Clarity Compass Blog

Understanding the Struggle I feel sad about this whole words thing. I don’t even know how to explain it properly without sounding dramatic, but it genuinely gets to me. I have so much passion inside me, and I care deeply about what’s happening around us. I want to speak up and advocate in a way that feels strong, clear, and grounded. I do advocate. I know I do, especially when it’s topics I’ve had time to process, studied, or experienced. I’ve heard other people talk about th

When we talk about social justice, we often think about race, gender, or economic inequality. Yet, one of the most overlooked areas is how society treats neurodivergent individuals, people whose brains function differently from what is considered typical. The neurodiversity paradigm challenges traditional views of neurological differences, framing them not as deficits but as natural variations of the human brain. This shift has profound positive implications for social justic

It took my child to show me who I really am.

Some nights I sit at the kitchen table watching my son stare at a blank page, textbook open. The pencil is in his hand, the homework is open… but nothing happens. I see the shutdowns, the screaming, the running to their room in avoidance. And in that moment, I think: Please please tell me they’re not refusing again. Please tell me this isn’t about laziness. Because I’ve seen enough to know, it isn’t. What Task Initiation Really Looks Like It’s not just "getting started." It’s

Self-determination and self-advocacy are so connected; you can’t advocate for yourself well unless you first know yourself.

Executive functions are the mental skills that help us manage daily life, from planning and organizing to controlling impulses and staying focused. (Pardo-Salamanca, 2024). Thomas E. Brown, a clinical psychologist known for his work on ADHD, identified six key clusters of executive functions. Understanding these clusters can help us recognize how our brains work and why some people struggle with tasks others find easy. What Are Executive Functions? Executive functions are li

What you need to know about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)

Neurodivergence is an important term that refers to various neurological differences, including Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and learning differences like Dyslexia. These differences are not defects ; they represent unique ways of experiencing and interacting with the world. As someone who identifies with neurodivergence, I have learned to appreciate both the strengths and challenges that accompany it. In this post, I will explore at a very high le

The ache of a lifetime of being seen wrong I thought the moment I realized I was neurodivergent would feel like relief. Like this big exhale I’d been holding in my whole life. Instead I sat on the edge of my bed and cried in a way that surprised me, not loud, not dramatic, just quiet and stunned, like someone had reached into my chest and gently undone something I’d spent years stitching and holding together. It wasn’t the word that broke me. It was the memories lining up beh