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Category Archives: discomfort avoidance
Birds singing at night…
I love this time of year when the days are getting longer and I awaken to birdsong in the early morning… It feels so renewing and full of hope to know that spring has kept its perennial promise and has … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Autism, being wrong, discomfort avoidance, letting go, limits
Tagged acceptance, ADHD, avoidance, birdsong, busy, pace, remembering to breathe, struggle, think differently, wildly busy
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Uncomfortable… So what?!?
I have been thinking about how often we are uncomfortable with feeling uncomfortable (which I cannot help but note is ironically circular in its very definition), and that I have observed and experienced the inherently powerful and positive opportunity that … Continue reading
I am so OK with being wrong…
I am WRONG… rather often actually; I don’t know – what I don’t know – until I have found out – that I don’t know it… As convoluted as that may sound, it makes sense really. It is a relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, being wrong, discomfort avoidance, good enough thinking, Handling Change, handling discomfort, Resiliency, Special Education
Tagged coyote, development, flexible thinking. modelling cognitive strategies, I am wrong, Special Education, teacher, The value of being wrong, Wrongologist Kathryn Schulz
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John Elder Robison, Sensory Processing, and a Practical Sensory Diet
I started writing this when we were camping last month… on day 3 of 5: I am falling into a certain relaxed rhythm. I still have my coffee and now I am writing with a knife-sharpened pencil on a mini … Continue reading
Resiliency and The Big Apple
This boy of mine has big plans: he is saving to go to New York City. I am not certain why he is so driven to get there, but I suspect it is a combination of wanting to relive Home … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, discomfort avoidance, Goals, handling discomfort, New York, Parent, Resiliency, sticky
Tagged Autism, Bill Cosby, Gene Kelly, Home Alone 2, Lady Liberty, New York, On The Town, resiliency, sensory overload, Sinatra, sticky, The Chicken Heart that ate New York, The Plaza Hotel, Times Square. Coney Island, trip
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Avoiding discomfort vs the necessity of the mundane: the rainy Sunday Blues
My life is not particularly glamorous or exciting – but I am excited about it much of the time. Today however I am right in the thick of the mundane necessities: the things I have been letting pile up – … Continue reading