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Dear Diary, Today marks two years since I started ADHD life coaching for my ADHD challenges!   My coach emailed me with a reminder and congratulated me on how far I’ve far come since I began my journey two years ago. As I read the email, I realised how much I had...

Dear diary,   Have you ever stopped in your tracks and thought? “What did I do well today?”, “Did I do something of value?”, “What are the small wins?”.   Society by nature focuses on the negatives. There’s more emphasis on our failures than our successes. Add ADHD...

Dear diary,   Have you ever stopped in your tracks and thought? “What did I do well today?”, “Did I do something of value?”, “What are the small wins?”.   Society by nature focuses on the negatives. There’s more emphasis on our failures than our successes. Add ADHD...

Dear Diary,   What I dreaded most during my school life was always PARENTS’ EVENING! I feared what the teachers would say and the resulting reactions from my parents. I dreaded feeling overcome with disappointment which would only add to what I was already feeling...

Dear Diary,   I spent years focusing on what was wrong with my days and the things I failed to accomplish. I constantly wondered what it was that I needed to change about myself. After all, society solely focused on what needed fixing and the challenges of life. This...

Dear Diary,   As an undiagnosed child, I used to sit in class, looking about at my peers in dismay. I couldn’t figure out how they were able to sit in their seats as instructed, listen, and complete their tasks peacefully while I struggled. It seemed as though they...

    Dear Diary,   Welcome to ADHD awareness month! October is the month to promote awareness of ADHD and educate people on the condition.   While it is great that awareness-raising on ADHD is assigned to a month of the year, I do wonder if there is...

Dear Diary,   When I moved to the east, something I noticed was how neurodiversity and mental health were regarded as taboo. If you were labelled, you would be considered as unusual or an odd one out. This never sat well with me and it took me a long time to realise...

Dear Diary,   When I was a child, I used to be described as a whirlwind of emotions and even seen as a real Jekyll and Hyde because of my contrasting moods. While these comparisons were drawn many years back, the observations hold true yet to this day. My...

Dear Diary,   This week I’ve been thinking a lot about individuals with ADHD. About their ability to seek help and support to learn and live with their ADHD rather than against it. I feel that this is one of the hardest steps after a diagnosis. There’s a sense of...