Picture it, November 1991, a young nonverbal T.J. Rose is diagnosed with Autism. Fast forward to February 2026, he just won a speech contest! April is Autism Awareness Month and today's returning guest T.J. Rose shares his diagnosis story and life lessons of living with Autism. For anyone who knows and loves someone with Autism, T.J. has some great advice at the end on how you can best support them.

This episode is for the new parents, new job starters, new partners, and anyone feeling like they're failing or behind. Although you may feel like you're failing (your feelings are totes valid), we need to look at the facts. The matter of the fact is you're doing better than you give yourself credit for. This is just a season, not forever.

If you'd rather get a root canal than a compliment, then this episode is for you. There's something about getting praise, whether it's about an outfit or completing a project, that makes me want to immediately run away. But I'm the first person that will tell a stranger her shoes are cute. It's messed up. Today we're breaking down why receiving praise and compliments can be a struggle, and how we're going to break that cycle. Because we deserve better. We deserve to be celebrated. We deserve to be showered with the love we so freely give to others too.