How to recognize when you’re triggered
You don’t have to know what your triggers are, but rather, know how they feel in your body.
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Katie Whittier
May 305 min read
Quiet the inner critic
Instead of befriending your inner critic, try fighting it.
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Katie Whittier
Apr 115 min read
When deep breathing doesn’t calm you
Breathing exercises can be triggering for a lot of people. But because the science behind the practice is so irrefutable, a lot of people...
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Katie Whittier
Feb 83 min read
Why your positive self-talk fails
Have you ever tried focusing on positive thoughts as a way to calm yourself only to find yourself sucked into a vortex of cynicism and...
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Katie Whittier
Dec 14, 20233 min read
Honor the darkness
We’ve entered the darkest days of the year in the northern hemisphere. The sun is setting before the workday ends. It waits until after...
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Katie Whittier
Nov 22, 20232 min read
When gratitude fails
Confession: I hate gratitude journals. Every so often, I try keeping one and almost like clockwork, my tone sours from optimism to...
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Katie Whittier
Oct 26, 20234 min read
No one tells you how to unmask
Everyone masks to some extent. We mask to fit in, to seem confident, to find love or to endure the workplace. We mask to try on new...
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Katie Whittier
Aug 17, 20233 min read
Prevent Overwhelm
Overwhelm can be a difficult state for anyone to reach, but for autistics, it can be outright dangerous. Picture “autistic overwhelm,”...
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Katie Whittier
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Powers in unmasking
Figuring out when, how and how much to unmask is one of the most daunting questions faced after an autism diagnosis in adulthood. For me,...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Take us backstage
Want to help your audience trust you more? Show your process! Take your us behind the scenes to see how you operate, how you apply your...
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Katie Whittier
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Do you know how to define your values?
Values are all the rage. While values-centric consumerism has been around for decades, the pandemic accelerated the concept to a new...
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Katie Whittier
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Make Information Easy to Find and Easy to Understand
The third ingredient in the trust recipe is actually two ingredients, but they’re so interdependent that it doesn’t seem right to break...
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Katie Whittier
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Know What You’re About
Last week, we unveiled our recipe for building trust through communications in six steps. Be sure to check it out if you want a...
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Katie Whittier
Nov 17, 20222 min read
The Recipe for Trust
What an organization says about itself and what people believe about that organization are seldom one and the same. You don’t have to...
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