Blood, Sweat and Glitter
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Blood, Sweat and Glitter
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Narrated by:
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Em Rusciano
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Em Rusciano
Summary
Hilarious and candid, this is Em Rusciano’s coming-of-middle-age story. Consider yourself warned: she’s neurodivergent and hormonal AF.
Em Rusciano has some stories to tell! In the space of a few short years, she quit breakfast radio, birthed her third child and staged a sold-out tour across the country – all before being hurled headfirst into the existential crisis of lockdowns. She felt everything at full volume: the burnout, the joy, the rage ... and a deeply inconvenient urge to get into craft.
Then came the missing puzzle pieces: ADHD and Autism. Two diagnoses that suddenly made everything – her entire life – click into place.
In this book, Em unpacks what it means to exist in a world that was never built for you, raising three gloriously neurodivergent kids while redefining her own limits. From her landmark National Press Club address to her game-changing role in the 2023 ADHD Senate inquiry, Em isn’t just sharing her story: she’s challenging the status quo and demanding change.
Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with righteous rage, Blood, Sweat and Glitter is a guide to being a neurodivergent, perimenopausal, middle-aged rock star in a world that prefers ‘women of a certain age’ to go off quietly into the sunset. Strap in – it’s a hell of a ride.
©2025 Em Rusciano (P)2025 Audible Australia Pty LtdWithin a couple of insta stories I realised: she’s a bit of me 💅🏻 Funny, sweary, honest, and a whole lot more, that you’ll have to discover for yourself so please, give her a follow, & listen to her podcast with her bestie @mtmichaellucas ✨️ @emsolation 🎙
After discovering her, I quickly found and devoured her memoir 'Try Hard: Tales from the Life of a Needy Overachiever' 📚 to learn more about her story.
Over the last 7/8 years, she’s become — as she says in her own podcast intro —
“A writer, a singer, a stand-up comedian, a maximalist power Queen, a neuro-divergent magic brain and a podcaster.” 👑✨
She started @emsolation during Covid & it’s grown into something truly special 🌈 I’ve seen a lot of what she’s gone through online, and now she’s put it all into another book.
Diagnosed with Autism and ADHD while crashing head-first into perimenopause 💥 — so much of it hit home. I remember a podcast ep where she was unmedicated and having a particularly tough week with peri-m. It was tough and funny and I felt it in my BONES 🦴🔥
I adore listening to her and Michael every week (and Ben 🫶 her team, her kids… everyone!) 🎧
I couldn’t be anything other than an extra subscriber 🙌
I just finished the new book 'Blood, Sweat and Glitter' and even though I already knew much of her story, I still wanted to hear every word of her book as she pours so much of herself and experiences into it.🥰 And it was incredible. I listened, nodded in agreement, laughed and cried. 🥹
She is some woman for one woman. ❤️
She's some woman for one woman ❤️
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Blood, Sweat & Glitter felt like the natural continuation of that, just the same voice I’ve trusted for a long time, finally given the space it deserves.
This book is life affirming in a way that doesn’t shout. It sits with you. It names things you didn’t realise you were holding. I laughed in places I didn’t expect to and paused and cried in others because something landed a little too close to home, in the best way.
What hit me most is the honesty. Not polished, not branded just lived experience and the Em we all have come to enjoy, shared plainly and generously and always bloody funny.
It reminded me that being human is complicated, funny, painful and still worth showing up for.
I hope this isn’t the end of the conversation. This voice deserves more space. If the world has any sense, she’d be given her own TV interview show, so she can be even more curious and honest (loads more side quests and deep dives) and of course with Michael and her team beside her. The kind of conversations that don’t rush people or tidy them up (and keeping the sound effects) because life is amazing, great, funny, sad and messy and we should all be more honest about that.
And if I ever win the lottery, I promise I’ll fund the tv show.
From a quiet fan, for many years.
Thank you I feel seen.
Listening for Years
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