Bonus: Exhale - a beginner's guide to meditation for overthinkers course
You'll be surprised at how it can help even the busiest of brains
A busy brain that has a thousand thoughts flying round it at all times is a common ADHD feature for introverted, sensitive, thoughtful (literally!) women. It can feel like your brain will never slow down or shut up.
However, there’s something that you can do as a regular practice, a habit, that will make a real difference long-term with your busy brain: meditation.
If you’ve tried meditating and found it difficult or you didn’t like it – hear me out.
As someone who could have done overthinking as an Olympic sport and brought home gold I had a lot of misconceptions and misgivings about meditation.
I thought meditation meant you had to sit still, empty your brain, chant, do it for at least 30 minutes for it to be of any use and if you got distracted you were failing miserably.
Nope. None of that is true.
Once I discovered the truth of meditation – it’s not emptying your brain it’s focusing on a specific thing, you can meditate in motion, a few (as in three) minutes makes a difference, distraction is an important part of meditation – I discovered how powerful it is for helping me with my overthinking.
Let your mind Exhale
Which is why I created a course called Exhale – A beginner’s guide to meditation for overthinkers. And, full members of the Quiet ADHD Club get access to the course as part of their membership (only available to paid subscribers).
In Exhale I gently guide you through different kinds of meditation, from three to ten minutes long so you have choice and variety to find meditations that suit you. The course explores how meditation benefits overthinkers, what it is and is not, how to incorporate meditation into your busy life, we troubleshoot obstacles and look at how to make it a supportive, sustainable habit.