by willene_reicri | Oct 14, 2026 | Blog
“Why a spot of drizzle is not the same as living in the rain” If you are ADHD, autistic, or both, you have probably heard it. “Oh, I lose my keys too.” “Everyone gets overwhelmed sometimes.” “Aren’t we all a little bit on the...
by willene_reicri | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
“Neuroaffirming” gets used a lot these days, on websites, in job descriptions, in therapy directories. It’s worth pausing on what it actually means when it shapes how a session is run, rather than just how a practice describes itself. For a long...
by willene_reicri | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
As a counsellor working with neurodivergent adults, and someone who was diagnosed with AuDHD later in life myself, I’ve heard most of the reactions people have when someone shares a new autism or ADHD diagnosis. Almost all of them come from good intentions. Very...
by willene_reicri | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
My Ouma (Afrikaans for grandmother) taught me to knit and crochet when I was five. She was, without question, my favourite person in the whole world. I have vivid memories of sitting beside her, hook in hand, more knots than stitches, while she patiently showed me the...
by willene_reicri | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
Anxiety advice moves in trends as fast as anything else online. Some of it holds up. A lot of it doesn’t. Here are three grounding techniques with genuine evidence behind them, including the ones I use myself. Breathing, without the rigid counting Most breathing...
by willene_reicri | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
One of the most common things I hear in the therapy room is some version of “I should be over this by now.” It usually arrives wrapped in guilt, as if grief has an expiry date, and staying attached to someone who died means something has gone wrong. It has...
