I have a number of

clients with ADHD.

I have some that

have been diagnosed

and others who just

suspect they have ADHD.

My view?

It's an absolute

superpower.

Why?

Well, I'm glad

you asked.

People with ADHD,

the clients that I've

got, and obviously I

don't work with the

whole world, but the

clients that I have

are one, great

problem solvers.

Oh my goodness.

Given them a problem,

they know how to

solve it like that.

Sometimes it's not

quite as quick as that,

but they, They hang

on to their problem,

they let it rattle

around in their head,

they sleep on it, they

think about things,

and bang, they come

up with a solution.

Two, they act quickly.

They love to

act quickly.

In fact, getting it

off their to do list is

like a game for them.

It's awesome.

And number three,

they can focus on a fix

a lot longer

than what I can.

I give up within

five minutes.

Not right.

No, no fix.

I'm going to

go for a walk.

I'm going to try

and sort that out.

They can focus

on a fix.

I thought I'd tell

you a couple of

client stories.

I have a client

and she is amazing.

She runs a service

based business and

I don't know how

old she would be.

She'd be in her

mid thirties, And

she recently got

diagnosed and recently.

got medicated.

The reason that she

got diagnosed is

because her children

got diagnosed.

Both of her children

got diagnosed.

And so she thought,

why wouldn't I

get diagnosed?.

She decided to

go on medication.

Not everyone decides

to go on a medication,

might I say, but

she decided to

go on medication.

And her words to

me were, Emma, the

medication is like

a veil lifting.

Like I've had foggy.

eyesight for my

whole life and the

medication just helps

me with the fog.

There's lots

of different

medication that you

can get for ADHD.

I don't promote

one or the other.

It's up to you boo

as to how you do

that and what that

actually looks like.

For her, medication

was the only option

in order for her to

get ultra focused.

on her business and

on the problems that

she needed to solve.

She's done a wonderful

job with that.

I had another,

client and she had

one child, her only

child, and her only

child got diagnosed.

and then she

wondered if that

was her as well.

So she went on this

very long journey.

to diagnosis.

, if you're listening and

depending on where you

are in the world and

depending on, you know,

what resources you

have available to you,

there are long times

there are not enough

mental health workers,

there are not enough

doctors at the moment.

And so she went on this

really long journey

of self discovery.

She almost

went through.

The grief curve, so the

grief curve basically

goes an incident,

something happens,

you go into denial.

You might resist a

bit and then you come

up the other side and

you have acceptance

of your circumstances.

I feel like she

went through

that grief curve.

She also decided to

go on medication.

She did try some

other things but she

ultimately decided to

go on some medication

and her ability to

focus was incredible.

But she would focus for

very long periods of

time and then she would

be absolutely spent for

the next three days.

And so what we had to

work on was her being

able to use that ultra

focus in a way that

works for her, but also

so she didn't have to

recover for three days.

And that took a bit

of getting used to.

I've been working

with her for four

years and we've been

on a massive roller

rollercoaster with it.

some days she would

turn up and she would

be very focused.

And other days you

could tell that she was

just struggling a bit.

and when she first got

tired, we talked about

what it is that she

needed from her coach.

And we agreed on the

days that she was

ultra focused, that

I would push and

push and push and

help her to level up.

And on the days when

she couldn't handle

that ultra focus,

we would back it right

off, and talk about

just the small things

she needed to get done.

Now we're at a stage

where she can push

herself and also

she can back off

and she almost knows

the telltale signs

because it's been four

years, yeah, since

she got diagnosed.

I have another

client who also

got a diagnosis, It

wasn't because of

her kids this time,

she just felt like

she needed some help.

And she went and

saw the doctor and

they ran a couple

of, questionnaires

through and she got

sent to get tested.

And it was a jolt

to her confidence.

She was like, I don't

know how I'm going

to work this through.

But of course

we all survive

every single day

that we have with

ourselves, right?

And so she did.

She got the diagnosis.

We went on a

journey together.

She went through a self

discovery phase, and

she medicates, Now,

she doesn't just have

ADHD, she has ADHD,

and she has anxiety,

and she has a couple

of other things.

So we're not just

focused on one thing,

but what I will say

is when we meet, What

works for her most in

a coaching capacity

is when I can

break down big

concepts for her

and give her little

minuscule steps to

follow because her

brain can follow

the minuscule steps.

So she has a detailed

plan every time she

leaves a session

with me that she can

enact in her own way.

And I think as a

business coach,

as someone who is

supporting people,

you have to find a

way that works for

every single client

and make it tailored

for them, regardless

of whether they have

ADHD or anxiety, or

some other condition of

some sort, everyone's

got something going on,

even when you have

good mental health.

There are seasons

in life where

kids are hard.

There are seasons

in life when you

have aging parents

and as a

business coach,

one of my core

values is to be kind.

And so that means

meeting them

where they're at.

All of these ladies

are successful in

their own businesses.

A diagnosis does not

need to stop you.

I have other clients

who ignore the fact

that they have it.

So they will openly

say to me, I think

I've got ADHD, Emma.

And I'll go, yeah,

I think you might.

But they also

say, well, maybe

I've got it.

Maybe I don't.

What's the difference?

I figure I've

got this far.

Why not keep going?

They do make

adjustments.

Some of the things that

we've done is we've

gamified the work.

I love gamifying

the work because

it makes it

fun as well.

We set targets that

sees them hyper focus

for a small period

of time and then

allow their brain

to rest and reset.

So it might be that we

set them a challenge

for a couple of weeks

and then they back off

or a couple of days,

and then we back off.

They might avoid

the work that they

don't want to do.

So in that case, we

outsource the work.

Again, no different

to someone who

does not have ADHD.

If you don't want

to do the work,

you procrastinate.

So get rid of that

work and start

outsourcing, yeah?

One thing that is

common for all those

who have been diagnosed

is that in each

of their sessions,

they all fidget.

It's taken me some

time to get used to

this as a coach because

I'm like, are they

paying attention?

Are they listening?

They're just fidgeting.

I do most of my

calls on zoom.

So we make sure they've

got something to

fidget with something

in their hands that

they can play with

that keeps their

attention and also

helps them process what

we're talking about.

We've started to offer

recordings of the

session so that they

can go back and listen.

And they've told

me that this is

really helpful

because sometimes

our sessions cover

a lot and can feel

a bit overwhelming.

So we want to make

sure that we allow

that overwhelm to

leave them and they

record the session and

they re listen to it.

And also for those

clients who need a bit

of extra help, when

we put the process in

the recording, then

they're able to rewrite

it and they're able to

listen to that again.

There's a really good

article, that will

pop in the show notes.

It's called ADHD,

the entrepreneur's

superpower.

When you start to

look at the amount

of entrepreneurs,

successful

entrepreneurs,

entrepreneurs,

nonetheless, that

have ADHD, there's

a lot of them

and they all use it

as a super power.

And I absolutely see

how it is a superpower.

We love supporting

people in business.

They don't have

to have ADHD.

It just so happens that

recently we've had more

people come out and be

diagnosed with ADHD.

And so we support them

in whatever way we can.

I try and, educate

myself on extra

support, if they need

any extra support,

what they might need.

I talk to them about

what works best for

them in sessions.

I talk to them what

works best when they

get bored, when they've

got routines, when

they've got proposals

to write, when they've

got deadlines to hit.

What does that

all look like?

It's different

for everyone.

There is not a

one size fits all.

So, if you think

you have ADHD or

you've been diagnosed

with ADHD, can I

encourage you to

really look into it

and figure out

the superpower

that's there?

Because there is

absolutely a superpower

that's there.

We're also seeing our

children be diagnosed

a bit more with ADHD.

Absolutely a

superpower.

Absolutely a

superpower.

This has been a

different one for

us because we're

seeing it more and

more in business.

We're seeing people

need, reaching out

and need different

kinds of supports.

Of course, it's not

just a business coach

you need when you've

got ADHD, right?

You need a team

of people, a team

of support people.

They might be

psychiatrists, they

might be psychologists,

they might be support

workers, whatever it

is, find the support

you need and get on

the list because If

you're anything like

me trying to find

support for my clients,

sometimes there's a

bit of a wait list and

that all takes time.

have you been

diagnosed?

Are you thinking about

getting diagnosed?

What will you do

with the diagnosis

once you get diagnosed,

if you get diagnosed?

What does it

even matter?

Or are you just

like, who cares?

If I'm diagnosed

or not diagnosed,

nothing changes

in my world.

I would love to hear.

Until next week, enjoy.