Phenomenally ADHD

What makes hyperactivity an advantage rather than an ADHD trait that gets in the way of your personal, professional and social life showing up as excessive talking, restlessness and always being “on the go”? This episode explores ways in which you can channel the abundant energy that comes with hyperactivity and how creating some distance between yourself and unwanted behaviors will help prevent i...

Are you aware of, recognize and honor all the advantages ADHD brings in the workplace? Yes, there a many upsides to having a brain that functions differently. Looking at ADHD differently changes the way you see yourself and allows you to start or focus even more on your strengths. In this episode, I share the benefits you have at work, thanks to ADHD, the contradictions we face and how to overcome...

Does connecting with the little girl or boy you once were something you find challenging or are uncomfortable with? f your answer to that question is yes, know that it is a challenge for most of us. We get busy with life, work, family, take ourselves too seriously, have responsibilities and we’ve been taught that’s what it is to be an adult. That’s bull because it creates a huge gap between the ad...

Do you find it hard to keep a structure and follow your routine in the summer time? This might be a challenge no matter what season it is, but for some ADHDers (read me here LOL) this time of year makes it even more challenging. How do you manage to not have your good habits fly out the window without skipping the fun? In this episode, I am sharing what I'm struggling with right now, how I deal wi...

Travelling can be fun for some and a hassle for others living with ADHD but in either case, what’s the most challenging is the getting ready part because it requires executive functions that are not all that cooperative when you have a unique brain wiring. Planning, organizing, decision making and time management can make it extremely hard to pack a suitcase. And it doesn’t matter if the trip or v...

Whether it comes from low self-esteem, fear of being judged or criticized, lack of confidence or limiting beliefs, minimizing what you are great at and talented in is stealing away your brilliance. For the 30th episode of the Phenomenally Podcast, I’m going up close and personal with what it’s been like to stay focused, committed and dedicated to the ongoing goal to help change the way you see ADH...

In some contexts, pressure is one of your ADHD brain’s enemies. If you find yourself in a situation where there’s too much pressure OR that creates it, your symptoms can go haywire, without you even knowing it. That’s without mentioning the pressure you put on yourself as an ADHDers and sometimes, it’s for all the wrong reasons. But how do you know you’re being ambushed by more pressure that you c...

  Is eating something challenging for you? From deciding what to eat, to grocery shopping and preparing meals, people with ADHD often face multiple challenges in the kitchen. What you eat has repercussions on symptoms like attention, concentration, behavior, emotional dysregulation, hyperactivity. Not to mention that people with ADHD metabolize sugar differently, are prone to be more sensitiv...

This week I invite you on a road trip to find out what are the important things you’ve accomplished since the beginning of the year because with an ADHD brain, it’s easy to lose sight of all the great and wonderful things we have done. It’s a simple step by step exercise that will also bring clarity and help you find the adjustments needed to bring you closer to where you want to be at the end of...

Holy smokes…the end of the school year. How challenging it can be. Can you remember how it was for you as a kid? For me it wasn’t always easy. There are a lot of transitions and endings happening at the same time when the school year ends. It’s as if the intensity in the energy is greater, emotions are conflicting and kids with ADHD tend to have a more difficult time than other kids do. If this is...

How many books have you bought and not read yet? How many books have you started and read a little bit of one, a little bit of another one and so on? Do you have different books in different places in your house? Maybe you have one on your bedside table that you read before going to bed, one in the bathroom and another one in the living room. We’re definitely lifelong students that never get tired...

The coaching process for ADHD is designed as a pause where the coach and the client explore together just what your particular reality is so that you can identify and employ strategies and skills. One way you benefit from it is that it helps minimize the effects of ADHD symptoms on your daily life and allows you to achieve your personal and professional goals with less struggles or feeling of not...

If you suspect you may have ADHD or it’s a recent thing in your life, knowing what’s up next can feel as if you’re in a scavenger hunt and feeling confused because you don’t understand any of the clues. It’s easy to get lost with all the information that is available to you and in this episode, I decided to put my journalist hat on to help you gain clarity so you have a better idea of the directio...

Masking and compensation ADHD symptoms is a coping mechanism that can develop as early as childhood and you might hide inattention or impulsivity challenges without even knowing it. ADHD is a big puzzle to try and assemble. It is complex, full of paradoxes and it can be confusing even though knowing you have a uniquely wired brain answers a lot of questions. In this episode, you'll discover the ma...

«I don’t feel like I am living up to my full potential» is something I often hear in coaching and it’s also something that I’ve been struggling with as a woman living with ADHD. Such a belief takes a toll on our self-esteem, impacts our sense of accomplishment and feeling of not being enough. It can also make us feel useless because we somehow believe that what we do is not what we know we are cap...

Highly sensitive persons (HSP’s) get overwhelmed faster by stimulation and they need to take frequent breaks throughout the day to ensure they don’t exceed the capacity of what they can take in. Reading the generic at the movie theater or needing some alone time after a music concert to bring down the arousal level is sometimes required for HSP’s to let out what they’ve taken in. In this episode w...

When something gets to us and the response comes from impulse, because it collides with our values or we feel it’s wrong, we communicate in a different way than when we take the time to step back. That can be the case when responding to an email or commenting on a social media platform. In this episode, we look at how the four communication styles can help us improve and elevate our communication....

Feeling awkward in a conversation because we said something that is way off topic. Interrupting people in the middle of a sentence because we think we already know what they’re going to say. Being unable to gather thoughts or find the words to say what we want to say. These are all challenges that are part of the wide range of difficulty when it comes to ADHD. It impacts our relationship with our...

If getting your income taxes done or ready for your accountant to do them for you has you completely overwhelmed and pressured by the deadline this episode is for you as we look at boredom and what triggers it for ADHDers. You will discover the 4 internal factors and the 5 external ones that lead to boredom, what to do to move past it and how your focus is either getting in the way or helping you...

The intensity with which we, adults with ADHD, experience life can reach levels that often feels unbearable. So much so that we get easily drained and exhausted emotionally. And with the complexity of both ADHD and emotions, the easiest thing to do is avoiding the pain instead of working through it. Even if emotional-regulation is something that we struggle with, I don’t think it has anything to d...

Working memory is an important part of ADHD and if it’s on overtime, challenges increase in intensity. Transitioning, decision making, concentration and focus all have in common working memory. If you have difficulty holding a goal over time, forget what needs to be done and follow through, these are a few signs that working memory is underperforming.  This episode gives you an overview of wh...

Are you time insensitive or time nearsighted? If you are wondering why you are always late, forget appointments and don’t seem to have enough time, chances are you are insensitive to time. On the other hand, fearing to be late and doing everything possible to make sure you arrive on time, you are time nearsighted. But it goes farther than that. You may arrive at the end of your day with the feelin...

What if certain ADHD traits such as focus, attention and self-regulation were improved with the practice of mindfulness? In this episode I share research that demonstrates all that you gain in practicing it, even if it’s a few minutes every day and even if it’s through using an app. A study actually demonstrated how participants with ADHD who used a mindfulness app for four months were better able...

What if what you were criticized for, judged for and labeled with were your superpowers? Things you can tap into because they were converted into something you can tap into and that you turned to your advantage. Unfortunately, ADHD comes with a lot of labels and stigma. Finding your superpowers is a way to become label-proof and create a new reality and life with ADHD. In this episode, I share 5 k...

If you are sick and tired of carrying the reputation of being consistent at being inconsistent and you wish to break the «habit» great because the good news is that it's possible. We are often perceived as individual that are incapable of being consistent and that it's always going to be this way. Well, it doesn't and so you can let go of that belief, like right now and start creating a new r...