The Inner Authourity Project
Reclaiming sensitivity, capacity, and Inner Authourity
Burnout Is the Life Force Tax You Pay to Exist in a Carceral World
by: Maverick JoycePublished on: 18/08/2026Burnout isn't a productivity failure. It's the cost of existing in a system built on meritocracy, control, and the institutionalised rejection of difference. Here's what's actually happening in your body, and what the other side looks like.
The DSM Didn't Find Autism. It Built It
by: Maverick JoycePublished on: 11/08/2026A critical history of how Autism became a diagnosis, from Nazi Germany to the DSM-V. Explores the Double Empathy Problem, damage-based research, and why Autistic self-definition is an act of resistance.
Chronic Misattunement: When Your Anxiety Was Never Just Anxiety
by: Maverick JoycePublished on: 03/08/2026If you've been diagnosed with anxiety but it never quite fit, you might be experiencing chronic misattunement. This isn't about what you can prove or what shows up on a checklist. It's about what your body already knows and how that's valid.
Why High-Functioning People Burn Out: Capability, Capacity, and the Cost of Over-functioning
by: Maverick JoycePublished on: 21/07/2026Why high-functioning, sensitive, and neurodivergent people burn out when capability becomes proof of worth. Learn about capacity debt, over-functioning, and rebuilding self-leadership without self-abandonment.
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