Acknowledging Our Successes
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05/27/22 • 15 min
Historically, I've been quick to look at my failures instead of acknowledging my successes. For me, my ADHD has had me fall down a lot, and I sometimes (ok - often) forget that I've gotten back up more times I've tumbled over.
I also find it difficult accepting others' acknowledgements of the things I've achieved because my beliefs and feelings around personal success and failure used to be rooted in binary thinking. Even though it's getting easier now, it's still difficult for me to look for wins in challenging situations, and sometimes it's still challenging to count a "good" day as a win vs. thinking it was a fluke.
If you've ever felt the same way, then I invite you to join me for a challenge I'm proposing for June: from May 27 until June 30, 2022 - - I am going to journal and list three wins I've had every single day. My hope from trying this experiment is to rewire - however slow it may be - my cognitive distortions about my own wins and failures, and hopefully make it easier for me to acknowledge the little wins that happen every day.
This exercise was inspired by one of the exercises we do in ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups at CoachingreWired.com!
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- ADHD reWired with Eric Tivers
- ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan
- Hacking your ADHD with Will Curb
Historically, I've been quick to look at my failures instead of acknowledging my successes. For me, my ADHD has had me fall down a lot, and I sometimes (ok - often) forget that I've gotten back up more times I've tumbled over.
I also find it difficult accepting others' acknowledgements of the things I've achieved because my beliefs and feelings around personal success and failure used to be rooted in binary thinking. Even though it's getting easier now, it's still difficult for me to look for wins in challenging situations, and sometimes it's still challenging to count a "good" day as a win vs. thinking it was a fluke.
If you've ever felt the same way, then I invite you to join me for a challenge I'm proposing for June: from May 27 until June 30, 2022 - - I am going to journal and list three wins I've had every single day. My hope from trying this experiment is to rewire - however slow it may be - my cognitive distortions about my own wins and failures, and hopefully make it easier for me to acknowledge the little wins that happen every day.
This exercise was inspired by one of the exercises we do in ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups at CoachingreWired.com!
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Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca
Email me: [email protected]
Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/
Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network:
- ADHD reWired with Eric Tivers
- ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan
- Hacking your ADHD with Will Curb
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I used to not believe in community because I'd been a part of communities where I felt more silenced than empowered. In this episode, I touch on the importance of community and the impact of being in the right community has had on me.
For me, finding community started with ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups at CoachingreWired.com.
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Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca
Email me: [email protected]
Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/
Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network:
- ADHD reWired with Eric Tivers
- ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan
- Hacking your ADHD with Will Curb
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- The Cold Tea Collective
- Untigering
Articles about certain "tropes":
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- It's Time to Retire the 'Hairstreak Asian' Trope
- Asian women say Hollywood has failed them for decades. They’re ready for meaningful change.
Other Articles:
- Asian American Mental Health Stigma: Why does it exist?
- Mental-Health among Asian Americans
- Global News (Canada) on Asian Heritage Month
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Go to coachingrewired.com to get signed up for the summer season of ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups.
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Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca
Email me: [email protected]
Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/
Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network:
- ADHD reWired with Eric Tivers
- ADHD Essentials with Brendan Mahan
- Hacking your ADHD with Will Curb
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