Mike Cornell: Peer Support & Mental Wellness Coach

09/04/2026

If a curriculum isn't working for your kid, throw it in the trash.

Cassie Olguin has homeschooled her three kids for over a decade. In this episode of Spark Launch , she gets into protecting your kid's spirit, ignoring standardized test scores, and why she put academics on hold when her neurodivergent daughter was struggling.

Stop trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

Listen at https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/neurodivergent-kids-alternative-education or find it on your favorite podcast platform.

09/03/2026

D’awww shucks!

Testimonial Tuesday: "Mike led the breakout room I was in. He was kind and respectful and moved the meeting along well." -Anonymous HeyPeers Member⁠
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08/28/2026

If you’ve been “fine” your whole life and you’re not fine anymore, that might be progress.

New Spark Launch Podcast episode is for late-diagnosed autism and ADHD folks who are done pretending for the sake of others. Chaya Mallavaram and I welcome Kristin Sunanta Walker of MHNRNetwork.

https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/late-diagnosed-autism-kristin-walker
or find it on your favorite podcast platform!

08/21/2026

New Spark Launch Podcast episode with Ryan Mayer ADHD Coaching

We talk ADHD, masking, burnout, why “push harder” usually makes it worse, and how to recharge without turning it into another thing you fail at.

Listen here: https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/adhd-overwhelm-self-care-strategies or find it on your favorite podcast platform!

08/14/2026

New episode of Spark Launch is live!

We talked with Neal Glendenning, founder of The Neuro Inclusion Project, about ADHD burnout and the gap between “we support neurodivergent people” and actually building systems that do.

Neal has lived the cost of that gap. Burnout. Hospitalization. Therapy that was never really built for ADHD brains in the first place.

So we talked about what better care could look like:
> ADHD support before diagnosis
> Actual post-diagnosis care
> Workplaces that stop treating people like machines
> Flexible work that respects neurodivergent energy
> Neuroinclusion that goes past the poster on the wall

If the system keeps breaking people, maybe the people were never the thing that needed fixing?

Listen at https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/neuroinclusive-healthcare-adhd-support or find it on your favorite podcast platform.

08/09/2026

New Spark Launch episode is up. We talk with RN Katy Johnson, founder of Reciprocity KC, about compassion fatigue, healthcare burnout, and what it looks like to rebuild after your system has been in overdrive for too long.

Listen now, or find it on your favorite podcast platform.
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/burnout-balance-reciprocity-and-resilience-in-healthcare-w-katy-johnson--73614156

08/08/2026

New Spark Launch episode with Briana McCallum.

We talk masking, burnout, and nervous system regulation for neurodivergent folks. Also the gut-brain piece: how food can hit mood, focus, and inflammation in ways people miss.

Listen: https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/neurodivergent-holistic-healing or find it on your favorite podcast platform.

07/31/2026

Ever notice how stress shows up in your body before you can explain it?

This episode gets into why that happens, and how to start building regulation without pretending you’re someone you’re not.

Listen now: https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/neurodivergent-holistic-healing

or find it on your favorite podcast platform.

07/24/2026

Some kids aren’t “bad at school.”

They’re stuck in a system that was never built for how they learn.

In this Spark Launch clip, Enrique Cachafeiro talks about why serious game design can be such a strong tool for inclusion, especially for neurodivergent students with ADHD, autism, and other learning differences.

Games give students room to try, struggle, adjust, and keep going. School could learn a few things from that.

Listen here: https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/gamification-neurodivergent-learning
or find it on your favorite podcast platform.

07/24/2026

New Spark Launch episode is up.

Myself and Chaya sit down with Dr. Uli Chettipally to talk about nonspeaking autism, communication rights, letter boards, ABA, motor planning, and what better support could look like when we stop writing people off.

A big part of this one is Siri, Dr. Chettipally’s daughter, who went from being underestimated by the system to communicating, going to college, making the Dean’s List, and planning a future in neuroscience.

Listen here: https://sparklaunchpodcast.com/episodes/non-speaking-autism-communication-uli-chettipally or find it on your favorite podcast platform.