Notes on Alchemy
A Blog From Javelin’s Desk
3 Practical Executive Function Tips
Now I find it pretty regular that people will talk about having ‘executive dysfunction’ without a lot of clarity on what that actually means. This is why I built a workshop called The Executive Function Luncheon. If you want to run experiments to support your executive functions we need to get really specific about which executive functions you need support with. The Luncheon is all about exploring our executive functions, and designing your own experiments to find the supports that work for you. None of this ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ nonsense.
You Have 8 Senses - An Info Dump
Every time I am having a conversation with someone and I say “yeah we have 8 senses so like, it makes sense that you would be sensitive to xyz” people are like “WAIT WHAT? 8 SENSES?” Like yeah my human, they lied to you in elementary, we don’t have 5 senses, and it sure as hell isn’t special to have a 6th one. So I thought, what the heck, I’ll write a blog about it. Get ready for a info dump on human sense, and if you read to the end I’ll give you a free pdf for your troubles.
Experiment #02 - Unmasking Your Eating
For my blog post on the first Wednesday of every month I pitch an experiment to you that you can test out for yourself during the month. Then on the last day of the month I will publish a blog post with the results of this experiment. You know, FOR SCIENCE!
This month we are Unmasking Our Eating! (Keep reading and you’ll find a free downloadable PDF of this experiment so you can try it out for yourself.)
Experiment #01 - Results
We have heard from a bunch of you about how having a low key, No Expectations Day has been a central part of your neurodivergent lives. You told me that it helps you to recentre and to come back to yourself in the midst of burnout, and is a part of standard self-care to stay out of extreme burnout. Some of you are even teaching your kiddos how to have No Expectations Days for themselves. How cool is that?
First Aid for Autistic Burnout
Autistic burnout is a hell of a drug. I have experienced it at least 3 times in my life in a catastrophic fashion and I am in no rush to get back to that place. That said, it feels like burnout is always at least a little bit present. The work of dealing with it is more management than eradication for many of us.
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