How to Build a Business as a Spiritually Neurodivergent Entrepreneur
Blending neurodivergence and spirituality to create an aligned, intuitive business that honours your energy, purpose, and nervous system.
My spirituality and work are inseparable. If what I’m doing doesn’t resonate with a deeper purpose, I feel it. This is also a result of being neurodivergent which shapes more than just how I think - it shapes how I live, feel, relate and create.
As a spiritually neurodivergent entrepreneur, running a business that prioritises meaning and impact isn’t a marketing strategy. It’s how I protect my mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
My nervous system instinctively resists anything that feels hollow, rushed, or disconnected. But it lights up for ideas that are intimate, layered, and often taboo. As a journalist and ecofeminist theologian, I’ve learned that beneath those taboos often lie vital existential truths. That’s where I find life. That’s where I find God/dess.
Purpose, therefore, isn’t an optional extra. It’s not just the cherry on top of a strategy. It’s the foundation that keeps me grounded, energised, and spiritually alive in a world that often demands speed over soul.
If you’ve ever felt like conventional business advice doesn’t fit, here’s a different way forward. One rooted in intuition, inner knowing, and the sacred.
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What Is Spiritual Neurodivergence?
Spiritual neurodivergence is the idea that neurodivergent people - those whose brains function outside the neurotypical norms (one’s ability to think and reason fall outside societal norms and expectations) - often relate to the sacred, the unseen, God/dess and the intuitive, in ways that are deeply personal and profoundly unique.
Neurodivergence isn’t just a cognitive difference. It’s a full-body, full-spectrum way of being that touches everything—especially how we relate to the sacred, the unseen, and the intuitive.
For some of us, our neurodivergence is inseparable from our spirituality or religiosity. It’s how we connect to the divine. It’s how we understand our place in the world. It’s how we make meaning in ways that don’t always translate into linear thinking or structured dogma.
That can mean being deeply affected by beauty, music, or nature in ways that feel overwhelming, but also transcendent. It might mean sensing the "energy" of a space or person before our logical minds can even catch up. Intuition becomes a primary mode of navigation - more trusted than linear logic or step-by-step strategy.
Our thinking tends to spiral, loop, and leap across time, memory, and emotion.
We don’t arrive at truth in a straight line - we feel it arrive in us.
In my own life, this shows up in how I make decisions and how I build relationships - with people, ideas, and even my business. I often feel something before I can explain it. If I try to ignore that inner knowing, it almost always backfires - emotionally, physically, or spiritually.
I’ve learned that the way I experience the world isn’t a flaw to fix - it’s a form of spiritual intelligence. My sensitivity, my need for depth, and my rejection of anything performative or disingenuous aren’t quirks.
They’re part of a sacred internal compass that keeps me in alignment with my truth. It’s my existential reality and my foundation for a healthy, holistic life.
Working With My Body, Not Against It
As a spiritual neurodivergent entrepreneur, I don’t organise my work around deadlines or hustle culture. I organise it around alignment.
Every task, project, or launch has to feel right on an energetic level.
If something feels off - whether it’s the tone of my writing, the intention behind a launch, or how my week is structured, I can’t push through with logic or hustle.
My body simply won’t allow it. That’s why I build my work life around intuitive cues.
I move when I feel a full-body “yes.” Some weeks I’m on fire creatively, other times I’m slow, quiet, inward. And I’ve learned to let that be enough.
I schedule spaciously, plan gently, and give myself permission to rest. Rest is not a reward; it’s part of the rhythm.
I prioritise nervous system safety in everything - from how I schedule my time to how I make financial decisions.
Because when I’ve tried to override my own rhythm and follow someone else’s blueprint, it’s only ever led to burnout.
This isn’t just a feel-good approach. For me, working in alignment is a survival tactic.
My body resists anything that feels meaningless or performative. If it’s not rooted in purpose, I feel it immediately. In a world that rewards speed and hustle, this way of working can seem rebellious.
But it’s not about being different - it’s about being well. Creating a purpose-driven business is my stand. It’s personal, it’s political, and it’s how I choose to survive and thrive.
Unlearning Productivity Conditioning
Patriarchal capitalism teaches us that productivity equals worth. That fast is better than slow, that output is everything, and that value must always be measurable.
But this mindset is incompatible with spiritual neurodivergence.
For those of us who sense deeply, feel fully, and move cyclically, these expectations are not only draining - they’re damaging.
Unlearning this conditioning means redefining success. For me, success looks like spacious mornings. Like one meaningful conversation instead of ten shallow ones. Like creative freedom over rigid schedules. Like honouring my energy instead of shaming it.
It means asking: What does my soul need today? What rhythm is my body asking for? What would feel nourishing instead of depleting?
This is how I’ve come to honour my neurodivergence. Not as something that limits me, but as something that protects me. It points me away from depletion and toward the sacred.
Invitation: To Others Who Feel Like This
If you feel overwhelmed by the world’s pace and your to-do list, this is for you.
If you've tried to contort yourself into systems that left you drained, numb, or anxious - know you're not broken. You’re likely spiritually neurodivergent. Sensitive in ways the world doesn’t always value. Intuitive in ways that can’t be tracked on a spreadsheet.
You don’t have to harden to survive. You don’t have to override the wisdom of your body to keep up. You don’t have to trade your truth for someone else’s version of success.
You get to build something slower, softer, more cyclical. Something that honours your nervous system. Something that mirrors your values, your energy, your spiritual rhythm.
There is space for your way of working. There are others- like me - choosing alignment over adrenaline. Purpose over pressure.
Your sensitivity is not a flaw. It’s a compass. It tells you when something’s off. It alerts you when you’re betraying your soul. And it guides you, gently but firmly, back to wholeness.
This is your permission slip to stop overriding your knowing. To stop chasing strategies that don’t feel good in your body. To stop performing productivity when what you really need is sacred slowness.
You are not lazy. You are not behind. You are not too much - or not enough. You are tuning in. That’s revolutionary.
Let your business be a sanctuary, not a battlefield. Let it reflect your healing, not replicate your trauma. Let it evolve with you - season by season, breath by breath.
You are not alone. There’s a quiet revolution happening - soul-led, body-aware, purpose-driven.
You belong here.
Closing Thoughts
For me, purpose is not a luxury - it’s my compass. It’s what brings me back to myself when I start drifting into comparison or pressure. It reminds me why I’m doing this. It helps me stay grounded when the world feels loud, demanding, or overwhelming. It’s the quiet inner voice that says: stay true.
Purpose is what anchors me when strategies fail, when numbers fluctuate, or when I doubt myself. It reminds me that impact isn’t always measurable. Sometimes it’s in a conversation. A piece of writing. A tiny moment of connection.
So I’ll leave you with this:
What would your work look like if your nervous system and soul were in charge?
Not your to-do list. Not the algorithms. Not someone else’s definition of success.
You. Your pace. Your truth. Your energy.
What would shift?
Maybe you’d launch less often, but with more heart.
Maybe you’d say “no” more freely and “yes” more consciously.
Maybe you’d stop waiting to feel “ready” and start following your internal timing.
Maybe your work would become a sacred space - not a stressor.
We’ve been taught to build businesses by forcing, pushing, proving. But there’s another way. One rooted in intuition, spaciousness, and self-trust.
Your pace is sacred. Your energy is valid. Your way of building your business deserves respect.
Let your business feel like you. Let your decisions come from your body, not your browser history. Let your path be guided by purpose, not pressure.
Because the most radical thing you can do is build a business that’s aligned with your soul.
And that is more than enough.
Spiritual Practice for Spiritually Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
Practice: The “Feel Right” Body Scan
A daily ritual for nervous system alignment and intuitive clarity.
This practice helps you check in with your body’s intuitive response before making decisions, structuring your day, or taking on tasks. Especially useful for spiritually neurodivergent folks who process the world energetically first.
Step 1: Find Stillness
Sit or lie down in a quiet space. Place one hand on your heart, the other on your belly. Take three slow breaths - inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Let your body soften.
Step 2: Energetic Check-In
Ask: “What am I carrying that isn’t mine?” Don’t think—feel. Notice sensations: tight chest? buzzing mind? heaviness in the limbs? Gently whisper: “I release anything that isn’t mine.” Exhale slowly and fully.
Step 3: The ‘Right Timing’ Inquiry
Bring one task, decision, or idea into your awareness. Ask: “Does this feel right for me right now?” Let your body respond. It may feel light (yes), tight (no), or unclear (not now).
Step 4: Honour the Answer
Trust what you feel - even if it doesn’t make sense yet. This is how you rebuild nervous system trust and spiritual alignment.
Use this daily. Let your body lead the way.