Musings, updates, and recommendations, delivered sporadically.

I explore topics on chronic illness, identity, motherhood, life in Seattle, relationships, neurodivergence, and much more.

Each message is crafted with care, and with the advocacy for neurodivergent and chronically ill communities in mind. I also write for the benefit of family members and friends of those individuals, and for those who want to better understand the unique lives of "differently wired" and disabled people we all share a world with. 

Beyond potentially interesting reads for constituents, empaths, loved ones, and the sociologically curious, these email messages pack:

• human stories from various angles and perspectives
• nuggets of experience shared to benefit and entertain you 
• tools
• suggested reading, watching and listening
• and inspirational quotes

Here are my top recommended reads from the Archive.

• reclaiming stolen time (updated: 15 Oct 2024), a musing on kids growing up
• fitting in at what cost? (2 Nov 2021), a short essay on Autism and Autistic masking/camouflaging
• self-sacrifice is not compromise (12 Oct 2021), shared social experiences of our Autistic family
• it's the simplest things in life (5 Oct 2021), a short musing on the beauty of a misty Seattle evening in fall
• when the time is right (8 Jun 2021), on writing, cultivating ideas and nurturing them, and knowing when you're "ready"
• then it was over (13 Apr 2021), a short, three-part creative non-fiction piece on my desire for a closer relationship with my mother that never came to be

I'm Sara Eatherton-Goff, a former business strategist turned personal essayist and short story writer. I write about neurodivergence, trauma, healing, identity, motherhood, and managing life's complexities as a late-diagnosed Autistic person with ADHD and chronic illness.

I live and write in Seattle, Washington with my three kids and husband. 

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