Where does your ADHD show up?

The lived experience of ADHD varies from person to person. One size does not fit all. Art of Life ADHD lived experience coaching has a plan for you.

Step 1. Design your life from where you are starting with discovering who you are.

Step 2. Once you determine what you want your life to look like, 
we start with baby steps that are clearly defined by you with help from the coach.

Step 3. Practice the steps in the safe, yet brave container of a weekly call or Zoom meeting, with check ins in between as requested.

Step 4. One big change at a time is the goal. As an adult with ADHD, every day is a minefield. That one thing, that one big thing that in the core of your being you know you need to be okay in the world, that "one thing at a time" is being challenged every waking moment. Name that one thing, write down the steps to accomplish it. You will likely do them in a different order, but know the steps.


 

ADHD IS REAL

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An ADHD diagnosis is just the beginning!  Understanding and acceptance are critical to the process of living  a fulfilling life with ADHD. That can include educating partners and family members, prioritizing your needs in a way that helps you function at your best reassessing expectations. Discovering and placing a higher value on your gifts and talents will make your walk with ADHD a much smoother one.

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 Did you know that people with ADHD often, but not always.......

• are not good self observers.

• have rejection sensitivity dysphoria.

•  get stuck on negative thoughts and have a hard time moving on.

• struggle with adequately describing symptoms to the doctor. and/or family members and friends.

• forget things in-between visits to the doctor.

• become distracted and go off-topic in their time with the doctor.

• do not understand what to pay attention to in order to help determine if medication is working.

• resist mailing things.

• have trouble finishing tasks requiring sustained focus, like writing long emails.

• are highly sensitive.

• are challenged with life balance and time, management making treatment plans difficult to follow.

        It is time to stop hiding who you are. The job of selfcare for a woman with ADHD is significant. If you are also an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person), you have needs that others may not understand. Do not take on the burden of trying to make them understand, simply invite them to do their own research. Simply state what you need. Do not judge yourself because what you need is different. What you need is directly related to your health and wellbeing.  

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If you constantly judge yourself, understand that you developed those sabotaging voices out of your natural gifts and strengths when you were a child. It is very normal. It is how you learned to cope. Those coping mechanisms, like avoidance, over achievement, victim thinking become problematic when you continue using them into adulthood. Your gifts have been overused and new strategies must be developed. To find out more, take the Saboteur Assessment to indentify your go - to self sabotaging habits! Learn to name them and take charge.

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