by Kit Caelsto | Mar 12, 2023 | General
I am passionate about bringing radical wellness to those who are commonly left out of the discourse around wellness. I do this by reimagining the wellness wheel to be more holistic, more flexible, and beyond the current mental/physical health dichotomy. My purpose is...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 28, 2023 | Podcast Episodes
In today’s episode I do a little “shameless self promotion” by talking about a couple of sub-blogs in the Chicken Yogi universe. Please forgive the fibro fog. I had a few moments of trying to find my words. But in this episode, I discuss my...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 28, 2023 | work wellness
Although we might intellectually know that when we lack work-life wellness it affects other parts of our lives, sometimes it’s hard to see that. We get so caught up in the drop hitting the surface (“work stuff”) that we forget to see the ripples...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 26, 2023 | mental health, neurodivergence
As autistic individuals, we know that autistic burnout affects us deeply. It impacts our ability to work, take care of ourselves, take care of others, and even complete day to day tasks. The symptoms are many including exhaustion, mental fog, losing words or the...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 23, 2023 | boundaries and respect, work wellness
If you’ve worked somewhere for a long time, or are used to poor and disrespectful working conditions, it can be hard to realize if you’re being respected, or if this is simply “how it always is”. So I wanted to take an opportunity to blog about...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 21, 2023 | work philosophy, work wellness
One of the steps on the 8-fold path of Buddhism is the concept of right livelihood. In general terms, this means that we’re supporting ourselves in a way that is healthy for us physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and morally. For too many people in...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 10, 2023 | emotions and feelings
In the last blog, I talked about how trauma affects social interactions for autistic individuals by focusing on the work of the amgydala. In this blog, we’re going to talk a little bit more broadly about cultivating connection while still dealing with the impact...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 5, 2023 | emotions and feelings, mental health, neurodivergence
Interestingly enough it was an article in the Harvard Business Review (Decisions and Desire) that prompted a bit of an “aha moment” around being autistic and social cues/social interactions. In the article, the author says: The amygdala responds...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 3, 2023 | Energy Work, Uncategorized
Going as far back as the early centuries B.C.E. people have tried to control their thoughts to reduce suffering. It’s natural, and when we look at the story of the Buddha, there’s an aspect of “If I can do it so can you”, which has carried...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 26, 2023 | emotions and feelings, Energy Work
Moving from the physical, emotional, and mental wellness into the energy system and some would say into the realm of spirituality, has always been difficult. Our western society likes to divide everything into its neat and tidy boxes. You see an orthopedic doctor for...