A 90-minute mini course to get your business (and your brain) out of hard mode.
You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. And no, you don’t need another colour-coded planner.
You need a way of working that actually fits you — your energy, your brain, your chaos, your brilliance.
🧩 You’ve got 17 tabs open (both in your browser and your brain), but none of them are moving you forward
🎢 You’ve created 5 offers, 3 new pricing models, and a wild idea for a group program — this week.
🫠 You sit at your desk for hours but still feel like you’ve done “nothing.”
🎯 You’re so good at what you do, but running the business side feels like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded and juggling.
🥲 You’re in a permanent state of low-level panic, pretending to be fine on Zoom calls while secretly wondering if you’re the problem.
Spoiler: You’re not the problem.
The way you’ve been told to run your business is.
You didn’t start your business to become chief chaos wrangler, emotional support admin, and unpaid content creator for the algorithm gods.
But somehow… here you are. Tired, tangled, and wondering if you missed the day they handed out the How To Be A Proper Business Owner manual.
Spoiler: That manual was never written for you.
So let’s stop trying to follow it and start building something that actually works for your brain.In just 90 minutes, you'll;
✅ Uncover why everything feels so hard (no, it’s not a personal failing — it’s the friction nobody taught you to spot).
✅ Reconnect with how you actually work best — not what the ADHD 'guru' from LinkedIn says “should” work.
✅ Torch the “shoulds” that have been quietly running your business into the ground.
✅ Design your own Ease Formula — your brain’s version of a weighted blanket and a big YES.✅ Spot and stop the sneaky energy leaks draining your time, joy, and motivation.
✅ Build your Friction Fix Checklist — your no-BS filter for decisions, offers, and boundaries.
✅ Take your first aligned, pressure-free step (not 12 action items and a fresh bout of imposter syndrome).
Most programmes try to stuff you into a one-size-fits-all model. This one? Helps you build your own.
✨ If you’re autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or just constantly overstimulated by the sound of your own email notifications — you are very welcome here.
This isn’t about “overcoming” how your brain works.
It’s about building around it — with humour, honesty, and tools that actually fit.
Short modules. Real talk. Zero fluff. Maximum permission to be you.
This isn't a course, it's a plot twist!
This isn’t another course trying to sell you a hustle-heavy roadmap to success.
This is:
The best friend who gets why a minor task can derail your whole day and helps you untangle it.
The mentor who sees past the mess and mirrors your actual brilliance.
A clarity tool disguised as a warm hug and a firm “Nope, we’re not doing it like that anymore”.
This is where the shift starts. Not with another strategy.
But with you.
🎬 7 Bingeable Mini Modules (~90 mins total)
Made for neurodivergent brains: short, practical, honest, and easy to pause, repeat, or absorb on a walk with your headphones.
📝 The Friction Fix Workbook
Like a journal and a pep talk had a baby. Reflection prompts, a-ha moments, and space to get real.
✅ The Friction Fix Checklist
Your new go-to filter for what’s a yes, what’s a no, and what’s just someone else’s noise.
📝Your Personal Ease Map Toolkit
Your toolkit to update whenever you need it. Designed so that you can use it whenever you feel friction creeping in and you need a reset.
💡 Clarity on what’s draining you
🛠️ Tools that work with your brain (not against it)
🧭 A custom checklist that becomes your new business compass.
🎉 Actual relief — not just more advice.
📝 A toolkit that you can return to whenever you need it. It's your long-term BFF.
Because you’re not here to survive your business. You’re here to enjoy it.
You know that moment you’re on a client call, smiling like your face might crack, while internally wondering if you can fake a WiFi outage and climb under the duvet with just your snacks for company?
Or that slow, sinking feeling when you realise you’ve spent £297 on an app, a planner, and a coaching call that gave you more questions than answers…
and now you’ve got five new folders, no clear next step, and a deep desire to lie down (with snacks, obviously!).
✨ Fix the Friction is for precisely these moments.
You don’t need another “productivity hack.”
You need to stop pretending your 47-tab brain can be tamed by a pastel planner.
This is where you stop singing I Hate You So Much Right Now at your business, and and start humming Ain’t Nothing Gonna Break My Stride in the shower (Nb. Other pop tunes are available).
Hey, I’m Nikki Butler—Founder of The Autistic Joyologist & The Joyful Organisation, certified business strategist, author of Amazon bestseller Permission To Be Different, and gloriously AuDHD.
I didn’t set out to become a business strategist for neurodivergent entrepreneurs. I was just trying to survive my own business without setting it (or myself) on fire.
After 12 years as an entrepreneur—and 10 years+ before that in corporate legal management—I’d racked up the qualifications: Business Law degree, CMI Management Certication, Business NLP Practitioner, certified business strategist (to name a few!). I had all the tools… but none of them were designed for a brain like mine.
I tried the blueprints. The funnels. The 6-step plug-and-play systems. They didn't work.
And like many of us, I ended up burnt out, overwhelmed, and wondering how something I loved had turned into something I dreaded.
I created The Joyful Founder because I know what it feels like to be capable, creative, and full of potential—while secretly drowning in tabs, to-do lists, and decisions you don’t have the executive function to make. I know what it’s like to want to do things differently… but not know where to start.
This isn’t another course. It’s a business realignment for brilliant-but-frazzled founders who are ready to build success in a way that finally feels good.
If you're craving clarity, strategy, and support from someone who sees your genius and your chaos—you're in the right place.
FAQ section
If you can't find the answer to your questions, please email the team at hello@autisticjoyologist.co.uk.
Same!
The problem isn’t you — it’s the way most advice was built for brains that aren’t yours.
This isn’t a rigid blueprint or a ‘just try harder’ plan.
It’s a supportive nudge inward, toward your way of working — so the changes actually stick because they make sense for you.
Nope.
This is the plate-clearer, not the plate-piler.
The Friction Fix is under 90 minutes total, broken into bite-size modules you can binge, pause, or do in your pyjamas.
The goal? Help you feel lighter, clearer, and more in control without needing a 10-step morning routine.
Absolutely not.
If you’re someone who’s ever said “Why is this so easy for everyone else but feels like wading through wet cement for me?” — this was made for you.
Labels and diagnosis aren’t required. Lived experience is enough.
It’ll help you get clear.
And clarity is the first step to choosing what kind of organisation actually works for you (no more shame about not using a Notion board you hate).
You’ll walk away with tools you can tweak and return to anytime things feel messy again.
Nope. This isn’t ‘just think positive!’ energy.
This is real, practical clarity-building — we’re talking checklists, frameworks, and personal strategies you can actually use.
Yes, your mindset will probably shift... but because you’ll finally be working in a way that makes sense for you, not because you forced it.
You bet.
You’ll have lifetime access* to the modules, workbook, checklist, and bonus pep talk — so you can revisit anytime the friction starts to creep back in.
You'll also have access to any updates or additional bonuses that are added to The Friction Fix. (we love to continually improve things!)
* Lifetime access means for the entire duration that the course is available.