Kirsten
@rootyarn
Following threads of not knowing and seeing what structures they form. Delighting in the pulse of life and the moment. Trusting in living systems, the cosmos and the trip that is life.
Kirsten
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Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting
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It’s weird being loved in so many different ways at the same time. As if love was something you pin down. As if the one thing we are after is a ‘one thing’. As if that would close the case when everything wants to open. Ha, as if.
We always retain the ability to alter or suspend the flux of participation. Yet we can never suspend the flux of participation itself.
Page 59 - The Spell of The Sensuous, David Abram
Note: free will stops there. Cannot not participate.
Perception as coming into touch with different elements, which are once again, different elements in touch with each other. Some staying in touch for longer and changing each other or changing together and others only touching for a moment. And as elements touch each other, if they are able they could peer into each other ie if they have the right
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Idea that we can leave our body behind and just exist on another plane. As selves, personalities, inside constructs we have built but all that time our bodies are the space actually creating our reality.
Could do meditation imagining not just no language, but also no body, what would we know without a body. What would we share, talk about, think abo
... See moreWork with textured objects, especially from nature…
Eg a leaf
Or an apple, orange…
blindfold ppl and give them an orange slice/apple slice
Get them to figure out what it is
Ask them later how they did this
Get them to write the word
Ask them how one experience relates ro the other
Ask them which of the two they would keep if they could only choose one
Can compliance lead to alexithymia? I (and my photobomber!) have been loving “The Gold Standard Fallacy of ABA” by Julie Roberts. It is so important that we recognize and learn about the dangers of compliance—including how it can condition a person to ignore their inner feels to earn external rewards. This conditioning to ignore inner feels can lead to a complete disruption with the felt experience (e.g., alexithymia!). It’s time for a systems change, and this book is making me feel so empowered!! -— Image Description: a photo of Kelly holding the book with her dog peeking out from behind her #Interoception #Alexithymia
instagram.comInteroception and Neurodivergence
Interoception issues are common among ADHD and Autistic people. Until recently, the connection between interoception, autism, and ADHD has been poorly understood. Many of the struggles of Autistic and ADHD people are related to interoception issues; however, we have lacked the appropriate lens for understanding thi... See more
Interoception issues are common among ADHD and Autistic people. Until recently, the connection between interoception, autism, and ADHD has been poorly understood. Many of the struggles of Autistic and ADHD people are related to interoception issues; however, we have lacked the appropriate lens for understanding thi... See more