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4 Ways to Organize Your Life For Less Stress

As we have talked about before, stress is a natural part of life. But it doesn’t have to take over your life. Sometimes it just takes small steps like these 4 ways to organize your life for less stress. Seems like a win-win, right? You can get your house and home organized to improve your mental health. If you want help with stress, you need to focus on organizing your life. Having a lot of clutter and disorganization at home, in your car, and at work can create the feeling of overwhelming chaos. This is only going to cause more stress than you already have. Now is the time to start organizing your life in order to find some relief from your stress. 4 Practical…

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Tips for Overwhelmed Autistic Moms

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Overwhelm starts to set in when we have too much to do.. Overwhelm sets in when we think we cannot ask for help.. Overwhelm sets in when we don’t know how to ask for help. But what can an autistic mom do about overwhelm? In this blog post, I’m sharing some of my personal tips for how to handle overwhelm as an autistic mom. Top Tips for Overwhelmed Autistic Moms Those are just often the tip of the things that autistic moms are dealing with on a day-to-day basis. When our children are younger, and if they are also autistic? Then you add in things like: IEP planning, meltdowns, sensory adaptations. And some days it may seem like there is no end in sight….

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Why You Should Prioritize Your Life Instead of Trying to Balance Your Life

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For many people, it seems like life has two options: achieving goals and enjoying life. Neither one of them seems as if they are one hundred percent fulfilled. There seems to be a broad spectrum on the scale of go-getters and over-achievers to those who slack in all departments. How many times have you caught yourself saying you don’t have enough time or there isn’t enough time in the day? Is this really the truth? There are many books on the subject of how to be highly successful as well as how to achieve happiness. If you’re like most people, you probably think these notions are for other people, who are super extraordinary, and you feel that you don’t fall into the mix. Today, the…

Productivity for Moms

How to Effectively Use Time Blocking as a Stay at Home Mom (or Work at Home Mom)

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I have struggled, almost my entire life, with time management. I am a proacstiplanner (procrastinating with planning) at heart and I have a terrible time focusing. Sometimes I’ve wondered if there was something else at work because when I do focus? I hyperfocus. I am so narrowed in on something and I feel like I can accomplish everything. As an autistic mom with a neurodivergent family, and as a work at home mom? My attention is pulled in so many different directions at any given time. So if my time isn’t being managed properly, I will get to the brink of stress and burnout. If time management is one of those things that you struggle with as a stay at home or work at home…

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The Life Changing Power of a Predictable Routine for Autistic Women

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When people think of routine, they are often thinking about “being stuck in one”. Since the term routine implies doing the same actions over and over again, it makes sense that people might view it negatively. People want excitement and spontaneity not the “same ol, same ol”. Routine doesn’t have to be boring though. Routine can actually be powerful. And for autistic women or women with ADHD? A routine can be downright necessary. Harnessed in the right way a solid routine can propel you towards your goals. It might not be hair-raising excitement, but striving towards and reaching goals is far from boring. The best part about routines is they don’t have to be massive changes in your life. Since a routine is simply a set…

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This is What Autism Mom Depression Looks Like

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I’m not perfect. I have a slew of mental health issues. Most days I can manage. But there was a time in my life that I hit rock bottom. Depression in neurodivergent moms is more common than you may realize. And, in fact, it wasn’t until I realized my own neurodivergence as an autistic and ADHD adult, just how prone I was to autism mom depression. And you never know when one of those moms is right next door. Sometimes we are just too overwhelmed to take that first step and reach out. Sometimes we are drowning in the every day chaos of our lives. Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with life that we just can’t take a minute to step back. I know because…