Explorations
Here you’ll find the monthly Exploration posts on a variety of ADHD challenges.
Exploration: Dealing with our super sensitivity to criticism aka Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria Part 1
When a slight of any kind (real or imagined) feels like a gut punch – why we're so incredibly sensitive to criticism, real or perceived.
Exploration: Dealing with our super sensitivity to criticism aka Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria Part 2
How to deal with an RSD attack in the moment and reduce its power over you in the long-term.
Exploration: Find focus and drop distraction Part 1
Why we struggle with focus and are easily distracted AND how we can also get lost in hyper-focus.
Exploration: Find focus and drop distraction Part 2
Practical action you can take to make it easier to pay attention to what you want or need, from steps you can take in the moment to longer-term strategies, as well as how to reduce the impact of a hyper-focus hangover.
Exploration: The relationship between our hormones and our ADHD features
With an expert in women's health and an ADHDer herself we're looking at the relationship between hormones and our ADHD features.
Exploration: Calm your overthinking brain Part 1
Why we overthink and the variety of ways we can experience it.
Exploration: Calm your overthinking brain Part 2
Practical action you can take to soothe and calm your overthinking mind.
Exploration: Overcoming procrastination Part 1
This is a big topic so I’ve split our Exploration into two parts. Part 1 focuses on why we procrastinate and find starting a task so difficult.
Exploration: Overcoming procrastination Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at several reasons why our ADHD makes task initiation so difficult and why we procrastinate so much: