This week has been a tough spot in the wellness journey. I had performed exceptionally well over the past week by exercising regularly and trying my best to cook at home yet within an hour of attending the weekly weigh-in, I sabotage the work I invested.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/31/wellness-wednesday-when-its-so-hard-to-give-up-but-you-know-that-you-cant/

We have been in a national pandemic for over a year now. Of anything I have experienced in the year and that has been a lot, it has taught me to be resilient. I have continually been retooling myself as far as mind, body and spirit to be well physically and mentally.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/30/concentrating-on-covid-a-lesson-in-resiliency/

Growing up, I have had too many experiences to count about being disapppointed. Back then I was never one to "take it like a man" and accept was handed down to me. It has taken many years of tolerance, acceptance, adaption and accommodation to get where I am today, especially when handling disappointment

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/29/adulting-disappointment/

We have to sometimes have the encouragement that we have to set our own standards of what that needs to be and ourselves have the inner confidence that it is indeed what can be acceptable and what you can accomplish.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/25/building-confidence/

So as a continuum of yesterday’s post on having the inertia to activate we are gradually beginning to do things pre-COVID. Although we did things like walk during COVID, we have experienced the winter blues and have been stuck at times under the frigid northeast winters by being at home in Zoom and other meetings throughout the day.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/24/wellness-wednesday-stepping-safe-back-into-the-community/

The spring weather has come out in full swing recently. It’s Daylight longer (the Pennsylvania General Assembly is considering extending Daylight Saving Time the entire year (I’m crossing my fingers this happens!) The temperature is getting pretty seasonable. Yet, I have experienced inertia of becoming active and stepping back safe into the community. For over a year, I have secluded myself mostly in my very own limited bubble.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/23/concentrating-on-covid-intertia-to-activate/

Oftentimes, in the modes of social media the journey of autistics. We see their milestones and their downfalls. We also oftentimes want to compare their struggles to our own. We wonder why we are continuing to do the things that we are doing, yet they have since moved on and out of our sight leaving us in the dust. This is when we as autistics and neurotypicals alike must remember that one’s life journey is simply theirs.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/22/adulting-someone-elses-journey-is-not-yours/

Having friends outside of family in the past few years has taught me to set my own boundaries in what I share, how I respond to others, standing up for my personal needs and values along with respecting myself.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/18/mental-health-and-friends/

As we are hitting the point in of the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic, those that have had a wide variety of changes from what is normal must realize the need for self-care.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/17/wellness-wednesday-we-must-continue-to-take-care-of-ourselves/

Today marks one year since many, including myself entered a world of unknown. However, as we hit the one-year anniversary as the world we live in change dramatically, mental health in everyone is declining,

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2021/03/16/concentrating-on-covid-one-year/