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The Dream I Almost Gave Up On – Young Me Thought My Life Wasn’t Interesting Enough to Write About. I Was Wrong.

Lyric Holmans

Growing up, I struggled a lot in school. Academics weren’t my strengths, with one exception – reading and writing.

From my earliest school days, and even before I started school, I was in love with books and dreamed one day I might write them. However, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever achieve this goal. Continue reading The Dream I Almost Gave Up On – Young Me Thought My Life Wasn’t Interesting Enough to Write About. I Was Wrong.

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1-hour Virtual One-to-One “Ask Me Anything” Sessions are BACK!!!

Lyric Holmans

As of today, I am releasing spots for 5 people to book one-to-one “ask me anything” sessions (limited to the first 5 people who book via the link below) as part of a fundraising strategy to try and keep the Neurodivergent Rebel blog (and all the free educational content I create) open and available to the public. Continue reading 1-hour Virtual One-to-One “Ask Me Anything” Sessions are BACK!!!

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The Mystery Sickness That Almost Killed My Career (Before I Knew I Was Autistic): The 6-Year Burnout – What Corporate America Did to My AuDHD Brain

Lyric Holmans

To cope with my differences before AD (before Autism Diagnosis), I managed my life by leaning heavily into my skills, strengths, and abilities, while avoiding my weaknesses like they were a deadly sickness (because I would often become physically unwell whenever I put myself under too much stress). Continue reading The Mystery Sickness That Almost Killed My Career (Before I Knew I Was Autistic): The 6-Year Burnout – What Corporate America Did to My AuDHD Brain

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Unrecognized NeuroDivergence in the Workplace: Invisible Differences Hiding in Plain Sight – When NeuroDivergent People Don’t Know They’re NeuroDivergent

Lyric Holmans

Many people in the workforce today are NeuroDivergent and often don’t even know it.
Continue reading Unrecognized NeuroDivergence in the Workplace: Invisible Differences Hiding in Plain Sight – When NeuroDivergent People Don’t Know They’re NeuroDivergent

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This mark had been like a scarlet letter upon an otherwise exceptionable resume, creating assumptions about what I could and could not do before people even had the chance to meet me.

Openly Autistic: Why I DON’T Recommend Disclosing an Autism Diagnosis While Job Seeking (in MOST Situations)

Lyric Holmans

When I was first diagnosed Autistic, starting this blog shortly after, I was all for being Openly Autistic whenever possible (for a few reasons). However, my perspective has changed since then.
Continue reading Openly Autistic: Why I DON’T Recommend Disclosing an Autism Diagnosis While Job Seeking (in MOST Situations)

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How many NeuroDivergent people’s skills are lost (or never have a chance to grow) because those NeuroDivergent People are stuck in survival mode?

Lyric Holmans

Because I’d been told “work wasn’t supposed to be fun,” I kept taking jobs that made me miserable, feeling as if the punishments and misery were rights of passage necessary for the money I earned.
Continue reading How many NeuroDivergent people’s skills are lost (or never have a chance to grow) because those NeuroDivergent People are stuck in survival mode?