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When You Stop Pretending You Don’t Need Directions: What an Adult Autism and ADHD Assessment Actually Feels Like
What an adult autism and ADHD assessment actually feels like. The fear, the tests, the tears, and what shifts before the results arrive. A personal account.
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Sitting with the Unknown — The Emotional Limbo After an Autism and ADHD Assessment
The assessment is over. The two-week wait begins. On circling thoughts, old self-doubt, and what surfaces when you stop moving long enough to sit with yourself.
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The Threads of Life — Growing Up as an Undiagnosed Neurodivergent Woman
A quiet childhood, a love of routine, and a lifetime of masking. Looking back at the signs of neurodivergence I missed for almost 40 years.
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The Gift of a Tender Heart — Parenting a Child with Selective Mutism and Anxiety
My 5-year-old has selective mutism and deep anxiety. How I am learning to see his sensitivity as a strength, not something to fix.
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Is It All in My Head? — Deciding to Get Assessed for Autism and ADHD as an Adult
At mid life, I sat across from a psychologist agreeing to a full autism and ADHD assessment. A reflection on self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and taking that first step.
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The Ache for Meaning in the Middle — Searching for Purpose as a Neurodivergent Parent
A quiet ache has been rising. The search for meaning in midlife as a parent of neurodivergent children, navigating identity and purpose.
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When You Feel Like You’re Drifting — The Quiet Sadness of Parenthood
There is a sadness that lingers in the pauses of parenting neurodivergent children. On feeling lost, unseen, and learning to hold space for yourself.
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The Circle of Life — A Neurodivergent Mother’s Reflection on Parenting, Growth, and Acceptance
Becoming a mother taught me what the Circle of Life really means. A reflection on acceptance, growth, and raising neurodivergent children with compassion.
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A Legacy Left Unwritten — What Palliative Care Taught Me About Parenting and Purpose
I met a dying mother of two young boys when I was pregnant with my first. Her story changed how I think about legacy, parenting, and what truly matters.
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When Doing Our Best Doesn’t Feel Like Enough — Lessons from Palliative Care and Parenting
As an OT in palliative care, I met a wife whose husband had brain cancer. She changed how I see parenting. On doing your best even when it doesn’t feel enough.
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