I’m starting a new life today. In my new life, when I wake up at 4 in the morning, I get out of bed, drink…
SPD does not magically disappear with childhood. Problems with sensory processing are commonly found in adults. The American Occupational Therapy Association published an article in…
What happens when a person is unable to adequately filter or sort sensory information from her environment? She spends a lot of time feeling threatened.…
“In 1979, I needed to learn more than biology or chemistry or how to deconstruct literature. I needed to learn how to navigate my life as…
I watched a lovely movie last night, Bright Star, the story of Fanny Brawne’s love affair with the poet John Keats. More than a historical…
I caught motion in my peripheral vision – driver’s side window. It was over an inch and a half long, reddish brown. It was in…
Marketers and scientists love to measure arousal. Arousal – whether Lizzy is alerted or sleeping through a specific environmental cue is a key component of…
Rule #4: When homicidal rage blurs your vision, ask, “Could you be hungry?”
Watson and I rarely argue. Thirty years of wedded bliss has given us plenty of time to compromise on and respect our differences of preference and opinion.
But neither of us is perfect. Sometimes while feeling around in the gray area for compromise, one of us may stumble upon something unbearable.
Small-scale Modulation Madness Think of what it would be like if every time you wanted to exit the freeway you had to overcome the concrete…
When I was eleven years old, living in Albuquerque, NM, I witnessed a total eclipse of the moon. Let me preface this by saying, the…