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New year, keep being you 🌟
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This time of year feels like the turning of a page. Things seem to slow down (as people take time off to be with loved ones) and simultaneously speed up (the mad dash to get everything done before the holidays, the high-pressure “new year, new me” energy). Like many, I grew up setting New Year’s resolutions — like eat healthier, exercise more, improve my sleep. While there’s nothing wrong with setting these goals, this year I want to try something different (& I welcome you to join me). Instead of looking ahead at 2026 & asking “how else can I improve myself?”, what if we looked back at 2025 & asked these questions, with curiosity & non judgment: ⭐️ When, this year, did you feel most like yourself? ⭐️ When, this year, did you feel disconnected from yourself? What about you? Based on your observations, you can make an informed decision about how you want to navigate this next year. Whatever makes you feel like yourself, is a doorway to joy, connection, and an authentic life. Whatever makes you feel disconnected from yourself (ex: being in certain spaces, navigating specific relationships) might be information about the ways you mask. To be clear, it’s not wrong to mask (sometimes it’s very necessary). But we all need spaces to unmask as well. Because the difference between a life that looks good on paper, and a life that genuinely feels good, is how connected you are to yourself. 💗 And in case you didn’t already know: who you are is a gift to this world. Here’s to celebrating ourselves, P.S. If you're overwhelmed & burnt out, but too busy for weekly therapy, I'd love to support you. I offer Nervous System Healing Intensives — three 90-minute sessions, using brain-body modalities (Brainspotting, IFS, EMDR) that go deeper than talk therapy & help you feel better, sooner.
Intensives are a type of short-term, accelerated therapy — for folks who prefer a hyper-focused approach to healing; who need longer than 50-min sessions to warm up & process deeply. Our three 90-minute sessions are scheduled across 1-2 weeks. 👉🏽 If you want to get an Intensive on the books, click here to book an intro call. P.P.S. Know someone who needs to hear this? Forward it along. New readers can subscribe HERE. I help highly sensitive, neurodivergent adults heal their nervous systems & connect with their authentic selves. 💗 Need a nervous system reset? —> Join me for a Calm Place meditation.
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Liz's Neurodivergent Letters
👉🏽 Subscribe for thoughtful, bite-sized emails — from Liz Zhou, a neurodivergent therapist — on how to take care of your nervous system & understand your brain.
If someone were to ask you, “how are you, really?”… what would you honest answer be right now? In times like these, when the world & current events seem to move faster than the human nervous system was designed to process, I feel grateful to know my “parts.” So, my honest response to “how are you, really?” would not be a short answer — it’d be an answer that acknowledges all of my parts. We all have parts, working inside of our nervous systems, helping us to navigate life in whatever way...
How does your brain like to process information? By reading words on a page? Skimming a screen? Talking it out in a live conversation? Watching videos? Looking at images? 👀 Listening to podcasts? While moving your body, or while sitting still? Our brains process information in so many different ways — visually, auditorily, kinesthetically, verbally, non-verbally, sub-consciously, consciously… and more. 🎧 If you happen to be an auditory processor, you might enjoy this new resource that I’ve...
I recently joined a pottery class, as a way to unwind, be creative, meet new people, and learn a fun new skill. 🏺 2 weeks & 1 clay-splattered shirt later… and I want to share some (neurodivergent) observations. *** My art teacher uses a lot of verbal instructions – put your hand there, put your other hand here, position your body this way. The challenge? My brain struggles to process verbal instructions. I have a much easier time with slow, experiential, and visual learning. Whether your...