There’s a very specific kind of grief that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s not just the grief of being exhausted. It’s not even the grief of burnout itself. It’s the grief of realizing…you can’t be the version of yourself who used to “just push through” anymore....

There’s a question I hear in my therapy room all the time: “I don’t know if I’m chronically burnt out, or chronically depressed.” It’s usually coming from someone who is still showing up, everywhere. They’re still working. Still parenting. Still responding to emails...

You hit send. And then, you see it right away.  The wrong person. The wrong tone. Or worse…reply all. Your stomach drops. Your brain replays it over and over.  Your body goes from fine to flooded in two seconds. It definitely doesn’t feel like a small mistake. It...

I’ve been practicing yoga for over 20 years. For most of that time, it was something I did. A class I took, a way to move my body to stretch. Something that helped me unwind. And it did, sometimes. I kept coming back to it. I always felt glad I did it afterwards. ...

There’s a particular kind of stuck that doesn’t make sense from the outside. You’re either deep in hyperfocus (locked in, efficient, productive, brilliant), or...you’re horizontal. Foggy. Heavy. You know you need to get up and do something, and you genuinely intend...

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...