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Aug 7
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Transforming ADHD Challenges into Streng...

Kate Moryoussef
About this episode

Welcome to the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Summer Series, where we're revisiting inspirational conversations from the subscription Toolkit Series.

On this week's Summer Toolkit episode, Kate is joined by Katherine Tiddy, a positive psychology practitioner, coach and founder of the Work Happy Project. Katherine shares how focusing on your strengths can lead to growth, resilience, and lasting wellbeing, especially for women with ADHD. From burnout to flourishing, she offers practical insights and empowering tools to help you reconnect with what lights you up and move forward with purpose.

My new book, The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit, is now available, grab your copy here!

What You'll Learn:

  • How positive psychology helps you move from surviving to truly flourishing
  • Ways to heal and grow after trauma using strengths and evidence-based tools
  • Why recognising and using your unique strengths is key for ADHD women
  • How to overcome strengths blindness and notice what lights you up
  • Tools for managing negativity bias and shifting unhelpful thought patterns
  • How to build your personal wellbeing toolkit using strategies such as journaling, mindfulness, and body doubling to support your unique mind
  • How trial, error, and failure can help you find your flow
  • The link between fear and excitement, and the role of the prefrontal cortex
  • How to break challenges into small steps to feel hopeful and in control

Timestamps:

  • 02:42 - Introduction to Positive Psychology and ADHD
  • 07:40 - Understanding Strengths and Personal Growth
  • 09:40 - Understanding the Negativity Bias
  • 12:00 - Tools and Strategies for Managing Negative Thoughts
  • 15:07 - Navigating Positive Psychology Tools
  • 23:41 - Understanding ADHD and Energy Management

Links and Resources:

  • Join the Waitlist for my new ADHD community-first membership launching in September! Get exclusive founding offers [here].
  • Find my popular ADHD workshops and resources on my website [here].
  • Follow the podcast on Instagram: @adhd_womenswellbeing_pod
  • Find out more about Katherine via her website and take her FREE online strength assessment here!

Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity and clarity. 

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