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Mr. Maxwell
by Mr. Maxwell
My name is Sam, I am an autistic adult who struggles with autoimmune diseases. I am a teacher by trade, a husband, father of three and a creative who likes to paint sneakers and make things. My podcast is inspired by the interactions that I have with my students, and my musings as I journey through life. My goal is to share my personal journey and thoughts about life, creativity or whatever else pops into my head.Grab a cup of tea and let’s talk.
Episodes
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The Final Episode
I am taking what may be a permanent break from the podcast.
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Managing Depression
I struggle with depression, and I am currently in a depressive episode. Instead of hiding this, I wanted to be vulnerable, to talk about depression, and share five strategies that I am using to help me get through it. Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and suicidal thoughts. If you are…
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Revisiting Ikigai
2023 has been a year of constant change, I have not had a normal day since January. When my life feels like too much is going on I can get very overwhelmed, and I begin looking for ways to ground myself. To do that I have been going over my journals, and re-exploring ideas that brought me to…
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Dealing With Light
Light is a wonderful part of our world, but for some it is also a source of pain and discomfort. Today I am sharing what I’ve learned from researching how light affects me as an autistic adult with an autoimmune disease. My sources are: Decreasing exposure to ultraviolet light, Lupus.org,...
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Dyschronometria
Time is a funny thing, something that many struggle with, some more than others. Today I am sharing what I learned about Dyschronometria, and how I manage time in my own life as a person with a career, family, and multiple creative pursuits. Here are some of the sources I used while researching...
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Situational Awareness and Physical/ Mental Health
Last week I didn’t post an episode because I was dealing with a busy work week, and I was dealing with a lupus flare. Today I’m reflecting on last week and how I can apply the concept of situational awareness to my physical and mental health.
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Hiding My Dreams=Missed Opportunities
I am beginning to realize that when I hide my goals, hobbies and who I am, I risk missing opportunities to do new things and find new ways to connect with people. My fear of rejection leads to a lack of connection.
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I Want to Help Others Like Me
Today I’m rambling a bit as I process ideas around my desire to help others like me.
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Reading Poems From my New Book pt. 2
Today I’m reading some more poems from my new (first) book of poetry Words From My Brain vol. 2. Please grab yourself a cup of tea, coffee or whatever you prefer.
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Reading Poems From my New Book pt.1
Today I’m reading some poems to you from my new (first) book of poetry Words From My Brain, vol. 1. Please grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea (or whatever beverage you prefer) and enjoy a bit of poetry.
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Life Update
It’s been a minute since I’ve done a life update, so here is a life update.
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Learning About Dyslexia
The other day I was having breakfast with a friend of mine, and she mentioned that she was learning about dyslexia. Her son is dyslexic, and she is starting to realize that she might be as well. During the conversation I realized that I know nothing about dyslexia, other than that it affects a...
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Rest Day
Rest is part of my productivity strategy.
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My Five Philosophies
Today I want to share my five philosophies for life. I do not believe that everyone needs to follow my philosophies, but I do think that it is important for everyone to develop their philosophies for their own lives. These philosophies should not explain how you are already living, but I think…
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Vertigo
Let’s talk about the medical condition where you get dizzy
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Executive Function pt. 2
“When children have opportunities to develop executive function and self-regulation skills, individuals and society experience lifelong benefits.” -Harvard Center on the Developing Child. In the course of two episodes, I want to talk about 8 different forms of Executive Function that I learned...
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Executive Function pt.1
“When children have opportunities to develop executive function and self-regulation skills, individuals and society experience lifelong benefits.” -Harvard Center on the Developing Child. In the course of two episodes, I want to talk about 8 different forms of Executive Function that I learned...
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Autism and Friendships pt. 2
(Quick note: Even though this episode and the previous one is titled Autism and Friendship, I believe that some, if not all of these reasons affect people of other neurotypes.) I found an article on the Ambitious About Autism website called 10 reasons people with autism struggle with friendships....
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Coffin vs Coccon
When facing the death of dream, we have a choice, to view it as the end, or a chance for new beginnings.
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Reflecting on 2022
I can’t believe that we are starting season 3 of the Mr. Maxwell podcast! Today I am taking some time to reflect on the past year, and look ahead to the new year.
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Autism and Friendships pt.1
Throughout my life I have had my share of struggles with making and keeping friends. Today I am sharing an article I read about autism and friendship along with my thoughts about it.
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Bonus Episode: Talking about a book I am reading on trauma
I have been reading Oprah’s book, What Happened to You?, and I have been learning so much from it! Today I want to share some insights I have learned, and my thoughts about the book.
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Checking In
Hey friends, I missed an episode last week, been dealing with some health stuff. Rather than posting a normal episode today, I thought I would give you a quick update on how I am doing.
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Finding the Silver LIning
This week was rough, not gonna lie, but I try to find some positive things to talk about as well.
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Earl Grey and Questions
Grab some tea (I’m having Earl Grey today), coffee, or whatever you like and join me as I answer some of your questions.
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Dealing With Burnout
I’m a burnt cookie
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Dealing with Bad Grades
Today I wanted to talk/ rant a bit about Grades, Studying, and Children’s Mental Health in today’s K-12 Education system. As a teacher and as a parent, one’s of the things I fail to remember is that the journey through our k-12 education system is not an easy road. It’s thought being a kid. While...
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Why Art Matters
“Why do you want us to be involved in art?”- 5th grade student As a teacher I have always been a big proponent of the arts. Instead of bright academic posters about word usage, grammar, history facts or whatever I usually have some kind of artwork up in my classroom. I have invested in gallery...
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My Work Uniform
I have always been different, and throughout my life I have had to deal with everything from so-called “friendly” teasing to outright bullying for not being manly enough, not black enough, not grown up enough, not normal enough for those around me. Then, when at age 39 I was diagnosed autistic, I...
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Bonus Episode: Matcha and Questions
Let’s sit down, drink some matcha (or other beverage of your choice) and do some Q&A.
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Poetry Reading: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
I have had a lot of requests to read The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, so today we are doing a poetry reading. I hope that you enjoy!
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The Creative Process
I recently did a TikTok of a tutorial where I showed how I made made a book clutch. I figured not a lot of people would be interested in the video, so instead of trying to be all polished and put-together I just shared my authentic and rather chaotic method of making things. I even referred to...
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My Diagnosis Journey
My second year of teaching, while getting ready to go on a field trip I collapsed. My blood pressure was in the 200s over 120-something and I quickly found myself in an ambulance heading towards the hospital. This was the beginning of years of mysterious health crises that resulted in me…
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Routines
Lately I have noticed an increase in YouTube videos where people show their morning and evening routines. Part of this is because I am obsessed with routines, I have come to love creating routines for the recurring tasks in my life. Grab some tea or coffee and sit with me as we talk about…
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My Philosophy of Education
I recently stumbled across a paper I wrote while pursuing my masters in education in which I had to develop my own philosophy of education. I thought I would share parts of it with you, as this paper truly embodies who I believe I am as an educator, and continues to drive why and how I do what I…
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The Importance of Rest
This week I have been thinking about the Power and Importance of Rest I had to relearn this lesson the hard way last Monday. I have been working full time again, and I was not resting enough the previous weekend and I spent the night in pain, and by morning I was exhausted and hurting. So I had…
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Bonus Episode: Coffee Questions
Let’s have coffee together and answer some random TikTok questions.
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My 5 Philosophies of Relationships
Recently I was talking with some friends of mine who are engaged about Marraige, and the lessons I’ve learned from being in a 20+ year relationship (friends 1 year, dating 3 years and married 16.5 years). These lessons are built around my 5 philosophies, and while I can articulate these lessons,...
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Education and Mental Health
Now that school is going back I wanted to share a few thoughts about why I believe that caring for my students mental health takes top priority for me as a teacher. I also share some insights into how I care for the mental health of my students, my own children and myself as an educator.
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My Top Five
Heard a story where Warren Buffet helped his pilot with setting goals for his life. I began to think about my list of 17 things I want to accomplish in life. What if I truly focus on just what is in front of me? What if I focus on my top five and use that as a filter for how I spend my time? Here...
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Audacity
One of my favorite YouTubers is Casey Neistat, he is one of my heroes when it comes to creativity. I have been mildly obsessed with his work lately, and I have been studying his vlogs and watching recordings of his talks to try and learn what makes him great. One thing I learned is that audacity...
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What are You Doing?
In a world in desperate need of hope, are we waiting to elect the right person to play the role of savior? Are we hoping that our favorite content creators are going to start a movement that will change our world? Or are we doing what we can to make our own little corner of the world a little bit...
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Tea and Questions
Let’s pour a cup of tea (or coffee) and talk. I was looking at the TikTok questions, and thought, this would be a great activity to do with a friend, to get to know them better. So I thought that we could do this today, let’s imagine that we are enjoying a cup of tea or coffee together and give…
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Weekend Reset Routine
This week I wanted to talk about my new weekend rest routine, and how I set aside time on Sunday to get ready for the next week.
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Catastrophic- Reading From my Novel in Progress
So in case you didn’t know, I am attempting to write a novel, which is progressing at a glacial case. The story is about Franklin, an autistic young man who, in an attempt to make the world a better place becomes a hero, though many will see him as a villain. Today I wanted to share a reading…
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Assuming the Worst
T.W.: Reference to suicide and drug overdoses. A friend once asked me why we often assume the worst in life. I talk about what I believe are some historic reasons for fear, as well as some modern day problems that cause us to believe the worst. For the sake of time I do not cover every reason for...
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Unmasking, Pt. 2
Today I wanted to revisit the subject of unmasking by going over an episode that I posted last July. I talk about the movie Luca, and reflect on how it made me think about my own journey and the masks I am tempted to wear as an autistic adult living with a chronic illness. I talk about why I...
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Birthday Reflections
Today I am taking a moment to reflect on the past year by going through an After Action Review. Birthdays are a great time to reflect on your life’s progress. Join me as I walk through this.
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GPS, Teaching and Parenting
In this episode I am building on my thoughts around GPS devices and how I teach/ parent. I originally talked about this in a TikTok post, and wanted to add more thoughts to it and reflect on the different responses I received.
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Storytime: How a Teaparty Changed a Life
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose? What if you had the power to make people feel seen and heard? That is the inspiration for a story I am working on. While it is a rough draft, I hope that you enjoy it. Thank you to my Patreon supporters for sponsoring this episode, if you...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
My name is Sam, I am an autistic adult who struggles with autoimmune diseases. I am a teacher by trade, a husband, father of three and a creative who likes to paint sneakers and make things. My podcast is inspired by the interactions that I have with my students, and my musings as I journey through life. My goal is to share my personal journey and thoughts about life, creativity or whatever else pops into my head.Grab a cup of tea and let’s talk.
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