When Passion Turns Into Exhaustion: The AuDHD Rhythm of Intensity, Novelty, Burnout, and Rebirth By Michelle Labine, PhD November 2025 If you live in an AuDHD body where autism and ADHD are woven tightly together you probably know this rhythm instinctively, even if you never had the language for it. It starts with the spark: […]
Category Archives: Work, Productivity & Daily Life
Work, Productivity & Daily Life
The Persistent Need for Autonomy: When Lack of Structure Feels Like Chaos
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The Persistent Need for Autonomy: When Lack of Structure Feels Like Chaos By Michelle Labine, PhD October 2025 I recently went on a trip that should have been relaxing a break from work, a change of scenery, time to recharge. I had looked forward to it for weeks. But instead of rest, I found myself […]
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Taking an Inventory of My AuDHD Strengths at Work By Michelle Labine, PhD September 2025 When you live with both Autism and ADHD, what many of us call AuDHD, you’re used to people pointing out the challenges. We hear about what’s “hard” for us far more often than what’s powerful about the way our brains […]
Work, Productivity & Daily Life
When the Switch Flips: The AuDHD Cycle of Procrastination, Perfectionism, and the Crash
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When the Switch Flips: The AuDHD Cycle of Procrastination, Perfectionism, and the Crash By Michelle Labine PhD September 2025 For so many late-diagnosed women like me, the world never gave us the right map. We learned early that to survive, we had to perform, smile when we were overwhelmed, work twice as hard to […]
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The Quirky Pause: Why My New Coffee Press Sat for Months Michelle Labine, PhD September 2025 I have a little ritual with new things. Well… “ritual” might be too generous a word. Let’s call it what it is: I buy something, and then I let it sit. For weeks. Sometimes months. Sometimes long enough that […]
