{"id":1862,"date":"2020-09-22T12:26:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/wordpress\/autisticme\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:28:24","slug":"podcast-episode-040-ben-sorensen-on-success-humor-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2020\/09\/22\/podcast-episode-040-ben-sorensen-on-success-humor-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 040 &#8211; Ben Sorensen on Success, Humor, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Podcast 0040; Season\u00a004, Episode\u00a004; September 22,\u00a02020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The quirky, witty, caffeinated, and bearded Australian media personality Ben Sorensen talks with us about humor, masking, and life-hacking. Follow Ben at BenSorensen1 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Sorensen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bensorensen1.com\">https:\/\/www.bensorensen1.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenSorensen1\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenSorensen1\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/allmylinks.com\/bensorensen1\">https:\/\/allmylinks.com\/bensorensen1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Being True to the Autistic You<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful\u201d autistics spend a lot of time and energy masking, trying to fit in with neurotypical classmates, colleagues, and others in our lives. But, guess what? So do the \u201cunsuccessful\u201d autistics! Most of us are exhausted by this impulse to hide our autistic traits, anticipating rejection. We expect problems in school and at work. If others would listen to our needs and compromise with us, we could be our authentic selves more often.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16106282\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/336699\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h3>Transcription (still) in Progress<\/h3>\n<p>I am still working on completing some interview transcripts. I am sorry that they were not completed in a timely manner. I use transcription services, but the results are far from ideal unless you pay additional fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast 0040; Season\u00a004, Episode\u00a004; September 22,\u00a02020 The quirky, witty, caffeinated, and bearded Australian media personality Ben Sorensen talks with us about humor, masking, and life-hacking. Follow Ben at BenSorensen1 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Ben Sorensen: https:\/\/www.bensorensen1.com https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BenSorensen1\/ https:\/\/allmylinks.com\/bensorensen1 Being True to the Autistic You \u201cSuccessful\u201d autistics spend a lot&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/2020\/09\/22\/podcast-episode-040-ben-sorensen-on-success-humor-and-more\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Podcast Episode 040 &#8211; Ben Sorensen on Success, Humor, and More<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":11,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[255,359,422,423,442,459,532,554],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment","category-podcast","tag-employment","tag-humor","tag-life-skills","tag-life-hacks","tag-masking","tag-mental-health","tag-performing","tag-podcast","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Podcast_Banner_800x400.png?fit=711%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfivLC-u2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3599,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862\/revisions\/3599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tameri.com\/autisticme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}