Autistic Women in Menopause: Why Masking Breaks and How to Heal Your Nervous System
A letter to all the pretty ladies out there that need to hear this: The Research That Changed Everything Dear Pretty Lady, As an autistic woman in menopause, I need to share something that might be hard to read but will finally validate everything you’ve been experiencing. When masking becomes impossible and your nervous system feels completely dysregulated, you’re not […]
Alexithymia in Midlife Women: Reconnect With Your Body
She feels her heart racing during an argument. Her stomach is tight, her throat dry, her face flushed. But when her partner asks, “What’s wrong?” no words come. Just silence. This is what alexithymia feels like. It’s not the absence of emotion. It’s the absence of access. The body speaks, but the words to describe […]
Why Emotional Numbness in Menopause Isn’t Just Hormonal
You don’t have to be depressed to feel disconnected. Maybe your sleep is shallow. Maybe you walk into a room and forget why. Maybe your laugh feels flat, your tears come late, or you just can’t name what you’re feeling anymore. That’s not a flaw. That’s not “just hormones.” And it’s not in your head. […]
The Best Weighted Blankets to Ease Stress in 2025
Explore the top weighted blankets of 2025 for women seeking stress relief, sensory comfort, and better sleep. Real reviews, expert insights, and calming picks.
The Soul Language of Color: How Your Nervous System Finds Its Calm
When Color Speaks Louder Than Words Let’s be honest: most of us don’t want another lecture about “just relaxing.” Especially if you’re like her; brilliant, creative, a little burned out, and tired of being told to meditate your way out of overwhelm. What you crave is a space that feels like an exhale. A color […]
Fiery Orange Chicken Food as Signal, Not Sin
It was never about the chicken.It was about the color. The heat. The ritual.It was about my body reaching for safety when I did not have the words. — Dr. Stacey Denise When Food Is a Feeling, Not a Fuel There was a time I thought I had a food addiction. I would crave orange […]
When the Cure Becomes the Craving
“We didn’t ask to be addicted to comfort. We just wanted to feel safe.”— Dr. Stacey Denise, Fiery Orange Chicken Is It Healing—Or Is It Hijacking? There’s a fine line between remedy and reliance. GLP-1 shots such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro have become modern medicine’s golden children, promising us a shortcut to lighter bodies and […]
The Microaggressions We Carry: When Juneteenth, Cyberbullying, and Silence Collide
Some stories don’t wait for a publishing date. They write themselves in real-time, breath by breath, especially when they cut deep like a knife. This Juneteenth, I didn’t post right away. Not because I forgot. But because my nervous system was still catching up to something that had cracked wide open. Like a silent alarm […]
Seeing the Self Again: How Symbolic Art Rebuilds Identity After Trauma
What do we see when we look in the mirror of our lives? For many women navigating neurodivergence, trauma, and identity marginalization, the answer is often fractured. Not because they are broken, but because the visual, symbolic, and emotional languages that once tethered them to a coherent sense of self have been disrupted. As I […]
