ADHD, resilience, breaking down misconceptions and exploring how those with ADHD can harness their unique strengths to build true resilience.
In This Episode:
- Understanding Resilience: What does resilience really mean for those with ADHD? clue: It’s not about ignoring your emotions or pushing through no matter what; it’s about adaptability and flexibility in the face of challenges.
- The Misconceptions of Resilience: Why has resilience gained a negative reputation and how these perceptions can be harmful, especially when they ignore systemic issues and individual mental health needs.
- Strategies for Building Resilience:
- SODAS Method: Situation, Options, Disadvantages, Advantages, Solution. A structured approach to problem-solving that can help when you're feeling overwhelmed.
- STOP Method: Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed. A simple technique to manage emotional dysregulation and ensure thoughtful responses to stress.
- Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity: How practices like mindfulness can alter brain function, supported by insights from neuroscience, to enhance resilience in the ADHD brain.
Key Quotes from the Episode:
- "Instead of thinking about resilience as never feeling down, ignoring our emotions, pushing on no matter what's happening around us—that isn't resilience."
- "Resilience is actually more about adaptability. Becoming flexible and changing with the circumstances and requirements that we find ourselves facing."
Listener Interaction:
- Question of the Week: How do you define resilience? Has your perception changed after listening to today’s episode?
- Call to Action: Share your thoughts on resilience and any strategies you’ve found effective. Connect with me on @adhd_coach_katherine
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Dr Neff - self compassion
Stop Scan Shift - download here
Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory - https://neurodivergentpractitioners.org/
Cameron Gott - ADHD Pyramid of Needs. https://www.camerongott.com/hierarchy-of-adhd-needs
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