Why Neurodivergent Founders Deserve Better Spaces — A Conversation With Lilly-Mae Roberts

🎙 Why Neurodivergent Founders Deserve Better Spaces — A Conversation With Lilly-Mae Roberts Lilly-Mae Roberts From Anxiety to Empowerment: Lilly’s Story Behind Thirty Seven Co & Thirty Seven Spaces In her Legacy Bench conversation, Lilly-Mae Roberts opens up with honesty, humour, and a refreshing realness about what it truly feels like to build a business outside the typical mould. At only 22, she’s already walked a journey many founders encounter much later in life: leaving a path that didn’t fit, battling internal doubts, redefining identity, and rebuilding from the ground up — this time on her own terms. Lilly shares how growing up severely dyslexic shaped her in ways most people never saw. She spent years being told to “get a normal job,” and when she tried the traditional 9-to-5 route, it broke her — mentally, emotionally, and creatively. She speaks about reaching some of her lowest points, navigating social anxiety that made even everyday moments feel overwhelming, and feeling out of place both in corporate spaces and sometimes even in neurodivergent communities. And yet, that struggle became her turning point. Through Thirty Seven Co, Lilly found her footing as a marketing