“This podcast wasn’t born in a studio — it was built in the wild moments of real life: the messy and beautiful ones.”

– Shantelle Poynter

In this powerful opener to Season 2: Challenging Difference, Shantelle shares the frustration of being dismissed in rooms that weren’t ready for a different perspective – and how she learned to stand firm in her difference.

✨ Highlights:

- What it feels like to be the youngest or “least experienced” voice in a room

- Why documenting your insight matters

- The link between anxiety and pattern recognition

- What real curiosity looks like in practice

🎧 Listen now — and if it lands, share it with someone who’s been made to feel “too much” .

Because everyone is different — just like you.

🔗 LINKS

Website: https://shantellepoynter.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shantellepoynter

Different Like You explores how we can lead with curiosity, not checklists. Inclusion shouldn’t wait for a diagnosis—it should be how we treat all humans. Through real stories and honest conversations, this podcast invites you to rethink support, celebrate differences, and create a world where everyone feels seen, valued, and supported

What if school refusal isn’t about being difficult — but about being overwhelmed?

In this short but powerful episode, Shantelle Poynter — Nurse, neurodivergent parent, and chaos coordinator — invites you into the raw reality of parenting through school refusal.

She explores the emotional weight of mornings that start without them, and why what looks like defiance is often deep distress. This isn’t a behaviour issue — it’s a nervous system response, and it calls for presence over pressure, connection over compliance.

From personal experience to practical reframes, this episode offers validation, not advice, and a reminder that you’re not alone. Whether you’re supporting a child, or carrying your own inner child’s school scars — this is for you.

🎧 Tune in for:

• A reframe on what school refusal is

• Why capacity matters more than compliance

• A reminder that shame has no place in parenting

• Support, solidarity, and a whole lot of compassion

📍 Resources:

www.shantellepoynter.com

https://thescrubhub.com.au/

💛 Follow @ShantellePoynter | #DifferentLikeYou #SchoolRefusal #CompassionNotCompliance

Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honour (And You Don’t Have to Earn Rest)

In this short micro-episode — because student life is real! - Shantelle unpacks why burnout isn’t something to be proud of. It’s a sign the system isn’t working for you.

• Where are you pushing too hard?

• What would rest look like for you?

💡 Living the Student Life:
If you’re a student who needs a little hype and a whole lotta love, come join The Scrub Hub — our student survival squad powered by your very own Healthcare Hype Girl because stufdent life its tough!

🔥 Ready to ditch burnout for good?

Get my Burnout Recovery Kit

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It’s Not You. It’s the System. (And We’re Done Bending)

Welcome back to Different Like You — the podcast for anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much, not enough, or just plain different.

In this short, unfiltered episode, I (Shantelle — nurse, solo mum, neurodivergent woman, and your hype girl in Crocs) share what I see again and again in my work, my parenting, and my own lived experience:

The systems we rely on weren’t built for people like us.

They’re often too rigid, too narrow, and too busy measuring deficits to create genuine safety. From Centrelink forms and NDIS assessments to school meetings and medical appointments — it’s exhausting watching people have to prove their struggle before they’re seen or supported.

We talk about:

• The cost of constant adaptation (and why masking becomes survival)

• Why inclusion isn’t about making space — it’s about redesigning the room

• The difference between behaviour and capacity

• How to start shifting your own systems (without burning out)

And hey — this one’s short on purpose. Because sometimes, all you’ve got is 10 minutes, a cold coffee, and a brain full of tabs. These micro-episodes are made to meet you there.

If you are looking for support for your brain and learn more about burnout recovery?

🛒 Visit the website for practical tools, purpose-built for real life:
www.shantellepoynter.com

Grab your free resource:
✨ The Burnout Checklist — a simple, affirming tool to help you check in before you check out.
Download now

Tis episode is for the ones who’ve been holding it together for way too long.

The ones who’ve mastered the art of masking, who’ve been “fine” while quietly falling apart, and who’ve spent years wondering if they were just too much (or not enough).

Shantelle gets real about what it means to survive a system that was never built for your brain — and why Different Like You exists as your no-pressure, all-welcome zone to finally exhale.

If you’ve ever felt like the misfit, the overthinker, or the meltdown-in-the-car kind of human… you’re not alone anymore. You’re in.

✨ Prompt: What would your unmasked self say if they had the mic?
Got a question: https://shantellepoynter.com/
📸 @shantellepoynter
💛 Tag your squad & fellow spicy brains
#DifferentLikeYou #NeurospicySurvivors #MaskingIsExhausting

Ever feel completely maxed out — even by the things you want to do?

In this raw solo episode, Shantelle shares a behind-the-scenes moment from her week and dives deep into what it really means to live as a neurodivergent woman in a world that values output over humanity.

Inside this episode:
💛The invisible cost of “showing up”
💛Why our systems reward burnout
💛The moment language changed everything
💛A gentle reminder: you are not alone

🧠 Clarity Kit: Your soft, practical starting point for understanding yourself or your child — without the overwhelm.
👉 Grab the Clarity Kit here

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Be kind.Be curious. Always be learning.

This podcast wasn’t born in a boardroom or a home office. It was built in the chaos of school drop-offs, solo parenting, and 10pm dishes.

I’m Shantelle Poynter — a neurodivergent educator, nurse, and solo mum — and Different Like You is for every human who’s felt too much, not enough, or just… different.

In this launch episode, I share the story behind this space:
→ Why we need systems that actually fit
→ What we’ll unpack together — from ADHD burnout and awkward systems to school can't and neurodivergent parenting
→ And the two questions we’ll ask every guest:

What do you wish the world did differently?
What do you wish your industry did differently?

✨ Plus: a gentle prompt to carry with you today.

Because support shouldn’t feel like survival mode. Let’s build something better — together.

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