let me guess: you were in gifted and talented.

When a global pandemic shut the world down for months and then permanently shifted the way we socially operate thereafter, a lot changed. One of those changes has been the uptick in later-in-life autism and ADHD diagnoses. Why the increase?

Both ADHD and autism historically bring to mind little boys: either disruptive ones, or fact-obsessed ones. But both diagnoses extend into adulthood, and they span the gender spectrum. Girls, women, and anyone who didn’t fit the pre-pandemic mold often fell through the diagnostic cracks.

But now, ADHDtok has 2.4 billion views. People are looking for help, and we’re here to help you find some answers about yourself.

 
 
 
Neurodivergent Testimonials
I love working with Chryssa.

She’s so real and HELPFUL. We work a lot on the shame that accumulates from feeling for so long like there’s something wrong with you. It’s hard to think of my brain as helpful because for my whole life, the story has been that there’s something wrong with me. That grace I’m developing for myself is my healing baseline. Our work reminds me that I belong.

 
 
 
 

how can you help me, a later-in-life-diagnosed neurodivergent?

Part of it is that both of us were diagnosed neurodivergent in the past few years, and we’re both in our 40s now — which means we spent the bulk of our lives figuring out how to live amidst these round holes when we’re more the square peg kinda people.

We have that experience while also being acupuncturists, and therefore we necessarily view the whole experience through a Chinese medicine lens. Acupuncture can be really helpful for neurodivergent brains because they have real neurological differences from neurotypical brains, which means our brains can be greatly helped to function more optimally with acupuncture.

 
 
 

is my brain broken? it feels like my brain is broken.

Nope! That’s part of the reason we offer real, tangible, help-you-navigate-this-world support.

Your brain is actually pretty remarkable.

People are wising up to the fact that neurodivergent brains are good for the world, but the world has yet to change its boring neurotypical mold to better accommodate us.

The work we do together is to help reduce some of the stress on the ol’ noggin so it can better navigate the way the world is designed, while still staying true to its strengths.