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Dustin's Dynasty — 843 episodes
410: Three Years Turnaround
410: Finding My Place in the World
409: A Complete Turnaround
408: Bravery Over Anxiety
407: MANaging My BIG Emotions
406: Accessibility vs. Ability
405: Throwback: From Relapse to Resilience
404: Beyond Selfishness and Judgment
403: Why the Disabled Card Matters
402: Just As I Am
406: Throwback: Pointless and Destructive; Knowing My Why
401: Acceptance
400: Still Learning and Growing in the Middle Ages
399: It Gets Better
398: Managing My Challenges
397: Being the Evidence
396: The Acceptance Within
395: Seeing Why My Mental Health Matters
394: Go Through What You Go Through
393: Autism, Food and Mood
392: Autism through the Good and Bad
391: Managing Differences
390: Stopping from 'Going South'
389: Behaviors Have Consequences
388: You Don't Have to Do It
387: Accepting & Loving Me for Me
386: Making My Own Life
385: Being Patient in the Process
384: Living My Best Life
383: Finding and Accepting My Comfort
382: The Value of Doing the Right Thing
381: DoorDash Dangers: Having the Drive to Change
380: Being the Catalyst to Being My Best Self
379: Finding My New Normal
378: Self-Advocacy in the Proper Way
377: Learning to Adapt with Change and Feedback
376: Fighting Loneliness, Isolation and Ruminating/Looping Thoughts
375: Keep It Going
374: Finding Our Own Way
373: Getting out of the Rough
372: Doing What I Need to Do Matters
371: Taking Out the Trash
370: Realizing It's Autism
369: Moving Mountains in Me!
368: Mastering Self-Awareness and Having Dignity
367: Managing My Mental Health Matters Everyday
366: Managing Mania
365: Social Pragmatics
364: Safely Stimming
363: Never Give Up
362: Being Responsible
361:Ramblings in the Life of An Autistic Person
360: It's OK to Say NO
359: The Necessities of Life
358: Fear in Needing Help/Accommodations
357: Meltdown Memories
356: Being My Best Self Everyday
355: Fighting Through It
354: Pushing Through It
353: Pointless and Destructive; Knowing My Why
352: Understanding Reality
351: Be The Warrior
350: 40, Autistic and Thriving
349: Mental Health In Sync During Mental Health Month
348: It’s all about the progress...not Perfection
347: Preparing for the Outside World
346: My Mental Health Matters
345: Emotional Control
344: Autism Didn't Damage Us!
343: Law & Order
342: Keep On Going
341: Out of Our Control
340: Making Sacrifices
339: Navigating Life's Challenges
338: Time to Be Serious
337: Self-Esteem
336: Accepting Feedback & Respecting Authority
335: The Winter Challenges
334: Just Be Kind
333: Honestly Hopeful
332: Dare to Dream
331: Radical Acceptance
330: Emotions and Energy
329: Finding Personal Entertainment
328: No Holding Back
327: Coping and Self Care during the Holidays
326: Caring for You!
325: Coping With Challenges
324: Out of the Funk
323: Music, Meditation, and Mood
322: Mental Health Matters
321: Because It Helps
320: Change of Season
319: Turn It Around
318: Toughen Up
317: Masking: The Autistic Kind
316: Cause and Effect
315: Fighting Through The Challenges
314: Do it. Always. Each and every day.
313: For What It Is
312: Connecting to the Outside World
311: Maturity and Kindness
310: Beneath The Surface
309: Learning To Let Go Of The Past
308: Coping Skills & Resielency
307: Self-Discovery and Re-Learning
306: Wait and Worry
305: Embracing Differences…For Real
304: Knowing When
303: Rekindling My Relationsip With Day Services
302: It Just " Clicks"
301: Accepting, Understanding and Managing My Life with Medication
300: Been There, Done That, Aint Going Back
299: Priortizing Life's Obligations
298: Taking Time Out To Care For You
297: Letting Go and Moving On
296: Being Who You Know You Can Be
295: The Reality Of Adulting
294: Motivation and Purpose as an Autistic Adult
293: It's Only Anxiety
292: Autistic Self-Care
291: See The Potential
290: Seven Months Serenity
289: Recognizing Emotions and Feelings
288: Out of the Storm...A Brighter Outlook Ahead!
287: Musings of A Meltdown in an Autistic Adult
286: Filling The Void
285: From Relapse to Resilience
284: Replacing Habits and Taking Care
283: Dedication to Independence
31 Days of Gratitude: January 2024
282: Embracing Change & Going Through The Motions
281: Easing to Changes
280: My Mid-Winter Epiphany
279: Adhering to My Word of 2024: WELLNESS
278: Anger, Frustration and Meltdowns
277: What Lies Within
276: 2023: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
275: Do It For Me
274: If You Want to, You Will
#273: The Promise of A New Day
#272: What Is It?
#270 | Being Motivated Through The Day
268 | The Perfect Storm | Stop, Think, Regret; Being Vulnerable, Victimized and Naieve
267: The Perfect Storm | Keeping Engaged; Doing the Unwanted
265: The Perfect Storm | Thinking Things Through
266: The Perfect Storm | Connection Matters
264: The Perfect Storm | Anxiety, Caffeine & Soda
263: The Perfect Storm | Emotional Self-Regulation & Self-Care
262: The Perfect Storm | How We Got Here
Being The One They Know I Am
Wellness Wednesday: Knowing You Are Succeeding
Reflections: The Dearest Love is Hurt The Most
Adulting: Thinking Things Through
Accepting Challenging Situations
Wellness Wednesday: Being Proud of My Progress
Reflections: Finding Happiness
Adulting: If You Don’t Want To, Don’t
Where Do I Lie?
Wellness Wednesday: Progress Happens
Reflections: Do I Know What I Want?
Adulting: Doing the Necessary
Functioning Independently
Wellness Wednesday: Keeping Strong
Reflections: Fighting Isolation
Adulting: Caring About Others
Being The Adult
Wellness Wednesday: Moving Forward
Reflections: Being Motivated
Adulting: Keeping Yourself Clean
Vlog #257: Struggling to Adult
Being Content With My Life
Wellness Wednesday: Time To Take Care Of Me
Reflections: Why Community Matters
Adulting: Going Off the Course
VLOG #256: Communication Challenges
Accepting Limitations
Wellness Wednesday: Accepting the Importance of Sleep
Reflections: Navigating The World
VLOG #255: Finding Purpose
Adulting: Fighting the Fight
Fighting the Bed
Wellness Wednesday: Why Introception is Essential
Reflections: Pushing Myself
Adulting: Screen Time Balance
VLOG #254: Getting Motivated
Executive Function, Task and Time Manaagement
Wellness Wednesday: Accepting the Necessities of Being Well
Reflections: The Will and Want to be Motivated, Encouraged and Have Purpose in Life
Adulting: Being Motivated
VLOG: #253: Keeping In Balance
Beyond Our Control
Wellness Wednesday: Consistency Is Key
Reflections: Wising Up in Challenging Times
Adulting: Aging and Maturing
VLOG #252: For What They Are
The Reality and Gratitude Of My Independence
Wellness Wednesday: I Can If I Want To
Reflections: Fighting Anxiety
Adulting: Just Do It
VLOG #251: What Gets You up in the Morning?
Living My Best Life
Wellness Wednesday: Value Your Mental Health
Reflections: Being Proud of Me
Adulting: Decision Difficulty
VLOG #250: This Is Autism!
Managing Emotions
Wellness Wednesday: Taking Time For You
Reflections: Doing What Is Right
Adulting: Knowing When To Care For You
VLOG #249: Accepting Reality
The Outside World
Wellness Wednesday: Having the Reason To Live
Reflections: Gratitude and Appreciation
Adulting: Using the Tools
VLOG #248: "Friends"
Managing Yourself
Wellness Wednesday: Responsibilities of Staying Well
Reflections: Getting Through the Rough
Adulting: Processing A Crisis
VLOG #247: Picking Up The Pieces & Moving On
You’re Told For A Reason
Wellness Wednesday: Food’s Relationship
Reflections: Being Accomplished
Adulting: Facing Reality
VLOG #246: It Comes With Being Autistic
Loving Yourself
Wellness Wednesday: My Relationship with Food and Behavior
Reflections: Changing Behaviors
Adulting: What Makes Self-Advocacy
#245: Reality & Evidence
When Things Don’t Go My Way!
Wellness Wednesday: Seeing A Change
Reflections: Continued Resilience
Adulting: What Adulting Really Is
Vlog #244: Grow Up!
The World Does Not Revolve Around Me
Wellness Wednesday: It Takes All Dimensions for A Perfect Balance
Reflection: Seeing Past Negativity
Adulting: Coping Signals
VLOG #243: Do It Anyway!
Managing My Feelings
Wellness Wednesday: Not Everyhing is Perfect
Reflections: Happiness and Joy
Adulting: Pride and Ownership in Mundane Tasks
VLOG #242: Seeing Through The Clouds
That was Then, This is Now.
Wellness Wednesday: A Better Relationship with my Health
Reflections: Three Years Better
Adulting: Routine, Regimen and Purpose
VLOG #241: Community & Inclusion
Recognizing Faults
Wellness Wednesday: Making the Right Choices
Reflections: Live as if Your Life Counts On It
Adulting: Fighting Immaturity
VLOG #240: CHANGE: Awareness, Desire, Behavior
Getting Through Life’s Challenges
Wellness Wednesday: Making That First Move
Reflections: Leading More By Example
Adulting: Being the Adult
VLOG #239: Being Resilient in the BIG Picture
13 Years of Work
Balancing Engagement
Wellness Wednesday: Following Through and Breaking the Fear Factor
Reflections: More Optimistic, Less Pessimistic
VLOG #238 Letting Go of the Past, Being At Peace, Happy and Grateful
Adulting: Defining Your Identity
Being Prepared: Power Outages
Getting Moving About
Wellness Wednesday: Systematic Organizing
Reflections: Being Happy With Life Now
Adulting: Deflecting
VLOG #237: Individuality
Because of Being Autistic
Wellness Wednesday: Knowing the Culprits
Reflections: Everyone Else is Moving On, So Why Can’t I?
Adulting: Normal Tasks
VLOG #236: Happy & Busy
Meltdown Epiphanies
Wellness Wednesday: Understanding Your Limits
Reflections: What Is Love?
Adulting: Rumination
VLOG #235: Autistic Intensity
Not Falling Back
Wellness Wednesday: Mood’s Role in Wellness
Reflections: Four Years…Much Growth
Adulting: Intrusive Thoughts
VLOG #234: 3 Years Since Crisis
Mindfully Resting
Wellness Wednesday: New Year…New Mindset
Reflections: Being More Regulated
Adulting: Sense of Mood
VLOG #233: Anger, Meltdown and Rage
Doing What’s Right
Wellness Wednesday: Having Better Habits
Relections: Letting Go of What I Cannot Change
Adulting: Keeping Positive Energy
VLOG #232: Concrete Thinking
Struggling With Transitions
We Must Do Better
Wellness Wednesday: Recognizing Wellness
Reflections: Moving On
Adulting: Masking Autistically
VLOG #231: Struggling With Transitions
Doing Better & Moving Forward
Wellness Wednesday: Managing Adulting
Reflections: Understanding Traits
Adulting: Understanding Life Obligations
VLOG #230: New Year. New Me. In 2023.
Understanding Your Body
Wellness Wednesday: Taking A Break
Reflections: Knowing I Am Not Alone
Adulting: Calling It A Night
Vlog #229: The Price and Responsibility That Comes With Freedom As an Autistic Person
Defining Yourself
Wellness Wednesday: Doing What YOU need to Do
Reflections: 2022 Was A Better Year
Adulting: Setting Your Schedule
VLOG #228: Breaking the Cycle
Defining the Holidays
Wellness Wednesday: Creating Better Habits
Reflections: Being Considered Lazy
Adulting: Responsibilities of Living
VLOG #227: Gullibility & Related Bias
Radical Acceptance
Wellness Wednesday: There Are Bad Days Too
Reflections: Robbed of Time
Adulting: Purpose
VLOG #226:Having Purpose and The Willingness To Do It!
How can I be an Empathetic Empath?
Wellness Wednesday: Medication Milestone
Reflections: Better Family Visits
Adulting: Reframing Behavior
VLOG #225: The Loop, The Trap and Radical Acceptance
Life Isn’t Perfect
Wellness Wednesday: Being In A Better Place
Reflections: Three Years Grace
Adulting: Difficulty Adapting to Change
VLOG #224: Reacting to Negative Outcomes
Reflections: Mind Battles
Wellness Wednesday: Learning A Lifestyle Change
Reflections: Making Things Right
Reflections: A Mother’s Love
Thankfully Progressing
Wellness Wednesday: Being In A Better Place
Adulting: Unperceived Maturity
VLOG #223: Always Asking
Why Can’t I Just Be Happy for Once?
Adulting: Being Responsible
VLOG #222: Autism & Routines
Take The Compliments and Be Proud
Wellness Wednesday: Getting Into the Community
Reflections: Avoiding Victimization and Vulnerability
Adulting: The Importance of Friendship
VLOG #221:Dangers of Doordash and Delivery Made Me Make Choices towards a Healthier Lifestyle
Embracing My Autism and Recognizing Accommodations
Wellness Wednesday: Accepting How Far I Have Come
Reflections: Counting My Blessings, Two Years Later
Adulting: Accepting All
VLOG #220: Autism and Transitioning
Holding It Together
Wellness Wednesday: Backsliding Fears
Reflections: While You Can
Adulting: The Importance of Having Something In Your Life
VLOG: #219: Accepting Your Autism
It Only Has to Make Sense to You
Wellness Wednesday: Delivery Dangers
Reflections: Why Can’t I Just Be Happy???
#218: Finding Motivation
Adulting: Emotional Dysregulation
Why I Keep On Going
Wellness Wednesday: Feeling Satisfied
Reflections: A Sense of Satisfaction
Adulting: Happiness
#217: Finding Happiness
Accepting & Moving On
Wellness Wednesday: Doing What’s Right
Adulting: Being A Good Sport
VLOG #216: Regulation & Validation
Understanding the Need to Get Out
Wellness Wednesday: Balance of Time
Reflections: Family Invasions
Adulting: Bedtime
VLOG #215; Wellness Routines
The Great Regression
Wellness Wednesday: Change of Scenery
Reflections: Easy to Regress
Adulting: Flexibility
VLOG #214: COVID 19 & Regression
A Rule Follower
Wellness Wednesday: The Importance of Wellness Activities
Reflections: The Importance of A Routine
Adulting: Accepting Changes
VLOG #213 Happiness, Change & Anger
Being A Better Person
Wellness Wednesday: The Battle Within
Reflections: Restoring Autistic Burnout
Adulting: Accepting Autistic Burnout
VLOG #212: Caring & Compassion
Overcoming Anxiety
Wellness Wednesday: Goal-Driven
Reflections: Regognizing A Return
Adulting: Knowing You’re Not Ready Yet
VLOG #211: Discovering Autistic Burnout
Deciding For Yourself
Wellness Wednesday: Better Changes
Reflections: Recognizing My Needs
Adulting: Challenging Thoughts
VLOG #210: The Here and Now
A Better Mindset
Wellness Wednesday: Making Swaps
Reflections: Managing Life’s Challenges
Adulting: Radical Acceptance
VLOG #209: Social Communication
Four Years of Independence
Wellness Wednesday: Progress Works!
Reflections: Pre-Pandemic Routine
Adulting: Personal Preferences
VLOG #208: Personal Choices
Heading In The Right Direction
Wellness Wednesday: A Better Bill of Health
Reflections: Awareness of The World
Adulting: Personal Safety
VLOG #207: Ruminating Thoughts
Disability Pride Is Not Entitlement
Wellness Wednesday: Accepting the Need to Take Care Of Myself
Reflections: Pushing Myself Away From Social Connection
Adulting: Self-Sabotage
VLOG #206: The "Time" Factor
My Constant Journey With Self-Esteem and Negative Thoughts
Wellness Wednesday: Meditation, Grounding and Relaxing
Reflections: Pandemic Regressions and Related Trauma
Adulting: Overthinking and Overreacting
VLOG #205: Catastrophic Thinking & Over Reacting
What Everyone Else Does
Wellness Wednesday: Sticking to It
Reflections: Autistic Burnout & Free Time
Adulting: Autonomy, A Year Later
VLOG #203: Preventing Autistic Burnout
Out of the Comfort Zone
Wellness Wednesday: Mood Regulation, Caffine and Energy
Reflections: Radical Acceptance
Adulting: Prioritizing Tasks and Routine
VLOG #203: Second-Half-Of-Year Epiphany
Professional Dependence
Wellness Wednesday: Understanding the Importance of Sleep
Reflections: When the Internet goes out, What do you do?
Adulting: Expected Maturity and Expectations
VLOG: #202: Curve Balls
The Importance of Natural Supports
Wellness Wednesday: Learning New Eating Practices
Reflections: Growing, Learning and Grace
Adulting: Special Interests and Limits
VLOG #201:Trying to Stay Positive
Preventing Mental Isolating
Wellness Wednesday: Small Strides, Small Progress
Reflections: Another Year Older Doesn’t Change Anything
Adulting: Event Anxiety
VLOG #200: Is 2 too many?
Understanding What Works
Wellness Wednesday: Understanding The Need to Care For Yourself
Reflections: Cherish The Memories
Adulting: Learning to Consider Others
VLOG #199: How Music Saves Me!
VLOG #198: Change is Tough...But We Are Tougher!
Being Patient and Blessed
Wellness Wednesday: The Man In the Mirror
Reflections: The Hard Truth
Adulting: Accepting What’s Necessary to Be Independent
VLOG #197: My Experience with Catastrophizing
VLOG #196: What Being Selfish Does to Others
Hard Adaptations
Wellness Wednesday: Being More Real
Reflections: Effects That COVID has Caused
Adulting: Slowing The Pace
VLOG: #195: Taking Care of Yourself Matters!
VLOG #194: I'm Not Lazy, I'm Burnt Out!
Being Serious about Self-Care
Wellness Wednesday: Appreciating Non-Scale Victories
Reflections: Grateful for Independence
Adulting: The Struggles of Dependence of Independence
VLOG #193: Is It Time For Change?
VLOG #192: Self Care, General Burnout and Autistic Burnout
Understanding Norms During Independence
Wellness Wednesday: It Has To “Click”
Reflections: Changes in Growth
Adulting: Increasing Maturity and Independence
VLOG #191: Understanding and Processing Mundane Societal Norms
VLOG #190 Having Your Own Life
Understanding My Words
Wellness Wednesday: Expanding My Opportunities
Adulting: Navigating Negativity
Adulting: Filling the Void
VLOG #189: Wellness Update: Expanding My Palate & Continuing the Taper
VLOG #188: Autism, Death and Dying
First Responder Awareness
Wellness Wednesday: The Importance of Accountability
Reflections: We Change and Grow
Adulting: Choices As You Grow
VLOG #187: Medication Regimen Compliance and its Importance to Focusing on Wellness as a Whole
VLOG #186: Soda Tapering Process
So, Why All About Wellness?
Wellness Wednesday: It Has To Be For Me
Reflections: Defending The Truth
Adulting: Accepting the Reality
VLOG #185: How Holidays Have Changed During COVID
VLOG #184:The Wellness Talk
It Doesn’t Cost Anything To Be Nice
Wellness Wednesday: Being Wise
Reflections: Accepting Autism
Adulting: Accepting the Consequences of Your Behaviors
VLOG #183 Wellness Update
VLOG #182: Outside Overload
I’ve Come A Long Way!
Wellness Wednesday: Doing What’s Important
Reflections: Things Take Time
Adulting: Understanding And Growing
VLOG #181: What Do You Call It?
VLOG: #180: This Is My Story (2022)
Giving Myself Some Grace
Wellness Wednesday: Dealing With Body Image and Self-Worth
Reflections: What I Didn’t Know Then
Adulting: Only Held Back By Fear
VLOG #179: Awareness of Things Then vs Now
VLOG: #178: How The Hype of Media effects Autistics
What Feelings are Typical?
Wellness Wednesday: Keeping The Push
Reflections: Why All Voices Are Important in Advocacy.
Adulting: Autism and Anger
I Helped Proclaim Autism Awareness Month
VLOG #177: Do Autistic people Get Angry?
VLOG #176: Are these the thoughts that everyone experiences, or is it just me?
Community Stigma
Wellness Wednesday: Goal-Bound
Reflections: Realizing Capacity
Adulting: Sense of Freedom
VLOG #175: Wellness Update 5 Weeks to Possible 5K
VLOG #174: Being A Part of Your Community
12-Year Work Anniversary
Wellness Wednesday: Slow Progress Is Best
Reflections: Back On Track
Adulting: Community
VLOG #172: Coming To Terms and Accepting Challenges
VLOG #173: Understanding What is Important
Life Is How You Make It
Wellness Wednesday: The Blame Game
Finally, The Right Side of the Coin
Adulting: Maturing and Growing
VLOG #171:2022 Welcoming Wellness Update
VLOG #170: Getting Real about Mental Health Goals
Go With The Flow
Wellness Wednesday: Why I Need to Care
Concentrating On COVID: Sign of Brightness
Adulting: Connection
VLOG #169: Bouncing Back and Making Prorgress
VLOG #168: Stigma and Association
Recognition Pays
Wellness Wednesday: Making Strides
Special: A Journey of Personal Growth
Adulting: Consistency
VLOG #167: Do You Know How Much You Have Progressed?
VLOG: #166: What Is My Dream Job?
Don’t Doubt The Possibilities
Wellness Wednesday: Trying My Best
Concentrating On COVID: Trying to Normalize
Adulting: Realizing Burnout
VLOG #165: Self Care and Why it is important
VLOG: #164: Sudden/Unknown Plans and Changes
Life Isn’t Perfect
Wellness Wednesday: 2022 Rededication
Concentrating On COVID: It Gets Better
Adulting: Being Who You Truly Want to Be
VLOG #163 Autism and the Struggle to Sleep
VLOG #162: Forging Friendships: Relationship Barometer
A Different Approach In An Ever-Changing World
Wellness Wednesday: Trying My Best
Adulting Special: Driver’s LIcense 3-Year Anniversary
Concentrating On COVID: Being Flexible
Adulting: Lucky
Vlog #161: Forging Friendships: Building Trust
VLOG #160: Men's Mental Health
The Power of Advocating For Yourself
Wellness Wednesday: Learning To Savor
Concentrating On COVID: The Effects Of Our Mental Health
Adulting: Accepting Presumed Immaturity By Others
VLOG: #159: Forging Friendships: Rejection
VLOG: #158: COVID 19 and Mental Health
You Can’t Get There By Staying Here
Wellness Wednesday: You Can Give Me All The Tools, But I Must Use Them
Concentrating On COVID: What COVID Has Made Me Discover About Myself
Adulting: Investing in Life’s Essentials
VLOG #157: Forging Friendships: 9 Types of Attraction
VLOG #156: The Benefits of Social Media For Autistics
Adapting To the New Environment
Wellness Wednesday: Small Changes to Start 2022
Concentrating On COVID: Waning Fear with Sensibility
Adulting: Maturity Immaturity
VLOG #155: Make 2022 Your Best Year Yet!
VLOG: #154: What I did in 2021
Why do I keep on doing What I Keep On Doing
Wellness Wednesday: A Better Plan in 2022
Concentrating on COVID: No More Fear in 2022
Adulting: Caring and Accepting Our Choices
VLOG: #153 - Refecting on Past Challenges and Making Plans to Conquer Them
VLOG #152 - Autism and The Holidays - The Folklore and The Anxieties
Christmas Challenges
Wellness Wednesday: No Higher
Adulting: Being Influenced
Adulting: Managing Unpleasantness
VLOG #151: Autism and the Holidays: Do What You Feel Comfortable Doing
VLOG #150: Forging Friendships: Signs of Toxic and Unhealthy Relationships
The Importance of “Me” Time
Wellness Wednesday: End-of-the-year Reboot
Concentraing On COVID: Getting Back in Rhythm
Adulting: Trigger Tolerance
VLOG #149: Forging Friendships: Communication
VLOG: #148: Autism and the Holidays: December to Remember
A Healthy Restart
Odd One Out
Wellness Wednesday: Being Honest About Foods
Concentrating On COVID: Fearmongering
Adulting: Setting Expectations
VLOG #147: Autism and The Holidays: Some Triggers
VLOG: #146: Forging Friendships: Being Honest
Buying In and Being Invested
Wellness Wednesday: Your Internal Guard
Concentrating On COVID: Third Time’s A Charm
Adulting: Trying to Stop the Self-Pity Train before it departs
VLOG #145: Forging Friendships: Dealing With the Unacceptable
VLOG #144: Autism and Sleep
Accepting The Call
Wellness Wednesday: Weight Loss Is Tough
Concentrating On COVID: Fear of A Repeat
Adulting: Your Life, Your Choices
VLOG: #143: Forging Friendships: Boundaries
VLOG #142: Autism and Being Too Nice
Sometimes Enough is Enough
Wellness Wednesday: Mindfulness
Concentrating On COVID: Vaccine Effectiveness/Resurgency
Adulting: Our Inner Voice
VLOG: #141:Forging Friendships: Saying NO
VLOG #140: Forging Friendships: Standards and Values
Foundation of Supports and Getting What You Need
Wellness Wednesday: Realizing Needs
Concentrating On COVID: Time to Learn
Adulting: Battling Self-Pity
VLOG #139: Forging Friendships: Being Approached
VLOG #138: Self Pity
One Year, Counting My Blessings
Wellness Wednesday: Rededication
Homeless Awareness Month
Adulting: Lonliness As Winter Sets In
Vlog #137: Why It Is Important to Say NO
VLOG #136: Forging Friendships: Wants, Needs, Talent and Communication
Behind the mask
It Can Wait
Wellness Wednesday: Need More Than Want
NDEAM: Recognize the Needs of ALL, especially Disabled Workers in the Workplace
Adulting: The Know How of Surviving
VLOG #135: Forging Friendships: Are You Ready?
VLOG #134: Mental Health Days
A Clean Home is A Happy Home
Wellness Wednesday: Keeping Up The Fight
NDEAM: The Benefits of Having an Autistic Employee
Adulting: Phobias of Needles
VLOG #133: The Benefits of Videoconferncing for the Autistic Community
VLOG #132: Autistic Catasrophizing
Family and Ally Voices DO Matter
Wellness Wednesday: Just Like Starting Over
#NDEAM: How Work Made Me Improve My Social Skills
Adultiing: Task Execution and Management
Vlog #131 Reasons Autistic People Struggle With Friendships
Vlog #130 Voices of Autism Families DO Matter
Putting Myself Out There
Vlog #129 Respond Vs React
VLOG #128 Empowerment vs Entitlement
Wellness Wednesday: The Continual Fight
#HireAutisticAdults #NDEAM2021: 10 Things To Know
Adulting: Being Proud of Your Talents
Have Your Plan
Wellness Wednesday: A Final Wake-Up Call
Concentrating On COVID: A Really Scary Time
Adulting: Hearing What You Don’t Want to Hear
Vlog #127 The Sunday Blues and Pre Activity Anxiety
Vlog #126 Abrupt Changes make a Challenging Week
A Journey Is A Journey
Wellness Wednesday: Inspiration Comes in Mysterious Ways
Concentating on COVID: Honor and Divide
Adulting: Consent
VLOG: #125: Basic Human Rights and Consent
Vlog #124 Pleasure for Emotional Regulation
Saying No, Burnout, Assertiveness and Downtime
Wellness Wednesday: Keeping Forward
Concentrating On COVID: Vaccination Fear
Adulting: Making Choices for YOU!
VLOG #123 Becoming an Actual Adult
VLOG #122 After Mom and Dad are No Longer Here, then What?
SPECIAL: A September Day Like No Other – 20 Years Later
Leaving the Comfort Zone
Wellness Wednesday: Excuses, Excuses
Concentrating On COVID: Regression of Retained Progress
Adulting: Change of Support
VLOG #121: COVID Regression
VLOG #120: Autism and Weather
Disasters Bring Out the Best
Wellness Wednesday: Regulate If Necessary, To Take Care Of YOU!
Concentrating On COVID: Change It Up!
Adulting: Task Management
How to set Healty Boundaries
Wellness Wednesday: Keep Trying
Concentrating On COVID: Exhaustive Fears
Adulting: Self-Determination
Can We Really Be a Friend?
Wellness Wednesday: Introception
Concentrating On COVID: More Division
Adulting: What is a Friend To You?
Making Sure We Can Have the Same Opportunities as Everyone Else in a Safe Manner
Wellness Wednesday: A Succssful Comeback
Concentrating On Covid: Why Disabled People worry about COVID
Adulting: Individuality
Adaptability to Flexibility
Wellness Wednesday: Taking Care of IT
Concentrating On COVID: A Fearful Return
Adulting: Breaking Points
You Are Worth It!
Wellness Wednesday: No Health Without Mental Health
Concentrating On COVID: Yes, We Still Have To Worry
Adutling: How Important is Time
A Parent’s Love is Never-Ending
Wellness Wednesday: The Need to Be Active
#HireAutisticAdults: Keep Us Engaged
Adulting: Maintaining Order
Decisions, Decisions
Wellness Wednesday: Temptation Distraction
#HireAutisticAdults: Wanting to Work
Adulting: Positivity
Wellness Wednesday: The Motivation Point
#HireAutisticAdults: Working Is Beneficial
Adulting: It’s OK To Try New Things
It’s OK in Your Space
Wellness Wednesday: Don’t Criticize the Small Strides
Concentrating On COVID: A Slow Return
Adulting: Grow Up and Do It Yourself
Knowing Your Limits
Wellness Wednesday: One Last Time, Hopefully It’s for Real
Concentrating On COVID: Normalcy and Bondaries
Adulting: Brewing Thoguhts, Irrational Fear, and Anger
Autistic Pride and Acceptance!
Wellness Wednesday: Work is Paying Off
Concentrating On COVID: Normal is on the Way
Adulting: The Challenges That Stem from the Necessity of Shopping
Showing You Care
Wellness Wednesday: Almost Close
Concentrating On COVID: A Different Normal?
Adulting: Autonomy
Misunderstood Norms
Wellness Wednesday: Walking is Positive:
Concentrating on COVID: A Happier Time
Adulting: Boundaries
Happiness is…
Wellness Wednesday: Progress Shows
Concentrating on COVID: Maskng Wildcard
Adulting: Disability as an Excuse
A Reflection of Being Better
Wellness Wednesday: It Gets Better
Concentrating On COVID: Free At Last (Not Totally)
Adulting: Inclusion and Fairness
Autism and Social Vulnerability
Wellness Wednesday: The Extra Push
Concentrating on COVID: Challenges and True Allies
Adulting: Problem Solving
Not Focusing On The Negative
Wellness Wednesday: Keep The Balll Rolling
Concentrating on COVID: Increased Capacities, Increased Anxieties
Adulting: Magnified Fear
There was a time I thought I would be in a Group Home for Life
Wellness Wednesday: Connections
Concentrating On COVID: Am I Safe to Return?
Adulting: Time For You
Tone it Down!
Wellness Wednesday: Keeping Encouraged
Concentrating On COVID: The Fabric of Our Lives
Adulting: Grooming
Anger in Autistic Adults
Wellness Wednesday: Keep the Fires Burning
Concentrating On COVID: Too Soon to Let Our Guard Down
Adulting: Boredom, Loneliness and Isolation
Concentrating On COVID: Setting Priorities to Return to the Community
Wellness Wednesday: Small Goals Matter
Putting It In Perspective
Adulting: Independence and Supports
Today Begins Autism Acceptance Month
Wellness Wednesday: When It’s So Hard to Give Up, but you know that You Can’t
Concentrating On COVID: A Lesson In Resiliency
Adulting: Disappointment
Building Confidence
Wellness Wednesday: Stepping Safe Back into the Community
Concentrating On COVID: Intertia to Activate
Adulting: Someone Else’s Journey is Not Yours
Mental Health and Friends
Wellness Wednesday: We Must Continue to Take Care of Ourselves
Concentrating On COVID: One Year…
Adulting: We Don’t See It
Concentrating On COVID: The First Dose, Judgement Free
Gainfully Employed 11 Years – and I didn’t even wan t to work
To go off the past is tempting, but I am reminded of how it makes me
Adulting: Self-Regulation
Progress is Progress
Wellness Wednesday: “Progress is Progress”
Concentrating On COVID: Pros and Cons
Adulting: Motivation to Adult and Care About Others
Wellness Wednesday: Spring on The Horizon
Concentrating On COVID: The Vaccine
Adulting: True Independence
Without Creature Comforts
Wellness Wednesday: Flipping the Coin
Concentrating On COVID: Advances
Adulting: Growing and Experiencing Food Opportunities
How Imagine Dragons’ “Dancing In the Dark” got me through the COVID-19 Lockdown
Not Because I Want To, But Because I Have To
Wellness Wednesday: Sleep is necessary to Autistic Wellbeing
Concentrating On COVID: It’s Effecting Everyone
Adulting: Handling Autistic Shutdown
The Powerful Mom
Wellness Wednesday: The Winter Blues
Concentrating On COVID: Zoomed Out
Adulting: Having Trust
We Just Want to Fit In
Wellness Wednesday: Accepting Our Coping Mechanisms
Concentrating On COVID: When Things Don’t Work
Adulting: The Assumable
Adhering to Abrupt Changes in Routine
Wellness Wednesday: COVID Fatigue
Concentrating On COVID: Motivation to Do the Expected
Adulting: Sensory Overload
When Things Just Don’t Work
Wellness Wednesday: When You Want to Cry but Can’t
Concentrating on COVID: The Imperialization of Music to Cope
Adulting: Value, Self-Worth and Non-Conformity
Why do we as Autistics do the things we do?
Wellness Wednesday: Gratitude, Goals and Addiction
Concentrating On COVID: Not Giving Up On Our Dreams
Adulting: Accepting Criticism