No fixing. No Masking. Just you.
Brain Beacon was created to fill a vital gap. Neurodiversity is no longer a buzzword or something to be ashamed of. It's here and it's everywhere. Brain Beacon focuses on you as an individual and celebrates who you are. Come as you are - No pretenses, no apologies and certainly no masking. We provide affordable educational content aimed at individuals as opposed to population groups. After consulting with psychologists, doctors, and neurodiverse clients, we listened and we designed something that aims to uplift, be inclusive and break through barriers of endless academia and research to allow you to learn in an environment that celebrates you for you.
We create learning environments that are warm, engaging and supportive by offering individual coaching, executive functioning and social skills programs.
Our mission
We're on a mission to change the way neurodiversity is seen and understood. We want to provide inclusive educational services that are neuroaffirming and personalized that empower and support all to learn at all stages. We provide affordable, engaging content that uplifts and supports those around us.
Our vision
To break down the stigma that is attached to neurodiversity. To learn without masking and be the best indivuduals we can be. We want to be known in the industry as leading, affordable and supportive. Our vision is to be the best in the market at what we do -Providing neurodiversity programs for neurodiverse people by neurodiverse people.
Meet Our Founder
Christopher knows what it's like to struggle growing up. Diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 6, when medication was the only solution and the best support you had was to be told to "get on with it". Bullied in school for being different and unable to understand how his brain worked, he developed his own learning skills and strategies that that helped get him through school and university. Relationships were tough, work was even harder -all because his brain worked differently. He developed his own skills to help manage his neurodiversity. He realized that through his own journey that there was nothing wrong with him and he just simply saw the world differently.
For the past 15 years, he has supported autistic teens in recognizing that success does not require becoming someone else. Today, as an internationally certified neurodiversity coach and PEERS trained practitioner, he works with teens and adults to understand their unique brains, build meaningful skills, and develop authentic confidence. His approach is simple: fitting in should never come at the cost of being yourself.
Christopher's Background
Certified PEERS instructor
International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Certified Organizational Coach, University of British Columbia
Certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Christopher Brodie-Smith
Founder and Neurodiversity Coach
Brain Beacon is committed to being an inclusive organization, providing a safe and accepting space for all to learn
With gratitude, mutual respect, and reciprocity, we acknowledge the ancestral home, culture, and oral teachings of the Treaty 7 signatories which includes the Siksik (Six-ih-gah) Nation, Piikani (Be-gun-nee) Nation, Kainai (Gaa-nah) Nation, the Îethka Stoney Nakoda (Ee-iith-kah Stow-nee Nah-koh-duh) Nation, consisting of the Chiniki (Chin-ih-key), Bearspaw (Bears-paw), and Good Stoney (Good Stow-nee) Bands, and the people of the Tsuut’ina (Sue-tin-ah) Nation. The City of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis (May-tea) and to the Otipemisiwak (Oh-tay-Pem-soo-wak) Métis Government, Métis Nation Battle River Territory, Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6.
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