A toolkit for the days when we are not at 100 percent Last Monday was a sh*t day. As someone with complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD) and who is Autistic, this kind of day can sneak up on me. It’s compounded by having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), which means vivid details of past…

Tuesday Teaching Topics (Tuesday webinars are 9 am to 10 am, Eastern) October 6: My Calendar, My Ally October 13: Pluses and Minuses of Outside Money October 20: Finding the Right Bank October 27: AI as an Assistant   Thinking Thursday (Thursday webinars are noon to 1 pm, Eastern) October 1: Autistic Experience: Prioritizing Your…

Building a Business and Career on Who You Actually Are Most of us have been handed a deficit model at some point in our lives, perhaps repeatedly. It’s a list of what we can’t do. What we struggle with. What needs to be fixed or managed. Educational assessments, performance reviews, feedback sessions all tend to…

Tuesday Teaching Topics (Tuesday webinars are 9 am to 10 am, Eastern) September 1: Strengths September 8: Money September 15: Marketing Mix September 22: Metrics September 29: Collabetition Thinking Thursday (Thursday webinars are noon to 1 pm, Eastern) September 3 Boundaries September 10: No program September 17: Thinking Thursday Abundance September 24: Thinking Thursday Meaning…

Growth Mindset Can Help Us Reframe Our Abilities For many years, I couldn’t stand growth mindset talks. I’d sit through workshops and presentations on the topic and walk away irritated, because so much of what gets called growth mindset devolves into toxic positivity. You know the pitch — “I know you’re 65 years old, but…

Most Autistic People Are Unemployed or Underemployed I’m Autistic and I help Autistic people. I’ve created the Autistic Business Network to provide guidance and support for Autistic people who want to develop their businesses or careers. I invite you to check out the Autistic Business Network at https://AutisticBusinessNetwork.com,  see how we can help, and invite…

Why “Yet” Matters So Much – especially for Autistic People For most of my career, growth mindset talks were a hard pass for me. I would sit in a room, or on a webinar, and listen to someone explain that the only thing between me and everything I wanted was my attitude. If I just…

Masterminds for Autistic People Need to Be Different! Traditionally, Mastermind sessions  put a person in “the hot seat” where they get peppered with critiques, tough questions and variations on their ideas intended to challenge their ideas and help them move forward. We’ll have none of that in the Autistic Business Network. Frankly, some participants in…

Tuesday Teaching Topics (Tuesday webinars are 9 am to 10 am, Eastern) July 7, 2026: Business Model Canvas July 14, 2026: Making the Money Work July 21, 2026: Brand Architecture July 28, 2026: Communication Platform August, 4, 2026: The Art of the Elevator Pitch August 11, 2026: Networking on Our Terms August 18, 2026: Strategic…

As a person and as a coach, I highly value authenticity. I believe that by sharing who we are, we achieve the greatest happiness, are most likely to achieve our full potential, and we become better people. All of those are principles I hold for myself, and they fit well for the people I coach…