Brain Club®: The Podcast

What happens when your nervous system is in distress — and you’re at work, where you're expected to keep going anyway?
In this episode, All Brains Belong staff reflect on past and present experiences of dysregulation at work. Many of us have worked in environments where honesty about distress was unsafe — where needing support or rest was punished, pathologized, or ignored. Even in safer workplaces, our nervous systems respond to internal and external cues: present stressors, past environments, and ingrained expectations.
So how do we navigate that? Panelists share how they’ve learned to notice their own cues, communicate with trusted teammates, and support each other in meeting access needs. This is a conversation about building workplace culture where nervous system needs, emotional honesty, and mutual care are part of how we work together.
This conversation was originally recorded as part of All Brains Belong’s Brain Club® — a weekly community education program focused on demonstrating neuroinclusive culture in action.
Panelists:Mel Houser, MD, Executive Director, All Brains Belong VT
Sierra Miller DNP, APRN, Family nurse practitioner, All Brains Belong VT
Olivia Tyler, Patient Care Coordinator, All Brains Belong VT
Lizzy Pieratt, Education Programs Coordinator, All Brains Belong VT
 
Brain Club is not medical advice or a support group — it’s an invitation to think differently about health, connection, and how we build systems that include everyone. Join us live most Tuesdays at 6:00 PM ET and explore 4 years of past videos at https://allbrainsbelong.org/brain-club 
Click here for transcript: https://allbrainsbelong.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Brain-Club®_-The-Podcast-S1E3-Dysregulation-at-Work-TRANSCRIPT.pdf

What does it mean to understand your own nervous system — and your access needs — after a lifetime of masking, burnout, or being misunderstood? In this episode, community panelists reflect on the often painful process of unlearning internalized messages and beginning to name what they need. This conversation also explores the power of connection: how healing can begin when we're seen, heard, and surrounded by others on similar paths.
This conversation was originally recorded as part of All Brains Belong’s Brain Club® — a weekly community education program focused on demonstrating neuroinclusive culture in action.
Brain Club is not medical advice or a support group — it’s an invitation to think differently about health, connection, and how we build systems that include everyone.
Join us live most Tuesdays at 6:00 PM ET and explore 4 years of past videos at allbrainsbelong.org/brain-club
Content warning: Around the 30-minute mark, there is discussion of suicidality in autistic adults — please take care while listening. 
Panelists:AnnaRose Jenisch, Linnea Noyes Alvar R, Peter SherSpeaker accessibility note:One of our speakers uses a speech-generating device activated by eye gaze. The volume of these segments may be quieter than others, so we invite you to turn up your volume if needed to hear their full contributions.
Transcript below:https://allbrainsbelong.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Brain-Club®_-The-Podcast-S1E2-Understanding-Your-Nervous-System-TRANSCRIPT.pdf

What happens when people’s access needs — the things we need for full and meaningful participation — aren’t met?
In this episode, we explore the impact on relationships, the nervous system, and health. You’ll hear from community panelists reflecting on what happens when access feels out of reach, and how loneliness shows up — not just emotionally, but physically, as a nervous system response to threat. We also talk about what community care can look like when we center connection and access.
This conversation was originally recorded as part of All Brains Belong’s Brain Club® — a weekly community education program focused on demonstrating neuroinclusive culture in action.
Panelists:Simone Arnold, Rhy Wepāloki, Aspen Kupper, Jay Greene, Amy Ruddy Wertenbaker, Bruno Choiniere
Brain Club is not medical advice or a support group — it’s an invitation to think differently about health, connection, and how we build systems that include everyone.
Join us live most Tuesdays at 6:00 PM ET and explore 4 years of past videos at allbrainsbelong.org/brain-club
Transcript below:https://allbrainsbelong.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Brain-Club®_-The-Podcast-S1E1-Loneliness-and-Health-TRANSCRIPT.pdf