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Six Tiny, but Harmful, Mental Habits — and How to Fix Them

There are so many ways we accidentally make ourselves feel bad — Do you remember that time something on your bike was broken, so the mudguard rubbed against the tire, creating a consistent and terribly obnoxious grinding noise whenever you pedaled? And then you thought, “Hey, I should fix this.” But then you thought, “Hey, I don’t know how to fix this.”…

Psychology

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Six Tiny, but Harmful, Mental Habits — and How to Fix Them
Six Tiny, but Harmful, Mental Habits — and How to Fix Them
Psychology

19 min read


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Neurodivergent

·Apr 29

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Autism

One year ago, at age 23, I went through a long process of speaking to various doctors and other strangers and filling out forms and questionnaires. After about a month, they diagnosed me with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). As a strongly empathetic and emotional person with “artsy” interests, I had…

Autism

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Autism
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Autism
Autism

24 min read


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Neurodivergent

·Aug 2, 2022

Self-Care Advice From a Woman on the Autism Spectrum

Introducing “Cozy” — Background I am an adult on the autism spectrum and if I am too uncomfortable for too long, my nervous system will short-circuit. Since I still want to live a full and adventurous life, I have to make it a point to remove unnecessary or avoidable stressors and add things that…

Emotional Intelligence

6 min read

Self-Care Advice From a Woman on the Autism Spectrum
Self-Care Advice From a Woman on the Autism Spectrum
Emotional Intelligence

6 min read


Aug 2, 2022

What Dance Teaches You

Spoiler alert: a lot. Part 1: Dancing builds character by training agency and being empowering and humbling at the same time. — If I started this article by saying that dancing changed my life, you would be like “ooohh, so dancing changed your liiifee 🙄” …and I’d have to agree that that’s a cliché and soppy thing to say. I went through a 3-year dance training program and it was terrible…

Dance

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What Dance Teaches You
What Dance Teaches You
Dance

7 min read


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Bootcamp

·May 27, 2022

How to Conduct a User Research Analysis in Notion

A tutorial for UX designers and researchers, accompanied by a Notion template — You’ve conducted another round of user interviews. You have hectors of notes from different team members collected in Notion, Google Docs, on paper, etc. Now you feel a lot smarter, but you’re still faced with all sorts of questions: How do all these findings cluster around certain topics? Which findings…

Notion

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How to Conduct a User Research Analysis in Notion
How to Conduct a User Research Analysis in Notion
Notion

10 min read


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Neurodivergent

·Mar 13, 2022

Filtering my World — a Story About Sensory Overload

A glimpse into what it’s like to get a bit too much input per second — I don’t really tell anyone “I am hypersensitive”, or even “I’m very sensitive”. Literally, no one would interpret it remotely the way it is meant. I wish there was a better word for it… (and please DM me if you have one.) …

Psychology

5 min read

Are you hypersensitive?
Are you hypersensitive?
Psychology

5 min read


Jan 28, 2022

How to Be Your Own Mom and Finally Get Everything You Need

3 Helpful tips to break the vicious circle of “hating” and neglecting yourself — Haven’t we all technically understood that it would be a good idea to “make peace with ourselves”? Relating to yourself in a more caring way will fuel resilience and self-confidence. It will help us be better versions of ourselves in any area of life. But unfortunately, we can’t just flip…

Self-awareness

13 min read

How to Be Your Own Mom and Finally Get Everything You Need
How to Be Your Own Mom and Finally Get Everything You Need
Self-awareness

13 min read


Dec 11, 2021

Why I Love Jellyfish

The difference between apricots and deep sea cucumbers, and how that reminds me of human ego — Since I can think, not one week passed without me wondering about who I am or what I’m doing here. So as a toddler, before I even knew letters, I identified a sensation and named it the “me-y feeling”. (You can read more about that here.) …

Emotional Intelligence

5 min read

Why I Love Jellyfish
Why I Love Jellyfish
Emotional Intelligence

5 min read


Dec 2, 2021

Best practices: How to structure your files in Figma

Understanding Teams, Projects, Files and Pages Figma has slowly become the most popular Design Software choice especially for large and/or mostly remote Design teams (so the vast majority). Its features support sketching, iterating and whiteboard practices, feedback collection and collaboration, version control, wireframing in all fidelities, mature prototyping and testing…

UX

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Best practices: How to structure your files in Figma
Best practices: How to structure your files in Figma
UX

6 min read


Aug 24, 2021

Every Single Thing We Do Is Driven by Emotions

How to link your emotions to your actions and find motivation — at work and in life. — Every single thing we do needs to be motivated by something. In this story, I’ll write about what moves us humans — first literally, on a physical level, and then applied to the realm of work. …

Mwc Work

9 min read

Every Single Thing We Do Is Driven by Emotions
Every Single Thing We Do Is Driven by Emotions
Mwc Work

9 min read

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Lari Niehl

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artist, dancer, designer. slightly autistic. i love motorbikes. humans are super beautiful to me. www.lariniehl.com

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