Press & Media
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This is a collection of places where I’ve contributed to conversations connected to my work.
If you find yourself recognizing parts of your own experience in these conversations, that’s not accidental. These are often the same patterns many people have been quietly trying to make sense of.
The topics vary, but they often come back to the kinds of questions many people are already asking in their own lives—what happens when things stop feeling sustainable, what it means when something finally starts to make sense, and how to move forward in a way that actually fits.
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (2026)
Why people are opting out of hustle culture
I was included in a piece exploring burnout, hustle culture, mental health and the growing recognition that the way many people are living and working is not sustainable.
The article looks at the broader shift happening right now, where people are beginning to question expectations around constant productivity and recognize the limits of what their bodies and minds can continue to tolerate.
For many neurodivergent people, these limits may show up earlier or feel more pronounced, especially in environments that weren’t designed with their needs in mind.
UnMasked Summit (2026)
Making sense of late discovery and what comes after
In this talk, I focused on the experience of late identification and the process of making sense of what comes after.
For many people, understanding their neurodivergence doesn’t resolve things in the way they expect. It often opens up a new layer of processing—grief, disorientation, and the realization of how much effort it took to function in environments that didn’t fit.
This work is less about immediate change and more about learning how to stay present with your own experience without overriding it, and gradually building a way of living that is more accurate and sustainable.
A Note About This Work
Most of this work doesn’t happen in visible places.
It happens in the process of things starting to make sense.
In noticing patterns that were never explained.
In shifting from self-criticism to a more accurate understanding of what you’ve been navigating.
Those changes don’t always look dramatic from the outside.
But they matter.
If something here feels familiar, or reflects something you’ve been trying to make sense of in your own life, that’s often where this work begins.
Media & Speaking
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