DIVERGE: Wired to Disrupt โ€” August 24โ€“28, 2026
A partnership between
Diverge Summit ร— GJV Coaching
Free virtual summit ยท All neurotypes welcome

Diverge:
Wired to
Disrupt

๐Ÿ“… August 24โ€“28, 2026

An online summit for neurodivergent entrepreneurs, visionaries, and creatives โ€” built differently, on purpose.

Grab your free ticket Explore VIP Bundle โ€” $97

No countdown timers. No manufactured pressure. Just real work.

16+
Sessions from neurodivergent voices
Free
Watch on your schedule, your way
All
Neurotypes & intersecting identities
Aug
24โ€“28
5 days ยท Virtual ยท Self-paced
Multiple ways to watch or listen Pre-recorded sessions with captions, transcripts, and audio-only options โ€” because how you absorb information is yours to decide.

Most summits weren't
built for our brains

Most business conferences expect you to show up live, stay regulated for eight hours, absorb information in a single format, and fit your ideas into someone else's framework. If that's never worked for you, you're not the problem.

Diverge exists because neurodivergent entrepreneurs have been building differently for a long time โ€” often without seeing themselves reflected anywhere in "business" spaces. Not in the speakers, not in the pacing, not in what gets called success.

This summit brings together 16โ€“20 neurodivergent business owners, authors, coaches, podcasters, and creatives doing the actual work โ€” building on their own terms, in their own ways, from their own identities. Multiply marginalized voices are centered throughout, not mentioned in a disclaimer.

Watch in the middle of the night. Skip around. Listen while walking. There's no right way to take this in โ€” just yours.

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Not a bro summit with a neurodivergent coat of paint
The speakers are neurodivergent. The framework is neurodiversity-affirming. Built from that starting point, not retrofitted afterward.
02
Social model, not deficit model
We're not here to help you overcome your brain. We're here to stop pretending the systems are neutral. They're not. You already know this.
03
All neurotypes. Genuinely.
Not just ADHD and Autistic. Dyslexic, dyspraxic, 2e, OCD, Tourette's, TBI, sensory processing differences โ€” all of you belongs here.
04
Intersectionality isn't a talking point
Neurodivergent BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and otherwise marginalized folks are centered in this summit โ€” not mentioned in a disclaimer.
05
No urgency pressure. No manufactured scarcity.
We're not going to use anxiety against you to get a registration. If it's right for you, it's right for you. Take your time.

Who's behind this

Patrick Casale
Co-host ยท Asheville, NC
Patrick Casale
AuDHD ยท LCMHC ยท Addictions Therapist ยท TEDx Speaker ยท Author

Patrick is an AuDHD Licensed Clinical Mental Health and Addictions Therapist, TEDx speaker, author, and international retreat host. He's the founder of All Things Private Practice โ€” a podcast with 1.5 million downloads โ€” and co-hosts the Divergent Conversations podcast, which hit top 50 globally in mental health.

He runs a group practice in North Carolina, has a newsletter with 25,000 subscribers, and thinks deeply about building a business as someone who is Autistic, has ADHD, is in recovery, and lives with chronic illness.

AuDHD Late-diagnosed Autistic Recovery Chronic illness TEDx speaker
Gabrielle Juliano-Villani
Co-host ยท GJV Coaching
Gabrielle Juliano-Villani
ADHDer ยท LCSW ยท Coach ยท Consultant ยท Retreat Host

Gabrielle is an ADHDer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, business coach, consultant, and retreat host โ€” helping therapists and entrepreneurs build sustainable practices without burning themselves down.

Through GJV Coaching, she works on scaling, burnout recovery, and figuring out what you actually want โ€” not what you've been told to want. She's a speaker, sound healer, and someone who understands what it's like to build while your nervous system doesn't run on neurotypical defaults.

ADHDer LCSW Burnout recovery Sound healing Retreat host
Visit Gabrielle's site โ†’
We built things while burned out, while undiagnosed, while masking, while chronic. That's not a sales pitch. That's just what happened.

โ€” The honest version of why this summit exists

What we actually believe

Before you register, you should know what you're walking into. This isn't a space that's going to tell you to hustle harder or optimize your morning routine. We've both tried that. It didn't work the way they said it would.

Capitalism asks neurodivergent people to be simultaneously more productive than everyone else and more grateful for any foothold they get. It rewards masking, punishes rest, and calls exploitation a growth opportunity. We're not here to help you win that game. We're here to think with you about what building something actually looks like when you stop pretending the rules were ever fair.

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Productivity โ‰  worth

Your value as a human being is not determined by what you create, how consistently you create it, or whether it generates revenue. Full stop.

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The system is the problem

The social model of disability means: your brain isn't broken. The systems, workplaces, and expectations built around a narrow definition of "normal" are the barrier โ€” not you.

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Burnout is real and costs real things

Autistic burnout is not the same as workplace stress. It's a different thing entirely, with different causes and different recovery paths.

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Anti-racist, anti-ableist

Neurodivergence shows up differently across race, gender, class, and culture. Diagnosis is not equally accessible. We're actively working against those gaps here.

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Masking has a cost

Years of performing "functional" takes something. That's not weakness โ€” that's what happens when you're expected to translate yourself constantly for environments that never asked if you were okay.

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Different ways of knowing

Pattern recognition, nonlinear thinking, hyperfocus โ€” these aren't personality quirks or superpowers. They're real cognitive approaches that produce real things.

People doing the actual work

August 24โ€“28, 2026. 20+ sessions from neurodivergent entrepreneurs, authors, podcasters, coaches, and creatives. Multiply marginalized voices centered throughout.

Mandi Dixon
Mandi Dixon
Neurodivergent speaker & entrepreneur
Business & leadership
Maureen Hermann
Maureen Hermann
Coach & entrepreneur
Coaching & strategy
Pasha Marlowe
Pasha Marlowe
Author, speaker & creative
Writing & publishing
Priyanka Rao
Priyanka Rao
ND entrepreneur & podcaster
Media & community
Sabrina Longley & Kade Sharp
Sabrina Longley
& Kade Sharp
Neurodivergent advocates & educators
Education & advocacy
Shauna Jane
Shauna Jane
ND business coach & creative
Creative industries
TJ Walsh
TJ Walsh
Entrepreneur & community builder
Business & community
Yunetta Spring
Yunetta Spring
Speaker, coach & mental health advocate
Mental health biz
Zachary Spiritos
Zachary Spiritos
ND founder & advocate
Tech & advocacy
Caryn Zaner
Caryn Zaner
ND entrepreneur & speaker
Business & advocacy
Atsede Scarseth
Atsede Scarseth
Coach & community builder
Coaching & community
Dr. Colleen Cira
Dr. Colleen Cira
Psychologist & practice owner
Mental health biz
Kyrus Keenan Westcott
Kyrus Keenan Westcott
ND advocate & creative
Advocacy & creativity
Livia Sara
Livia Sara
ND entrepreneur & educator
Education & business
Jamie Roberts
Jamie Roberts
Coach & neurodivergent speaker
Coaching & strategy
Cindi Miller
Cindi Miller
ND business owner & speaker
Business & leadership
Alex Orfanides
Alex Orfanides
Entrepreneur & advocate
Tech & advocacy
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms-Barr
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms-Barr
Coach & community leader
Coaching & community
Katherine L. Etang
Katherine L. Etang
ND entrepreneur & speaker
Business & advocacy
Brittany Bate
Brittany Bate
Coach & neurodivergent advocate
Coaching & wellness
Kanjana
Kanjana Hartshorne
ND speaker & creative entrepreneur
Creative industries
+more
Stay tuned

Full lineup drops soon. Follow along for announcements.

What the summit actually looks like

01
Real sessions from real people

Not polished corporate presentations. Neurodivergent speakers talking about what they've actually built, what's broken, and what they've learned.

02
Your schedule. Your pace.

All sessions pre-recorded. Watch at midnight. Pause five times. Skip around. No live attendance required.

03
Breadth of perspective

Entrepreneurship, creativity, mental health, money, leadership, recovery, rest โ€” no single blueprint. Multiple maps.

04
Your brain connecting dots

You're probably going to pull something out of a session the speaker didn't plan. That's not off-topic โ€” that's how pattern recognition works. Run with it.

05
Multiple formats, genuinely

Video, audio-only, captions, transcripts. You shouldn't have to fight the format to get to the content. These aren't afterthoughts โ€” they're part of how the summit is built.

06
No translation required

You don't have to prove your legitimacy, explain your diagnosis, or perform productivity. Just show up however you actually show up.

Access is the starting point,
not the fine print

We know access needs vary โ€” between people, between days, between states of regulation. We've tried to build with that in mind from the beginning.

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Captions & transcripts

Every session has closed captions and a full transcript โ€” read instead of watching, or follow along both ways. Your call.

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Audio-only option

Not a screen person right now? Listen while moving, resting, cooking. You don't owe anyone eye contact with a video player.

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Self-paced, always

No live sessions. No required presence at a specific time. Watch in chunks, rewatch what landed, skip what doesn't apply.

Have a specific access need we haven't covered? Reach out. We genuinely want to know.

How to join

The free ticket gives you full access to the summit. The VIP bundle supports the speakers and the work directly, and gives you extended access and resources to keep.

Free Summit Access
$0
No payment info. Just your email.
  • All 16โ€“20 pre-recorded sessions
  • Captions, transcripts & audio-only
  • Self-paced โ€” no live requirement
  • Access for the full summit window ยท Aug 24โ€“28
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