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510 | Asexuality, Grief, and Community – with Emily Karp

This week, Eric is joined by Emily Karp! Emily is a 33-year-old entrepreneur, asexuality activist, and fan-work creator! She embraced her ADHD around age 30 and quit her tedious job to become self-employed as a funeral celebrant and memorial slideshow editor who crafts personalized funerals and celebration-of-life events for non-religious individuals. Emily went through the ADHD reWired coaching program in spring of 2021 and became a peer mentor in 2022.

Emily is also one of the authors of the book Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing your Asexual or Aromantic Identity, and is a lead organizer of the Washington DC Metro Area Ace and Aro meetup group!

Learn more about Emily at griefpictured.com! (click here!)

Questions/Topics:

[00:01:39] Introducing Emily
[00:02:41] Diving into the start of Emily’s ADHD journey
[00:03:37] The stakes of getting an ADHD diagnosis
[00:04:47] Life as an administrative professional before treatments
[00:08:47] Burnout, becoming an entrepreneur, sleep struggles, and coaching
[00:10:30] The “why” behind becoming a non-religious Funeral Celebrant
[00:13:24] Helping others grieve and heal, family estrangements, memorial gatherings, and closure
[00:17:17] Grief to acceptance with ADHD
[00:24:07] The basics of asexuality and aromantics
[00:26:04] Nuances of ace relationships, significant others, attraction, and more
[00:28:25] Physical desire, libido, and other statistics in the asexual community
[00:30:44] A discussion on dysfunction, orientation, sexual trauma, and gatekeeping
[00:33:20] ADHD and neurodivergence in the Ace community
[00:42:07] The positive impact of community and relationships
[00:45:01] Emily’s facilitated sessions in the ADHD reWired community spaces
[00:46:54] Sharing more wins
[00:48:43] Emily’s work, website, and closing thoughts

Resources & Honorable Mentions:

Podcast: Aceterpretations (click here!)
Website: TAAAP – The Acc and Aro Advocacy Project @ taaap.org (click here!)
Book: Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity (on Goodreads)
Emily’s Website: Griefpictured.com
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