Doctor cory’s BLOG
Adult autism assessments: Learning about neurodivergence and how different brains see the world
In this month’s guest blog, Mel talks about bridging the wisdom between her Native roots, her background in restoration ecology, and health-supportive botanicals. She talks about skin health, the power of calendula, hyperpigmentation, and her inspiration for starting to make (and sell) her own botanical products. And she gives a coupon code! Don’t miss it.
How do we tell the difference between what we’re afraid of and what plain-and-simple isn’t the right thing for us? How do we hone our ability to trust our instincts?
The phrase, ‘don’t sink good money after bad’ has been rolling around my head lately. I put it into practice yesterday–in a small way, that hopefully will help me suss out some bigger things…
Guest blog post from Dr. Jackie! Here she talks about the importance of finding the right soil and gives tips on how to be yourself (never underestimate the power of the right blazer). I’m honored to share her words with you and I hope you find joy and healing in them.
I think about the things I demand from my body, soul, heart. I often put my personhood into situations that may be at the brink of my capacity. The maximum limit of strain on our bodies is not the same thing as our threshold for comfort. Identifying those two points as separate things can help us to understand our limits.
As soon as I try to put myself in a box, it feels like the box falls apart. Maybe you also struggle with being seen only as an elevator pitch? I wonder, is niching down good for our overall mental health?
Did you ever have a time in your life where you felt perfectly aligned with yourself? I didn’t expect to go down memory lane, but a fortuitous youtube channel helped me go there. And I realized: Sometimes we need to look back in order to move forward.
I’m not making any life decisions right now while my body is healing like this….except I totally am. Find out more in this special version of Dr. C’s journal.
My 'Relax Your Body' Video list 2023—some of this will surprise you! I find these accounts to be run by super-positive people who don’t stress my body out. They remind me to let go and that there’s so much to this world to explore and enjoy.
The neurodiversity umbrella—understanding its boundaries