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The journey is like a table set for family. You can plan so much. Where so and so will sit so everyone fits well in plac...
08/14/2023

The journey is like a table set for family. You can plan so much. Where so and so will sit so everyone fits well in place. The Colour of napkins. Should I have pickles? How much do I put on the table? Don’t want to overwhelm people. Juice? Wine? Water? Soda?

The meal. Serve? Pick up yourself? Is the gravy too salty? Do I have enough? Am I enough? Will they see that I couldn’t do it? Is the food still hot? Is it dry?

So life is about showing up. The chaos of the brain can ultimately lead to missing which was greater. Yes preparing and arranging is important. But better of these is the connection and being in the moment. Allowing your brain to focus and be there instead of being over there, in the garden, seeing a w**d and wondering how you could pluck it out quickly without someone noticing.

Grab the napkin, pour the liquid and simply say and mean, “How was your day?” Imperfections and w**ds are always allowed and invited at the table.

Being neurodivergent means many things to many people. It is as diverse as the sands on the beach. To me, it means I am ...
04/23/2023

Being neurodivergent means many things to many people. It is as diverse as the sands on the beach. To me, it means I am far from typical and more expressive than normal. My brain embraces every detail in a room from the colour in the left hand corner of a pillow to a fingerprint on a distant window yet it misses where I left my keys.

I shine, actually beam, in a tragedy but seem to cringe in the smallest of decisions.

I can function and control the emotional temperature of any room, appearing as the life of the party but crash and seek solitude at home.

I am Jeff. I enjoy drinking coffee with friends. It seems to taste better alone. I love petting and cuddling my dogs. I hate when they lick me. I cannot handle cold water on my skin. It takes me forever to get into water. I can swim for hours. Hot showers make me angry like 1000000 needles going into my skin. There is something to Goldie locks and the just right. So my whole body fights against me and I choose to smile. I cry in the perfect warm shower.

I’m neurodivergent. This is what it means for me. What’s your story? Your abnormally normal is beautiful. It is you.

Wow that fire is hot. It is uncontrolled, unruly, irrational, without rhyme or reason; dangerous.So why are you so attra...
04/17/2023

Wow that fire is hot. It is uncontrolled, unruly, irrational, without rhyme or reason; dangerous.

So why are you so attracted and can’t look away?

Never hate who you are. The fire they see is nothing compared to the source that ignites you.

The ADHD liar. There are moments when the ADHD brain reads into the simple and makes it complex. Let’s use an example. Y...
04/10/2023

The ADHD liar. There are moments when the ADHD brain reads into the simple and makes it complex. Let’s use an example. You come home after work. You great everyone in the house. You ask how are you.? People respond., “ good.” This is a rational answer. The ADHD brain has an irrational reaction. We hear, we have done something wrong. We need to fix it. People around us don’t like us. We look for ways to make people happy. We get overwhelmed with our thoughts. What did we do wrong? Why are they upset? This builds to the point that are irrational parts make us believe that the people around us, who are simply relaxing, have actually told us they do not like us.

Going undiagnosed, and without proper tools in the toolbox, create pages in the story that never existed. It is important to take the proper steps to seek the right helps. Once you do this, you can look back at the story and the pages that were irrational begin to fade away.

Living with ADHD has the tendency to add volumes to the story. The ADHD brain creates lies to the resident. One may say you can’t blame ADHD. Yet, until one has the tools to properly read the story, words, actions, body language and rational tones become death traps of the mind. So, how am I feeling? Good! Don’t worry. There is nothing to overthink here. I’m just enjoying reading the story with my rational lenses on. Thanks to my family, friends, counsellors (yes I have 3) Dr. and Vyvanse for making every day a little clearer and the story more condensed.

02/14/2023

When you get it, you get it. When you don’t, you usually judge.

The frustration of forgetting where you park. For some a joke. Today 25 mins of looking lead to a total emotional breakd...
02/10/2023

The frustration of forgetting where you park. For some a joke. Today 25 mins of looking lead to a total emotional breakdown. Crying in the parking lot. Continuously pushing the lock button to hear a beep. Finally the sound of the beep. I arrive to the car. I panic because I am sure I lost the keys. The honk still happening. Amazing how my left hand couldn’t tell my right the keys are right here. You are ok. Today I do not feel ok.

Did I mention this is everyday? As I sit here in the car, I am flooded with feelings of embarrassment. I ask why didn’t you just call someone to help you be rational? (I thought about that 1000000x). The embarrassment of ADHD can cripple you over the simplest of tasks. Smart enough to solve world hunger but emotionally wrecked and frozen in the eternal loop of embarrassment, uselessness and shame.

And then people say, “why didn’t you take a note in your phone? A picture? Set location? These are perfect suggestions for the person who isn’t consumed with keys, phone, money, jacket, the door, is it shut, did I lock it, are you sure, I think I need to p*e, wait! Do I have my phone, keys…..

Now to the hospital for an appointment where I have to park this thing again. Wish me luck.

I may sound arrogant but I’m really overcompensating for my lack of confidence. I’ve learned that when I share any idea ...
02/10/2023

I may sound arrogant but I’m really overcompensating for my lack of confidence.

I’ve learned that when I share any idea I end up presenting it as if it were the most amazing thing ever said.

I mean to say, “hmmmm. Mexican chicken sandwiches. Sounds good. Should we put it on the menu?”

What is heard is, “I woke up this morning and the most incredible idea came to my mind. MEXICAN……CHICKEN…SANDWICHES. We should add this to the menu immediately.”

Problem. In all honestly, if people thought it wasn’t a good idea, I would be fine. But, because of my passionate presentation followed with my push for immediate response, people usually feel they can’t say no and do not want to crush my dreams.

You know I am as passionate about talking about taking a p**p as I am about planning a vacation? It is the lack of confidence in myself that leads me to give over the top suggestions.

Also, people need to know I was probably up all night rethinking, retweaking and rehearsing how I was going to say it. What I would look like? Who would reject me (not the idea)? Why would anyone listen to me? They will see me as a failure and the list goes on.

Not to mention if someone in the meeting gave me a strong look because they were thinking about what I said. And why would I need to give all the details? Can’t they just understand what I’m saying? I’m making it clear..:.but clearly I’m not.

So the arrogant way I seem at times is the result of trying to simply make a complete sentence that I won’t judge myself for later. And I still think a Mexican chicken sandwich sounds good even if you don’t.

We new. Like the gram.
02/09/2023

We new. Like the gram.

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