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8220;It’s OPtimism. It means when you are optimistic.” I hear Tyler say. 8220;No. AUTism is different.” My ears perk up. I tune in. 8220;Do you have autism? 8221; A third voice. Nick. 8220;Yep.” says the matter-of-fact OPtimistic (and autistic) kiddo. I miss a few exchanges while I answer a very important Lego question from another group of kids playing. When I tune back in, Kayla is half-giggling, half-babbling. 8220;Autism means you’re stupid! I couldn’t hear you from over by the Legos.”. Kayla is quie...
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eating disorders Archives - Organized Babble
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When “strong is the new skinny” becomes a problem. More and more recently, the phrase Strong is the new skinny has been circulating. At first, I liked it. A push for women to be muscular and strong, and not a focus on losing weight! This is how we should all think! This is going to make us all feel great about ourselves! But as time has gone on, I’ve seen that phrase go two different ways. And sometimes, that’s true. But sometimes? Or, are you exercising because. It’s not okay to skinny-shame someo...
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Lessons learned. Again. You know how when there’s a leak in your house you usually fix it right away, but sometimes you just ignore it? It’s really not doing that much damage. It’s probably only leaking because it’s raining. It’s going to stop raining eventually. And then you have to figure out how to fix the damage from the leak. There’s no point in wasting time wishing you had fixed it earlier. Hindsight is 20-20 and all you can do is deal with what you have in front of you. 8220;I KNOW it’s not ...
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I Had to be Broken so I Could Meet You. | elephant journal
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Get Our Best Content. Love & Loneliness. Get Our Best Content. Join Our Mindful Market. I Had to be Broken so I Could Meet You. On Nov 19, 2014. I had to be broken so I could meet you. It couldn’t have happened any other way. My heart had to be splintered, smashed, just short of shattering completely. I had to fly low and dive deep. I had to let myself disintegrate into wounded ashes. I had to be broken so I could meet you. Because I didn’t learn to be myself until I was broken. Space I didn’t know about.
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To the one who saved me by letting me go. To the one who saved me by letting me go. Ugh that fucking ‘A’ word. It took me a long time to be able to not just say it, but also recognize it as the label for what I went through. ‘Emotional abuse’ is scary and weighted and stigmatized and something that would never happen to me, but guess what? I’m not so sure. Maybe you did really love me the best you could, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the kind of love that I needed. So I just needed to say:. To the ones wh...
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Last year, for reasons not related to an eating disorder (I feel compelled to add that, because if you know me, and you know my history, you’re going to jump to a conclusion), I lost weight. The reasons were complicated. They involved dealing with a lot of grief. Processing a lot of stuffed-down traumatic memories. And some health issues, that may or may not have been caused by the aformentioned factors, but were definitely made worse by those factors. It’s an adjustment. It’s an adjustment. Maybe to ano...
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What he says vs. what he means - Organized Babble
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What he says vs. what he means. He looked around, and then came back to me, saying, “People who didn’t wear superhero clothes are stupid.”. 8220;Oh,” I replied. “Are you kind of wishing you had worn a superhero shirt? 8220;Yes.” he nodded. 8220;So, you could say, ‘I’m a little disappointed I didn’t dress up today.'” I offered. 8220;Yeah,” he replied, and went up to his group leader, saying, “I. Wish I had dressed up today.”. 8220;Do you feel nervous because you’re not sure where they are? 8221; I asked.
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Things that made me cry today, in no particular order - Organized Babble
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Things that made me cry today, in no particular order. Listening to one of our campers. Play and sing a song she wrote on her ukelele, about how much she loves camp. Watching one of our little 6-year-olds silently cry. And when I said, “I’m feeling really sad about camp ending. Are you? 8221; he heavily sighed, wiped his eye, and said, “Yeah, I am.”. A thirteen-year-old camper saying, “I don’t want to go to school. I wish camp could be forever.”. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Send me an email! Post was not...
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Five-Minute Friday: Hope - Organized Babble
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Today I am linking up with Five-Minute Friday. This week’s word:. You may not know this. Or you may have forgotten. That: hope doesn’t mean rainbows and butterflies and sunshine and blue skies. It doesn’t mean laughter and stillness and smiles and energy. It can. But it doesn’t always. Hope exists when you. Hope isn’t perfect. It’s not an idealistic Disneyworld where nothing is wrong and smiles, cotton candy, laughter, and fun are present at all times. You can feel two feelings at once. Speech-Language P...
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