Anxiety
Deconstructing My Art Anxiety
I’ve been getting an urge to do some art. It’s popped up in short bursts throughout my life and is always quashed quickly by anxiety flareups. Here’s how I’m working through it.
Free Workshop
Autistic Energy Management
How do you make positive changes in your life when you have no energy left? In this workshop recording, I share my philosophy of the situation and lots of practical tips.
Anxiety
A Tale of Two Phone Calls (and Anxiety)
Phone calls can be quite stressful. When I used to need to make them a lot, I often could not force myself to pick up the phone. Here’s what I learned from that.
Sensory
When You Want To Integrate Body Stuff But Can’t
How do you follow the advice to integrate sensory awareness when you’re not getting info from your body?
Masking
Unmasking My Wardrobe Color Choices
I recently found another way I’ve been masking without realizing it. Here’s me talking through how I realized this and let this mask drop away.
Social
How Much Is It Okay to Go Out of My Way for Others?
As you’re learning to establish healthier relationships and boundaries, the question comes up, “How much is it healthy to do things for others that use my own energy and effort?”
Autism
How to Prevent Meltdowns
Meltdowns are no fun, but it is possible to avoid them. Here’s a framework for how.
Sensory
When You Start Feeling Sensory Stuff and It’s All More Annoying, Here’s What to Do Next
A common experience with later identified Autistics who start figuring out all the sensory stuff that they’ve been shutting out, is that instead of things getting better, everything is more annoying.
Anxiety
On Anxiety, Nuance, and Trusting Yourself
Sometimes the advice we get creates more problems than solutions. Here are a few thoughts on some anxiety advice I heard, and on developing trust in yourself.
Personal Growth
Are Big Life Changes Worth It?
Are they worth it? A question that new clients (who want to make changes in their life but it’s also scary) sometimes ask me is,
Acceptance
What is Internalized Ableism?
Here are a couple examples of internalized ableism, and a few thoughts exploring what ableism is, how it gets so ingrained, and what the way out may be.
Social
Why “It’s Just A Label” Hurts
There’s so much history and personal experience surrounding diagnoses, and they’re more complicated than “just labels.”