Dustin's Dynasty

With the month of April, it brings a lot of changes with the spring weather abound but for me it has also brought the effects of my work at losing weight the past month and as such my weight has greatly come down in five weeks time because of my due diligence to losing weight. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/19/wellness-wednesday-seeing-a-change/

Being autistic and sometimes facing struggles in life, it can be hard to be resilient when the life we desire brings us down. Many times though, we just need to be given a different avenue to travel in order to succeed and be resilient. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/18/reflections-continued-resilience/

As I am getting older in life and life becomes more real, I am slowly understanding what the term adulting is and that as long as I am able I must do the things in life that others take for granted, as many neurotypicals can face the reality easier, it can sometimes be challenging for the autistic individual. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/17/ad...

In this vlog, I share how it is important to just be an adult and do the things that are needed to maintaint the adult lifestyle you want as an autistic person while taking time to recharge when necessary. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website & Blog Social: Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Podcast Platforms: Spotify Anchor Google Podcasts Amazon Music Pocketcasts Radio Public

Being autistic, the brain can only think in finding comfort in the ways that we seek rigidity or regimented behavior because it is predictable and comes many times without distress or discomfort. It can also be hard to be receptive to other ideas, opinions or changes in the way life happens. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/13/the-world-does-not-r...

Sometimes when working on our wellness goals, it can be an all-or-nothing way of thinking, but it is important to realize that it takes all dimensions of one’s wellness to create a perfect balance in order to reach optimum wellness and sometimes not having a perfect balance can make your goals not come to fruition. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04...

As one who has had years of seeing things in a negative manner, it can many times be hard to see past the negative of a situation and allow my heart to be receptive to understanding that there are many good things in my life, although negative energy seems to always be at the forefront. I am slowly learning what to do in order to make the negative challenges more manageable for me. This episode is...

Being an autistic adult, you can have all coping skills at your disposal, but until your brain gets the signal to employ them, they are useless. The brain will continue in the negative state again and again until you deploy them to their benefit. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/10/adulting-coping-signals/

In this vlog, I share how it is important to just get up and do what you need to do despite the inner voices telling you not to or creating excuses because of the challenges of an autistic person's life Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website & Blog Social : Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Podcast Platforms: Spotify Anchor Google Podcasts Amazon Music Pocketcasts Radio Public

Feelings for me as an autistic person can at times be challenging to manage. My brain is flawed in a sense to continually see the wrong if I am not occupied or in good spirits. It can be easy to continually see and point out the bad, but there are now more times that I see the good. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/06/managing-my-feelings/

When embarking on a journey of trying to do better for yourself, such as I am, you want things to go just right and not backslide or become challenging. As my mother tells me, it is all about the choices we make that make or break us. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/05/wellness-wednesday-not-everyhing-is-perfect/

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on my platform about not being happy all the time. This stemmed from the fact that I have my moments as everyone does. But in hindsight, it made me realize that I needed to find things in my life that bring me happiness and joy. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/04/04/reflections-happiness-and-joy/

Throughout life living in my parents’ home, I can remember being told to have a sense of pride and ownership in the tasks I was responsible for to take care of myself. After having a rumspringa of reluctance and it backfiring for some time, I am starting to be heading in the track of having pride and ownership in the simplest of things. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustins...

In this vlog, I share how it can be hard to see through negative instances or when things do not go according to plan and how to focus on the positive things in your life Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website & Blog Social: Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Podcast Platforms: Spotify Anchor Google Podcasts Amazon Music Pocketcasts Radio Public

Being through all I have been through in life as an autistic adult, it can be hard to put away the things that were in our past. While they can be used as experiences, they are not elements of my life that I particularly like to continuously dwell in routinely in my life. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/30/that-was-then-this-is-now/

For many years my relationship with being healthy has been quite skewed. I understood that I had a bad relationship with it, but it never registered and I punished myself again and again for the behaviors/relationship without understanding that I needed to improve it. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/29/wellness-wednesday-a-better-relationship-wit...

It is hard to imagine three years ago that I was participating in my first Telehealth Psychotherapy session laying in my childhood bed in a room that was also my parents’ home study but temporarily my refuge from safety during a desolate situation that was exacerbated by the unknowns of the COVID-19 Pandemic, however I am now in a place where I am much better. This episode is also available as a b...

In recent weeks, with the systems and the world resuming some state of normalcy in my neck of the woods, I have also gotten back to some sense of normalcy and understand more that with adulting comes the importance of having a routine, regimen and ultimately a purpose. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/27/adulting-routine-regimen-and-purpose/

In this vlog, I share my expereince and views about being a member of the community and being a part of the inclusion movement in the school, program and community settings. Visit my linktree Weekly E-Blast Sign-up Website & Blog Social: Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest Podcast Platforms: Spotify Anchor Google Podcasts Amazon Music Pocketcasts Radio Public

Sometimes as autistics we have to recognize that we are only causing our own damage because what we are thinking is in our head. Sometimes we have to be told the truth and while it can hurt, it can sometimes be the best thing we hear because we are thinking it but don’t want to accept it. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/23/recognizing-faults/

Life is all about choices. When we are adults, and especially with challenges where our brain is wired differently, it can cause the brain to be skewed in nature, causing us to not take care of ourselves and not make the right choice when it comes to being well. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/22/wellness-wednesday-making-the-right-choices/

Sometimes we need a wake-up call to understand how life is and that you need to stop flirting with disaster and just do what is right for once. That was me a few weeks ago and while it was not one certain thing, these events have made me understand the importance of getting back and doing things that I need to do for myself. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.c...

Being an autistic adult in my late-thirties, it can be hard to realize just that. Oftentimes, I want to bring my challenges and concerns to the spotlight and make it all about me in a very immature kind of way as if I deserve to have the negative attention and others, especially those in my close circle deserve the anguish I lash out at them. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://d...

In this vlog, I share the effects of what was needed to help me Change by having an awareness that I needed to, a desire to do it and craft behaviors to make a plan come to fruition. Originally Uploaded to YouTube

It can be hard to say that I get through Life’s Challenges quite easily especially in a world that is many times not built to meet my needs. Whatever life throws at me, I somehow conquer it and fight it off and become myself and even better sometimes because of it. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2023/03/16/getting-through-lifes-challenges-2/