Ep. 7: Routine Without Rigidity

Ep. 7: Routine Without Rigidity

Too little routine and everything feels like freefall. Too much and it starts to feel like a cage. Somewhere in between is the sweet spot, and finding it is a daily negotiation. This episode is about what it actually looks like to hold structure loosely when you're ND, homeschooling twin boys, and standing in a hotel room at vacation while someone cries about socks. The socks were never about the socks. Late to Everything Except Puberty with Melina Episode 7: Routine Without Rigidity

Ep. 6: Accommodations Aren't Just for Broken People

When someone says accommodations are "special treatment," I want to ask special treatment compared to what? This episode is about the curb cut effect, why designing for the people who struggle most makes things better for everyone, and what I learned from years of taking zeros on homework I had actually done. Late to Everything Except Puberty with Melina Episode 6: Accommodations Aren't Just For Broken People

Ep. 5: The Late Diagnosis Grief

Getting a late diagnosis is supposed to feel like relief, and it does... Then the grief hits. This episode is about what nobody tells you comes after the answer. The friendships that didn't work because nobody taught you the skills you needed. The therapy that helped but never quite got to the root. The fawn response, and why you spent so many years making yourself easy to keep for people who weren't worth keeping. Late to Everything Except Puberty with Melina Episode 5: The Late Diagnosis Grief

Ep. 4: The First Time My Body Surprised Me

I started dieting at eleven. I was told I'd be prettier if I lost weight at five years old. I spent decades punishing my body instead of living in it. Then at 17, I tried taekwondo, and everything I thought I knew about my body turned out to be wrong. This episode is about the long, complicated road from hating your body to understanding it. Yo-yo dieting, interoception, a 2020 health scare that changed everything, and what I learned about my own body that eventually made me a coach. Late to Everything Except Puberty with Melina Ep. 4: The First Time My Body Surprised Me

Ep. 3: Performing Normal (and Fooling No One)

You were never lying. You were never being fake. You were just a kid trying to get through the day without getting it wrong. This episode is about masking, the thousand small adjustments ND people make every day to seem like they fit. Where it starts, what it costs, and what it looks like when you finally, slowly begin to take it off. Spoiler: it looks like Lego, crochet, and a Doctor Who hoodie over a Hamilton shirt. Late to Everything Except Puberty with Melina Episode 3: Performing Normal (And Fooling No One)