March 5, 2012
My routines, sometimes more like rigid habits, soothe me. Without routines in what I do, I get confused and stressed. So, I started reading, “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg. Evidently, habits become learned then stored in a different part of the brain, the basal ganglia, so we are not using the “thinking” part [...]
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June 1, 2009
My 19-year-old daughter is leaving the nest. My son went to live with Dad for his high school years. I’m moving in with my long-time boyfriend. And, I started my weighted blanket business. I imagine change like this would be difficult for anyone. Since I have High-Functioning Autism, it is doubly, triply, quadruply difficult for [...]
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