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  • Jen Benford

    Transformation coach and writer for creators, feelers, and rebuilders. Helping people unlock their most authentic expression—through story, strategy, and a little bit of fire. You were built for range. \ud83d\udc26‍\ud83d\udd25 Lived experience, not medical advice.

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    Navigating the space between content discovery and self-discovery. Notes on AI, education, and human consciousness. “I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." - Albert Einstein

  • Alex Katsulis

    Life Coach empowering others to manage stress by sparking insights into their inner world driving it | Shed a decades-long role as an anxious, insecure student turned burnt-out patent attorney insomniac | Now living in tune with myself

  • Emmaly Perks, M.Ed.

    \ud83c\udf1fGifted education and career consultant \ud83e\udde0 15+ years translating neuroscience and psychology into evidence-based support for gifted and 2e folks\ud83d\udcd8Author of The CURIOUS Career Workbook™: Redefining Work for Gifted, Creative, and Multi-Talented Minds

  • Josh Woll

    Sobriety & Creative Clarity Coach. Helping you get clear, get present, and get free by removing the alcohol that's been dimming your mind, your energy, and your work.

  • Dr Sam Illingworth

    Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy. I'll show you when to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone.

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    Licensed marriage and family therapist for 45 years, mindfulness and communication coach, artist and musician

  • Marie-Christine Oliver

    For late-identified autistic and AuDHD adults: making sense of overcapacity, collapse, and the slow rebuild — your life as a coherent journey, not a series of personal failures. Language and orientation for the life you're living.

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    Naming the water. Gestalt processing out loud. Autistic writing on work, giftedness, and parenting neurocomplex children, exploring what life looks like when it’s structured for human nervous systems instead of extraction.

  • Natalie H.

    Helping overwhelmed neurodivergent people understand their brains not fight them. Neurospicy school counselor sharing ADHD, PMDD, parenting & emotional wellbeing through honest stories and practical tools.

  • Stef

    Modern leadership coach for high achievers navigating pressure, complexity, and change. ✨ Practical shifts that create meaningful impact without blowing up your life.

  • Jason Ives

    Senior full-stack engineer. I build production software for clients using AI-augmented workflows (React, Vue, Rails). Writing about what that’s actually like: the tools, the process, and where this is all going.

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