Holly D'Arcy, a military spouse, health coach, and competitive athlete, shares insights on navigating life with ADHD. Topics include ADHD's impact on food, fitness goals, and relationships, building confidence, structure, discipline, and advocating for ADHD awareness. The discussion also covers self-care, family support, career challenges, virtual fitness coaching, and the importance of motivation and consistency in personal growth.
Women with ADHD face unique challenges in their relationship with food, body image, and fitness goals.
Military spouses like Holly D'Arcy find structure and discipline beneficial for managing ADHD symptoms.
Building supportive communities and seeking help are crucial for adults with ADHD to thrive in various life transitions.
Deep dives
Impact of the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill on Credit Card Rewards
Greedy corporate megastores like Walmart and Target are advocating for the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill in Congress, which could eliminate credit card rewards. This bill would introduce harmful credit card routing mandates, posing a threat to existing rewards systems. Consumers who cherish their credit card rewards are urged to voice opposition to this bill to protect their benefits.
Women and ADHD Podcast with Katie Weber
Katie Weber, host of the Women and ADHD Podcast, shares her journey of being diagnosed with ADHD at 45, leading to a transformative perspective on her life, relationships, and work. Weber interviews women who discovered their ADHD in adulthood, emphasizing self-understanding and leveraging strengths professionally and personally. The podcast provides a supportive platform for women navigating ADHD and offers valuable insights for newly diagnosed individuals.
Holly Darcy's Experience with ADHD and Fitness
Holly Darcy, a military spouse, mother, and health coach, recounts her ADHD diagnosis at 33 and how it propelled her passion for understanding ADHD impact on women. As a health coach and competitive athlete, Darcy focuses on building confidence, consistency, and long-term fitness goals for adult women. She emphasizes structured routines and discusses the challenges and benefits of frequent relocations. Darcy's approach includes personalized training, lifestyle coaching, and promoting self-efficacy for her clients.
Creating Supportive ADHD Communities
The podcast discusses the importance of creating supportive communities for adults with ADHD, highlighting the challenges faced in traditional career paths like teaching or nursing due to stigma around the diagnosis. The speaker emphasizes the importance of accountability, planning, coaching, and peer support in helping individuals with ADHD thrive. The creation of the ADHD lounge is presented as a solution to provide a safe space for neurodivergent adults, offering live group calls, goal planning sessions, one-on-one office hours, and peer support.
Resilience and Sensitivity in ADHD
The episode delves into the resilience and unique characteristics of individuals with ADHD, such as sensitivity to stimulation and hyperfocus. The conversation explores the positive aspects of ADHD, including heightened empathy, hyperfocus on areas of interest, and a sense of resilience developed through overcoming challenges. The speaker reflects on personal experiences, like quickly moving on from negative situations and being able to manage mistakes more effectively, attributing these traits to ADHD.
Importance of Seeking Help and Creating Connections
The podcast highlights the importance of seeking help and building supportive connections, especially in challenging life transitions like early motherhood. The discussion emphasizes the need for vulnerability and open communication in asking for and receiving help. The conversation touches on the benefits of communal settings and shared experiences, contrasting the societal emphasis on independence with the benefits of community support and connection, particularly for individuals with ADHD.
“Sometimes I cringe at the word ‘resilience,’ but I am grateful for my resilience because I often have to work harder than anybody else in the room to do the same thing.”
Holly is a military spouse, mother, health coach, and competitive athlete who brings a unique perspective to the challenges and triumphs of navigating life with ADHD. Diagnosed at the age of 33, Holly has become passionate about learning all that she can about how ADHD impacts women young and old.
We talk about the many ways in which ADHD affects our relationship with food, our bodies, and long-term fitness goals. Holly has a passion for helping adult women build confidence and consistency toward their health and fitness. We also talk about her personal training and lifestyle coaching and some of the common goals that she works on with her clients.
Since Holly is a military wife, we talk about structure and discipline, which can be appealing to so many of us with ADHD. And we talk about the pros and cons of having to relocate frequently.