Whole Self

24/04/2026

“I’ll be ready in 5 is a feeling, not a unit of time” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Finally someone gets it!!!!

Coaching With Brooke ❤️

24/04/2026

Big day for the team today!

We came together for professional development, refreshing our seizure training, learning safe manual handling and fall support from a guest physiotherapist, and building our understanding of how to support independence with an occupational therapist.

Real, practical learning that will make a difference.

Love these guys ❤️

22/04/2026

I have so much to say about all of this! I have held back for so long but I can’t hold back anymore…..
What happens when that support is stripped back? Where do people go when services can no longer meet their needs? The pressure doesn’t disappear, it shifts.
It shifts to already overstretched schools.
It shifts to hospitals.
It shifts to mental health services that are already at capacity.

So what’s the real cost?
Because cutting support doesn’t reduce need, it just moves the burden somewhere else, often to systems that are already struggling to cope.

Greens spokesperson for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Jordon Steele-John, has raised concerns about looming reforms to the scheme.

Health Minister Mark Butler is today announcing the government's plan to rein in the cost of the NDIS — which is expected to be $50 billion this financial year — and is projected to double by 2036.

Senator Steele-John told ABC Radio National Breakfast that Australians did not vote to tighten the scheme.

"Last night I was part of an online snap town hall of disabled people and our families across the country," he said.

"Let me tell you, people are disgusted. They voted for a Labor government to protect our NDIS and yet they are staring down the barrel of cuts to their supports and services."

The WA-based Greens senator said some members of the disability community were frustrated the Albanese government wasn't shifting its focus to increasing taxes on billionaires or the gas industry, or reducing spending on AUKUS submarines.

🎧 Hear ABC Radio National Breakfast from 6am to 9am on ABC listen: https://ab.co/ABClisten

14/04/2026

This guy!
Doing everything right at breakfast ❤️

11/04/2026

Love these ❤️❤️

09/04/2026

‘Give yourself permission to heal first’ ❤️

**When “I Want To” Turns Into “I Don’t Even Care” (The ADHD Burnout No One Talks About)**

At first, it doesn’t feel like depression.

It feels like frustration.

You *want* to do things. You think about them. You plan them. You even feel that initial spark of motivation.

But when it’s time to actually start… something blocks you.

And over time, that gap between “I want to” and “I can’t” starts to wear you down.

**The Invisible Struggle Behind ADHD**

With ADHD, the hardest part is often not desire.

It’s ex*****on.

You care. You try. You push yourself. But when your brain doesn’t cooperate, it creates a cycle that’s hard to explain to others.

Because from the outside, it looks like you’re not trying.

But inside, you’re constantly fighting to start, continue, and finish things.

And that fight is exhausting.

**When Frustration Turns Into Emotional Exhaustion**

After a while, something shifts.

You stop getting frustrated.

You just feel… tired.

The excitement you once had starts fading. The motivation feels weaker. The effort feels heavier.

And slowly, that “I want to” turns into “What’s the point?”

Not because you don’t care.

But because caring hasn’t been enough to make things easier.

**Why It Can Start to Feel Like Depression**

This is where ADHD and chronic low mood can overlap.

When your brain constantly struggles to follow through, it can affect how you see yourself. You start questioning your ability, your consistency, your worth.

And when that happens repeatedly, it doesn’t just stay as a productivity issue.

It becomes emotional.

You withdraw. You avoid. You lose energy for things that once mattered.

And it starts to feel like you don’t care anymore…

Even though, deep down, you still do.

**This Isn’t Who You Are — It’s What You’ve Been Carrying**

That feeling of “I don’t even care” isn’t your true self.

It’s burnout.

It’s what happens when effort meets resistance for too long without the right kind of support.

It’s your brain trying to protect you from constant disappointment.

**You Don’t Need More Pressure — You Need a Different Approach**

Pushing harder won’t fix this.

Understanding will.

Support will.

Finding ways that work *with* your brain instead of against it will.

Because the goal isn’t to force yourself back into that “I want to” feeling.

It’s to rebuild it slowly, in a way that feels possible again.

**You Didn’t Lose Yourself — You Got Overwhelmed**

And that matters.

Because it means this isn’t permanent.

It means that version of you who cared, who wanted to try, who had energy…

is still there.

They’re just tired.

And maybe right now, instead of trying to be who you used to be…

you start by giving yourself permission to recover first.

05/04/2026

I just showed this to my daughter…and we both laughed HARD 🤣🤣🤣

03/04/2026

03/04/2026

Excellent list! Thank you, Joy of Autism! ❤️

02/04/2026

Today is World Autism Awareness Day

A day to recognise, respect, and celebrate neurodiversity, while also acknowledging the very real challenges many individuals and families face every day.

Autism is not one-size-fits-all. For some, it brings incredible strengths. For others, it can be overwhelming, exhausting, and isolating. Both can be true at the same time.

Today isn’t just about awareness, it’s about understanding, acceptance, and meaningful support.

Let’s keep showing up, listening, learning, and creating a world where every person feels safe, valued, and supported just as they are.