The Different-Functional Podcast
By Ivy Turner & Autumn Braack
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Episodes: 113
Description
What do you get when you take a childhood of trauma and add a heavy dose of neurospicy? You get the Different Functional Podcast. PTSD, Autism, ADHD, etc... all can interfere with our ability to function. But being different also comes with some perks. If you’re ready to believe that different does not mean defective, this podcast is for you.
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Unpacking Normal: Are Neurotypical Behaviors Worth Performing?
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Reflexive Reactions: Fear on a Fork: Trying New Foods When Your Brain Says "No!"
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Games for People Like Us: This or That: Coping Skills Edition
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Try This, Maybe: Flirting with Disclaimers: 15 Neurodivergent Pickup Lines Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Coping Case Files: Welcome to the Plateau: Navigating the Flat Lands of the Healing Journey
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Pet (& Feral) Theories: Making Friends with My Symptoms: From Self-Criticism to Self-Curiosity
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Reflexive Reactions: Yuletide Beasts: Holiday Folklore and Finding Cheer in Our Own Way
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Try This, Maybe: Gifts That Won’t End Up In The Doom Pile: The Neurodivergent Gift Guide No One Asked For
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Reflexive Reactions: Sick Day! Reactive Reflections on Illness
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Games for People Like Us: Finding the Bright Side: A Playful Take on Shifting Perspective
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Coping Case Files: Ghosted by Halloween: Where has the Spirit of the Season Gone?
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Reflexive Reactions: Living by My Cycle: My Experience with Hormone Regulation and Cycle Awareness
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Games for People Like Us: Taking Off the Mask: A Neurodivergent Tabletop RPG
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Try This Maybe: Reality Checks: Cognitive Tools to Break the Spiral
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Pet (& Feral) Theories: Too Tired to Relax: Why Rest is Exhausting
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Coping Case Files: Mindfulness: Does It Suck or Am I Just Doing It Wrong?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Reflexive Reactions: Stayin' Alive: When Pollyanna and Spite Just Aren't Enough
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Updated Trailer
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Announcement
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Too Bright, Too Loud, Too Much: A Neurodivergent Tour of the 5 Senses
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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The Movement Mindset: Choosing Fitness Activities That Fit You
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Connected, Not Consumed: 8 Tips for Digital Detox
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May 21, 2025 |
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Pet (& Feral) Theories: Autism
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May 07, 2025 |
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Futile or Functional: ADHD Life Hacks
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Serenity Prayer: Acceptance vs Change
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Sounds of Strength: 90s Songs That Helped Us Cope
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Self-Care Soundtrack: Modern Melodies for Mental Wellness
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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ADHD Tourist: Post-Concussive Syndrome Taught Me About ADHD
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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The Game of Love: Rants, Rambles, and Random Thoughts on Valentine's Day
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Unraveling Fashion: Neurodivergence and the Struggle for Comfort and Style
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Focus on Your Feet: Finding Strength to Move Forward
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Winging It: The Truth About Adulting
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Gift Giving 101: Gift Giving Tips for Neurodivergent People
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Futile or Functional?: Gratitude Journal Prompts
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Fall Craft-Along: Using Crafts and Community to Improve Mental Wellness
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Befriending the Boogeyman: How Halloween Teaches Us to Embrace Our Fears
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Rising From the Ashes-Part 2: Rebuilding When Everything Has Fallen Apart
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Rising From the Ashes: Transitioning from Surviving to Thriving
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Horrors Persist: Does Managing Mental Health Ever Get Easier?
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Patreon Gold: Exclusive Clips Compilation
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Hard to Love?: Neurodivergent Traits and Long-Term Relationships
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Unseen Influence: Discovering Our Positive Impact
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Navigating Elimination Diets - Part 2: Meat & Gluten
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Navigating Elimination Diets: Part 1 - Sugar and Dairy
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Reel Inspirations: Using Pop Culture to Embrace Change
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Beneath the Mask: 12 Questions for Your Unmasking Journey
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Symptoms of Health: Recognizing Signs of Healing and Growth
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May 22, 2024 |
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Running on Fumes: Tips and Tricks for Tackling Burnout and Refueling Your Tank
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May 08, 2024 |
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Bloopers & Blushes: Neurodiversity in the Bedroom
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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The Duality of Neurodivergence: Recognizing Our Challenges & Embracing Our Strengths
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Neurodivergent Vocabulary: An Exploration of Clinical and Community Terminology
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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The Stress Test: Are Popular Coping Mechanisms Helpful for Neurodivergents?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Mostly Unmasked: A Curiously Candid Conversation Compilation
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Dating Differently: Exploring the Awkwardness of Neurodivergent Dating
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Hurt People, Hurt People: How to Stop Paying Trauma Forward
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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It's Not Me, It's You: How Society Gaslights Neurodivergent People
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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New Year's Resolutions: 10 Tips for Making Lasting Changes
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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All I Want for Christmas: Offbeat Christmas Media for the Quirky Holiday Hater
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Coping with Holiday Stress: Finding YOUR Reason for the Season
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Pass the Trauma: Using Dark Humor to Cope with the Holidays
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Meeting the In-Laws?: Navigating a Functional Family when You Come From Dysfunction
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Patreon Unlocked Bonus: The Mothman
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Halloween Special Episode: Urban Legends: Converting the Horror Aversive
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Pumpkin Spice, Flannel, and Halloween: Embracing the Joys of Fall on Your Terms
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Inner Child Play: A Timed Challenge to Help You Connect with Your Inner Child
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Don't Speak: 20 Things You Shouldn't Say to a Trauma Survivor
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Pop Culture and the Pre Apocalypse: Staying Sane in a Surreal World
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Well, This is Awkward: React and Review
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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You're So Weird!: Flipping the Social Scripts
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Feeling Your Feelings: An Intimate Exploration of Emotions
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Life is Good as a Goblin Girl: And Other Alternatives to the #HotGirlSummer
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Fears and Phobias: Maybe It's Not All Just in Your Head
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Retro '90s Cartoons! The Lessons They Taught Us About Mental Health, Relationships, & Life
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Autism vs ADHD: Being Different, Differently
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May 24, 2023 |
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Victim Mentality: The Anti-Hero of Trauma Recovery
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May 10, 2023 |
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Anxiety Coping Skills A-Z: A Real Life Rate and Review
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Self-Discovery Playlist: A Musical Guide to Finding Yourself After Childhood Trauma and/or Neurodivergent Masking
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Neurodivergent Easter Eggs: Exploring the Gifts of Being Different
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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20 Dick Moves We All Do
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Neurodivergent RPG: Symptoms or Superpowers?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Let Me Tell You: Communicating Mental Health Needs in Your Relationship
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Green Flags: A Musical Exploration of Healthy Relationships
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Good Grief!: Grappling with Loss and Death
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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New Year, Same You
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Winter Whispers: Finding Hope in the Darkness
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Boundary Setting Basics
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Turning the Tables on Holiday Traditions: A Holiday Season Survival Guide
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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The Echoes of Childhood Trauma in Our Adult Lives
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Jekyll & Hyde: The Duality of the Social Masks We Wear
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Lesser Known Truths About Trauma Recovery
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Mental Health Support 101: When and How to Provide Support to the People in Your Life
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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My Brain Made Me Do It: Everyday Compulsions We All Have
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Damaged Goods: Trauma's Negative Impact on Self-Esteem and How to Flip the Script
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Patreon Unlocked: Unnecessarily Disastrous: Clothing Concerns & Wardrobe Weariness
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Body Image Issues: Why We Have Them and How to Shift Our Perspective
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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6th Sense or Mental Illness? Exploring the Intersection of Paranormal Experience and Mental Health
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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A Neurodivergent Guide to Making Friends When You Suck at Socializing
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Coping with Depression
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Depression: An Exploration of Lived Experience
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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A Walk Down Memory Lanes: Differences in Memory in a Dysfunctional Home
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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10 Things We Hate Hearing as Neurodivergent Adults
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May 25, 2022 |
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10 Things We Hated Hearing While Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Home
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May 11, 2022 |
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Reduced Functioning (part 2): Making the Most of the F*cks You Have
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Reduced Functioning (Part 1): When You Don't Have Enough F*cks
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Coping with Social Anxiety: Just Talk About Poop
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Social Anxiety, Spy Speaking, & Small Talk
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Antihero Coping Mechanisms: How to be a Functional Badass Even When You Can't Afford a Batmobile
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Compatibility in Relationships: The Importance of Matching and Complementary Baggage
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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*BONUS* The Myth of Happily Ever After: You're More Likely to Find a Partner Peeing in the Woods Than Singing in the Woods
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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How to Perform a Mental Health Check-in
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Self-Acceptance: It's Not All Rainbows, Unicats, and Kittens Dangling Cutely From Trees
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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What is Trauma?
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Trailer
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Dec 13, 2021 |