Life, learning and lenses

Tag: limiting beliefs

  • How To Be Human Enough To… grieve (part 3)

    How To Be Human Enough To… grieve (part 3)
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    I want to talk about the deep sadness that I have over the gap between my potential and what I have actually been able to achieve. For me this disparity has been so difficult to come to terms with. Read more

  • How to be Human Enough to… let others help

    How to be Human Enough to… let others help

    Cultivating independence and resilience, often in response to a world that bombards them with criticism, neurodivergent individuals like the author develop a guarded self-reliance. With time, they may realize the need to open up and share burdens, despite the challenge of asking for help. Embracing vulnerability with boundaries, the author is learning to connect with… Read more

  • How to be Human Enough to…be consistent

    How to be Human Enough to…be consistent

    The writer shares their personal struggle with forming consistent habits and how this challenge, exacerbated by unrecognized ADHD, led to exhaustion and a sense of chaos. They discuss the pressure to meet family needs and the realization that attempts to mimic neurotypical habit-building strategies failed due to overlooking their neurodiversity. The solution was making tiny,… Read more

  • How to be Human Enough to…meditate

    How to be Human Enough to…meditate

    For people with ADHD the idea of learning to meditate can be daunting at best and terrifying at worst. Some people find the silence of meditation too triggering of past traumatic events for it to be considered therapeutic. For me it has been the key to being able to slow down and listen to my… Read more