ADHD can bring many opposing challenges and connotations and can feel like heavy energy to deal with. Yet, through gentle curiosity, we can find new options to reprogram our thinking and switch our emotional energy to create a happier, calmer and more fulfilling family life.

Despite the challenges, we can focus on what we're proud of, which lift us up. As parents, we can create more internal strength and greatness—life can be easier than we believe.

This week’s ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom Podcast guest is Avigail Gimpel, a mum of six, a special education teacher, and a college lecturer. Avigail also supports adults with ADHD in identifying the root causes of their symptoms and shares the tools you need to journey joyfully toward your goals. Her new book, Hyper Healing, Show Me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis, is now out.

During today's episode, Kate and Avigail speak about:

Self-belief, getting unstuck and reinforcing old stories
Creating new habits
Positive messaging for both ADHD children and adults
Epigenetics, trauma and how that impacts our ADHD
How instant gratification personality plays into ADHD
Lesser known explanations neurological explanations for what is and isn't ADHD
Why brain scans don't always work for the ADHD brain
External environmental factors of ADHD
Self-empowering ourselves and our kids to help them thrive with ADHD
The effect of negative messaging in childhood and the power of a compliment
Breaking generational cycles and habits and then forgiving ourselves for being human

Kate's new four-part on-demand workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.

Welcome to a recap episode of ADHD Women's Wellbeing Wisdom! Have a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources 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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