Hello, welcome.

I am Clare Foale (she/her) living on Garigal Country on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

I am Autistic and an ADHDer. Being identified as an AuDHDer at 42 years old made so much of my life make sense. The last few years have been a journey of relief and grief. The unmasking is ever evolving.

I have been bringing people together for decades - pre-kids I was an Events Manager and for the last 10 years I have been gathering people in Circles and holding space 1:1 for people as they navigate life. Deep conversation is how I make sense of life - it is what I find so many others are craving too. After more than 2 years of deep, dark wintering, I am reemerging, bringing Neurokin together. The Neurokin Book Club launched in October 2025 with online and in-person sessions. In January 2026, I co-created a 3 days workshop for 5 - 12 year olds with my friend Nicole (who is an OT) called “Sparkly Creatives”. These are just the beginning - I look forward to coming together with you in group or as I begin to offer 1:1 sessions again in Peer Support and as an Independent Support Worker.

This website has had so many iterations over the years. I’ve come to know and accept that there is no elevator pitch to what I do or who I am; it is forever changing and evolving … sometimes there are offerings, sometimes stories, sometimes just a lot of rest and feeling like I am the goop between caterpillar and butterfly. I’ve come to know that this is not because I am broken or wrong, but because I am alive. I find that deeply permission-giving and equally frustrating.

I have been in a long, multiple-years season of rest and burn out, tending to family, navigating School Can’t, moving kids to homeschooling, withdrawing from my Uni studies, reading, perimenopause, pondering, gardening. I couldn’t imagine that I would come out the other side of it. And. Yet. There is energy and momentum and willingness and belief.

Each week I have conversations with others who are navigating same-but-different waters. Riding same-but-different rollercoasters. I am dusting off the cobwebs of this space to have a place to pop some of my thoughts (that feels delightful to me) and to share some resources which maybe others will find helpful too. It’s a bit of a virtual version of my home: colourful, messy, bits go together which don’t really make sense but somehow do, the kids’ art, my art, op shop finds, photos, old flowers which are dusty, a pile of washing which is always waiting to be folded, piles of books.

You’re very welcome if this feels like what you need - I’ll make you a cuppa x