Cover art from Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge , found through a public online image search. Its hallucinatory colors and fluid shapes feel aligned with the kind of empathy that grows when we make space for complexity and difference. Over the years, I've something in many of my clients: a tendency to blame themselves when executive function feels difficult—assuming it’s just a personal flaw, a lack of discipline, or something they “should” be able to fix. What often gets o

How does it feel to show up in the world when your brain and your identity are both outside the norm? It feels like carrying a backpack filled with rocks. That’s the image I come back to when I think about being neuroqueer—when you are both neurodivergent and queer (queer is the term I intentionally use as a reclaimed shorthand—more spacious than the 2SLGBTQIA+ alphabet soup, more fluid than categorical) . I first encountered the backpack metaphor in A Quick & Easy Guide to

If you’ve ever Googled “What is executive function?” and walked away more confused, you’re not alone. As an educational therapist  specializing in executive function (EF), I’ve seen and worked with dozens of definitions—some helpful, some overly clinical, some way too simplified or vague. Over the years, I’ve trialed these in real conversations with hundreds of clients, families, university faculties, and colleagues to figure out what actually resonates. Here’s my breakdown o