16/12/2025
💛 A New Chapter 💛
I’ve loved running Alternative Curiosity over the last few years more than I can put into words. Creating, designing, and sharing my work — especially within the neurodivergent community — has been such a special part of my life, and I’ll always be proud of what I built.
Over time, though, my health has changed. Living with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) has made using my hands for long periods increasingly difficult, and I’ve had to be honest with myself about what is sustainable. Stepping back from making and selling physical products hasn’t been an easy decision, but it’s a necessary one.
Rather than stepping away completely, I’ve chosen to let my business evolve into something that’s kinder to my health while still allowing me to give back in a meaningful way.
I’m really proud to introduce Kind Minds Sensory Bags 🌈
A small, lived-experience-led project offering free sensory support to autistic and neurodivergent people. These bags are designed to help with communication, emotional regulation, and sensory comfort — created with understanding, care, and real-life experience at the heart of everything.
This change allows me to continue supporting the neurodivergent community in a way that is gentler, more accessible, and sustainable for me, while still staying true to why I started Alternative Curiosity in the first place.
Because of my health, I’ll also no longer be trading at Artisan Island. I want to say the biggest thank you to the team and community there — it’s been an absolutely amazing experience, and I’m so grateful for all the support, encouragement, and opportunities. I wish Artisan Island every success moving forward 💛
So what’s changing?
Alternative Curiosity will now be known as Kind Minds Sensory Bags, with a new name and logo that better reflects this next chapter. Instead of selling products, I’ll be focusing on creating and sharing sensory bags for those who need them, offered free of charge (with a small postage fee to cover delivery while funding is limited).
Everything will continue to be led with kindness, trust, and lived experience — just in a way that’s more manageable for my health.
Kind Minds Sensory Bags will be starting in January, and I’ll share more information closer to the time about how to request a bag and other support.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Alternative Curiosity over the years. Your kindness and encouragement have meant more than you know. This next chapter feels different, but it feels right — and I’m hopeful about what’s to come 💛
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