In today’s world, were stress and anxiety is prevalent, looking after our mental health is crucial. Finding ways to prevent autistic burnout is key to keeping ourselves in balance.

For me, autism and OCD go hand in hand. This episode discusses how we can take steps towards OCD recovery daily.

If you are unsure whether a diagnosis of autism would help you, then you’re not alone. I share my insights as to why I have chosen to self-diagnose as an adult.

Autism is a sensory difference. There is nothing ‘wrong’ with a person who is autistic. They quite simply have a different approach as to how they process information and they are just as capable and intelligent as other people are.

Growing up with autism can be extremely hard, especially when you and the people closest to you don’t know what it is. It’s not easy to be yourself when you think that there’s something wrong with you…

It’s so easy if you’re a sensitive person to absorb negative energies from our surrounding environment especially if we are autistic. This short podcast discusses the ways we can begin to implement some of these boundaries for health and wellbeing.

Being calm and present when OCD is provoking you - is challenging! This is something that can be practiced and when you do master the art of being calm, you can respond rather than react.

Break the pattern of OCD anxiety through developing conscious awareness of the patterns that keep us stuck in the OCD cycle.

For me, I still feel like I have a lot of anger from being misunderstood for years as an autistic. Anger is something that we have been taught we shouldn’t feel but actually feeling it is key to healing ourselves from it’s negative effects.

If you are thinking about starting out with meditation to support your mental health (autistic burnout in my case!) or maybe you’ve tried before and found that you can’t do it very well due to distracting thoughts, I have compiled some tips to help you begin finding your way. I hope you find it useful! Very beneficial for mental health and if you are autistic and struggling from sensory/emotional overload.