Author Archives: Chris Dale

Why Does That Feel Right? What Branding Is Doing to Your Brain Before You Even Notice

There is a slightly strange process my brain seems to go through whenever I look at a piece of creative, and until fairly recently I had never really stopped to think about it. For the first few seconds I am almost deliberately not looking for anything specific, I am just noticing what hits me, whereContinue reading “Why Does That Feel Right? What Branding Is Doing to Your Brain Before You Even Notice”

I Don’t Know How to Explain How Low I Feel

I have written about confidence, rejection and trying to find purpose again, but I have mostly been writing around depression rather than what it actually feels like to live inside it. This is probably the hardest article I have written, because there is no recovery story yet… I am still trying to understand it while I am going through it.

I Know What Makes Me Different. I’m Still Learning to Believe in It

After twelve years+ in marketing, I am beginning to understand that my value may not come from being the deepest specialist in one area, but from the way my autistic brain connects everything together. I reflect on pattern recognition, curiosity, strategy and creativity, while being honest about how difficult it is to recognise your own strengths when rejection keeps making you question them.

How Many Times Can You Be Rejected Before You Start Believing It?

After months of applications, silence and rejection, job searching has become about far more than finding work. It has started to affect my confidence, my mental health and the way I see my own experience. As an autistic adult, I have also found myself questioning whether recruitment processes always give people the chance to show what they can actually do.

When Job Searching Starts to Change How You See Yourself

After hundreds of applications, countless moments of self-doubt and a mental health battle I never expected, I reflect on how job searching has slowly changed the way I see myself, and why sometimes all someone needs is the chance to be truly seen.

Why Dancing Brings My Mind Back Into Balance

For most of my life I simply thought of dancing as something I enjoyed. It wasn’t until my autism diagnosis in my thirties that I realised it had been quietly helping regulate my mind for years. This article explores how rhythm, movement and community became one of the few places where my thoughts finally slow down.