The howling night
When I was in grade 3, around 8 years old, my mother was having a hard time. I think she must have been experiencing a bout of depression, or perhaps [...]
Tag: ADHD
The next best move.
I came across a YouTube video a few months back about following your ‘Internal GPS’ for the ‘The Next Best Move’ and I really resonated with it. It was by [...]
At home with my friend Rejection Dysphoria
When I first heard the term ‘Rejection Dysphoria’ I cried. It explained so much of what I had experienced through out my life. So much of why I had struggled [...]
The Double Edged Sword of Speech
When my mother was very young, the doctor told my grandmother that her daughter would never speak because of the severity of her cleft palate. But my grandmother refused to [...]
Chasing the dopamine; how 16 year old car thieves are helping me fly.
‘If you can find a matching key and lock, it’s yours’ the shopowner said. I looked at the jar packed with keys, then tipped some out onto the table. I [...]
The Tale of the Pop Tart (sorry ‘iced biscuit’) Phone Case!
I want to share with you the tale of the Pop Tart, I mean Iced Biscuit phone case. This is an item which I started selling in my Etsy shop [...]
5 traits I never realised are related to ADHD until I was diagnosed, and how I manage them.
The more I accept my ADHD traits and stop pushing and hustling, the more calm and relaxed I feel.
Be in this world but not of it.
Be in this world but not of it. I don’t know who said that, and I zero interest in looking it up. But we have all heard it right? What [...]
Could neurodivergent people be barometers of the spiritual health of a society?
To acknowledge how challenging ADHD can make life is important. But the question is, is it the person who is disordered, or is it the world we live in?
Not Healing, Transmuting
Trigger warning, this blog post refers to violence to children but not in any detail. This is a positive sharing. A couple of months back, I wrote a post on [...]
Paper lanterns and a Summer Christmas aesthetic.
Lanterns are magical because they shine like our souls. Our true selves.
Finding my voice.
I am writing this first post on a plane, coming home from a time in Indonesia, where I worked on a theatre project in the ARTJOG festival, Indonesia’s most significant [...]