ADHD Diagnosis: How, Why and Real Stories
For many of us, deciding to seek a diagnosis is deeply personal. The reasons vary, but the goal is often the same: to gain clarity and understand why certain patterns, behaviours, or challenges have been present throughout our lives.
How Accountability Drives Success for ADHD Business Owners
Implementing accountability can serve as a valuable tool for improving executive functions and overcoming these obstacles. By providing structure, guidance, and support, accountability mechanisms can help ADHDers strengthen their planning abilities, enhance organisational skills, and manage their time more effectively.
Breaking the Cycle: Strategies for preventing burnout for ADHD business owners
In honour of Stress Awareness Month, let's delve into what ADHD burnout looks like for business owners like yourself and explore practical strategies to manage and prevent it. The constant juggling act of managing tasks, dealing with distractions, and staying focused can take its toll, leading to a phenomenon known as ADHD burnout.
Celebrating Neurodiversity: Embracing Differences and empowering Strengths
Neurodiversity represents the diverse range of human minds, including various neurological differences that influence how people see, experience and engage with the world.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is about embracing and celebrating the unique perspectives, talents, and skills that neurodivergents (neurodiverse individuals) bring to our lives and society.
In this blog, we’ll cover what Neurodiversity is, celebrate strengths, recognise challenges neurodiverse people face and what it means to me.
ADHD friendly goal setting
As we approach 2024, it's a great time to set some goals for the future. Setting goals in your business is like having a roadmap. It gives you a clear direction and purpose.
For someone like me, working with ADHD and executive function challenges, goals act as a guide for tasks and plans. They break down the overwhelming stuff into manageable steps, making it easier to stay on track. Plus, achieving those goals brings a sense of accomplishment and boosts motivation. It's a practical way to turn dreams into reality.
In this guide, I’ll be sharing straightforward tips on setting goals that work for neurodiverse minds. We’ll also run through SMART goals and how the framework helps neurodiverse business owners to set focused and structured objectives.
ADHD 101: what you need to know
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly known as ADHD, affects millions of children and adults around the world. It can significantly impact a person's daily life, making it important to understand the different types, challenges and symptoms. ADHD is a condition characterised by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that can affect an individual's ability to function in various life domains, such as school, work and social relationships. It is important to note that ADHD isn't about bad behaviour, mental health problems or learning disabilities. It’s not a result of laziness, lack of intelligence or poor parenting; it is a neurodevelopmental disorder. In simpler terms, it's about how our brains are wired. And they take longer to develop!
ADHD and Executive Dysfunction: What are Executive Functions
Executive dysfunction is like your brain's different departments not functioning efficiently, and they certainly aren't communicating well. It's like your GPS sending you in circles or your tidy-up crew taking an unplanned coffee break. For ADHD or neurodivergent individuals, executive dysfunction often arises due to unique brain wiring. This can lead to a range of challenges as these crucial functions, like planning, organisation, and impulse control, aren't operating at full capacity.
Voices from the Business World: Strategies for Self-Care
It is essential for everyone to practice self-care, particularly those who have ADHD and are neurodivergent. Living with ADHD can be both a gift and a challenge. Your creative thinking, hyperfocus and boundless energy can fuel your success, but they can also lead to burnout and overwhelm if not managed effectively.
That's why self-care isn't a luxury; it's a necessity
Overcoming Overwhelm and Taking Action with ADHD
As a business coach with ADHD, I understand the struggle of having numerous ideas but feeling overwhelmed when it comes to putting them into action. It's like having a brainstorming frenzy, only to get stuck in a cycle of procrastination. This makes any type of planning extremely hard.
How to find balance in your business as an ADHD business owner
As we step into 2024, did you know that January marks Get a Balanced Life Month? It's the ideal time to strive for balance, especially for us ADHD business owners who often juggle between work and life.
So, what's the essence of a balanced life, and how does it relate to ADHD business owners like you and me? Well, balance is a subjective concept, varying from person to person. For those of us with ADHD, it means striking a harmony between our ambitions and necessities, a challenge uniquely tailored to our neurodivergent minds.
Let's dive into the world of business. We're passionate, driven, and sometimes, we feel the need to juggle ALL the things, ALL the time. However, here's a reminder – we must prioritise ourselves before becoming an effective support system for others. Think of it as the aeroplane rule: Put your mask on first!