Celebrating 500 episodes of personal journeys and challenges with ADHD. Reflections on growth, leadership, and building a business. Overcoming struggles, embracing unique qualities, and battling breast cancer. Learn about coaching and accountability groups, self-discovery, and managing ADHD. Addressing trauma responses and progress with chronic lateness.
ADHD has shaped the writer's life positively, enabling pursuit of interests and becoming an advocate for asexual and aromantic identities.
Tools like reminders and timers aid in managing time for individuals with ADHD, and self-compassion and grounding techniques are important for calming the nervous system.
ADHD influences various aspects of life, from career choices to finding community within the ADHD community, and self-acceptance is essential despite the complexities of ADHD and trauma.
Deep dives
Gratitude for the Journey
This letter expresses gratitude for the ways in which ADHD has shaped the writer's life, enabling them to pursue interests, gain wisdom, and become an advocate for asexual and aromantic identities. They acknowledge the challenges and wish to move forward with self-love and acceptance.
Learning to Work Together
Although there are frustrations with ADHD, the writer acknowledges the progress made in understanding and working with ADHD tendencies. They have adopted tools such as reminders and timers to manage their time, and recognize the importance of self-compassion and grounding techniques to calm their nervous system.
A Path of Acceptance
This letter explores the journey of acceptance and self-discovery with ADHD. The writer reflects on the ways ADHD has influenced their life, from career choices to parenting aspirations. They express gratitude for the friendships and community they have found within the ADHD community.
Navigating the Complexities
The writer grapples with the complexities of ADHD and its intersections with trauma. They recognize the challenges of distinguishing between trauma responses and ADHD symptoms, and seek to find understanding, self-compassion, and healthier coping mechanisms.
Embracing the Journey
The writer reflects on the ongoing journey with ADHD, acknowledging both struggles and accomplishments. They express a desire to let go of shame and judgments around ADHD symptoms, focusing instead on self-acceptance and optimism for personal growth and progress.
In this episode, Eric is celebrating ADHD reWired's 500-episode milestone. Joining him are members of ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Group Alumni Community, where they will be sharing their Dear ADHD Letters. A huge thanks to the members who shared their letters and their stories. Whether you're new to the show or you've been listening since episode 1, thank you for being here for 500 episodes. We hope you'll keep joining us for the next 500 episodes to come. Special thanks to all of our coaching group members, Alumni members, coaches, volunteers, Patrons, Facebook community members, listeners of the show old and new, the ADHD reWired team, all the wonderful guests that have been on the show, and everyone everywhere around and in between. Thank you so much for your support. We wouldn't be here without you. We CAN do hard things, and you are not alone. ❤️ 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get on our Fall interest list or to stay up to date on the most recent upcoming season if you're listening to this in the future!
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