Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Why “Fresh Start” Energy Triggers PDA (And What to Do Instead) New Year's pressure lands like a demand on your already overloaded nervous system. If you have PDA, that "fresh start" hype doesn't motivate—it repels. Here's why January feels like a threat, and the gentler ways to navigate it without internal war.
Unmasking Featured Unmasking as a Mom: Why It's Harder Than You Expected Unmasking after your autism or ADHD diagnosis should be straightforward, right? Just stop pretending and be yourself! Except when you're a mom, you're learning who you actually are while a tiny human depends on you showing up consistently every day. Here's why it's exponentially more complicated.
New Year Things I'm Not Fixing About Myself This Year Some things aren't broken — they're just neurodivergent. Here's the list of traits you can stop trying to fix, improve, or optimize. Not everything about you needs to change, despite what wellness culture says.
New Year Setting One Sustainable Goal vs. 10 That'll Fail by February You know that list of 10 ambitious resolutions? Yeah, we're not doing that this year. Here's how to pick ONE goal your nervous system can actually handle — and why that's more powerful than a dozen you'll abandon by February.
New Year The Neurodivergent Alternative to Goal Setting Traditional goal setting assumes your brain works in straight lines. Ours don't. Here's how to plan for growth without the shame spiral when your executive function says "absolutely not" halfway through January.
New Year Permission to Keep Your Life Exactly the Same in 2026 Not every year needs to be a transformation. Bb, if you survived 2025, that's more than enough. Here's why keeping your life exactly as it is might be the most radical act of self-preservation you can do right now.
Executive Function 7 Executive Function Myths That Need to Die (Like, Yesterday) Stop blaming yourself for executive dysfunction. These 7 myths about executive function keep neurodivergent moms stuck in shame spirals — when the real problem is trying to force your brain into systems that were never built for you. Here’s what’s actually true about ND executive function.
