Living an Ai Life: On ADHD Masking

I was just texting with a friend and as I switched my heart emoji from 💙 to 🧡 I realized something…. My whole life I’ve been doing what ChatGPT does. (Stay with me I’m going somewhere.) To avoid getting in trouble (in an environment with a parent with unpredictable anger), I learned to study microContinue reading “Living an Ai Life: On ADHD Masking”

New Level Unlocked: Self-Acceptance – Releasing Shame for Who & How I Am

When you come to a place in your life that you realize that the things that you did and the things that you didn’t do, the things you forgot and the things that you couldn’t stop remembering, that all of it was related to a processing challenge rather than because you just didn’t give a…

It’s MY Story to Tell

To the people who say, “That was a long time ago. You should be over that by now,” instead of judging, be grateful that you either have the internal resolve to bounce back or that you haven’t experienced trauma on a level so deep that you’re still impacted by it decades later. I continue toContinue reading “It’s MY Story to Tell”

Retelling My Birth Story

You have a right to be alive. Do you feel that? Honestly? No. I don’t belong here. From birth I’ve been messing up. I nearly killed my mother coming here. I should’ve never…. Well, I’m here now. So … I guess I’ll make the most  of it. It’s funny how the stories you’ve been toldContinue reading “Retelling My Birth Story”