How Do We Release Our Internal ADHD Pressure and Expectations?

In this episode of More Yourself, I'm sharing a clip from a recent SEED Talk I presented back in July, focusing on how we can work with our uniquely wonderful ADHD brains, rather than against them.

Understanding our ADHD brain is a key element of healing, but we don't have to face this as though it is something new. We have always been neurodivergent, but we may not have had the language or awareness to understand it before.

The modern world asks us to constantly perform, engage in challenging environments and overcompensate to fit in, but this can be exhausting. When we begin to find self-compassion, honour our unique experiences, we can tune into our bodies and take small, intentional steps toward self-care, self-regulation, and authenticity. In turn, self-trust releases the need for external validation and reclaims a life that feels more aligned, more spacious, and more true to who we are.

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What I discuss:

• Some of the deepest pressures we carry come from within, shaped by internalised expectations and perfectionism. • How to better understand your personal bandwidth by noticing the people, environments, and choices that either energise or deplete you. • How to break intergenerational cycles of burnout, overwhelm and people pleasing through creating a supportive environment. • Understanding your priorities and asking yourself what you want to let go of. • How creativity, breathwork, and other self-regulation tools can gently support you through anxiety and depression. • The healing power of self-advocacy, and what can happen when you give yourself full permission to rest, take up space, and just be.

Timestamps:

• 00:05 - The Recognition of Neurodiversity • 01:51 - Understanding Our Neurodivergent Experiences • 06:10 - Understanding Burnout and Setting Boundaries • 09:09 - Embracing Change and Letting Go • 14:12 - The Importance of Self-Regulation and Asking for Help • 15:19 - The Power of Self-Acceptance and Permission

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