Neurodivergent Narratives Podcast - Making Gratitude Work

Making Gratitude Work

05/12/20 • 23 min

I have always believed that if I could make a list of all the reasons why I was grateful, then I could just manifest all kinds of self love, money and other things I didn’t have in my life. Then eventually, they would show up in my life and I could truly live like I was grateful. But it's much bigger than that and when done properly and consistently, it really can make a difference. I can tell you, it’s definitely impacted mine. But it’s definitely a mindset that needs to be developed as consistently as possible, and this episode talks about how I’m trying to make this work for my ADHD brain.
Thoughts on Gratitude

Message we’re told with our ADHD
Gratitude as an on-going practice
Gratitude connected to abundance
Staying in the present
Looking at all you have in your life now

Takeaway tips

Bedside Notebook
Gratitude Jar
Gratitude 365

Resources:
Connect with me:
On IG: https://www.instagram.com/theadhdgoodlife
On FB: https://www.facebook.com/adhdgoodlife
Site: https://www.wellnessandwhiteboards.com
Click for my ‘Building Self Worth’ freebie: https://bit.ly/35zfy57
Podcasts (on Apple Podcasts)
Mindlove with Melissa Monte
#likeawoman podcast with Rebecca T. Dickson

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Message we’re told with our ADHD
Gratitude as an on-going practice
Gratitude connected to abundance
Staying in the present
Looking at all you have in your life now

Takeaway tips

Bedside Notebook
Gratitude Jar
Gratitude 365

Support the show

Previous Episode

Unraveling the Narratives

When you grow up with undiagnosed ADHD there are so many stories that impact how you feel about yourself, the way you show up in the world and the way your presentations are viewed by others.
Just because I had an ADHD diagnosis, didn’t mean that those narratives stopped playing, or that I could really show up in the ways I wanted to in my life. I tried to look for others like me so I could learn their stories and see what they did in order to reach their potential, only I couldn’t find many stories like mine. Unravelling the narrative doesn’t happen over night and is always ongoing, but there are few places I started in order to tackle this.
What I did to learn or grow:

Asking myself some big questions
Environmental factors
Triggers
Looking for evidence
Societal Impact
Finding myself in other stories

Takeaway tips:
- Get more info about yourself & the person you want to be
- Follow people who’s stories resonate with you (on Instagram)
Resources:
Connect with me:
On IG: https://www.instagram.com/theadhdgoodlife
On FB: https://www.facebook.com/adhdgoodlife
Site: https://www.wellnessandwhiteboards.com
Click for my freebie resource: https://bit.ly/35zfy57
Podcasts I follow (all available on Apple Podcasts):
Tracy Otsuka’s ADHD for Smart A*s Women
Patricia Sung’s Motherhood in ADHD
Kristen Carder I Have ADHD Podcast
Rene Brooks: Black Girl Lost Keys
https://blackgirllostkeys.com/
https://twitter.com/blkgirllostkeys
DM for her private FB page for black womxn

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Next Episode

Stories on Self Worth

We are raised to think of all the things we’re not. As ADHDers we hear 20000 more negative comments than our neurotypical peers as children (probably more if we’re farther from societal ideals). We grow up hiding symptoms, apologising for ourselves and enduring school and other systems that don’t work with our differences in mind (including our intersectional identities!). We grow up with a damaged sense of self and low self worth. If we’ve grown up with undiagnosed ADHD, we don’t know what’s going on at all and that can feel even worse.
This episode shares a bit more about growing up and the messages I received about myself, how they shaped my experiences with undiagnosed ADHD, and what I’m trying to do now to be a lot kinder with myself as I explore becoming the person who I truly want to be
What I Learned:
1. Cultivating abundance
2. Looking for evidence
3. Progressive language affirmations
Takeaway tips:
1. Try your own progressive language affirmations:
Even though I’m learning what worthiness looks like for me, I’m still enough
I’m exploring what self worth looks like for me.
Connect with me:

On IG: https://www.instagram.com/theadhdgoodlife
On FB: https://www.facebook.com/adhdgoodlife
Site: https://www.wellnessandwhiteboards.com
Click for my ‘Building Self Worth’ freebie: https://bit.ly/35zfy57

Podcast to explore - on Apple Podcasts:
The Joy Junkie Podcast (with Amy Smith)
Apps I love:
Headspace - guided meditation & sleepscapes

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Neurodivergent Narratives Podcast - Making Gratitude Work

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:00.530

I am not a hundred percent perfect on my scarcity thinking and spiraling like it still triggers me and I can go under for a days, but just even knowing that I have the power to look for things in my life that I have in abundance to counter that has been mind blowing .

Speaker 200:00:25.079

Hey there, you're listening to the ADHD Goodlife podcast. Each week we explore stories, ideas, or topics around neurodiversity