neurofeedback
Your Brain Has Been Trying to Tell You Something
qEEG Brain Mapping and Neurotraining Available at Swift Mind Care
Newsletter
Neurodivergent "Anger"
...it's dysregulation.
ADHD
The Paradox: Why Your ADHD Brain Can Hyperfocus and Still Freeze
You can spend eight hours deep in a project with zero breaks. You can hold complex information, solve problems on the fly, adapt to chaos like it’s your native language. But someone tells you to do something—even something you were already planning to do—and suddenly you hit
Genx
Home Is Where the Heart Is (And My Brain Lit the Map)
A neurodivergent love letter to the place that finally makes sense
Newsletter
I Wasn’t Doing It Wrong. I Was Doing It Differently.
On late diagnosis, workplace survival, nervous system exhaustion, and the relief that comes when your life finally starts making sense. I was 42 years old when I found out I was autistic. Not “maybe autistic.” Not “a little autistic.” Autistic. By then, I had already built a life. A career.
Podcast
When Your Brain Needs a Minute
available on Amazon.com now
Psychotherapy
Finding the Sun: Introducing Internal Family Systems
A Subscriber Bonus: Part 1
ACT
Your Emotions Aren’t the Problem: What Inside Out Gets Right About Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
If you’ve watched Pixar’s Inside Out films, you’ve already seen one of the most accurate portrayals of emotional health ever put on screen. You just may not have had the language for it yet. As a therapist who uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I watched both
neuroaffirming
Why ACT Is the Primary Therapy Approach at Swift Mind Care
There is a question I hear often from autistic and ADHD clients, especially after years of trying different kinds of therapy: “Why did therapy always feel like I was being taught how to act more normal?” For many neurodivergent people, traditional therapy experiences can accidentally reinforce masking, self-criticism, and
Newsletter
When Counterterrorism Policy Targets Ethical Care: Why the 2026 Strategy Matters for Every Helping Professional
When language designed for counterterrorism begins to overlap with the work of helping professionals, it deserves careful, grounded attention. On May 6, 2026, the administration released the United States Counterterrorism Strategy 2026, a 16-page policy document. It identifies three primary terrorism threats: 1. Narcoterrorists and cartels 2. Legacy Islamist
meltdown
The Body Budget: The Invisible Energy Behind Every Visible Crisis
It's not your fault - it's your nervous system doing what it does.
Imposter Syndrome
You Did the Work. So Why Do You Still Feel Like a Fraud?
Imposter syndrome hits differently when your brain was never the default.