Welcome to the first episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum with Barbara Lazarony — or as her friends call her, Blaze.

In this gentle, grounding introduction to the podcast, Blaze offers a heartfelt invitation: what if love isn’t something we have to earn by masking or shrinking ourselves — but something we create by drawing the circle wider?

Using the powerful Edwin Markham quote as an anchor, Blaze speaks directly to the tender experience of feeling left out, misunderstood, or “too much” as a neurodivergent person — and offers a vision of love and belonging that is expansive, kind, and radically inclusive.

You’ll be guided through a reflective story moment designed to shift your nervous system from tension to belonging. You’ll also receive a weekly “Home Play” invitation — a simple, doable prompt to help bring the episode’s insights into your real life.

If you’ve ever felt on the outside of love or acceptance, this episode offers a new path inward — one that honors your full humanity.

Takeaways:

• You are not too much. You are not broken.

• You belong — without needing to earn it.

• Love can start with drawing the circle wider for yourself.

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In this bonus episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony explores a powerful yet often overlooked truth: love isn’t just emotional — it’s sensory. And for neurodivergent people, the body often sets the boundaries for how much connection it can hold at any given moment.

Blaze names what so many struggle to articulate: the conflict between deep love for a partner and the overwhelm of sensory input — touch, sound, movement, light. Through personal reflection, real-life examples, and a story from her work with a couple navigating this exact challenge, Blaze reframes sensory needs not as limitations, but as invitations to build safer, more attuned intimacy.

This episode will help you:

• Understand the sensory thresholds that shape connection
• Validate your needs without shame or guilt
• Invite compassionate conversations between partners with differing sensory profiles
• Practice setting boundaries that are actually invitations for deeper trust

Home play: Reflect on one sensory condition that supports connection, and one that leads to overload. Share it with a partner or gently acknowledge it for yourself. Love can be quiet, slow, or soft — and still be just as real.

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In this episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony offers a heartfelt counter-message to something many neurodivergent individuals have internalized for years: “I’m too much.”

Whether the message came through words or unspoken cues — too sensitive, too emotional, too intense — it can leave deep imprints on how we see ourselves and how safe we feel in relationships.

Blaze invites you into a space where your full self is welcome. Through a gentle guided reflection, you’ll revisit moments when you felt dismissed or unseen — and receive the affirming message you always deserved: “You were never too much. You were just never fully seen.”

You’ll also receive a “Home Play” practice to anchor this message into your week — an empowering reminder that your feelings are valid and your truth deserves space.

This episode is a warm embrace for anyone who’s ever been told to shrink. It’s also a call to gently expand into the full, beautifully complex person you’ve always been.

Key Messages:

• You’re not too much — you’ve always been the right amount of you.
• Your emotions are not a burden — they’re part of your brilliance.

Healing happens when you’re finally seen and accepted as you are.

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In this deeply affirming bonus episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Barbara Blaze Lazarony steps away from tools and techniques to offer something even more essential: presence.

This is not a lesson. It’s a love letter — written gently and spoken with care — to anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much, not enough, or somehow both. It’s for the listener who is still healing, still hoping, and still showing up, even when it’s hard.

You’ll be reminded that:

• You don’t have to perform to belong
• Your pace of healing is not a problem
• Your needs, your emotions, your way of loving are valid

Blaze speaks directly to the part of you that may have been asked to mask, shrink, or stay quiet — and offers a soft, grounded invitation back to yourself.

You don’t have to justify your process. You are already enough.

This is the kind of episode you may want to return to — especially on days when the world feels too loud and your heart feels too tired.

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In this emotionally attuned episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Blaze Lazarony shares the story of Harry and Sally — two fictional, but deeply relatable, characters navigating a common neurodivergent relationship dynamic: masking to maintain connection.

What starts as safety and mutual admiration slowly shifts into misunderstanding and disconnection. Sally begins to hide her needs to protect the relationship. Harry doesn’t know how to respond to emotions he doesn’t fully understand. And the quiet space between them begins to grow.

Through this story, Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony explores the quiet grief of being loved, but not fully seen — and how masking, especially in intimate relationships, often feels like survival rather than a conscious choice.

You’ll be invited to reflect gently on your own relationship dynamics, and to notice where you might be holding back the truth of who you are in order to feel safe or accepted.

In this episode:

• A story that illustrates the emotional cost of masking
• A compassionate reframe: masking is a brilliant adaptation, not a flaw
• A “home play” practice to help you take small, honest steps toward unmasking in safe spaces
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This episode is a tender and empowering reminder that love can deepen — not when we hide, but when we share our truth, one small piece at a time.

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In this powerful and intimate bonus episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Blaze Lazarony offers a heartfelt message to neurodivergent leaders — the ones who hold space for everyone else, often while quietly holding their own pain.

Whether you’re a therapist, first responder, scientist, executive, engineer, or anyone others rely on for clarity and calm — this episode speaks to the deep emotional labor of leadership through a neurodivergent lens.

Blaze names the quiet exhaustion that comes from leading while masking, caregiving while dissociated, or guiding others while carrying unspoken grief. She offers a space to exhale — to be both a leader and a human being who also needs care.

Inside this episode:

• Validation for the deep feelers who lead and serve
• A reflection moment to connect with both your leadership and your humanity
• A home play ritual to nourish your nervous system — not just your clients’

You’re allowed to lead without abandoning yourself.

You’re allowed to be wise, intuitive, and tired — all at once.

And you’re allowed to rest.

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What if everything you’ve been taught about love… wasn’t meant for you?

In this empowering episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony invites you to explore how cultural "scripts" about relationships can quietly shape — and sometimes distort — the way we show up in love.

From fairy tales like Cinderella to invisible expectations about how fast we should process emotions, many neurodivergent individuals feel pressure to perform a version of love that doesn’t honor their nervous system, their needs, or their truth.

Blaze names this experience with clarity and compassion, reminding us that there is no one right way to love — only the way that is true for you.

You’ll be invited to reflect on the unconscious “rules” you may have absorbed and gently begin unlearning what doesn’t serve you. Whether you’re single, partnered, or somewhere in between, this episode offers spaciousness to redefine love on your terms.

In this episode:

• A breakdown of harmful love scripts and how they show up
• A powerful reminder: You’re not broken — the script just wasn’t written for you
• Home play to help you reclaim your own relational truths
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You are allowed to write a love story that works with your wiring — not against it.

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In this tender bonus episode of Love on the Autism Spectrum, Blaze Lazarony speaks directly to the hearts of parents raising neurodivergent children — whether their child is autistic, has ADHD, sensory differences, learning challenges, or has experienced trauma.

This is not an episode filled with strategies or diagnoses. It’s a soft place to land. A moment of rest. A reminder that you’re not failing — you’re learning how to love your child in the language their nervous system understands.

Blaze validates the lived experience of parenting a child who may not meet cultural norms but who holds deep beauty and brilliance. She names the exhaustion, the invisible labor, and the unmatched love — and offers both acknowledgment and a path back to self-regulation.

Inside this episode:

• Reframing “behavior” as nervous system communication
• Why your presence, not perfection, is what your child needs
• A gentle home practice to support your nervous system

If you’ve ever felt alone in parenting, judged by outsiders, or unsure if what you’re doing is enough — this episode will remind you that you are already loving in ways that truly matter.

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