ESNSE

13/01/2026

Workshops are back ✨

This week we kick off our 2026 ESNSE workshops, starting with the Writers’ Circle returning after a short hiatus with the wonderful .creativestrategist.erina🎈

🗓 Sunday
⏰ 9:30–11:00
📍.au

This circle is gentle, sensory-aware, and pressure-free. No performance. No fixing. Just space to write, notice, wander, and reconnect with your voice.

Expressive workshops matter. Not because they make us “productive” or polished, but because they reconnect us with agency, choice, and joy. When we explore creatively - through words, movement, image, sound - we practise listening to ourselves again. We remember how it feels to respond from the inside out.

This is a cornerstone of ESPT: expression as a way back to self-trust, aliveness, and meaning. Not art for outcome. Expression for orientation.
If your year has started fast, loud, or a little off-centre - this is your invitation to begin again, gently.

More workshops rolling out soon (check the website for more) This is just the beginning 🌱

08/01/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQpEK4hU9/

“Wait… are we all neurodivergent?” 🧠🦓
Spend enough time in EDS or hypermobility spaces and a pattern appears: A disproportionately high number of us are also Autistic, ADHD, or both (AuDHD).
That’s not coincidence — and science is finally catching up.
🧠 The Clinical Reality
Multiple studies show that people with joint hypermobility and hEDS are significantly more likely than the general population to be:• Autistic
• ADHD
• Or both
This association has been observed in children and adults, across multiple countries.
🧬 The Current Theory (Still Emerging)
This link is not fully explained yet, but researchers suspect overlap in: • Neurodevelopmental pathways
• Genes involved in connective tissue & brain structure
• Sensory processing and autonomic regulation
In other words:
Differences in how the body is built may also influence how the brain processes information.
🧠 The Lived Experience
• Proprioception:
Joint hypermobility affects body awareness — many of us struggle to sense where our body is in space.
• Sensory processing:
Pain, noise, light, and touch can overwhelm a nervous system that already runs “loud.”
• Regulation:
Chronic pain + sensory load + attention differences = burnout, not failure.
✨ The Takeaway
You’re not “too sensitive.”
You’re not “overcomplicated.”
You’re a package deal — nervous system included.
👇 Who else lives with the EDS + ADHD + Autism overlap?
📚 Sources
• Baeza-Velasco et al., Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
• Cederlöf et al., JAMA Psychiatry, 2016
• Eccles et al., Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
• Bulbena et al., Journal of Attention Disorders, 2015

01/01/2026

Hello, I’m Sam.
For those who are new here – and for those who’ve been around a while – a gentle re-introduction as we step into 2026.

I’m a mum of two (and two cats).
A therapist.
An artist and writer.
In ESPT terms, I’m a primary Philosopher / Visualist – meaning I think deeply, perceive symbolically, and often understand things first through image, sensation, or pattern before words catch up.
In astrology speak: Pisces sun, Leo moon, Scorpio rising.
In numerology: Life Path 4.
In Human Design: Manifesting Generator.
And on the ground – I’m a deeply empathetic, creative, neurodivergent woman who feels things a lot, notices what others miss, and reliably cries in movies (even the “not sad” ones).

My work sits at the intersection of:
    •    therapy
    •    sensory and nervous system awareness
    •    creativity and perception
    •    meaning-making, embodiment, and relationship

I support people who are tired of being pathologised for their sensitivity, depth, or difference – and who are looking for something a little… different from standard talk therapy.

My approach is creative, embodied, relational, and sometimes metaphysical – but always grounded in nervous system safety, self-trust, and human flourishing. I know we might sometimes turn to online tools (and that’s ok), but we’re all human here.

No bypassing. No fixing. No forcing.
In 2026, I’m also getting clearer about where I share things.

Instagram will stay a place for:
    •    useful insights
    •    ESNSE updates and offerings
    •    reflections, sensory practices, and a bit of play

My Substack is where I’ll write longer-form pieces – deeper psychoeducation, research, and honest reflections about being human in an overstimulated world. It’s also where you’ll get more context about me, because therapy is relational, and fit matters.

If you’re curious about therapy that honours complexity, creativity, and the nervous system – and you want to feel more like yourself, not less – you might be in the right place.

This year is about depth over noise.
Signal over performance.
And making space for ways of being that were never meant to be rushed.

As always, I’m so glad you’re here. X

01/01/2026

🧡Happy New Year + Clinic Hours for 2026

After some deep work going on behind the scenes, I’m genuinely thrilled to be returning to clinic from January 12.

Here is my current availability for 2026. I’m welcoming new clients, with sessions available in person at Theia, or Online from anywhere in the world (Hunter Valley sessions TBC).

If you’re curious about working together, you can head to my website to:
    •    read more about my approach
    •    see if we’re a good fit
    •    and book a free 15 min intro call

For current clients – if you don’t see a time that suits, please reach out. I’ll always try to accommodate where I can.

A gentle note: availability is slightly reduced this year due to my current caseload and my ongoing research project (more on that very soon 👀). So if you see a time that works for you, I recommend securing it early.

Looking ahead, 2026 will also bring:
    •    more group sessions
    •    ESPT-inspired workshops
    •    a retreat
    •    and a few other exciting offerings I can’t wait to share

This work is deeply person-to-person and relational. It’s grounded in nervous system safety, emotional regulation, self-trust, and personal power – supporting you to feel more at home in yourself and your life.

So if you’ve been wondering, feeling the nudge or curious… this could be your sign.

Investing in yourself is never wasted – and the right support can change everything.

Link in bio to learn more and book 🧡

29/12/2025

A must read for all my neurodivergent clients

This new study examined the connection between autistic traits, ADHD traits, sensory processing patterns, and three dimensions of work engagement. Results showed significant associations across all dimensions, with the most substantial impact on vigour—indicating that neurodivergent traits may primarily affect the energy required for effective engagement. Inattention was the strongest ADHD-related contributor to reduced engagement, especially in the area of absorption. Moreover, sensory processing difficulties appeared to increase job demands, making it harder to maintain motivation and energy.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rin.2025.100002

Follow us to keep up to date on the latest research in Sensory Integration and Neurodiversity.

To learn more about supporting individuals with sensory differences across the lifespan see the link below:
https://loom.ly/aZ6S86c

19/12/2025

12/12/2025

This year has felt like a quiet shedding. A Wood Snake year – slow, deliberate, transformative beneath the surface. So much restructuring, so much burning away of what no longer fit, and so much groundwork laid for what’s coming next.

I’ve written my end-of-year reflection, and it’s personal, but also grateful. A thank you to every client, every reader, every person who’s walked beside me through the mess, the magic, the diagnoses, the creativity, the rebuilding, the softness, the joy.

In 2026, I’ll be dancing in and out of social media, but Substack will become my main home- a steadier place for deeper writing, nervous system wisdom, creativity, ND insights, research updates, and all things ESNSE.

If you’d like to stay connected, supported, or simply curious, you can subscribe via the link in my bio or find it via the link below (where you can also find the latest piece)

https://samanthafin.substack.com

Wishing you a safe and gentle close to the year. Here’s to shedding what’s done, celebrating ourselves (not just the perceived wins) and stepping into the Fire Horse energy waiting for us in 2026.

As always, hugs.
Sam

05/12/2025

Picture this: a room humming with women’s stories, each piece a small rebellion against silence. That’s what Art of Her feels like, and I’m lucky enough to have work hanging on those walls.

My piece is about 58 women. 58 women we have lost just this year. 58 too many. 58 women making up one whole; We are her. She is us.

My piece sits there as a little reminder that expression is survival, that becoming visible to ourselves is its own kind of art. She may be simple. But she is heartfelt. Part of a show that celebrates the fierce, tender creativity of women - women who survive, celebrate and honour those who have been lost.

The Art of Her is on until the 13th of Dec. Raising money for The White Ribbon Foundation.

100% of all commission from works sold will be donated.

“She is One, She is Many” - acrylic on tile - $18.50

17/11/2025

2025 has been a year of challenges, heartbreak, grief, learnings and rebuilds. But these two have remained, steadfast as the reason why I get out of bed every morning. Don’t get me wrong, parenting is hard. Bloody hard. Throw neurodivergence into the mix, in a world still set up for the (diminishing) majority and it’s next to impossible… sometimes.

The aim of the last few years has been to slow. And I don’t think it’s really clicked until these last few weeks. Perhaps what I had felt was the final unraveling of trying to live in a world not equipped to support my nervous system. But here, among the trees I feel it. The slow pendulum of time, knowing that I actually do control its tempo.

2026 will be different. We have shed the skin of the year of the snake and instead of feeling an intense gallop of the horse I will lean into its dynamism, heart and use my energy where it’s most useful. I’m excited. But not to the point where I make like a candle and burn out.

Thanks for joining me on this ride… my insta will now be less psychoeducation and more joy. More play. More me. ESNSE is evolving and so am I.