Mindly Different
Coaching for the beautifully different mind
Category: Nutrition
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When Alcohol Meets a Neurodivergent Nervous System For many people, alcohol is woven into holiday rituals – a glass of wine with dinner, a toast with family, a festive cocktail offered as a sign of belonging. Refusing can feel awkward, even antisocial, “Do not cheers with water!” Drinking is often framed as relaxation, celebration, and…
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Neurodiversity, Nutrition, and Seasonal Overload For many people, the holidays bring warmth, connection, and tradition. For others – especially those with neurodivergent nervous systems – they also bring a sudden and profound shift in how the body is fueled. Meals become irregular. Sugar intake increases sharply. Highly processed foods replace familiar, grounding staples. Alcohol becomes…
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How Small Molecules Shape a Complex Mind When we think about brain health, we often imagine big concepts: neuroplasticity, stress, memory, recovery, mood. But beneath every thought, every emotion, every sensation, there is chemistry. And behind that chemistry there are tiny molecules – micronutrients – without which the nervous system cannot function.
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Nutrition After Neurological Change When the brain goes through a significant event – whether a concussion, stroke, neurosurgery, inflammation, or the slow and confusing shifts of a chronic neurological condition – the body moves into a state of repair. The healing brain is not simply “recovering”. It is rewiring, rebuilding, and redistributing its resources. And…
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Understanding Cognitive Energy and Nutritional Needs The brain is only about 2% of the body’s weight, yet it consumes around 20% of the body’s total energy every single day. That alone tells us something profound: Thinking is metabolically expensive.Feeling is metabolically expensive.Self-regulation, decision-making, attention, planning, language, movement, and sensory processing are all metabolically expensive.
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