You may feel dissatisfaction or discomfort in some realm of life that you want to shift. But where to start and how to succeed? In this second episode in a series on intentional living, Dr. Regan identifies ways to create steps toward a goal, identify strategies, and monitor success.    As referenced in the current episode:  First Episode in Momentum for Behavior series   Dr. Regan's Resources Course for Clinicians - Interventions in Autism: Helping Clients Stay Centered, Connect with Others, and Engage in Life Course for Clinicians: ASD Differential Diagnoses and Associated Characteristics Book: Understanding Autism in Adults and Aging Adults, 2nd ed Audiobook Book: Understanding Autistic Behaviors Autism in the Adult website homepage Website Resources for Clinicians   Read the transcript below:   100:00:01,830 --> 00:00:02,250Hi, 200:00:02,259 --> 00:00:02,960everyone. 300:00:02,970 --> 00:00:04,380This is your host, 400:00:04,389 --> 00:00:04,829Dr. 500:00:04,840 --> 00:00:05,980Theresa Regan, 600:00:06,250 --> 00:00:11,579introducing this next episode of autism in the adult podcast. 700:00:11,939 --> 00:00:13,779I'm a neuropsychologist. 800:00:13,789 --> 00:00:20,729So I specialize in understanding how the health of the brain and the connections of the brain impact, 900:00:20,739 --> 00:00:21,370thinking, 1000:00:21,379 --> 00:00:22,020skills, 1100:00:22,030 --> 00:00:22,700emotions, 1200:00:22,709 --> 00:00:23,319behavior, 1300:00:23,329 --> 00:00:24,569and personality. 1400:00:24,790 --> 00:00:30,540I've worked in hospitals for over 30 years and I'm the mother of a teen on the spectrum. 1500:00:31,649 --> 00:00:39,250And did you know that I have a series of three podcast episodes about momentum for activity. 1600:00:39,619 --> 00:00:43,869One is about exhaustion and finding balance in momentum. 1700:00:44,189 --> 00:00:53,000One of the episodes is about how to gain momentum for activity and the third is how to keep momentum for activity. 1800:00:53,430 --> 00:00:59,430You can find these three episodes as episodes number 21, 1900:00:59,650 --> 00:01:04,489and 23 In September and October of 2021. 2000:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,410I'll put the link in the show notes. 2100:01:09,010 --> 00:01:09,449Today, 2200:01:09,459 --> 00:01:23,959we have our second episode of a series about finding some intentionality in um areas of our life where we'd like to grow and maybe challenge ourselves. 2300:01:23,970 --> 00:01:42,660Sometimes life is so fast and furious and we get in survival mode or we just get used to living a certain way that we realize we're not really making choices in all the areas of where we put our attention, 2400:01:42,989 --> 00:01:46,269uh whether we wanna grow or shift gears. 2500:01:46,650 --> 00:01:56,300So the previous episode was this introduction of thinking about where are we in our life right now? 2600:01:56,650 --> 00:02:02,059And if you can identify areas where you would like to find more meaning, 2700:02:02,449 --> 00:02:04,260uh a bit more challenge. 2800:02:04,269 --> 00:02:06,160If you'd like to change direction, 2900:02:06,370 --> 00:02:10,770then we're going to focus together on living intentionally. 3000:02:11,520 --> 00:02:23,789The first episode covered a few things and one is that I think the first step toward being intentional is having this increased self-awareness. 3100:02:24,149 --> 00:02:37,429And I feel like that's one of the greatest blessings of understanding our neurology and going through the diagnostic process about autism to see what, 3200:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,460how am I wired and what does my system need? 3300:02:41,779 --> 00:02:43,649How do I interact with people? 3400:02:43,660 --> 00:02:46,210What do I find uh joy in, 3500:02:46,220 --> 00:02:46,770in life? 3600:02:46,779 --> 00:02:54,289What drains me and we have this elevated understanding of ourselves. 3700:02:54,300 --> 00:02:57,289Um That is part of that process. 3800:02:58,300 --> 00:03:02,229So I think after