🥒Hello Pickle friends… In this episode, I invite you to rethink executive function. It's an issue that so many neurodivergent hearts quietly wrestle with... overwhelm, procrastination, restless nights, and feeling 'other'. I speak to these struggles offering compassion instead of criticism.

💚So, I encourage you, dear listener, to build gentle structures that feel like easy scaffolding or a framework rather than forcing a square peg in a round hold, and to move through change in micro‑steps. Micro-steps that are small enough to not rattle your nervous system but powerful enough to shift a life. Self‑trust is a kind of inner leadership, grown slowly through tiny promises kept.

💚I'm calling you to community: a circle of humans who hold one another with warmth, accountability, and encouragement. A place where no one has to pretend to be more put‑together than they are, and where every small victory is honored.

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🥒Hello friends… in this episode, I wander into the tender, tangled world of productivity apps through a neurodivergent lens...the hope they spark, the overwhelm they stir up, and the quiet shame that can settle in when the systems we’re “supposed” to use end up using us instead.

💚I’ve been moving through my own inner turmoil with these apps. Sometimes bright optimism on occasion and then a little overwhelm in the other. I'm trying to make sense of why some apps feel like gentle companions while others feel like tiny digital judges wagging their finger at me. Finch feels like a soft friend who celebrates every small win; Duolingo… well, some days it feels more like a mean teacher with opinions.

💚I know there is a deeper truth: our brains aren’t meant to be disciplined into submission. They’re meant to be supported and met with compassion. Community matters. Emotional validation matters. Tools that honor our nervous systems rather than scold them matter more than we’re often taught to admit.

💚So, wherever you are in your own season and you’re trying again or shutting down or starting over or simply catching your breath, I’m wishing you gentleness. May you find a tool, a practice, a moment that feels helpful and supportive.

💚Thanks for listening, subscribing, sharing ... Tonya 🤗

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I'm taking a risk here because some of the words used in Transactional Analysis could be twisted to mean something else BUT I think the principles are worth the risk. In this episode, I explore the concepts of Transactional Analysis through the 1970s book "TA for Kids". I focus on the three parts of the self: Parent, Adult, and Child. I also discuss the importance of understanding these aspects for neurodivergent individuals and how they affect interpersonal relationships. I'm trying to convene the significance of 'warm fuzzies' and 'cold pricklies' as forms of emotional exchanges and emphasize the need for positive strokes in our lives. I also provide some practical exercises to enhance emotional connections and improve relationships. I hope you find this helpful as you navigate relationships and can get a feeling of how to relate to others.

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