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Rebelling

Stop playing it cool.

Hello :)

Welcome to Rebelling — a space made for neurodivergent, queer, and tender folks who don’t fit the usual mold.

We're about talking, researching, imagining, and working on a new emerging future that is made for us.

I'm glad you're here! Rebelling is my home on the internet, and I'm making this home because seeing myself reflected back to me out in the world has been a rare thing in my life. I want to change that for all of us. I invite you in, to be seen, heard, and recognized in ways that help you feel like you make sense and belong.

What you'll find here

Coaching that’s warm, honest, and down-to-earth: support that meets you where you are, without pressure to be anything other than yourself
A podcast exploring how to rebel, queer, and show up as your neurodivergent, queer self: part storytelling, part systems-questioning
A newsletter with personal reflections, insights, and encouragement: like a letter from a someone you relate to
Classes and groups for curious, questioning humans: spaces to connect, unlearn, and imagine new ways of living

Who this is for

Folks who feel stuck in systems that don’t work and are tired of playing it cool
People craving freedom from burnout, shame, and pretending
Those ready to set boundaries, stop the guess work, and find real belonging
Anyone wanting to rethink the usual life scripts (work, time, addiction+sobriety+recovery, relationships, money, energy) through a neurodivergent and queer lens

A picture of Amy Knott Parrish with sunglasses on looking at the camera.

Hi!
I'm Amy.

This is me at Duke Gardens March 19, 2024- totally unaware that in April I'd be diagnosed with ADHD, and then in October I'd be diagnosed with autism.

What I did know that day was that I had just gone through what my therapist thought was a bout of depression and spring was making me feel both hopeful and annoyed.

Here's a bit about me:

🍓I'm 54 years old. I'm a queer, white, able bodied late-diagnosed AuDHD human. I was identified gifted as a child. I live in Durham, NC, USA. I have 2 children (both ND)- one young adult, one teen, and 2 cats- Rosie and Nellie. I've been married for 21 years, my husband (also ND!) and I have lived separately since 2020.(I moved out 2 weeks before the pandemic started!)

🥰I've been sober and in recovery since December 7, 2012. I put together my own unconventional recovery. I write a blog about it called Soberbia.(find older posts here) Sobriety is the backbone of my life.

📚I love reading, learning, writing, running in the woods, and when someone else makes the food. Cloudy dreary days are my favorite. (Sunny days are so pushy! lol) I love talking to other humans about humans, and learning about people and what their lives and experience of life is like for them.

🤓I have never had a 9-5 job, and I don't have a degree. I'm fortunate to have a unique perspective when it comes to questioning long-standing corporate structures and deeply rooted social constructs. I am constantly studying and learning about the human experience and understanding it. I did my coach training with IPEC and got my certification in 2017; I had a PCC from the ICF for several years (that I decided to not renew this year) if you're into letters for things like that. :)

🦄I have felt different from other people all my life, and up until this year I didn't understand why, so I just kept trying harder. I didn't get why what was important to other people wasn't important to me, why I couldn't just be 'normal'. Discovering my ADHD and autism and then learning more about AuDHD and giftedness is giving me the room I need to stop trying so hard to fit in. Now I'm learning how to be myself.

And...Trying harder was never going to work for me because I was trying harder in a system that wasn't made with me in mind! My 9 years of coaching experience, over 12 years of sobriety and recovery, 20 years of parenting, a lifetime of self driven learning, and my neurodivergent experience provides an uncommon and fresh perspective. I'm in it with you, and I’m doing my own work too. I read, learn, and study all the time and it's why I made Rebelling- so I can share all of it with other people- like you 😊

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