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🌞 Helping adults with ADHD realise their shine! 🌞

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04/06/2025

✨ Daily Motivation ✨
"Your brain may start resisting. But once you begin, it gets easier."

Sound familiar? You want to get started, but suddenly you're scrolling, staring at the wall, or deep-diving into something completely unrelated. That’s not laziness. That’s resistance. And it’s something many ADHD brains know all too well.

Our brains often see tasks as huge, unclear, or overwhelming, and the instinct is to avoid. But here’s the thing: the hardest part is starting. Truly. Once you take that first step, even just opening the tab, writing one sentence, or putting one sock away, something shifts.

🌞The task stops feeling quite so heavy.
🌞The pressure starts to ease.
🌞Your momentum kicks in, and suddenly, you're in it.

It doesn’t have to feel easy at first it just has to begin. Don’t wait for the motivation. Start, and let the motivation catch up with you.

You’ve done hard things before. You can do this too. 💛

03/06/2025

🌿 Daily Motivation 🌿
"Small steps count. A little progress forward is better than no progress at all."

It’s so easy to fall into the trap of thinking we have to do everything perfectly or all at once. But real progress? It often looks like baby steps, messy efforts, and doing what you can when you can.

Especially with ADHD, we can be all or nothing thinkers, so if we can’t finish the whole task, we feel like it’s not worth starting. But the truth is: every little bit counts.

✨️ Brushed your teeth today? Win.
✨️ Opened the laptop, even if you didn’t get far? Still progress.
✨️ Sent one email, made one phone call, and folded a few clothes? That’s momentum.

You’re not falling behind. You’re building forward in your own time, in your own way. Be proud of the small steps. They’re not small at all when you add them up.

You've got this. 💛

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02/06/2025

✨ Daily Motivation for ADHD Minds ✨
"You don’t have to feel motivated to start. You just have to start."

So often we wait for that perfect moment, for when we feel energised, focused, or inspired. But here’s the truth: waiting for motivation is like waiting for a train that’s not on the schedule.

🌱 Action creates momentum.
🧠 Momentum creates clarity.
💥 And that leads to motivation.

Whether it’s sending that email, tidying one corner of the room, or opening the laptop. One small step is all it takes to get the ball rolling. Don’t overthink it. Just begin.

💡 You are capable. You are powerful. Even on the messy, low-energy days.

You don’t need to feel “ready.” You just need to start.

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20/05/2025

🧠✨ ADHD Fun Fact + Tips & Tricks ✨🧠

Did you know? People with ADHD often have something called "time blindness" ⏰ That means your brain might struggle to feel how much time has passed or how much time you actually have before that appointment!

🛠️ Quick fix: Try using a visual timer (like a countdown clock or a sand timer) to see time moving. It helps make the abstract concept of time more real—so you're less likely to get stuck in hyperfocus or end up late (again 😅).

💡 Bonus tip: Set your timer in a visible spot and pair it with a sound you like to help it stick!

You’re not “bad at time” your brain just experiences it differently. And with the right tools, you can totally work with that.

14/05/2025

Did you know you can still be a boss ass successful person AND have a messy car or a messy house. Did you know you can still give good advice and add value to the conversation even if you interrupt sometimes and find it difficult to apply your good advice to your own life. You can still be smart and intelligent AND forget your washing in the machine for the 16th time. You can still be good at self care and looking after yourself AND forget to brush your teeth some days.
Don't be so hard on yourself. Your brain is wired differently. The things that come easy to others don't come easy to people with adhd. Stop holding yourself to society's standards. Doing so only causes you suffering, constantly making yourself feel inferior. Drive to work in that messy car and kick arse at your job. Feel no shame. Having a messy car literally doesn't hurt anyone, except you if you keep caring about it and think people will think you're a loser if they see it. Have you ever gotten into a car that's messy and thought omg this person should be so ashamed they are so gross what an absolute loser, and kept thinking about how much of a loser they are for the rest of the week? No, you haven't! So, F everyone else. Just be yourself.

13/05/2025

Be yourself! You are wonderful.

Having adhd is hard, trust me, I know!

All my life, I didn't fit in. I was bullied by my peers for being different even though I tried so hard to fit in. I often came home from school in tears, and I didn't understand why no one wanted to be my friend. My mum used to tell me that I was just "special," and it was okay to not be like everyone else because that would make me boring.

While her intentions were pure and came from a good place, it made me feel like there was no one else in the world like myself and that I was the only one that struggled the way I struggled. I felt alone.

When I was finally diagnosed 4 days before my 29th birthday, my life finally made sense, and I didn't feel so alone anymore. There were people, lots of people, out there just like me! And I could finally let down my mask because I had a reason why I was so "weird" and different. While labels aren't excuses for maladaptive behaviours, they can give reason and help people not feel so alone. They can also help other people understand you when you don't respond or behave in a "typical" or socially expected and acceptable way.

Now, just because you have a reason doesn't mean that the feeling of inferiority or frustration or imposter syndrome magically disappears. Society puts a lot of expectations onto you, especially if you're a woman. Keeping the house clean, cooking dinner, looking after the kids, even just looking after yourself, the endless piles of washing, intimate relationships, and of course the job, the career, keeping on top of bills, your finances... that s**t is so darn hard! Even for just a "normal" person, it's a million times harder when you have adhd!

That's why the first step in figuring out how to navigate life with adhd is learning how to accept yourself for who you are! Learning how to accept how your brain works! And nurturing yourself in who you truly are, not what society expects you to be. Did you know you can still be successful in life and a little bit messy or forget about that load of washing for the 3rd time? An adhd coach can help you realise this and more!

12/05/2025

How many diary or day planners do you own?
How many times have you tried to convince yourself that you'll start journalling only to lose momentum a day or two later?
How many shiny new ones have you bought convincing yourself this is the one that will stick?

Don't worry, I have fallen for that trap too.
Why doesn't it work for us adhd girlies?
Because it can very hard to stay motivated to complete tasks when the only person holding you accountable to completing it is you, also with no deadline or due date.

There's a reason you suddenly get that burst of motivation to clean the house in 20mins flat when a friend says they're coming around.
Lingering deadline at work? You smash a whole monthly report the day before it's due in a caffeine and adrenaline fueled frenzy.
When you have adhd your brain runs when it has sufficient dopamine, not off pure good intentions and sheer will power.

This is why an adhd coach can be so beneficial. Not only will they assist you in accepting yourself for who you are and your fabulously different brain wiring, but they will help you discover ways of doing things that work for you, and hold you accountable to yourself and give you those oh so needed deadlines to get things done!

If you want to find out more about what an adhd does feel free to dm me! Happy shining with adhd ✨️

11/05/2025

Mini Story Time:

I walked into the kitchen to make a cup of tea.
Saw the plant needed watering.
Went to get the watering can.
Noticed my laundry pile.
Started folding clothes.
Found a sock I’ve been missing for 3 months.
Celebrated like I found buried treasure.
Went to message my friend about the sock.
Opened Instagram.
Scrolled for 25 minutes.
Realized I was thirsty.
Walked into the kitchen to make a cup of tea.

And that, my friends, is the ADHD loop. No tea was made. The sock is now my emotional support object.

10/05/2025

Did you know women are much more likely and often more efficient at masking their adhd symtpoms compared to men? That's one reason why women are more likely to receive a late diagnosis or be misdiagnosed or not receive a diagnosis at all.

Masking is when we hide or campouflage our symptoms so the rest of the world can't see the things we struggle with. It's often done by copying what "normal" people do in similar situations in order to "fit in" socially.

Masking often comes from a place of shame or fear of others seeing the "real" you. You don't see anyone else acting the way you feel, so it must be "wrong" so you pretend you don't feel it.

Women can become so efficent at masking that they don't even realise they are doing it anymore. It becomes so hard to identify with your true feelings.

Constantly hiding who you really are is exhausting and can lead to burn out, leaving you with even less energy to keep on top of everything. You're not lazy, you're exhausted from existing and trying to function in a world that was not designed for your type of brain's optimal functioning.

06/05/2025

You are not lazy. You are not broken.
Your brain is wired for brilliance - just in a world that wasn’t built for it.
Give yourself grace, follow your spark, and remember:
You don’t have to do it all to be enough.

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