When the person you love starts changing
What if the goal isn't to rip off the mask, but to slowly discover where we can set it down? A reflection on masking, safety, and the people who make it possible for us to become more fully ourselves.
unmasking
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The cost of acing human school
For decades, I was praised for being socially skilled, emotionally intuitive, and "good with people." What no one could see, including me, was the hidden cost of those strengths.
It takes a lot of energy to hide
The shocking ease after naming my autism
My soul longs for connection & my body longs for isolation
The beauty and frustration of being autistic
The shape I no longer fit
A little poem about choosing to heal
Trust builds on itself
A little poem about trusting you