Lawson Wallace
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The Yerkes-Dodson Law: How Stress Impacts Performance
” Your brain shuts down when you’re stressed or upset.” My mom and dad would beat…
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The Power of Failure: Why Mistakes Are Essential for Success
We can rise above the ashes I watched a TV show about Elon Musk and Space…
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The Power of Failure: Why Mistakes Are Essential for Success
I watched a TV show about Elon Musk and Space X’s quest to build a rocket…
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The Lessons Learned from the Deaths of Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon
The baby squirrel’s mom lay dead on the road. The couple found the baby squirrel close…
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Don’t Overthink Decisions, do the Best You Can, But be Prepared if it Goes Wrong
Like a lot of people, I struggle with Decision Paralysis. I have a hard time making…
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Use Discouragement as Fuel, Don’t Talk Yourself Out of a Bright Future and Don’t Let Other People Talk You out of it Either
It’s so easy to do. You share your dreams with someone and they immediately shoot you…
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ReTraining my Brain in My Sixties, is it Worth Doing?
Neuroplasticity is interesting I have always lived inside my head. I constructed new worlds and realities…
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Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Tensions in Inter-Hemispheric Collaboration
Learning something new about myself “Son, You could mess up a wet dream.” My dad would yell…
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I still am Grateful For the Kindness of Strangers when I Was Homeless
It’s the time of year for it I was on Facebook looking for ideas for stories when…
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Focus on What You Can Do, and Stay Positive
A lot of times my YouTube videos are well thought-out, but other times I’m winging it.…
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Getting Through Rough Times During the Holidays
The Holidays lost the joy for me after my mom passed away, and they got downright…
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I didn’t Take Care of business, and Ended up Homeless, Don’t do That
I was living my life, and having a great time. I didn’t realize how much trouble…
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I Googled “Autism in Adults” and Read My Life’s Story
It explains so much I’m excited, I enjoy going to church. I love the people and I…
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Beyond Words: My Experience with Right Hemisphere Disorder
When I was homeless in Minneapolis, I had State-provided health insurance and I was seeing a…
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Love and Autism: Navigating Relationships as an Adult on the Spectrum
It takes work, but it’s worth it I was sitting at my desk, finishing a story I…
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Learn How to Be Human Again
Put the phone don’t and talk to a stranger I heard on the Radio a few months…
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Avoidant Personality Disorder: Understanding the Art of Disappearing
An art I excel at Have you ever been in a crowded room, a party a church…
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More Dating Advice From “Uncle Lawson”
I have a YouTube Channel. My niche is advising young people. I often am asked for…
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Redefining Normal: Embracing Neurodiversity in Adulthood
Deep Thoughts on a Friday Night I remember my job searches when I was young. I would…
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Effective Communication is So Important in a Marriage
I learned fast before I married my wife that I would have to work on my…
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Thanksgiving Means More to Me Now
So Thankful to be alive and loved Ten years ago, I was homeless in Minneapolis. The day…
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Antisense Nucleotides: Revolutionizing Genetic Medicine
So many possibilities for good or evil Imagine you and your spouse are expecting a baby. You’re…
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How To Self-Motivate Yourself
I write content and have a YouTube channel where I advise young people. I often am…
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Hard Work and Ambition Has Brought me a Long Way
Getting to where I want to be I have wanted to be creative for as long as…
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Constrained Rage: The Challenges of a Complicated Voting System
I survived, but almost blew a gasket I had to do my part to keep the cackling…
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Substack: Building the Next Empire
I have come a long way in five years My name’s Lawson Wallace. I’m a writer and…
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Anxiety and Insomnia: Relieved During My Oral Surgery Appointment
It was frustrating, but the staff came through for me, and I have Percocet It pays to…
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Three Stories About my Learning Disabilities
When I was young, my parents were told I would never amount to anything and would…
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Three Stories About Health and Science by Lawson Wallace
The conventional wisdom in content is to niche down. I don’t have a niche, but I…
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Lawson Wallace’s Bio and Three Stories
A gift for new readers Hello, I am Lawson Wallace An Author’s Bio My name’s Lawson Wallace.…
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I Thought my Life Was Over, but it Was a New Beginning
I was looking through my Facebook memories today. Ten years ago today, I started a new…
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Nothing Will Happen or Change Unless You Take Action
I find myself advising on my YouTube channel. Interestingly, so many people overthink and complicate decisions.…
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If Your Family Doesn’t Want to Include You, Cut Them Lose
I get it, I know what it’s like to be estranged from your family. I know…
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Coping With Loss and Finding Meaning
I was recently asked how to cope with grief and loss and how to find meaning…
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A Funny Youtube Moment, I’m glad I can Laugh at Myself
I posted to my YouTube channel Saturday night. I said I was going to “NetFlix and…
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Tiger and Barney, the Story of Two Dogs
My family loves animals. We always had cats and dogs. My sister wanted a Doberman puppy,…
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Kids Shooting Each Other Over Nothing
Me and my wife were in bed early Friday Night when we heard the shots. I…
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You’re Never to Old to Be Creative
I’m a sixty-four-year-old geezer. I didn’t start writing until I was in my late forties. Despite…
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Advice for Young Creatives, From an Old Man Who Started Late
on my YouTube channel, I find myself advising young people, most of them are young men…
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People Need to Communicate Better
Family Dynamics is a funny thing. You would think that people who know each other so…
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When Trying to Connect with Parents, Remember They’re Human
As we grow up, many of us grow estranged from our parents and have trouble re-establishing…
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I’m 64 Years Old, and I still Think About the Redhead Who Got Away
I was a Junior in high school, a shy and insecure young man. I worked part-time…
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The Night My Mom Died Changed My Life Forever
I had a late start in life. Learning Disabilities, emotional problems, and other factors caused me…
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Homeless and Alone, If I can Find a Wife, Anyone can. It’s Our Anniversary
I was in my late fifties and homeless in Minneapolis. I spent my days in the…
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Dealing with Hostile CoWorkers is Easy, But Takes Practice
You’re at work and everyone is getting along great. morale and Productivity are high, but there’s…
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Ten Years ago I was Sleeping in my Pickup
Ten years ago, I was evicted from my home. There were some bad circumstances, but I…
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How I Made a Significant Progress on YouTube as a Mature Age Adult
Despite my constraints, how I gained over 60K subscribers in a year and coming to a…
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Memories of Squirrels in My Dad’s Backyard
I was living with my family in Pinellas Park Florida. My mom and dad and my…
