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Sensory Sensitivity: Discovering What Sensory Sensitivity Looks Like Newly Diagnosed || By Deanna Edwards, ACP Intern at People House
“My senses are just a bit more sensitive than most people’s. It’s like living in a world where you’re wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. Everything’s a bit off.” – Temple Grandin Recently, I’ve been exploring a fascinating topic during my therapy sessions: sensory sensitivity. It’s where individuals have a heightened awareness and responsiveness to…
Read MoreUnlocking the Superpower of Deep Focus: Tools to Keep You in the Zone || By Annabelle Denmark MA, LPCC
As I type away, fueled by two sips of now-cold tea, I’ve accomplished a whopping 75% website revamp (it’s a glow-up, trust me) – all thanks to deep focus mode. 🚀 Deep focus, a superpower common among many neurodivergent individuals, is the art of zeroing in on a task to the point where the entire…
Read MoreBeliefs || By Chardin Bersto MA
In our last blog I briefly described the essence of how the Vagal system operates when we perceive our environment. When we came to this world, we did not have a language to label our experience, we were experience and expression all in one fell swoop. It was in this innocent stage that the family…
Read MoreIt Hurts || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
Movies always deliver. My choices have changed over the years, however one element is always critical for me — transformation. When a character has insight, introspection, an epiphany, internally or externally triggered, I don’t care. What I want to see is that a different choice can be made, a different path taken, a new lease…
Read MoreWho Are We “Getting Better” For? || By Rick Garcia, Certified Sex/Cannabis Coach, LMT
As you read the title of this blog, stop and ponder where your mind went. Was it getting better as a work professional? As a person? As a lover? I find it fascinating that our minds will almost always instinctively link what draws our attention to what drives our intention. Everyone wants to be better…
Read MoreEmbracing Your ADHD Overwhelm: A Kind Approach || By Annabelle Denmark MA, LPCC
Hey there! Welcome to a space where we’re diving into a common struggle – overwhelm paralysis. It’s that feeling of being swamped with too much stuff, especially if you’re dealing with ADHD. We get it – taking action or making decisions can feel like a huge task. When overwhelm hits, it’s like hitting pause. You…
Read MoreResilience and How We Cope with Change || By Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
Life is Change How can we embrace our life with vitality, rather than with a faint heart? By allowing ourselves to continue to evolve and grow through transformative resilience, which is a way to describe a shift in the way we see the world. As a child we experience many shifts due to the growth…
Read MoreThe Acorn & The Oak: Understanding our Human Potential || By Kevin Culver LPCC
In this series of blogs, I am exploring questions around finding meaning and purpose in our lives and how therapy can help further this exploration. I want to start this blog with a basic observation about oak trees – the simple fact that oak trees begin their life cycle as acorns. To think that a…
Read MoreBe kind – but it DOESN’T mean be nice! || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA
Being too nice can kill you. This is how it starts: Your body says to you, “You’re doing it again. You strongly disagree with what that person’s saying/doing, but you’re smiling and going along even though you’re seething inside. You’re stressing, so I’m releasing adrenaline and cortisol into your bloodstream. That’s what I do. Your…
Read MoreEmbracing My Neurodivergent Journey: A Tale of Identity, ADHD,and Psychoeducation || By Deanna Edwards, ACP Intern at People House
“There are billions of us—humans everywhere, with access to our own minds and no one else’s, tossing one another’s songs and sentences to bridge the gap.” – Annie Kotowicz. That’s the journey I decided to undertake—to delve into my neurodivergent identity through writing this post and reaching others. As I sit in my living room,…
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