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Why does trauma erode your resilience? Over time, trauma makes your brain more sensitive to threat, and as a result, stressors begin to...

Sensory overload is a defining issue in autism, ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence, like high sensitivity. Sometimes, it shows up in...

If you’re neurodivergent, female, BIPOC or a combination thereof, it’s likely you expend a lot of energy keeping up a mask that assures...

People who have experienced social or familial trauma have a key commonality with people who are neurodivergent: We have to some extent...

Ever get halfway through your grocery list and suddenly feel the urge to sprint out of the store? If you’re like me, you push through the...

No matter how anxiety-provoking my pacing can be, I didn’t have a better way to process emotions until I began studying applied neurology.

Everyone masks to some extent. We mask to fit in, to seem confident, to find love or to endure the workplace. We mask to try on new...

Autistics and highly sensitive persons (HSPs) have one major thing in common: a tendency toward sensory overload. And it’s a very big...

The rules of life aren't built with you in mind. Live on your own terms by writing your own rules.

We need to talk about workplace trauma, especially in the context of neurodivergence.

Overwhelm can be a difficult state for anyone to reach, but for autistics, it can be outright dangerous. Picture “autistic overwhelm,”...

When I “came out” as autistic a few months ago, I was surprised by the warm reception I received on LinkedIn. It’s by far my most viewed...

I spoke with Shelley Kenow this week about the path that led me to my midlife diagnosis of autism. Shelley’s show – #nolimits – explores...

Figuring out when, how and how much to unmask is one of the most daunting questions faced after an autism diagnosis in adulthood. For me,...

When I decided to double-down on growing my business, I needed to fully understand where my baseline fell.

(And allistics too) Last month, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary on Hawaii’s Big Island, one of our favorite spots on the...

I set out early this year to reposition my business around Trust. (You’ve witnessed some of that metamorphosis already.) I assumed that...

I need to tell you something, and after everything I've written about narratives, it shouldn't surprise you: Video overwhelms me. I can’t...