Why Small Decisions Can Feel So Exhausting
Have you ever reached the end of the day and thought, “Why am I so tired?” Not physically tired. Brain tired. The kind of tired where someone asks you what’s for dinner, and suddenly that feels like the hardest question you’ve been asked all day. The weird part is that nothing particularly big happened. There […]
Your Brain Was Never Meant to Remember Everything
We’ve all heard it. “Just remember.” “Don’t forget.” “You need to be more organized.” “Maybe write it down.” (Which is always my favorite advice because…where did I write down where I wrote the thing down?) The funny thing is that we’ve somehow accepted this idea that the human brain should be able to remember hundreds […]
The Part of OCD Most People Never See
For years, if someone had asked me what OCD looked like, I probably would have given the same answer most people do. I would have pictured someone who liked things organized, someone who color-coded their planner, or someone who got frustrated when the picture frames weren’t straight. Those are the stereotypes we’ve all seen repeated […]
Why Dyslexia Is About More Than Reading
When most people hear the word “dyslexia,” they immediately think: “Oh, that’s the reading thing.” And technically…they aren’t wrong. But they also aren’t exactly right. That’s kind of like saying a car is “the wheel thing.” Sure. The wheels are involved. But there is a LOT more going on under the hood. As a mom […]
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