by samfrida | May 7, 2026 | Blog
There’s a line in a Tiny Buddha piece I read this morning that stopped me cold: “I had moved on, but I hadn’t integrated the experience. I had simply built a beautiful life on top of a broken foundation.”That hit somewhere specific. We’re so good at spackle. We...
by samfrida | May 6, 2026 | Blog
I was watching CNN earlier when Obama called Zohran Mamdani extraordinary. The word stopped me. Because what struck me about Mamdani wasn’t polish or pedigree. It was the absence of performance. He speaks in plain English. He says what he thinks before it gets...
by samfrida | May 6, 2026 | Blog
We have a habit of treating people like resumes. No criminal record. No red flags. Good references. Check, check, check. We scan the boxes, find them ticked in the right places, and call that due diligence. We call that knowing someone. But what if the boxes are the...
by samfrida | May 5, 2026 | Blog
There is a diagram making the rounds in neurodiversity education circles. It shows two figures facing each other across a tangle of wires. On one side, an autistic communicator sends a signal: direct, economical, honest. On the other side, the message can arrives...
by samfrida | May 5, 2026 | Blog
There is a version of inclusion that lives entirely in language. It shows up in company values decks and dinner party conversations, in the careful way people say “neurodivergent” now instead of whatever they used to say. It sounds right. It has learned the words....
