Crying Over a Sandwich: Decision Overload Is Real

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Love on the Autism Spectrum - Honest Guidance for Neurodivergent Relationships & Emotional Healing

Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, LMFT

68 episodes

10 hours ago

Love on the Autism Spectrum with Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, LMFT--Honest Conversations for Neurodivergent Love, Healing & Connection

Love on the Autism Spectrum is the go-to podcast for neurodivergent adults, leaders, and couples navigating relationships, emotional burnout, and self-understanding. Hosted by licensed therapist and neurodivergent coach Blaze Lazarony, each episode blends trauma-informed care, nervous system wisdom, and lived experience.

If you're autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or living with complex trauma—this space is for you. Blaze speaks the language of neurodivergent intimacy with warmth, clarity, and compassion.

Each episode offers:

Practical tools for navigating shutdowns, masking, and relationship challenges

Nervous system support for emotional regulation and deeper self-trust

Permission to unmask and live fully in your body, relationships, and truth

🎧 Therapy Insights Tuesdays dive into the emotional heart of neurodivergent life—relationship struggles, communication disconnects, and nervous system overload.

🎧 Waking Up Neurodivergent Wednesdays celebrate the raw, funny, and freeing moments of embracing your true self.

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Crying Over a Sandwich: Decision Overload Is Real | Ep 62.mp3

Love on the Autism Spectrum - Honest Guidance for Neurodivergent Relationships & Emotional Healing

10 minutes 45 seconds

3 weeks ago

Crying Over a Sandwich: Decision Overload Is Real | Ep 62.mp3

Crying Over a Sandwich: Decision Overload Is Real

Sometimes the smallest choices carry the heaviest weight. In this episode, Blaze shares the story of a client, Anika, who found herself crying over a sandwich while reading about executive functioning struggles in neurodivergent adults. It wasn’t about the sandwich — it was about years of masking, hidden labor, and decision fatigue finally catching up with her nervous system.

Through Anika’s story, you’ll learn how executive functioning overload and masking drain make daily decisions feel impossible, why these moments of breakdown are actually signals of overwhelm, and how to soften your system with simple practices like reducing options and creating rhythms.

The takeaway? You’re not broken for struggling with decisions. Your nervous system is asking for gentleness and relief.

This story echoes themes from the blog, “ND Decision Paralysis: Why Even Small Decisions Feel Impossible.” Read it now at LoveOnTheAutismSpectrum.com.

Blaze’s new book, Unmasked Self-Acceptance, launches November 18th — offering 365 daily reflections to help you stay grounded through the holidays and beyond.

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Explore more tools, relationship guidance, and weekly blog posts at:

🌐 www.LoveOnTheAutismSpectrum.com

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✨ Come for the real talk. Stay for the support. You’re not alone here.

**This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care, diagnosis, or treatment.

Barbara (Blaze) Lazarony, LMFT, is licensed in California. Listening does not create a therapeutic relationship or imply individualized advice.

Any tools or techniques shared are for general education only and do not guarantee results. Participation in educational offerings does not establish a client-therapist relationship.

All client examples are fictional and used solely for illustrative purposes.

If you’re in crisis or experiencing a mental health emergency, call 988 or contact local emergency services.**