You look around your daughter’s fifth-grade classroom and start forming impressions. Some kids look effortlessly stylish. Others appear to be wearing hand-me-downs. A few look like they rolled out of bed just minutes before carpool arrived. Now, tell me — which four children in this class of twenty have an invisible disability ? Hard to tell, isn’t it? That’s because you can’t. There are no signs, no obvious clues. These kids look just like their neurotypical peers. You’d nev

There’s a song I grew up with that’s been on my mind today: “Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not...

Having good neighbors is truly a blessing. When our kids were younger, they would watch movies together, bounce on the trampoline, and...

This morning, as I was leaving Tim Hortons, I experienced a serious déjà vu moment. A woman in line was yelling at one of the employees....

The more I learn about anger, the more eye-opening it becomes. I touched on this in my earlier blog, Kind, Cute, and Explosive? , where I...

Many of us live our lives in autopilot mode. We wake up, brush our teeth, drive to work, and somehow arrive without fully remembering the...

When I speak to young adults about what to look for in a partner, we often talk about shared values, attraction, life goals, kindness and...

I recently came across a post on social media that really made me pause. A woman shared her frustration about a moment with her husband....

"I go from 0 to 100 in a snap. "It’s a phrase I hear often in my office—usually from someone frustrated with their anger and how quickly...

Ok, let’s review. If you’ve never had a credit card declined due to insufficient funds, then I’d suggest you skip this article and go...

A good friend of mine, Esther, would use the phrase "you gotta pay to play", and honestly, nothing else captures the weight of financial...

This article is directed to a specific group of people. If your credit card has never been declined or you’ve never had to check your...

Summer break brings a unique comfort—a time when we can retreat to our safe spaces, free from the pressures of school. We get to eat...

It’s summer! The sun is shining, kids are riding bikes, bathing suits are drying on the line, and bedtime? Well, that’s been tossed out...

June 28th, 2024, was the first time I truly saw. For those of you who know me, this statement might be perplexing since I barely even...

In the digital age of constant connectivity, it's easy to assume that loneliness is a problem reserved for those who are isolated or...

The last time we heard the word pandemic, it conjures up images of gloves, masks, hoarding toilet paper, and bottled water. There is a...

"Stop being so lazy", "why can’t you try harder", "just put in some effort"... these phrases are all too familiar to those living with...

Great things come from having a neurodivergent brain like your creativity, spontaneity, resilience, and high levels of social intelligence.