Navigating Adult ADHD with Xena Jones Xena Jones

Your capacity is the amount of mental, emotional & physical energy you have to be able to "human" & get things done each day. Everything you do will either add to your energy levels in the "tank" or take away from them. Just like a car that can run out of gas - we need to be checking in with ourselves & be mindful of refuelling or checking how much gas we have left for the day. Are you spending your mental, physical & emotional energy where you WANT to ...

As ADHDers many of us learned to people-please from a young age... Making it hard to say no. This is one of the many ways we masked our ADHD & tried to meet the neurotypical expectations that society placed on us.But when we say yes to one thing… we are saying no to another. In this episode you’ll learn: Why adults with ADHD can be quick to say yes & can struggle with saying noHow I handled saying no last week & all the drama my brain had about doing itSelf-coaching...

Have you ever called yourself a people-pleaser? I’m Xena & I am a recovering people-pleaser.I cared so much about what other people thought of me & would prioritise the needs & desires of my friends, family or colleagues, above my own. And by doing this I was telling myself that my needs & what I wanted weren’t as important... Further adding to my insecurities & lack of self-worth. Overtime I became a chameleon - I didn’t know who I was or what I really like...

This is an alternative therapy I use to manage my ADHD symptoms & help regulate & process my emotions... When I'm in fight or flight, experiencing physical or emotional pain, need help focusing or getting out of my head, I use EFT Tapping. EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique also known as “tapping” - because you are tapping on various meridian points around your body to calm your nervous system (watch my video demo HERE) This usually results in a reduction...

Time blindness is a common symptom of ADHD. Time for us is either now or not now. This is why you might struggle to set goals or never feel like you achieve them. This episode is NOT about giving you more tips & tricks (because if they worked, they would have worked already!)This episode gets to the root cause of why we mismanage our time & exactly how to become good at time management & getting sh*t done. DR Russell Barkley, Ph.D., is well know for saying "ADHD i...

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