Press & Speaking

This page highlights selected media and speaking contributions connected to my work in neurodivergent-affirming therapy, including topics such as autistic burnout, masking and unmasking, late identification in adults, and neurodivergent overwhelm.

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 return to similar questions—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 highlights a broader shift, where people are beginning to question expectations around constant productivity, chronic stress, and the pressure to keep pushing past their limits.

For many people, this shows up as ongoing overwhelm, difficulty recovering from stress, and a nervous system that remains “on” even during rest. For neurodivergent individuals, these patterns are often intensified—especially when long-term masking, sensory overload, and environments that don’t align with their needs lead to earlier or more severe burnout. What is often labeled as lack of motivation is, in many cases, the cumulative impact of chronic stress, autistic burnout, and systems that were never designed to be sustainable for everyone. This shift reflects a growing awareness of limits, capacity, and the need for more realistic and supportive ways of living and working.

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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 does not resolve things in the way they expect—it often opens a new layer of processing, including grief, disorientation, and the realization of how much effort it took to function in environments that didn’t fit.

This often includes making sense of long-term masking, the impact of autistic burnout, and the process of unmasking after years of adapting to expectations that weren’t aligned with how their brain actually works. It can also bring up a wide range of complex emotions after diagnosis or self-identification—relief, grief, anger, confusion, and a shifting sense of identity. Rather than leading to immediate clarity, this stage often involves sorting through identity, energy limits, and what it means to move through the world in a way that is more sustainable. This work is less about immediate change and more about learning how to stay present with your experience and gradually build a way of living that is more accurate and supportive over time.

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A Note About This Work

Most of this work doesn’t happen in visible ways.

It happens as things start 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.

These 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.

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