TOP 3 ADHD AREAS TO FOCUS ON FIRST
One of the biggest challenges that women in business have when they also have ADHD is that they are often self-taught in a lot of areas. They are avid learners whether their interest is tractor mechanics, income generation, or book writing. Why is this a challenge? What I have learned over the years is that the biggest issues cannot be self-taught because trying to turn a top challenge into a Do-It-Yourself project never addresses the deepest and most nuanced aspects, because only a professional has experienced enough of these nuances to recognize them when they surface. Here are the ADHD aspects to focus on first, and with a professional:
START HERE. Do not skip this.
Any unresolved grief or anger you may have about your diagnosis. Anything that takes away your focus is depreciating your abilities and your success. ADHD Coaching can help with this, and you may also need a therapist on your team. I often team up with therapists as part of a client’s “Health Team” (with signed permission from the client) and I find that the possibilities are endless.
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (or RSD). Holy Moly! This one pops up regularly, and it can be achingly distressing, demoralizing, and debilitating. The voice you hear criticizing you sounds, often, like your own, so it’s difficult to understand that while the pain is real, the things the voice is saying are not true. With the close-to-unlimited ADHD Agility Coaching, those regular invasive thoughts lessen because we can address it together in real time. I also recommend the books, “Taming Your Gremlin,” by Rick Carson, and “No Bad Parts” by Richard Schwartz.
Time Management. Time Management is THE most important skill for people with ADHD. If you don’t understand how time works, it’s very difficult to maintain friendships, show up for family, or make money. The tricky part is that most people relegate Time Management to an Executive Function issue. The assumptions is that it’s a Pre-Frontal Cortex challenge. I’m not scientist, but I know that Executive Function coaching often fails those people with Time Management issues, and I’ve had clients with Executive Function challenges that don’t have Time Management challenges and those clients have 1 salient skill in common. I believe Time Management is a body issue, more akin to gut feelings. I’ll talk more about this next week, but to get some idea of the issue, check out this article.
Cheers til next week!
xo, Yafa
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