In this episode of Adventures with ADHD, I’m chatting with Kaye Heyes, a coach, hypnotherapist, supervisor and focusing practitioner who supports highly sensitive, autistic and ADHD people to stop relying on willpower and start discovering their Waypower. We talk about what happens when you spend years overriding your body, pushing through exhaustion and trying to make yourself function according to rules that simply don't work for your neurodivergent brain. Kaye explains the difference between willpower, which can leave us depleted and stuck in a cycle of “I should…” and “I need to…”, and Waypower, which is about finding your own route, trusting yourself and learning to listen to what your body is telling you. We also dive into focusing, a practice that helps you tune into your body's felt sense and notice what is happening beneath the surface. Kaye shares how learning to listen to her body has changed how she lives, works, coaches and relates to other people. And then we get into one of my favourite parts of the conversation: time. Kaye introduces the different ways the ancient Greeks thought about time, including Chronos, chronological clock-and-calendar time, and Kairos, the sense of the right or opportune moment. We explore what this might mean for ADHDers who are often labelled as procrastinators when they may actually be waiting for the moment when something feels possible. Kaye Heyes is a WayPower Guide, enabling highly sensitive and neurodivergent solopreneurs to step out of willpower and into their WayPower, increasing their self-trust and body-wise intuition. Kaye is a specialist AuDHD coach, hypnosis and Focusing practitioner, Master NLP practitioner, and coaching supervisor, who specialises in helping creatives, coaches and solo business owners redesign their relationship with time, success and their inbox. Connect with Kay: https://kayeheyes.com/
