We chip away at our challenges every day of the week using the 7 Adulting Habits, and then start again on Sunday.

The struggles we face preparing our autistic graduates for life on their own seem to have no ending. They dig in their heels. We get discouraged. They argue and avoid doing anything. We give up, and then realize we can't.

These 7 habits help us understand the challenge, connect our brain with our body, and figure out what to practice together. We start on Sunday and then begin again the next Sunday. We keep leveling up our skills to outsmart the struggles together.

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I dedicate this video to all of us who wish we had done better.

We can transform regret into a valuable learning experience. When we practice self-compassion, reframing regret as an opportunity for growth, and connect with others to extract lessons from past experiences we grow.

Drawing on the wisdom of Daniel Pink's THE POWER OF REGRET, I identify four types of regrets and encourage us all to reframe them with self-compassion to move forward.

Let's embracing regret as a tool to level up our life skills.

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It feels like we both 'fell off the cliff' when our autistic graduates graduated.

It is now up to us to guide them and gather the supports they need to transition from school-defined to self-defined lives. Resources supporting their independence are scattered and take time to access.

And what about us? We sure could use support.

Where is the path?

It's The Art of Adulting Roadmap. I introduced it at my last LIVE Workshop. This is the replay video.

- Here is the edited transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mGL7zvN5pSrHcWYSzOHv9xlgJrHGROQyvljiqnlgBgg/edit?usp=sharing

- Here is the workbook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bKrGtUAR3yNTUJ1qyqeeenh7ykKRgpPSKlrkK4VjujM/edit?usp=sharing

My roadmap condenses what I've learned parenting 6 alternative learners, several autistic, and growing up loving a family full of autists. I've used it myself, taught it to my autistic graduates and teach it LIVE inside my Art of Adulting Practice every week.

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Here's how I get done what matters most to me. It's also how I encourage my graduates to do the work to build the life they want.

I use the 3-2-1 Power UP! Tool daily. It energizes me. It's the #2 tool (#1 is STEAR Mapping) that electrifies my energy so I do my work.

When we do it every day, we create satisfaction and pride . Then we can speak from experience when describing its powerful influence to our graduate.

Here's the tool to encourage our autistic graduates to heal anxiety, escape less on screens and get done what matters.

Take the next step: get the Autistic Adulting Roadmap LIVE Wednesday at 11 am Eastern, 8 am Pacific. Sign up here for the Zoom Link and email reminders: https://www.lynncdavison.com/pl/2147722700

Here's my take on Dr. Megan Neff's Chapter, "Discover The Power of Self-Advocacy" from her new book SELF CARE FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE available March 17, 2024. https://www.amazon.com/Self-Care-Autistic-People-Recharge-Stress/dp/1507221932/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705420281&sr=8-3

I'd love to help you and your family flourish. Here's your first step: get the Autistic Adulting Roadmap LIVE most Wednesdays at 11 am Eastern, 8 am Pacific. Sign up here for the Zoom Link and email reminders.

Dr. Megan Anna is a clinical psychologist specializing in the support and empowerment of neurodivergent adults through her expertise in neurodivergent affirming care and assessments. This episode is Dr. Neff reading the the chapter, "Discovering the Power of Self Advocacy” from her book, Self-Care for Autistic People, available March 19, 2024

I'd love to help you and your family flourish. I'm available most Wednesdays at 11 am Eastern, 8 am Pacific. Sign up here for the Zoom Link and email reminders.

Our anxiety alarm is sounding and we need immediate relief. We just need to get through this! What do we do?

Here are 12 ways to silence the alarm. They don't heal only help short term.

Still, we need lots of ways to press pause on our natural catastrophic thinking and feel the feelings in our bodies to ground ourselves in the present.

That's a tall order, so let's practice, practice, practice all 12 !!!

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Here's the second video in a series that takes what I've learned from Dr. Kennedy and other teachers to suggest a path to heal anxiety for good.

I outline the 3 steps we practice to get relief from chronic alarms caused by anxiety.

Alarms hurt so we avoid them. We distract ourselves (often on screens) so we don't feel their pain.

Let's heal anxiety so we all can outsmart it for good and flourish.

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In his book, Anxiety Rx, Dr. Russell Kennedy describes how he cured his anxiety in his 50s without pharmaceuticals or therapy, because those didn't work for him. He believes that, "to truly overcome anxiety, we must address both the mind and the body."

I've seen our autistic graduates experience chronic anxiety that gets in the way of outsmarting struggles and increasing independence. It seems that neither pharmaceuticals nor therapy gives them lasting relief. What can be done?

Here's the first video in a series that takes what I've learned from Dr. Kennedy and other teachers to suggest a path to heal anxiety for good.

Questions? I'm LIVE most Wednesdays at 11 am Eastern to answer yours. Sign up for the Zoom Link and email reminders here: https://www.lynncdavison.com/pl/2147722700

When you are at odds with your autistic graduate, you're unhappy with what the time they spend on screens or they haven't kept their promise to do a chore, what do you do? Here's a constructive way to respectfully complain. To outline what went wrong and what right would look like. Here's how to move from disharmony, through repair and back to connection in a respectful way. There's a prologue, 5 steps and an epilogue.

This episode was inspired by my teacher, Terry Real. Here's his version at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79bbVhkZpAg