What if neurodivergence wasn’t a disorder, but a vital expression of life’s intelligence?
In this moving, rebellious and tender talk, Tansy Dowman invites us to reimagine neurodiversity through the lens of biodiversity. Drawing from her lived experience as a neurodivergent woman, her work with nature-based wellbeing, and her deep relationship with the land, she explores how difference isn’t something to fix — it’s something that keeps ecosystems, and humans, alive.
Part personal story, part cultural reclamation, this talk gently dismantles the myth of the “right way to be,” and calls us home to our truest rhythm — the one Nature has always known.
With humour, grounded wisdom, and heart, Tansy weaves together ADHD, forest walks, mothering, masking, and the wild clarity that comes when we stop trying to grow in a straight line.

Tansy Dowman – Nature-Based Wellbeing Guide, TEDx Speaker, and Founder of Tansy in the Wild