Neurodivergent Game Plan: Cheat Codes for Empowered Living
by Essy Knopf
From misunderstood “quirks” to daily overwhelm, life as a neurodivergent person can feel like trying to win a rigged game, especially when the rules were written for someone else. This practical, validating workbook is here to change that.
A hands-on companion to Neurodivergent Game Plan: Cheat Codes for Empowered Living, this interactive guide is packed with tools, prompts, and exercises designed by a late-diagnosed auDHD therapist who truly gets it. Whether you’re newly exploring your autistic or ADHD identity or looking for targeted strategies to support your well-being, this workbook meets you where you are.
Inside, you’ll find:
- Reflection prompts to help you identify and reframe internalized ableism
- Tools to understand masking, executive dysfunction, and rejection sensitivity
- Guided activities for mapping your ND traits, strengths, and challenges
- Techniques for managing burnout, emotional overwhelm, and sensory stress
- Worksheets to support shame resilience, emotional regulation, and self-advocacy
- Tips on unmasking safely, building community, and finding purpose
- Practical scripts for therapy, accommodations, and boundary-setting
With a trauma-informed, neuroaffirming lens, this workbook offers a mix of psychoeducation and real-life applications—without shame, jargon, or one-size-fits-all advice.
You don’t need to be “fixed.” You need support that works for your brain. Neurodivergent Game Plan: The Workbook helps you claim your needs, your voice, and your path forward.
