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Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults
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Carolyn McGuire's 'Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults' provides practical advice for building and maintaining friendships while honoring neurodivergent needs.
The book explores social expectations, communication differences, and the tension between adapting and masking in social contexts.
McGuire offers frameworks and exercises to help readers assess their needs, set boundaries, and cultivate authentic connections without self-erasure.
Drawing on clinical knowledge and lived experience, she addresses common challenges like rejection sensitivity and sensory differences with compassionate, actionable guidance.
The book aims to empower neurodivergent adults to form fulfilling relationships while staying true to themselves.
The book explores social expectations, communication differences, and the tension between adapting and masking in social contexts.
McGuire offers frameworks and exercises to help readers assess their needs, set boundaries, and cultivate authentic connections without self-erasure.
Drawing on clinical knowledge and lived experience, she addresses common challenges like rejection sensitivity and sensory differences with compassionate, actionable guidance.
The book aims to empower neurodivergent adults to form fulfilling relationships while staying true to themselves.
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Mentioned in 7 episodes
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as her upcoming book offering neurodivergent-centered friendship strategies.


Caroline Maguire

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The Unwritten Rules of Neurodivergent Friendship with Caroline Maguire
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as Caroline's new book offering step-by-step friendship skills tailored for neurodivergent adults.

Tracy Otsuka


Caroline Maguire

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EP. 380: Smart, Capable… and Still Struggling with Friendship? Let’s Talk (with Caroline Maguire)
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as a practical, science-backed guide for neurodivergent adults learning how to form authentic friendships.


Brett Whitmarsh

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Why Neurodivergent Adults Struggle to Make Friends (And What to Do About It) | Caroline Maguire
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as her new book (available April 14) reframing adult friendship skills for neurodivergent people.


Pete Wright


Caroline Maguire

"Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults" with Caroline Maguire
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to promote her book and reference its relevance to the episode's friendship discussion.


Caroline Maguire

ADHD Truths No One Talks About with Jessica McCabe [Part 1]
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as an upcoming helpful book contrasting adapting versus masking for neurodivergent adults.

Karen McGill

ADHD masking - do you even know when you're doing it?
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as 

's new book and topic of the interview about friendship skills for neurodivergent adults.


Brendan Mahan


Caroline Maguire

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults with Caroline Maguire
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as an upcoming conversation topic about flooding and neurodivergent relationships.


Brett Whitmarsh

What Emotional Flooding Feels Like for Me at Work
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as a step-by-step guide of practical tips to make and keep friendships for neurodivergent adults.


The Autistic Woman

Caroline McGuire

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults


