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.
Category: Strategies
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?
How to Prevent Meltdowns
Meltdowns are no fun, but it is possible to avoid them. Here’s a framework for how.
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.
Why NOT Get the Worst Over With First
Have you heard the saying, “eat the worst first and save the best for last”? I think it’s fundamentally flawed. Here’s why, and what I’ve found works better.
Unmasking Strategies for Safety
If you want to unmask, how do you do that safely? And how can you tell when it’s safe to unmask, and to what extent? Here are some principles to tweak things in your favor.
The Problem With To-Do Lists
I am a huge fan of lists, but there’s an important problem with to-do lists that I want to talk about.
Resisting Your Own Creative Project
If you’re wanting to do something that’s creative but there’s this part of you that’s really resisting, here’s my thought on why.
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.
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.
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.
Gamifying Low Level Annoyances
Somethings aren’t really wrong but they still bother you, here’s an idea for how you can handle that.
