HeyJaredAuDHD Journeys
Unfiltered chronicles of navigating the world before and after late-life discovery—told with honesty, grit, and a Bourdain-esque edge. These essays trace identity, burnout, belonging, and becoming, offering language for experiences lived but never named.
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Chronic Illness Chronicles (opens the original)
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This week started off just like every other week of my life lately. Back-to-back medical appointments starting off the week. First off I had a pelvic floor physical therapy appointment for HEDS followed by lab work for my urologist for another medical condition.I don’t know if it was my level of exhaustion, sleep deprivation, or feelings of hopelessness, but my frustration levels during my first appointment were through the roof. Having a chronic illness is like having a full-time job that does
There and Back Again | Video Diary #12: Behind the Scenes of TEDx (opens the original)
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I’ve gotten a few questions about the TEDx talk I gave last year in Manitou Springs, Colorado, on late-in-life Autism discovery. So I wanted to take you behind the scenes of what that experience was actually like, one year after presenting. In this video diary, I’m talking about the whole arc of it: how to apply, how I prepared, and what it felt like standing backstage forgetting every line I’d memorized.If you’re even a little bit interested in doing a TEDx, apply. I think we all have stories w
Accidental Content Creator (opens the original)
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I have been a mental health therapist, speaker, and content creator for years now. I'm also an AuDHD. Chronically Ill. Disabled. PDAer. I am genuinely, consistently terrible at making content the algorithm rewards.I cannot do trends. The moment someone tells me I should do something because everyone else is doing it, my PDA nervous system closes the door and that's it. Done. Gone. Not coming back. Hell, I did not watch Game Of Thrones for 7 years because too many people were telling me that I'd
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Three Weeks in Ireland (opens the original)
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In July I spent three weeks in Ireland. It was my thirteenth trip there, and I’m still not tired of it. But this one didn’t go the way I pictured it, and I want to walk you through both sides of that in this video. I’d originally planned to go in May. Instead I went to Savannah to be with a friend going through a cancer diagnosis. So when I finally book… Read more
There and Back Again | Video Diary #11: On Turning 40 (opens the original)
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This week I turned 40. There was a long stretch of my life where I genuinely didn’t think I’d make it here. I’ve been in recovery from a gambling addiction since June of 2012, and back in the depths of it, 40 felt impossible. So getting to sit down and record this feels like a strange, heavy, grateful kind of milestone.In this video, I’m talking through all the complexity of closing out a decade. This is not the tidy, inspirational version…this is the honest, off-the-cuff how I’m honestly feelin
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