I had no idea about Nell Painter's second-act career change! That is so inspiring to me. I might have to read that memoir. Thanks for writing about a subject that is increasingly on my mind, but which I'm not very well equipped yet to fully understand for myself.
We have multiple peer support opportunities in DDS (https:/www.divergentdesignstudios.com/) and in fact we were talking about something similar to this in Peer Support just yesterday. There’s another session on Friday. It would be so lovely to see you there!
Hello i hope you are doing okay! I just spent the last 2 hours looking for a video of you on ytb i watched not very long ago but i couldn’t find it at all until i found out the whole channel isn’t there anymore. I’m so glad i found how to contact you. I just want to tell you that the video about the strategies for adhd really helped i started to take some notes while watching it and i never finished doing it (ofc lol) but i wanted to since then (everyday) so i really hope you’ll put it back or send it to me. I can’t explain to you how much it comforted me. I related to everything you said and felt understood so it meant so much to me + i wanted to watch more from the channel. The strategies were helpful. Sending you love, you’re amazing 🤍
Marta! Thank you for writing this and for your voice and clarity. I am 12 years behind you and very much in the mucky middle of things right now. Your words feel like a reminder that is like a cool breeze on a hot day. Oh, right, it’s ok and good to sink in, and accept the constraints of now. Rather than dissolving into a puddle of apathetic thought and disappointment maybe I can just be gentle with myself and sink in where I am. If I were a tree, it is definitely winter and I want to hunker down towards the roots where no one can see, no energy for flowering at all.
Starting over....Fletcher Rahke (aka Rahke) started his graduate school pursuit of a PhD in Philosophy at 65 or so. His life had long before been interrupted by WWII, by family businesses, by family deaths, by financial woes, and _yet_ even so, he started Grad school with colleagues well less than half his age. He was a good friend and a hoot-and-a-half with his classmates. All that was before "the bucket list" concept had a fashionable name.
I had no idea about Nell Painter's second-act career change! That is so inspiring to me. I might have to read that memoir. Thanks for writing about a subject that is increasingly on my mind, but which I'm not very well equipped yet to fully understand for myself.
shes inspiring! maybe a bit over-inspiring, lol. but yeah, I loved the memoir.
Also are you still running the Spiral Lab or some such neurodivergent peer support?
We have multiple peer support opportunities in DDS (https:/www.divergentdesignstudios.com/) and in fact we were talking about something similar to this in Peer Support just yesterday. There’s another session on Friday. It would be so lovely to see you there!
Totally get it!
I KNOW you do! ND ladies of a specific age unite!
You bet. I could add a lot to your reflection and I'll try later!
Hello i hope you are doing okay! I just spent the last 2 hours looking for a video of you on ytb i watched not very long ago but i couldn’t find it at all until i found out the whole channel isn’t there anymore. I’m so glad i found how to contact you. I just want to tell you that the video about the strategies for adhd really helped i started to take some notes while watching it and i never finished doing it (ofc lol) but i wanted to since then (everyday) so i really hope you’ll put it back or send it to me. I can’t explain to you how much it comforted me. I related to everything you said and felt understood so it meant so much to me + i wanted to watch more from the channel. The strategies were helpful. Sending you love, you’re amazing 🤍
Marta! Thank you for writing this and for your voice and clarity. I am 12 years behind you and very much in the mucky middle of things right now. Your words feel like a reminder that is like a cool breeze on a hot day. Oh, right, it’s ok and good to sink in, and accept the constraints of now. Rather than dissolving into a puddle of apathetic thought and disappointment maybe I can just be gentle with myself and sink in where I am. If I were a tree, it is definitely winter and I want to hunker down towards the roots where no one can see, no energy for flowering at all.
Starting over....Fletcher Rahke (aka Rahke) started his graduate school pursuit of a PhD in Philosophy at 65 or so. His life had long before been interrupted by WWII, by family businesses, by family deaths, by financial woes, and _yet_ even so, he started Grad school with colleagues well less than half his age. He was a good friend and a hoot-and-a-half with his classmates. All that was before "the bucket list" concept had a fashionable name.