Realizations, Re-envisioning, and a Return!

Me with my first tattoo— just the beginning!

It’s been a long time since I posted anything here! I’ll be adding much more content soon, but I wanted to just pop back in to give a little glimpse into what’s been going on since I last posted:

- I officially ended my relationship with the organization through which I’d been certified to teach parenting classes. This was a painful process, involving significant grief and anger, but I now also feel genuine gratitude for what that decade of work and investment gave to me. I feel excited and hopeful about how I can take those skills and direct them with renewed passion toward my current work in a way that is truly neuro-affirming, congruent with my full values, and free from any hint of behaviorism.

- The past few years have also involved a gradually unfolding process of discovering all the facets and flavors of my personal types of neurodivergence, and how they interact in my life. The ways I know myself now are precious to me, even as I’ve also had to grapple with the ways the world is disabling for my neurotype.
- My mental health team also grew over the past few years— I am so appreciative toward science for the medication I now consider a teammate (took me 10 months of trial and error to get there, though!), as well as my supportive therapist and prescriber. It means so much to be able to find validating, non-pathologizing help. Happy to talk more about this if you want to know more!
- Oh, and I also turned 40 and got my first four tattoos. It’s been liberating to reach this decade and already have so many fewer effs to give, for things that truly don’t matter!

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more reflections and resources!
- Leah