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19 Dec

🌌 Seeking for Honest Giving with Courage and Purpose 🌌

A Season of Celebration – Neurowildnerness adaptations Midwinter has a way of stripping life to its bones. The veil thins, the light retreats, and every offering—time, attention, presence—lands with the weight of something sacred. In seasons like this, giving isn’t

12 Nov

A spark from a random work conversation – so I share the rabbit holes I wandered

Sometimes wandering into rabbitholes emerges from unlikely places Rabbit hole number 1 A conversation sparked this thought: “I see you shared this on Friday – and hope by now things have settled – I share a comic and a meme

10 Nov

Dyslexic surfing the disparity and non-natural connections

My 2nd Brain System Adventure: Clarity Through Chaos I dove headfirst into a rabbit hole of productivity tools and systems, chasing a better way to manage my life and it’s simplicities, completies and chaos. What I found was friction—technical hurdles,

29 Oct

A Halloween reflection – mindset meets introspective traditions

🕯️ A Halloween and Samhain Reflection: Between Veil and Shadow As the season turns and the veil thins, we gather in costume—some whimsical, some haunting—to honor a tradition that dances between myth and memory. Halloween, rooted in the ancient festival

27 Oct

Research Insight That Finally Makes Sense to Me

🧠 Understanding Extreme Demand Avoidance: The Role of Anxiety and Uncertainty Extreme Demand Avoidance (EDA), often associated with the Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile within autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a behavioral pattern that can be deeply challenging for families,

14 Oct

The Federal Special Education Department was almost completely dismantled over the weekend.

This is Important – the Rune/Sigil above represents COURAGE Neurodiversity affected by recent USA – Dept of Education dismantling A friend of ours gathered this info. She is a caregiver and in the space of grant writing – so has

28 Aug

Don’t Drag me Down – Mother Father!

Stop Treating Adults Like Children It’s fascinating to observe how these dynamics unfold. On one hand, we’re encouraged to examine the inputs of the life cycle with mindfulness toward the outcomes. Yet, what I’m observing in real time with my

21 Aug

Luck and Fulfillment

J – 5th grade J – 5th grade A – Second Grade A – Second Grade L – Kindergarten L- Kindergarten Joy, Chaos, and the Beautiful Mess of Fulfillment They say luck is when preparation meets opportunity. But fulfillment? That’s

13 Aug

Memory worth sharing

This post surfaced this memory of mine — There’s a certain irony in how grandparents often have a longer runway to “get it”—to understand and embody relational safety, connection, and validation. Broadly speaking, they’re less entangled in the immediate systemic