Recovery and the ADHD Advantage

A 6-week program to liberate women from outdated ADHD stigmas so they can have a kickass life in recovery

How to work with your busy brain, strong emotions, and overactive nervous system while in recovery…
with ADHD (and we’re all in recovery for something!)

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This class is designed to assist you with navigating the complexities of being human

particularly if you have ADHD and are in recovery. Our culture has forgotten to appreciate us for our spectacular gifts and talents, and you may need some reminders so you can:

  • Exorcise the cultural narrative about what it means to be ADHD and enjoy your natural abilities

  • Understand why ADHD made you more vulnerable to SUD (substance use disorder)

  • Gain unique perspectives about ADHD that can’t be found anywhere else

  • Understand and work well with your idea-filled mind and strong emotions

  • Ease your overactive nervous system

  • Understand what lights you up and let it set the world on fire

  • Direct your energy and avoid burnout

  • Decide which of your genius ideas are worthy of your time

  • Stop worrying so much and have more fun

  • Make peace with your past

  • Find relief from looping thoughts

  • Enjoy and relax more

Stop “managing symptoms” and instead work with your own neuro-brilliance

With ADHD, all aspects of humanity are magnified. It can be challenging to be labeled as ADHD when we haven't been taught the basic human operating instructions in the first place.

As people with ADHD, we feel our nervous system and emotions more intensely than others and lack the dopamine to ease our way.

We can rediscover how to be human by bringing our whole selves - mind, body, and soul - back on board as guides and advisors.

Everyone’s experience with ADHD varies

  • You may have loads of energy all the time, or you may have loads of energy and then feel overwhelmed and exhausted.

  • You may frequently lose things or you may have a defined home for everything.

  • You may be hard on yourself or REALLY hard on yourself. 

  • You may be an idea machine yet get “the look” when you brainstorm out loud. 

We all have different experiences with ADHD - I could fill up five pages - but please know your experience is valuable in ways you have yet to discover.

Because ADHD helped me question societal norms I was able to:

  • Write a book (despite being told I wouldn’t finish it) because I knew instinctively it would help me heal mind, body and soul.

  • I healed from chronic pain because if western medicine didn't have an answer, I’d find one

  • I quit several addictions by bringing innovative ideas to standard recovery 

  • I instinctively trusted my own body and inner wisdom because I wasn’t hampered by a mind that had to do things in a conventional manner. I made a lot of changes despite skepticism from others. 

  • I greatly lessened anxiety by intuiting how useful ADHD would have been to our ancient ancestors and translating that usefulness to my own life and now this class.

  • Gained insight into how humans have lost their way.

A bit about my experience… as an example

Before my ADHD diagnosis, I had lots of energy and ideas but often felt, unlike now, overwhelmed. I finished projects, but at great cost to my physical, emotional, and mental health. My nervous system felt revved-up all the time. I felt trapped in work or school situations. Although I can get loads done, I absolutely can’t perform like a robot like sitting at a desk all day working on a computer.

Early in life I came to resent the word sensitive. I was constantly told I was too sensitive which left me overwhelmed with anxiety, making achieving anything nearly impossible. I was a confused mess of self-loathing.

I resented carrying out other people's agendas and struggled with anxiety, depression, and financial dependence. I cycled between diffuse focus and hyper-focus, multitasking like mad only to burn out. Brilliant ideas slipped away. While I had endless enthusiasm and amazing persistence at times, I would also find myself restless and disconnected.

I continued to work hard at everything but also continued to beat myself up for not being able to quiet my mind without substances. I was also hard on myself for not falling in love with recovery right away like others did.

I was a Mind-Body Coach in recovery when I was diagnosed with ADHD.

I felt fortunate to have that perspective because I was already working and playing well with my emotions, nervous system, mind, and intuition when I learned about ADHD from my therapist (who’s also similarly blessed).

The first time we met he said, “I’m ADHD and for me that can mean not always being able to maintain eye contact.”

I said, “I’m the same way. Please tell me more.” 

He went on to describe ADHD and made my entire life make sense. Each week I’d bring more questions and we’d dive into the answers and share our unique POV with each other. 

The more I learned the freer I felt. The more I applied the ancient Hunter/Gatherer POV the more it made sense that ADHD was a natural ability. 

I made sense. I wasn't damaged, bad or wrong. The abuse I’d suffered could be healed. 

I'm rarely bored and am filled with ideas and curiosity (and can now better choose which ideas get my time and energy). I don’t take on every burden in the world because that kind of despair depletes me and keeps me from helping anyone at all. Substance Use Disorder is a vague memory. I get loads done but can also slow down if I’m feeling depleted (major change!). I go with my intuition, spontaneity, need for fun and my natural rhythm of rest and relaxation. 

I want this for you as well. 

Following the innate genius of your ADHD may seem counterintuitive because we’ve been told we’re just not normal.

But that is such good news because ADHD offers clues on how to readjust our focus and energy to follow the wisdom of our bodies and nuero-brillance.

We have all the extra credit we just need some help tapping in. 

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