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Heather Cook - Later discovery autism coaching

I help later identified Autistics and AuDHDers break through a lifetime of neurotypical expectations to make a life that truly works. For you.

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Choosing rest over a good opportunity

Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: Choosing rest over a good opportunity Fireworks workshop Latest videos Anxiety Reduction for Autistics course Autism-Friendly Camps Guide Additional resource options Feature article: Breaking Free From Anxiety's Biggest Lies Hi Reader, This weekend, I made a big decision. A decision not to push myself. Not to overwork. And to pass up a potentially good opportunity. I'm not going to get into the details, but the bottom line is...

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Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The thing that made positive changes possible Anxiety Reduction for Autistics course offer Latest videos Free workshop recording Autism-Friendly Camps Guide Additional resource options Feature article: I Said No: How I Dealt with Anxiety Waiting for a Backlash Hi Reader, Creating a more autism-positive life for yourself, getting away from the "shoulds" of hustle culture and internalized ableism, and building a life that isn't...

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im Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The difference between a bad situation and anxiety What you'll get in the course This might be a good fit for you if... The practical details Sign up links (four days left) Hi Reader, What's the difference between a bad situation and anxiety? I hear from people all the time who tell me, "I don't have anxiety. I'm not making it up. I have a genuinely awful, horrible, terrible situation." And they tell me about something in...

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im Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The lie anxiety tells us What you'll get in the course This might be a good fit for you if... The practical details Sign up links Hi Reader, Anxiety can be insidious. It can tell us—can I personify anxiety for a moment? It can say things like: "Without me, you'll say that really stupid thing that will lose you your job, or that will alienate the people you depend on, or people will finally realize how weird you really are,...

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In this email: This email is a bunch of FAQs: Can I have my camera off? (yes) I need to stimm in meetings. Okay? (yes) I hate group stuff. (options) The time doesn't work for me. (options) Is this CBT? (no) I resist instructions. (I don't require) Will you do this course again? (last time live) How personalized is it? (medium) Why should I learn this from you? (3 reasons) Payment plan? (yes) Scholarships? (yes) What else? Sign up links Hi Reader, Are you thinking about my Autistic anxiety...

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Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The sound in the garage Anxiety Reduction for Autistics course offer Latest videos Free workshop recording Autism-Friendly Camps Guide Additional resource options Feature article: 6 Things that Increase Anxiety for Autistics Hi Reader, Last night, just before I was about to go to bed, I heard a sound in the garage that my brain interpreted as something moving around with intention. Not like an object had fallen or shifted. My...

Woman smiling and wearing a shirt with roses and black pants. She has pale skin and long brown hair pulled over her right shoulder, sitting in a chair with legs crossed and tugging at her right ear.

im Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The two kinds of anxiety The way out Who the course may be a good fit for The practical details Hi Reader, There's two major ways of anxiety tends to express itself. There's a physical component, and a cognitive component. The physical stuff is the feeling of overwhelm, the shutdowns, the meltdowns, the feelings of panic, the intense stress, the knot in your stomach, the clenched jaw and hunched shoulders, the...

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Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: Anxiety on the mind Anxiety Reduction for Autistics course offer Videos on anxiety Free workshop recording Autism-Friendly Camps Guide Additional resource options Feature article: This Assumption Leads to Autistic Anxiety Hi Reader, I've been writing and thinking a lot about anxiety lately. And reviewing my own history with anxiety. And noticing a major uptick in anxiety among my clients and friends and family, because of...

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im Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: About the early bird bonus What you'll get in the course This might be a good fit for you if... The practical details Early bird sign up bonus (expiring today) Hi Reader, This is just a friendly executive function reminder that today is the last day to get the early bird sign up bonus. If you've been thinking about Anxiety Reduction for Autistics, and would like an extra live practice session with me, dedicated to putting...

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im Autism Chrysalis Creating your autism-positive life. In this email: The vicious cycle Getting out of the vicious cycle This might be a good fit for you if... The practical details Early bird sign up bonus (expiring soon) Hi Reader, The vicious cycle: Overwhelm and internal resistance leads to finding easier things to do instead of more important work, leads to feeling like you're wasting your life, leads to feeling not good enough, leads to depression, leads to fears of disappointing...