Autism Chrysalis

Category: Internal Awareness

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Is It Anxiety or a Bad Situation?

When being faced with genuinely awful situations, it can be hard to tell if what you’re struggling with is anxiety or just your reaction to the terrible situation itself.

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Is It Anxiety Or Sensory Stuff?

Anxiety and sensory stuff can be difficult to pick apart, so I’d like to talk a bit about them and how they can intersect.

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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.

How To Build Self-Trust

I occasionally ask about physical sensations when coaching, and there’s a very specific reason for that. Here’s how simply asking starts to build self-trust.

The Impact Of Internal Awareness On Your Energy Levels

Here’s an explanation on how being aware of your body’s signals helps you manage your energy.

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Step One In Figuring Out What You Want

I’d like to talk a bit about the first step to figuring out what you want.

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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?

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.

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Sensory Moments Intro

Lots of us are trained as we grow up to ignore our internal signals of what we need. There’s a lot of different aspects in there to unpack, and I’m going to address one of them.