I've always felt different. I've always been a "both/and" person - science and art, researching and creating, structured and chaotic. That multi-curious path led me into a career in biology and running an alternative eco fashion brand (Zebraspider). But my curiosity and creativity were still asking for more.

Then everything got super hard.

I burned out, I learned that I have a neurodivergent brain, and I became sick with Long Covid.

My body was drained of energy, while the world was feeling heavier every week (still is tbh). My AuDHD made it seem impossible to get life done, let alone something free-time fun.

When my health was so bad that I was stuck on the sofa, I took out the paints I had bought during lockdown and came back to making art, slowly and imperfectly. Art became my healing support when nothing else worked. Small and messy, playing with my materials, that didn't require perfect executive function or unlimited energy.

I gave myself permission to be OK with exactly where I was - and could breathe again.

Just a few scribbles here, some colour mixing swatches there, and sometimes a mini landscape.

I learned something crucial: My mind wasn't wrong, and my health might never be what it was. I just needed approaches that fitted my brain and my energy - my reality.

That's why Diverging Art exists.

It started with creating for myself. Now, I create courses and resources for overwhelmed neurodivergent creatives who are:

• Drowning in unfinished projects and guilt
• Desperate for creative joy they can't seem to access
• Exhausted by decision fatigue and low energy bodies
• Fed up with hustle culture productivity in their hobbies
• Done with advice that doesn't fit how their brains actually work

What I believe: Your creative practice doesn't have to look like anyone else's. You are allowed to be messy, you might work only small, you can leave things unfinished. All that is ok and valid art making. What matters is that it works for you - your brain, your energy, your life right now.

All the creativity, without the overwhelm. That's what I'm here for.

Welcome to your diverging creative path.