Shanna Pearson, an ADHD coach with over 26 years of experience, discusses the unique struggles faced by women with ADHD, including feelings of being unlovable and the impact of rejection sensitive dysphoria. She emphasizes the importance of embracing neurodiversity and redefining success beyond societal norms. Shanna critiques typical ADHD perceptions in healthcare and shares practical strategies for managing symptoms. Her insights on turning ADHD into a superpower highlight the transformative potential of understanding and accepting one’s differences.
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Mission: Practical, Individualized Help
Shanna Pearson defines her mission as spreading what actually works for people with ADHD and refusing one-size-fits-all scaling.
She emphasizes individualized coaching because every person with ADHD is different.
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Procrastination Is Emotional, Not Just Practical
Emotional factors like mood and self-esteem drive procrastination more than time-management deficits.
Teaching tools won’t work unless the client believes and feels able to use them.
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Use Motion To Connect With Yourself
Use intentional movement (walking/running) to quiet a racing ADHD mind and ask yourself coaching-style questions.
Capture answers during motion to reconnect with your inner self and clarify goals.
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Shanna Pearson has over 26 years of experience providing one-on-one action-based coaching for easily distracted adults seeking personal, professional, and financial success.
She has designed and led focus and goal-achievement programs for executives and directors at Fortune 500 companies and world-class institutions, including Google, X, Tesla, PayPal, Pfizer, Intel, Ford Motor Company, Yale School of Medicine, Disney, Meta, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, and SpaceX—and has helped tens of thousands of adults transform their lives through her results-driven, brain-based approach.
Chapters:
01:57 Shanna’s mission
09:04 How to define ADHD
11:42 Nature vs Nurture
15:53 How to connect with your inner child
18:35 What is ‘normal’?
20:28 How to embrace your differences
21:49 The hack that’s helping thousands of ADHD adults
28:41 Tiimo advert
29:42 How to turn ADHD into a superpower
36:38 Why ADHD women were missed
41:45 Why some ADHD women feel unlovable
48:07 How to manage Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
53:00 Why ADHD women get misdiagnosed with anxiety
59:06 Shanna’s ADHD item
01:02:17 The ADHD agony aunt
01:04:32 A letter from the previous guest
Visit Shanna’s website 👉 https://www.adhdcoaching.com
Pre-order Shanna’s book 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-ADHD-Proven-Management-Scattered/dp/1035082667
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Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817
Producer: Timon Woodward
Recorded by: Hamlin Studios
Trailer Editor: Ryan Faber
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