
Unmasking My Office Part 3 – This Isn’t Selfishness
Here’s the third part of a story of what started as a small change led to a big Autistic unmasking journey around how I work and set up my office.
Here’s the third part of a story of what started as a small change led to a big Autistic unmasking journey around how I work and set up my office.
Here’s the second part of a story of what started as a small change led to a big Autistic unmasking journey around how I work and set up my office.
Here’s the first part of a story of what started as a small change led to a big Autistic unmasking journey around how I work and set up my office.
You might have noticed that the stack of books next to my chair is disorganized. That’s intentional, here’s why I did it.
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.
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.
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?”
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.
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,
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.
In our society, we get a lot of messages that once you figure out something, you need to go put it into practice. But that’s skipping a critical step.
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.
Healing communication wounds with new experiences is a gradual process.
Masking and unmasking is a weird equation, and there’s a lot to take into account when doing them.
We are socialized not to complain, but sometimes that means not telling people what we need. I have been getting better at saying what I need, and finding out that people can help.
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