Blog - Autism Chrysalis

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Personal Growth

Painful Thoughts Around Spending Money

I’ve gotten back from my vacation, and it’s got me thinking about my relationship with money.

Social

Don’t Look For New Friends Until You Do This

It’s common to start with trying to find people and then work on how to build relationships, but I like to reverse that process.

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Anxiety

Chopsticks and Control

Holding chopsticks in different ways can make us have different levels of control over them. That same concept can apply to other things in our lives.

Burnout

How To Process Info With Brain Fog

If you’re having a real rough time processing information because of brain fog or burnout, here’s a few pieces of advice.

Burnout

Is It Burnout Or A Midlife Crisis?

One of my clients asked me recently if he’s not actually going through burnout and it’s just a midlife crisis. It’s a good question, let’s talk about it.

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Strategies

The First Problem to Solve

To be able to work through a problem you’re facing, you need to start questioning what the issue is in a new way.

Strategies

Getting Out of the What If Cycle

Sometimes we get into the cycle of constantly asking “what if?”. Here’s my thoughts on why we do, and how we can manage it.

Strategies

Gamifying Low Level Annoyances

Somethings aren’t really wrong but they still bother you, here’s an idea for how you can handle that.

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Burnout

What I Know About Rest

I’m not great at resting, but I’ve learned a lot and have gotten a lot better at it over the last few years. Here’s 6 things I’ve learned about resting.