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🎙️ Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1!

We're kicking off the new season with an eye-opening conversation featuring the brilliant Fabienne Vailes! Fabienne joins us to chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis and how she’s reframing the entire experience – not as a label, but as a tool for self-growth and understanding.

✨ Key Discussion Points:

• Redefining ADHD Diagnosis: Fabienne shares how an ADHD diagnosis doesn’t have to be limiting. Instead, it’s a way to better understand ourselves, especially as women who’ve been navigating life without knowing about our neurodivergence.

• ADHD and Flow: We talk about Fabienne’s preferred term, "ADHF" (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Flow), and how thinking of ADHD as a flow rather than a disorder brings a positive shift in perspective.

• Balancing Highs and Lows: From the exhilarating highs of ADHD to the darker moments, Fabienne opens up about the emotional rollercoaster and how she’s learned to manage those shifts with mindfulness, self-compassion, and tools she’s picked up along the way.

• Navigating Perimenopause and ADHD: Fabienne shares her personal journey of experiencing perimenopause and how it amplified some of her ADHD symptoms, prompting her to seek a diagnosis later in life.

• Pathologizing vs. Flourishing: We dive into Fabienne’s research on flourishing and how she questions the need to pathologize neurodivergent brains in systems designed for neurotypicals. What if we embraced ADHD as a different way of thriving?

• Self-Care and Ecological Self: Fabienne talks about the importance of self-care and how we need to nurture our “ecological self” to be the best versions of ourselves, for both us and those we love.

• The Power of Being: We reflect on how ADHD women often fall into the trap of doing instead of being. Fabienne encourages us to embrace the art of "being" and allow space for growth, rather than constant productivity.

Check out Fabienne's work and projects:⁠Flourishing Education Website⁠⁠

⁠⁠Flourishing Education Podcast⁠⁠

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