How to embrace Neurodiversity in the workplace | Guest: Margaux Joffe

⭐️ Registration for the Spring Season of Coaching & Accountability Groups is happening now!  Go to coachingrewired.com to get your name added to our spring interest list and start your preregistration process!  Our next registration event is on Thursday, February 2nd at 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern.  That’s coachingrewired.com to get started!  – – –  In this episode, Eric is joined by Jamie Walsh. Jamie is a husband, father of 4, and business owner with ADHD.  Before coaching, he worked in higher education for 16 years, he earned his B.A. from Providence College and a Masters of Science degree from Boston College.  Jamie also completed a certification program for coaching teens and college students with ADHD from JST Coaching and Training.  With over 20 years of experience in various school environments, consulting for organizations, as well as his own personal journey, Jamie is passionate about making a difference in the lives of struggling learners and wants to empower clients to believe in themselves.  You’ll hear Eric and Jamie talk about shame, resilience, and adulting. Then, you will also hear them engage in a coaching session about impulsivity, emotional regulation, the importance of exercise, rejection sensitivity, and creating routines.  Learn more about Jamie:  Instagram: @anchor_coaching Website: AnchorADHD.com Jamie’s Linktree for more:   Other Questions/Topics Answered in this Episode: [00:02:13] Jamie shares his story about the impact ADHD had on his life before receiving a diagnosis.  [00:04:60] “I changed jobs about every two years.” [00:06:25] Jamie recounts his experience while getting through an ADHD evaluation. [00:08:04] “(ADHD) has nothing to do with your intelligence.”  [00:08:24] Eric and Jamie dive into Jamie’s family history of mental health issues and addiction and how it impacted receiving information about ADHD. [00:18:52] Eric and Jamie talk about “making lemons from lemonade” and the power of resilience.  [00:20:37] “Being an adult is like trying to fold a fitted sheet” and having a fixed-mindset vs. a growth-mindset.  [00:24:15] Jamie and Eric engage in a coaching session and tackle ADHD and ADHD-related challenges. [00:31:08] Eric asks Jamie, “What has been the most beneficial coping strategy that could have a greater impact if you were to do more?” & a deeper dive into scheduling intentions and shifting the mindset around it.  [01:04:31] Closing thoughts and Jamie’s favorite quote.   Resources & Honorable Mentions: Website: JST Coaching & Training   Book: Delivered from Distraction   Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: with Brendan Mahan with Will Curb with MJ Siemens ⭐️ Registration for the Spring Season of Coaching & Accountability Groups is happening now!  Go to coachingrewired.com to get your name added to our spring interest list and start your preregistration process!

This is one jam-packed episode with the one and only, Tracy Otsuka host & producer of “ADHD for Smart Ass Women” podcast. 
She shares with me her journey from being a Lawyer to a successful business owner, Realtor, proud mama of two and much more.  Most of her life she accomplished so much without even knowing she had ADHD until she was diagnosed late in life.  She shares tips on focusing on your strength,  self-care, power of intuition and much more.  She is one driven woman ready to change the stigma around ADHD and support Smart Women who are ready to tap into their strengths and beyond. 
about Tracy Otsuka:
“I’m committed to changing the conversation around ADHD. When I was diagnosed eight months after my son, my entire life suddenly made perfect sense but all I heard about was everything that my ADHD brain SHOULD be struggling with when in fact I would come to learn that my ADHD is responsible for some of my greatest superpowers. Join me.”  you can listen to here podcast on https://www.tracyotsuka.com/podcast-page-two
find out more about Tracy on https://www.tracyotsuka.com/blog

What is ADHD coaching? how does it work? how can someone with ADHD benefit from coaching? These are some of the questions I had when I was diagnosed and I now see it come up often in the ADHD community online.
In this episode, I share a snippet of an actual ADHD coaching session that I facilitated. Pls note that this person has ADHD , is not a client of mine, they agreed to be on the show/recording and wanted to experience ADHD coaching.
The session starts with her wanting to address her lack of motivation – as the session progressed we talked about her values, then in the middle of the call you hear a shift in her energy as we got deeper into her values. She has a shift in perspective when she realizes the root of lack of motivation is that she has been avoiding what truly makes her happy which are tied to her values.
As you listen to this coaching session, do you relate to what she is going through (I know I did)?
This is just a short snippet of how coaching can really bring out the best in you and help you realize what is the root cause of what is holding you back. ADHD or not, we all have our stories/reasons/excuses until you take the time and dissect what is really holding you back, you will continue to get in your own way of success and even management of your ADHD.
I am so honoured to be part of these shift in perspective with my clients and in this call it was my pleasure to help and witness this young lady experience a shift in mindset.  I want thank my guest for sharing her story with us, she was such a star and so open to seeing new possibilities.
My coaching is a partnership where I design a plan based on the your agenda – coaching takes what’s inside and translates it into outer goals that you accomplish step-by-step.
I hope this snippet gives you more insight into the endless possibilities of how ADHD Coaching can benefit you.
p.s. When you feel unmotivated, direction less, chances are you are not fully living by your values. Grab my free values assessment workbook and find your true north. https://www.readysetchoose.com/adhd-free-tools

Decision making can be one of the hardest tasks for adults with ADHD. In this episode, I mention Dr. Brown’s of the Impaired Executive Functions and how I relate it to decision making.

There are many factors that go into why we struggle with decision making, I am sharing a few with you here and also tips on how to address it. As always these are my observations from my coach training program and research.

Here is the link to the detailed version of Dr. Brown’s model – https://www.brownadhdclinic.com/the-brown-model-of-add-adhd

I would love to hear from you:

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In this episode, Eric is joined by Jesse J. Anderson, a.k.a @ADHDJesse.  Jesse is a writer, speaker, developer, and content creator who was diagnosed with ADHD at 36.  He is the co-founder of Polar Habits, a guilt-free habit app, and he writes a weekly newsletter called Extra Focus.  He is the author (rather, soon-to-be-author!) of Refocus: Thriving with Adult ADHD.  He also has two podcasts and more!  You’ll hear about leaning into mistakes, what Polar Habits is all about, how breaking a ‘streak’ of habits doesn’t undo your progress, and how changing our environments can impact our habits.   Then, you’ll hear more about habits, perfectionism, prioritization, and the importance of being vulnerable while having a curious and non-judgemental mindset.  Finally, you’ll hear Jesse fill us in about his creative writing process and what prompted him to start writing his book.  Timestamps coming soon!  Resources: Find Jesse on Twitter and Instagram as @ADHDJesse  Jesse’s Website: Adhdjesse.com    Get Jesse’s newsletter & the waiting list for his book at ExtraFocus.com   Polar Habits at polarhabits.com   Podcast: ADHD Nerds   Honorable Mentions: Tool: Llama Life   ADHD reWired episode #47 – ADHD at 55 MPH   ADHD reWired episode #453 with Marie Ng   Book: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marilee G. Adams   “So much of managing ADHD is just like learning my patterns, and then trying to build systems around catching those patterns.” – Jesse  “…one of the most important ingredients of a good coachee [is] curiosity […] That’s gold.  If you have a non-judgemental curiosity towards how things are going, you’re going to figure it all out.  It just takes time.”  – Eric 🌟 Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan Hacking Your ADHD with Will Curb ADHD Diversified with MJ Siemens 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired’s award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

Join the ADHD reWired Team every second Tuesday of the month for our monthly Live Q&A by going to adhdrewired.com/Events Get the full uninterrupted version of this episode when you become a Patron at $5.00 a month or more by going to adhdrewired.com/Patreon!  Questions/Topics:  [00:01:07] Welcome & introductions. [00:02:48] Hello to our special guest panelist. [00:03:25] A listener asks about laziness and ADHD: “Does laziness exist?” [00:13:22] The Sleep With Me Podcast has over 1000 episodes. Eric asks Scoots if he ever gets bored from doing the same thing over and over again. [00:16:19] “What are some ways that you trick yourselves into getting up in the morning when the prospect of life is overwhelming?”  [00:28:00] “After finally finding the right medication (for ADHD), what is the next step? Self-help books, podcasts, and routines are great but don’t stick long enough. Coaching options?”  [00:29:31] A listener shares feeling shame around their ADHD diagnosis, then asks the panelists for tips on accepting and loving oneself with it.   [00:32:03] Scoots has a mix of working in coworking spaces and from home but has been experiencing back pain from working on the couch.  Then, he asks about options for changing scenery.   [00:40:34] “Just lost three months to a game. Deleted the game – how do I start to get back on track?”  [00:47:54] A listener asks Scoots, “How did you come up with the ‘Sleep With Me Podcast’ style you use? Was it a default process or were you intentionally embracing and capitalizing on the pointless meandering train-of-thought?  [00:52:59] “One of my main problems is paralysis when I start to feel overwhelmed.  I have so much to do that I can’t decide what to work on so I do nothing.  How can I calm that feeling without ignoring all the things I’m behind on?”  [00:58:57] A question related to the national medication shortage.   [01:01:17] Scoots does an on-the-fly Sleep-With-Me-style summary of today’s episode [01:04:47] A moment of dad…    Resources & Honorable Mentions: Sleep With Me Podcast   App: Wake N Shake Alarm Clock 4+ ( only)  Alarm on Wheels   Book: The One Thing   Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan Hacking Your ADHD with Will Curb ADHD Diversified with MJ Siemens Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired’s award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!