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29. The Extremely Awkward Art of Promoting Yourself (When Your Soul Would Prefer to Hide Behind the Couch)
29. The Extremely Awkward Art of Promoting Yourself (When Your Soul Would Prefer to Hide Behind the Couch)
8-minute read (rejection sensitivity, autistic masking, autistic anxiety, social anxiety, alexithymia, autistic communication) Let me tell you a secret about running a small business for me, as an autistic woman.... Read more...
26. The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Learned About my Nervous System (And Shame)
26. The Year I Quit my Day Job and Accidentally Learned About my Nervous System (And Shame)
5-minute read (autistic burnout, alexithymia, autistic traits, sensory overload, emotional regulation, autistic shame, self discovery, autistic strengths, stimming, late-diagnosed autism) I am a middle-aged woman who was diagnosed with autism... Read more...
4. I Don’t Have Bowels and Other Fun Autistic Denial Strategies
4. I Don’t Have Bowels and Other Fun Autistic Denial Strategies
3-minute read (interoception, body awareness, sensory processing, alexithymia, mind-body disconnect, gastrointestinal issues, autism and health) So apparently—according to scientists, researchers, and people who insist on saying “gut health” like it’s... Read more...