Relationship As Medicine

Relationship As Medicine with Shelby Leigh, LPC, explores healing beyond pathology — where connection is the medicine and “fixing” isn’t the goal. Rooted in somatics, trauma healing, and nervous system tending, it expands into neurodivergence, including high-masking Autism, ADHD/KCS/VAST, AuDHD, and neurocomplexity (Mackereth, 2023). For therapists, coaches, wellness providers, and anyone curious about their own neurotype, this is a space to unlearn, de-stigmatize, and come home to yourself — to be ignited, inspired, and met with fierce compassion, with zero interest in masking who you are.

Relationship As Medicine is a health podcast hosted by Shelby Leigh, with 89 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Shelby Leigh hosts Relationship As Medicine, a health show with 89 episodes published.

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  Relationship As Medicine

  Nervous Systems & Family History: The Path to Relational Healing In Couples Work with Luana Rose

  Aug 19, 202637 min

  What happens when two completely different nervous systems try to build a life together? In this episode of Relationship as Medicine , we explore the complex dance of couples navigating neurodivergence, trauma, and different communication capacities. We discuss how to "uncross the wires" and learn your partner's unique language without making either person wrong. We also explore how intergenerational trauma impacts modern love, and how family constellations can help us untangle past family history from present relationship conflict. Tune in to discover how the relationship itself becomes the ultimate space for healing. Luana Rose is a neurodivergent affirming Nervous System and Relationship Specialist with a seasoned expertise in Somatic Experiencing® and childhood (developmental) trauma resolution, who has helped 2000+ people in 40+ countries worldwide with a variety of mental, physical, emotional and relational problems, supporting her clients to feel safe and at home in their bodies and relationships. Luana has a free workshop coming up in September - find out more and sign up here: https://luma.com/xcsa76pl You can also find Luana in these places: Website: thegoodhumanacademy.com IG: @ thegoodhumanacademy FB: @ theluanarosecoaching Shelby's offerings: Autism & ADHD assessments: ⁠shelby-leigh.com/autism-and-adhd-assessments Neurocomplexity Group: Beginning in October, I am offering a 6 week guided group for neurodivergent adults (whether you have a diagnosis, self-identify, or are curious and exploring) for self-understanding, nervous system tending, and living more ease-fully inside your own complex wiring. shelby-leigh.com/neurocomplexity-group Embrace: Back for the third time, Embrace is an 8 month, neuro-affirming, trauma-informed group + 1:1 program for people who have done a lot of healing and feel it’s time to shift their focus away from endlessly ‘facing discomfort’ and move towards thriving. Embrace offers space to slow down, soften the edges, tend to your nervous system and meet yourself with profound kindness. shelby-leigh.com/embrace Shelby's website: www.shelby-leigh.com

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  Neurodivergent Somatics with Nyck Walsh, MA, LPC - part II

  Apr 8, 20261h 14m

  In part two of my conversation with Nyck Walsh, we continue exploring what it means to approach neurodivergence, therapy, and healing through a more relational, non-pathologizing, and deeply human lens. Nyck is a somatic psychotherapist, counselor educator, and author of Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy , and this conversation moves through so many important questions: What do we actually mean when we talk about safety? Who gets to define it? What happens when neurodivergent expression is misunderstood through trauma-only or pathology-based frameworks? And what does it look like to support people in ways that are collaborative, affirming, and rooted in curiosity rather than correction? Together, we talk about safer space, trust, masking, diagnosis and self-identification, ableism in therapeutic spaces, the harm of being missed or misunderstood, and the profound freedom that can come when someone is finally able to understand themselves more clearly. We also touch on therapist self-care, power dynamics, and why this work asks all of us to keep learning, unlearning, and listening more deeply. About Nyck Nyck Walsh (he/they) brings a whole person, anti-oppressive, intersectional somatic lens to working with Autistic and KCS/VAST (more affirming language for “ADHD”) folks. A white, Autistic, VAST, queer, and trans counselor, Nyck is the director of the Nyck Walsh Counseling & Training Center and creator of the Neurodivergent Somatics model. He curates reparative experiences for late-identified Autistic and KCS/VAST people to connect with their innate wisdom, dismantle ableism, be supported through challenges, and make meaning of their misunderstood neurodivergent experiences. His counselor education programs have attracted an international following, with both neurodivergent and neurotypical counselors alike reporting that they feel deeply supported and validated by his approach. While being human brings no shortage of complexity, Nyck delights in frolicking in nature and living among the trees with his four-legged bestie in the mountains of what is colonially known as Colorado. Find out more at his website: nyckwalsh.com And you can find his new book, Neurodivergent Somatics in Therapy, An Anti-Oppressive Model for Whole Person Care , via the links below. For US orders, use this link (it includes a 20% discount and free shipping): https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324082910?promo=WALSH20 For orders throughout the UK, Europe and Asia, please use this link and discount code (which includes 30% off): https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9781324082910-neurodivergent-somatics-in-therapy And the discount code is WN357 You can find Shelby via her website: www.shelby-leigh.com If you're interested in assessment with Shelby, you can find out more here: ⁠shelby-leigh.com/autism-and-adhd-assessments⁠

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  Neurodivergent Somatics with Nyck Walsh, MA, LPC - part I

  Apr 1, 202649 minS2

  <p>This episode is a re-release, as it is the perfect entry into Season Two of Relationship As Medicine.</p><p><br></p><p>What does it mean to choose a wholeness paradigm instead of a pathology lens when it comes to neuro-affirming care? In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Nyck Walsh to explore what happens when we bring compassion, authenticity, and somatics into the conversation about neurodivergence. Together, we touch into the radical permission it takes to be fully human and to rest into identities that have often been misunderstood or pathologized.</p><p><br></p><...

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  Reframing Difference: Welcoming Neurodiversity into the Healing Relationship

  Apr 1, 202645 minS2

  <p>This episode is a re-release, as it is the perfect entry into Season Two of Relationship As Medicine.</p><p>After a season of quiet integration, Shelby returns to the mic to share a powerful evolution in her work: the weaving of neurodiversity-affirming assessment into her trauma-healing framework.</p><p>In this intimate and thoughtful episode, she explores what it means to recognize, affirm, and support neurodivergent and neurocomplex individuals within the healing relationship.</p><p>Shelby offers grounded definitions of neurodivergence, neurocomplexity, and related terms like AuDHD and giftedness—explaining why this language matters, especially in relational and th...

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  Introducing Season 2 of Relationship as Medicine, hosted by Shelby Leigh.

  Apr 1, 20263 minS2

  <p>Introducing Season 2 of Relationship as Medicine, hosted by Shelby Leigh.</p><p>This season expands the conversation beyond pathology and into a more compassionate, empowering and honest exploration of healing, connection, nervous systems, neurodivergence and the many ways relationship can become medicine.</p><p>Hosted by somatic psychotherapist, educator, writer, and neuro-affirming autism and ADHD assessor Shelby Leigh, Season 2 offers a refuge for therapists, coaches, practitioners, and kindred souls who are curious about their own inner worlds, neurotype, and unique way of being. Through trauma-informed conversations and fresh perspectives from the field, this season reimagines what it means to...

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