


Tapping Into the Spiritual to Ease Burnout
Burnout advice on the internet tends to ignore the fact that humans need connection and safety in order to thrive. As a neurodivergent person, the demands of living in a world built for neurotypicals means that most of the time that sense of safety simply...
Forgiveness Requires that We Be Seen as Human
I’m taking a Psychology of Happiness class this semester, an elective toward my psychology degree, which with each passing semester, I’m realizing truly, deeply does not see me, as an autistic individual, a disabled individual harmed by the medical...
The Double Edge Sword of Attributing Physical Pain to Emotions
The line between physical causes of pain and ailments and emotional causes is blurry at best. While Western Medicine seeks to compartmentalize these things and somehow believe that mental health and physical health are separate (as are eye health and dental health as...
Community Means More than Pressing “Like”
There’s been a lot of talk–and I’m glad to see it–about community and what that looks like. And yet, in spite of this too many people go without true community and support. In some ways it’s a byproduct of our social media age. It’s...