Taking a break or going on holiday doesn’t always feel restful as an ADHD-er. June can be one of those points in the year where everything starts to gather pace. There’s a clear deadline. Summer holidays, the kids’ exams or finishing school, or maybe an enforced break from a project.
The Power of Presence
A five‑day silent retreat based around The Power of Presence. I’ve attended retreats before, but this one landed differently in a way that mattered: I had genuine choice.
Not performative options.
Not “you can adapt, but we’d prefer if you didn’t.”
Feedback from ADHD course attendees Mindfulness isn’t intended to bring on feelings of failure. But for ADHD-ers, that’s often what happens. The expectation might be to sit still, clear your mind, breathe deeply – and when that doesn’t work, you assume you’re doing it wrong. That’s exactly why this course
Living with ADHD can feel like trying to concentrate with 50 browser tabs open – and no idea which one’s playing music. Thoughts race, to-do lists multiply, and focus slips away just when you need it most. You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re simply wired differently. So where does
Living with ADHD often feels like being stuck in a mind that never stops running—constantly jumping from thought to thought, plan to plan, task to task. It’s a high-speed ride that’s exciting at times, but exhausting most of the time. And when stress, anxiety, or overwhelm hits, it can feel
Verbalising our thoughts helps us put them in order. By explaining it to someone else, we, on some level, are explaining it to ourselves. Emotions can be labelled, experienced and sorted. This allows the brain’s alarm system, the amygdala, to stand down and reduce the amount of time we spend
