We’re Not Here to Fit In.

We’re Here to Create What Works For Us.
Bold claim. Strong words. Read on for more.
Radically personalised holistic mentoring {astrological and somatic strategies} for late-identified and multiply-neurodivergent adults ready for something different.

Holistic Mentoring for Late-Identified Neurodivergent Adults
Deep, personalised support for the moment you realise everything makes sense ~ and everything is about to change.

I am Marina, founder of Neurokin Network / ND Mentoring and a Registered Social Worker with Social Work England SWE registration.

Bold claim. Strong words. I know.

As a recovering perfectionist and people-pleaser, it has taken me many years of dedicated inner work and development to be able to say that to myself, never mind think it, much less put it on my website!

As a Libra rising, the shadow can be to seek harmony and equilibrium at the cost of raw honesty. As a double Scorpio (Moon and Sun), I love nothing more than raw honesty, which disrupts people pleasing tendencies.

In our birth charts, we have a paradoxical design. If we’re true to ourselves in one way, we’ll deny our truth in another. What to do, what to do?

Welcome to Planet Earth, where shit gets real.

Drawing on over 20 years of experience in trauma-informed community mental health support work, psychosocial support and Specialist Mentoring, I created this space for adults who identified as neurodivergent and who are standing at the edge (or are already in the middle) of a major life transition.

My work is with people who have spent years adapting, absorbing, pushing through and trying to make sense of themselves in environments that don’t match how they operate.

I get it; I am walking through this landscape with you. As a queer, chronically ill, multiply-neurodivergent practitioner, I know intimately what it’s like to experience neurodivergent burnout, to navigate systemic confusion, and to try even harder simply to survive.

Due to our socialisation in this culture, it’s understandable that we’ve internalised that we’re the ones who need to adapt, and if we can’t or won’t, that it’s our fault or problem.

That’s untrue.

You need space where your insight, pacing and instincts count and are respected and validated ~ celebrated, even. And alongside that, we do the work of deconstructing what doesn’t work and constructing what does. What fits you now; what suits you now; what do you love, now?

That’s the work I love to offer.

“Before:
I struggled with giving myself credit for my achievements, setting boundaries.
Now:
I have discovered the value of my own work and skillset. I feel more confident and firm in my belief that I can achieve my goals. I’ve gained perspective on my needs and values which help me find more meaning in what I do and how I do it.” Rob

My approach to holistic mentoring is practical and deeply human. With eyes of compassion, radical affirmation and supportive, meaningful structure, we look at what fuels you, what drains you, and what you’ve been carrying alone.

We also give some time and attention to what you do so easily that you tend to discount it ~ your innate strengths and talents. From there we design and build custom tools and somatic strategies that work with your nervous system, values and energy rhythms, so that adjustments feel doable and sustainable instead of overwhelming.

You bring your experience, your history, your truth. I bring structure, clarity and a collaborative way of working that invites your strengths to surface.

We’re not here to find ways to fit in. We’re here to create what works for us. And, I know that might be a lot to take on board. That’s why we take it at your pace, whatever your pace might be in the moment.

The shift you experience is less to do with performance or perfection. That belongs in the past. You can still draw on those masking skills when / if you need to. You have choices now.

What we’re exploring is how to deepen and strengthen your connection with yourself through clearer boundaries, naturally occurring momentum, and the kind of confidence that feels like tall, flexible branches swaying in the wind, and roots deep in the ground.