AuDHD Flourishing 106 Being Yourself While Doing Stuff with Maria Bowler
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Aug 2, 2025 In this engaging discussion, Maria Bowler, a writer and coach focused on creativity, shares insights from her book, *Making Time*. She emphasizes the importance of being present and true to oneself, even during mundane tasks. Topics include overcoming productivity culture, the value of unproductive time, and the significance of authentic resistance in identity. Maria also explores neurodivergent perspectives, advocating for recognizing one’s natural rhythms and accepting lower-energy days while embracing one’s qualities without waiting for validation.
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Presence Explains Why Hacks Work
- Effective productivity hacks work because they put you into a state of presence that feels connected and free.
- If you identify the desired brain state, you can be flexible about methods to reach it.
Email Trick To Beat Writer's Block
- Maria overcame writer's block by pretending she was writing an email to a friend and imagining the recipient.
- That technique reconnected her to herself and unlocked writing flow.
Target The State, Not The Tool
- Notice the internal state you need to access and design multiple ways to get there instead of blaming tools when they fail.
- Experiment with different methods and stop forcing a single 'correct' tool.
