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Progress and consistency always overshadow attempts at perfection. Why? It’s because showing up for yourself, in physical, mental, and emotional ways, produce lasting change with compounded growth whereas striving for something unachievable produces self-judgement and often internalized negative self-talk. It’s important not to override your nervous system and any messages related to safety that you are getting, but also to work with those to determine if they actually meet t

A kind and trusted colleague pointed out the importance of vulnerability last week and that also includes transparency in business and entrepreneurship. So we got back to basics and highlighted ways that make Neuro-Roots LLC different and how we approach therapy. The biggest way people find Neuro-Roots LLC is often referral and it’s because we’ve had deep, honest conversations around acceptance, values, and belief in possibility as well as serving as a consultant for other cl

We all move in different ways, sometimes due to our neurotype and sometimes based on preference. Movement can be influenced by time, setting and surrounding, schedules, commitments, beliefs in ourselves, stigma, patterns, injuries, seasons, resources, and support systems among so many other things. When we move and engage in stimulation, it impacts our nervous system. When we look at stimming behaviors, they can appear (though not always and this certainly is not an exhaustiv

You matter…and that goes along with your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. The body and the brain work together and when you ignore one, the other or both, when events seem to bombard you and you can’t catch your breath, or when life seems unmanageable, things start to slow, feel overwhelming, or inevitably begin to break down. It can be difficult to prioritize your mental health, not only due to external resources in finding care, but also in allocating your own res

Emotions can be noticed, felt, and experienced differently based on your neurotype. Some of that affects processing and potentially causes a delay in emotional response, some may be in a felt sense of dysregulation and confusion about the emotions especially if sensory awareness and overwhelm is heightened, and other times individuals may just have overall difficulty with emotional identification and the ability to label the emotion and communication what is happening, especi

Strength…seeing that versus the deficit, weakness, or failure can be the difference between possibility and feeling stuck. If we don’t understand a behavior, whether that be in ourself or others, we can move to judgment and pathologizing. A good example is the often misunderstood info dump that can happen as an autistic person. For an autistic person, it can be a means of connection, deep vulnerability in sharing a special interest or part of who they are, and even at times a

Masking, like most things in life, has a few sides to it. Both neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals engage in masking, though the costs incurred of its use will vary dramatically as a result of your neurotype. Inherently, the use of masking is really about safety. At times that safety is for yourself with others and at times it is for safety with yourself (yes, you can also mask from and to yourself). This article highlights masking as avoidance of harm : https://pmc.n

Diagnosis is a big topic, a label can be really scary…but what is downright terrifying is not knowing yourself, judging yourself for your capability or capacity, and worse, having others pass along their own conclusions of you to you. Diagnosis isn’t right for everyone, but it can be empowering and allow you to make decisions for yourself based on what you know and how you need things to be. Your decision related to diagnosis may also be based on age, severity of what is goin

April is Autism Acceptance Month…that can be both a time of celebration and additional stressors as those who are either autistic or who support those who are autistic are critically aware of growth as well as continued stigma for those with autism. From the growth mindset, mental health in those with autism is becoming more holistic, inclusive, and aware…yay! At Neuro-Roots LLC we are foundationally based on the premise that taking a full approach where we see an individual

Thoughts vary along with the process in which we use to create them. Your neurotype may dictate the varying ways that you process information, thoughts, experiences, and how you both deliver those in communication and in connection with others along with what you seek in terms of gathering information and processing that which is already within you. Regardless of how we produce or process thoughts, they hold a lot of power and reframing them to align with our goals and values

Perception varies between individuals and is based on all of those factors that enter into the creation of perception itself. At times perception in general or specific perceptions that we have can be rigid or can allow for alteration and change over time. Both experience (nurture) and neurotype (nature) form intricate and unique perspectives that can further be perpetuated, adhered to, or dictated by emotions that drive such. Factors that funnel into perception can include:

What are Therapy Intensives? You may be familiar with the traditional model of therapy, a weekly therapy appointment often lasting between 45 and 55 minutes, then moving to maintenance where you decrease sessions. Depending on both your history and the issues you bring into the therapy container, this timeframe may be too short to get the progress, processing, and reframing you desire to produce sustainable growth over the course of a couple of months. Therapy intensives give

Awareness..definitely one of those things that we strive for in mental health and through engagement in therapy. It is a fundamental cornerstone to building new action, decision making, progress, and meeting goals. However, the second component that is absolutely necessary to meeting those goals is action based on that new awareness. If we only have awareness and our therapy journey continues to take us down the path of awareness and yet nothing else shifts based on that…we s

Having trouble with communication with someone whose neurotype doesn't match your own? We get it...and we practice helping people with this every day. One of the things that gets talked about a lot in session across all of those who have both neurodivergent and neurotypical individuals in their families, as well as different types of neurodivergent individuals in the same family, is the impact of understanding in communication. It shows up differently for each group, whether

Auditory sensory support can be helpful to foster focus, calm, and centeredness. For the neurodivergent brain, this may be an incredibly beneficial addition to a daily routine as well as during times of additional stress. As with any modality, it may take some time to figure out what works best for you and when to implement them. Having a conversation about using these with your physician is recommended prior to use. Here, we’ll explore how the brain uses frequencies and thre