Neurodiversity – zentriathlete

24 May

PDA – An Alternative Distro Among the Ecosystem

PDA isn’t a flaw. It’s a different operating system — one I didn’t choose, but had to learn. When I stopped forcing compatibility and started honoring its logic, the world softened. River stopped fighting me. Forest stopped feeling hostile. Belonging began.

20 Apr

Stoic Discipline in a Neurodivergent House

Attitude when things are going well and ego wants to take credit. Both handles keep you from grabbing the wrong thing when life swings wide.

28 Mar

Scarcity Loop – Practice Mindfulness

Step 3: Practice Mindfulness In Chapter 6 of Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter, titled Step 3: Practice Mindfulness, Easter emphasizes mindfulness as a powerful tool to break free from the “scarcity loop”—a cycle of craving and consumption driven by our

27 Mar

PDA – post – generalized education track – unschooling, hybrid – graduation

Our path navigating secondary Education in Utah with an ASD kiddo with a PDA profile We ended up following what I can only describe as an unnatural version of unschooling inside the Utah public school system. Not because we were

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,