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What Autism Actually Looks Like
Neurodiversity · Understanding Autism
Rachelle P. Goldenberg, LCSW
Culture
The Performance You Never Auditioned For
Code Switching, Masking, and What It Costs to Always Be "On"
meltdown
The App in Your Pocket Is Built for Your Brain — and That's the Problem
Sports betting, neurodivergence, and a crisis hiding in plain sight
Community
Why My Face Looks Like That
The story of "RBF" is a common theme in Autistic females.
Neurodivergence
5 Mental Models That Will Change How You See Yourself
Communication
Therapeutic Congruence: Why Being Real Is Part of the Work
There’s a version of therapy where the therapist sits behind a neutral mask — careful, measured, strategically unreadable. For some clients, that distance feels safe. For many neurodivergent clients, it feels like a wall. Congruence is the antidote to that wall. It’s not about making therapy about you. It’
Relationships
The One Without Powers
Why Nicholas Brendon — and the character he gave everything to — mattered so much to the ones who never quite fit in
Relationships
They Said “Did Your Best.” You Heard Something Else. Both of You Were Right.
Literal thinking isn’t a flaw. It’s a different operating system — and the world’s instructions weren’t written for yours.
Genx
We Need Buffy Summers. And We Need Her Now.
... a gen x girl gets to nerd out every once in a while on her Substack - and Buffy being nixed made me..... well made me write. xoxo Buffy, she saved the world, a lot. #GenX
ADHD
DivCon: Divide and Conquer Your Goals
A neurodivergent approach to goal setting and decision making
Neuro Science
Just Undiagnosed?
What Being INFJ Taught Me About My AuDHD Brain
Neuro Science
Your Nervous System Has a Range — Not a Switch
Yeah, more about your body budget