<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[ZANE]]></description><link>https://www.zanezoo.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:34:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.zanezoo.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Working With, Rather Than Against, Your Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am about to turn 40 and my whole world just shifted into focus. I am a devoted friend, daughter, sister, wife, mother and zookeeper and I was giving 150% to everyone all the time until I crashed hard last year. Let me back up a few more years though. About four years ago, my son was diagnosed with ADHD and he and I began to learn what that meant. The more I learned about my son's unique brain, the more I started to recognize that he most likely inherited this special brain from me. We...]]></description><link>https://www.zanezoo.org/post/working-with-rather-than-against-your-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d5852874eeae096e522220</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:32:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f3999_48f493b11698466da41d451eb969e081~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_995,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lacy Pearson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thriving, Not Just Surviving: A Neurodivergent Perspective in the Zoo Field ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being neurodivergent means my brain is never quiet—but it is deeply curious, deeply passionate, and deeply invested in the things I love. One of those things is ZooTampa. Zoos have always been a special interest of mine, and ZooTampa in particular holds a huge piece of my heart. I’m incredibly lucky that my role allows me to share that passion every single week. Every new hire at the Zoo spends about twelve hours over two days listening to me talk about our mission, our people, and why what...]]></description><link>https://www.zanezoo.org/post/thriving-not-just-surviving-a-neurodivergent-perspective-in-the-zoo-field-by-hannah-grosvenor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d582f810427b2b314a605c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:22:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f3999_07c40268eac5447d83ed030ddbabd250~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_868,h_653,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hannah Grosvenor</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>