06/04/2026
I was recently talking with a friend about disenfranchised grief, and it really hit home for me.
The process of learning to honor your ND self in a world that highly favors neurotypical brains is challenging.
Learning to hold space for yourself may be the hardest lesson of them all, it has been for me thatâs for sure.
As a true neurodivergent, I can see so many connections in the world. Everything is really so interconnected.
I love exercise for many reasons, but one of the biggest ones is that it has helped me to move my energy within my body to process so many emotions. In addition to the movement and bilateral stimulation you receive when walking and exercising, itâs great for improving discomfort tolerance.
Hard truth here: No one starts a new habit WANTING to exercise every single morning. No one wakes up daily with that kind of motivation. The dopamine hit wears off and it gets TOUGH!!! Thatâs when most people quit and fall off the wagon. But when you continuously wake up each morning and choose to do the hard thing that you donât want to⊠Thatâs building that discomfort toleranceâŠ
And why is discomfort so important?
Because I donât always get my way.
Because I feel so deeply and so hurt when others I love hurt.
Because I have two kids.
I feel so deeply when I lose someone I love.
And I am learning to sit in those hard spaces without running away. đ
⊠Itâs always deeper than âjust exerciseâ⊠Itâs all connected đ
And do all my other deeply feeling friends. I see you. I feel you. Youâre so capable of the hard things.