise sensory overload, improve focus, and support executive functioning. In this discussion we will work with an OT to understand useful workplace adjustments, balancing workloads to prevent burnout and accommodate fluctuating energy levels.
We may be “executives” but we face executive functioning challenges over and above neurotypical peers. In this discussion, we’ll explore and share strategies for managing time, prioritising tasks, organisation, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making.
Sometimes we will decide together what our focus for this discussion will be. Options include smaller break out conversations to get to know each other better, a workshop in a particular skill-building area, member-facilitated discussions in their area of expertise or a guest speaker of our choice.
Etiquette in organisations hasn’t disappeared entirely, but it has evolved in response to changes in work environments, technology, and cultural norms. The informality, hybrid workplaces and shifts in power dynamics can pose challenges for leaders. This discussion will be a chance for us to reflect on our personal brands and the standards we set for ourselves and others.
Speech pathology is increasingly playing a transformative role in supporting neurodivergent professionals by focusing on communication strategies that enhance both personal and professional effectiveness. Mimi Naylor of TalkShop will support our discussion into organising thoughts, communication planning, verbal clarity, non-verbal cues and identity-affirming communication.
At certain points, it will feel natural for us to to completely embrace our unique and amazing selves – and especially the differences. This discussion will focus on the role of authenticity in organisations; what does it really mean to “bring our whole selves to work”.
As members conclude their 12 month program, there will be an opportunity to reflect on personal learnings and professional goals moving forward. For those joining our optional retreat, we will move directly into celebrations under the Fig Trees.
Twin Figs Farm will again will play host to our optional retreat. This time, the program is designed to celebrate the journey and set goals for embracing an authentic future.
Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time for us to relax, reset and rejuvenate.
Supplementary fee applies.
I got up when all I could do was sleep
I dressed up in the corporate outfits that made me look like a man and made it difficult to breathe
I showed up and took the “opportunities” to work longer and harder, give the presentations, take on the big roles
With any investment in your professional development, it is natural
to have some questions. Here are just a few, but please feel free to
book an informal chatto enBullet listsure this is the right program for you.
No. From my experience, the diagnosis path is a daunting, comprehensive and expensive process. It is not necessary to be clinically diagnosed to self identify or self diagnose as neurodivergent. You are welcome to join this program if you experience the challenges of fitting into a typical work environment yet you still want to achieve in your professional life.
Group discussions are at 8am AEDT on the last Friday of the month and run for 90 minutes. The timing is designed to enable you to:
● complete your high priority work beforehand so that you can be present and engaged in the discussion
● action any ideas or experiments before the working week closes out
● use the weekend for reflection
This group program is specifically designed for women. Joey offers Empowered Private which mirrors much of our signature Empowered Experience program. It includes the same online self-paced coursework, access to the community platform for additional resources and discussion and six 1:1 coaching sessions over 12 weeks. Enrol here.
Yes. If you pay in full you will save $767 (for this introductory offer) or opt for payment plan of $397 per week. Payment plans are not available for purchases made by organisations.
It is possible to purchase spaces to the Empowered program for your staff under a number of the existing Australian Government panels. Please contact Joey to arrange an invoice.
Of course! I’ve designed Empowered for a very specific talent pool that is underestimated and often under-utilised or mis-utilised. I’d welcome the opportunity to discuss how this program will help your staff to thrive at work and best contribute to your organisation’s performance.
I also offer workshops for managers about neurodivergence in the workplace and ways to lead neurodivergent staff. Please make a time with me and let’s have an informal chat.
Join Empowered risk free. If after attending the first group call you decide this program is not for you then we will happily refund you in full.