My life has changed for the better due to entering my thirties and understanding my brain more (autism). I'v begun the process of building authentic self-esteem and discuss this in depth. Namely:

• The tenets of improved self esteem
• Tools to reframe self care if you’re struggling to take your needs seriously
• Putting respeck on your name: not diminishing your talents
• When is self deprecation appropriate
• Disassociation as a coping mechanism
• Learning what boundaries are and tuning to my needs
• Parentification, Codependence and Emotional incest
• Sexual advocacy
• How autism has shifted my personal style
• Getting better at self advocacy
• Trusting my intuition
• Rejecting the idea of ‘coming out’
• The guilt of prioritising my needs

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On this episode I discuss:

• autistic burnout vs. Depression
• Affirmations feel like lies
• the emotional cost of managing everyday life
• The cost of hidden disabilities
• Moral imperatives
• The selfishness of Nihilism
• Thought distortions
• The applications of optimism, hope, pessimism and nihilism

References:

Rebecca Solnit interview - https://open.spotify.com/episode/45Qgrl4kcHVap19qqVc2G6?si=7989f4dd4f044276

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Having to work to live sucks, least of all when how your brain is built doesn't support consistent productivity. In this episode I discuss how difficult I find entrepreneurship and employment, and how much I resent having to betray myself at work just to maintain basic human rights (food, shelter). I get into:

• Entrepreneurship and how it triggers our fear of being perceived
• Capitalism and the illusion of choice
• Workplaces wanting your time and not your productivity
• The unfairness and impossibility of monetizing a passion
• Fundamental incongruities of autism and conventional offices

References:

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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