Autism Chrysalis

Category: Strategies

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.

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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?

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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.

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Cheap Sensory Products You Might Already Have

Sensory objects are often very helpful, but spending a lot of money on them might not work for you. Here’s some ideas for cheap sensory products.

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.

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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.