Dustin's Dynasty

Being neurodiverse and experiencing multiple mental health challenges can present problems when you are out in a world that just isn’t made for us. Although it is often said that being autistic has no look, sometimes when you face challenges that are presented when you are out in the community or because you have special needs, many times judgment is passed and you can feel it  However, you h...

Getting healthy and losing weight can be a struggle. Getting started is the hardest thing about taking initiative to make a change to do something about it. It isn’t the easiest or most wanted thing to do, but knowing that it will improve yourself and provide a sense of accomplishment is worth everything in the end. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2022/0...

As part of experience, a recent journey of self-discovery and acceptance has made me realize the fact that I can only have the physical and mental capability to only withstand so much. I have begun to accept the fact that at times we cannot do what we intend or want to do and while being independent comes with a sense of responsibility, we must learn to properly balance our lives in order to maint...

Being independent comes with a sense of freedom, From how we choose to decorate, buy, wear, our routines, our interactions, our involvement and so much more. What also comes with freedom is an equal amount of responsibility to carry out that freedom. In order to maintain optimum independence, both must be maintained sensibly. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa....

Sharing a Wellness Update with 5 Weeks until Easter and a Possible 5K Originally Uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/dIxn-5nKlC8

I explain the benefits and importance of being a part of the community in which I reside. Originally Uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/wKfAxbRDcgk

Today has been 12 years since I walked into the office of my employer. All I knew at that time is that I had a job and who my direct supervisor was. I had no idea what the job exactly involved or what I was exactly doing. What I did know was that it was an opportunity that has evolved into being more educated about mental health and advocacy. It is a job that even to this day I still love . This e...

The past week in the Wellness realm has been more focused on making small changes and realizing that those matter than the number on the scale. While seeing numbers on the scale drop, it is equally as important to begin to make small changes so that we are not hit hard on in the future. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2022/03/09/wellness-wednesday-slow-p...

Over the past weekend, we had some nice weather enter Western Pennsylvania and as a result I had the opportunity to get back out of the house. The last time I sort of got to enjoy that was exactly two year ago when things began to hit the breaking point for me. After two years of some sort of a journey of discovery and rebirth, I have become a much better person and seem to be at the point that I...

As the COVID-19 Pandemic begins to wane and winter weather starts to subside, I am beginning to retrace my steps back to where I left off a little over two months ago. Now being more grounded and having more skills in my toolbox, I feel that I can champion the next goal I have and that is being part of the community I live in. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa...

Rambling on some thoughs as I am continuing down this journey of self-growth about the various challenges I face. Originally uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/3qmWVTvZivU

Explaining my discovery to adult and realize that we sometimes cannot and don't do everything we want. That we have to take time for ourselves and realzie what is more important. Originally Uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/dRIYUjVrdDI

Sometimes in life it is the little things that make the difference. It's the moments that you don’t see the bad in everything and look past everything that seems so bad and causes you to ruminate and want to run away from all the things you know you should be an adult and bear. It can be hard to see past all the things that stress you and know that there are things in life that are worth doing. Th...

As we enter the third month of 2022 with intentions of being healthier as I was a few weeks ago, reluctantly I continue to self-sabotage my work with faults that are unhealthy, yet I want to pass the blame to others as a casualty as to why I fall “off” the wagon. I must learn that I need to take responsibility and accept the choices I make because they are in my court. This episode is also availab...

In spending over three years of this rumspringa of sorts, I think I have finally accepted the fact of what is part of my life and what cannot be changed. I have realized that doing the right thing is not the fact that people that advise it are telling me as a way of revenge,but because they see my best interests at heart. I must continue on the right side of the coin, despite whatever I am thinkin...

Last week was a very challenging week. Yet, part of my personal outcome was the result of my need to become an adult and realize my need to mature. As much as I have learned in this recent journey, I am still at times reluctant to grow up and do the things I need to do to manage the days ahead. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2022/02/28/adulting-maturing...

Sharing my recent struggles during my journey of self-discovery and the need to focus on my goals. In this video, I particularly share my need to focus on my wellness goals in 2022. Orignally Uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/fw88cS5Hu4M

Sharing my recent struggles during my journey of self-discovery and the need to focus on my goals. In this video, I particularly share my need to focus on some mental health goals. Originallty uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/pjq3L3E350U

As autistics, it can be hard many times to go with the flow. In a week that has been anything but the norm in many cases, the energy that it can generate can negatively affect downtime by putting us out of commission for some time, thus giving us a skewed outlook of the big picture of how things really are. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2022/02/24/go-w...

As many know, losing weight has been an ongoing battle for decades. I know that I love my body for what it is, but I need to work on losing weight not from a standpoint to impress anyone, but as a means of improving my health. I am the only one that I will be doing it for which means that I am the only one behind the change. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.c...

Recently, some warmer and much more enjoyable weather has been brought upon us in Western Pennsylvania. I am setting a personal goal that in 2022, I am going to make a better attempt to leave my home more and come off the regression that COVID has brought on me because of instilled fear of the virus. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustinsdynastyusa.com/2022/02/22/concentrati...

As I continue down the journey of my personal self-discovery. One of the things that has helped me refrain myself from the process is the ability to make connections with others with similar challenges so the world that I was living in didn’t seem so small although it was physically, it made me be more of a friend that I ever have been. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dustins...

Discussing at length my recent advancing in progress after ending a three year rumspringa of sorts and moving on from things that were negatively affecting my life, what the outcome has been, and what I'm looking forward to in the future. Originally uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/lHcw3LorgAc

Discussing at length about stigma that people face, how people to quick to judge and associate others with similar challenges that they are same when it is quite the contrary. Additionally discussed is the variations of judgments and stigmas that individuals face and ways that can help prevent further discriminiation: Originally uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/9fMx1a7SCEo

Continuing on this personal growth journey as it ever evolves personally has made me become a well-rounded person in the effects of the many facets that I represent. Part of that has been the ability to accept who I am overall, not just who I want to be, I am learning that I can be who I want to be while understanding and recognizing the need to properly care for myself in the process. This episod...