You Are Not a Burden - Repost
The story of a meltdown. For me these days, that includes some intrusive thoughts around being a burden.You are not a burden. And even if we are sometimes, that's okay. I want to be a part of communit...
2 Touko 28min
When the Body Simply Cannot - Repost
This week I pushed my body way too far, even though I was having trouble parsing that in the moment. The story is also a great analogy for how other ND internal needs feel (including PDA).Even with al...
25 Huhti 30min
139 Alexithymia - Feeling While AuDHD
Alexithymia is common in AuDHDers, and involves having trouble identifying and communicating emotions. There are a lot of reasons this can be the case, including: interoception differenceslack of usef...
18 Huhti 35min
138 Your Money Big Picture
I would guess that most AuDHDers struggle with money in one way or another. Saving or planning for the future can be particularly difficult to emotionally attach to in the same way we connect with wan...
11 Huhti 29min
137 Spending and Money Unfairness
This & next week are two episodes on money & finances as a follow up to last week's interview (more from Hyperfocus here).Justice sensitivity can highlight the unfairness we often feel between our fin...
4 Huhti 25min
136 Financial Therapy with Christine Hargrove
Thanks again to Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson for sharing this interview with financial therapist Christine Hargrove. She shares ADHD-focused advice that is useful for AuDHD folks as well! And the next...
28 Maalis 33min
Paper Planners & Tasks Feeling Real
I just started using a paper planner again for the first time in many years, and the coolest thing is noticing that calendared blocks of time feel more "real" to my brain when I've written them by han...
27 Maalis 6min
135 Slow Processes are Frustrating
Sometimes... a process is happening, internally. It can be integration, change, growth, positive disintegration... and sometimes it's unclear. Either way, the uncertainty can be disconcerting and frus...
21 Maalis 23min
