Category: Autism

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Why Autistics Are Lonely

So many autistics struggle with loneliness, even while they ache for connection. It’s easy to think it’s because we’re just too different, but what if that’s not the case?

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Internalized Ableism for Autistics: Workshop & Assessment

Learn how to spot and start dismantling internalized ableism in your adult Autistic or AuDHD life—including the ways you’ve been trained not to notice you’re discriminating against yourself.

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Why Finding Your Autistic Community Didn’t Fix Your Loneliness (The Truth No One Talks About)

When we finally figure out that we’re Autistic, we think finding community in other Autistics will be what allows us to finally find good relationships. But sometimes, it just results in us feeling more isolated than ever.

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Autistic Pride Day

It’s Autistic Pride Day and I’ve been thinking lately about what pride means in this context, and what I’m proud of.

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Supporting Autistic Clients: A Guide for Coaches and Therapists

Learn how to better support your Autistic adult coaching and therapy clients with this insider’s perspective from an Autistic, ADHD, multiply-neurodivergent coach.

Practical Tips for Disclosing Your Autism

How to approach the “I’m Autistic” conversation so it goes better, and coping when it doesn’t.

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(Re)Building Self Trust After You Learned You’re Autistic

Once you discover your autism, you may realize just how severed the connection to yourself is, but it is possible to get in touch with yourself; to learn to trust your instincts better.

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The Most Common Misconception About Burnout

There’s some common misconceptions around the causes of burnout, but I’d like to explain what’s really going on.

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How People Pleasing Prevents Positive Relationships

Autistic people-pleasing includes plenty of downsides, but have you thought of the positives that it prevents?

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Disclosing Autism: Understanding People’s Reactions to Disclosing you’re Autistic

People can often have upsetting reactions when you tell them you’re Autistic. Here’s why I think those reactions happen, and why it doesn’t have to be the end.