Blogs & articles on neurodivergence, parenting, career burnout, trauma, emdr, and how therapy can help

If you’re parenting a child with a PDA profile, you’ve probably encountered the term Pathological Demand Avoidance. While that is the phrase most commonly used in clinical and research spaces, many parents and neurodivergent advocates (i.e. me) feel that the word...

“How Can I Tell I’m Masking If I’ve Always Done It?” This is one of the most common, and quietly painful, questions I hear from late-diagnosed AuDHD adults. For many people, masking isn’t something they started doing at some point in life. It’s something that...

For many neurodivergent people, dysregulation doesn’t start with emotions. It starts with a loss of choice. When your nervous system processes the world differently (more intensely, more quickly, more deeply…) being told what to do, how to do it, or when to do it, can...

I’m excited to share this guest blog from Deanna Kessler, who offers a thoughtful and accessible breakdown of the similarities and differences between EMDR and Brainspotting. If you’ve ever wondered how these trauma therapies compare, this is a clear and grounded...

(And why it doesn’t start where most people think it does) When people talk about burnout, they usually imagine a breaking point. Exhaustion. Collapse. The moment you can’t get out of bed anymore. But for neurodivergent adults, especially those with ADHD, autism,...