I am trying to learn how to rest, I feel like it should be an easy thing, but honestly, it’s not something that comes naturally to me at all. I remember one particular holiday where I Googled “How do I switch off?” and I didn’t find a satisfactory answer. It’s a mystery and an ongoing puzzle that I’m trying to solve. I’ve started to work out a rest framework and I’m sharing it in the hope that you’ll find it helpful too. One of my biggest learnings on my post ADHD diagnosis j

As a late diagnosed ADHDer I’m a few years into my journey of neurodivergent self discovery. When I first got my diagnosis I was overwhelmed and close to burnout. Family life was exhausting, and work life was busy and full of emotional highs and lows. It was a lot to cope with. I was stuck in a loop of too much to do and no time to learn or implement any strategies to make things better. There’s so much to learn about ADHD, and so many strategies to try out without (I thought

My experience of ADHD coaching has, without exaggeration, been completely life changing for me. As a late diagnosed woman, I had been...

We have so much to do as veterinary leaders, it can feel like spinning multiple plates simultaneously, but the plates are people’s actual...

We are heading into our busiest ever month at The Vet Project and I am so excited that I barely know what to do with myself! Luckily my...

Before I got my ADHD diagnosis, I would never have said that I was living inauthentically, but there were definitely things that I didn’t...

I love travelling and I love going on holiday, especially if it’s abroad. The pure joy and excitement of boarding a ferry or a plane and...

We talk a lot to neurodivergent people who aren’t sure what reasonable adjustments to ask for at work, and also to leaders who don’t know where to start with the whole process. It can seem like a really big and daunting thing if you haven’t thought about it before. You might be thinking … ‘What is reasonable?’ ‘What can I offer?’ And your team member might have good ideas about what they need. Or they could be thinking … ‘What do I need?’ ‘What if I ask for too much…or too li

Something that I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is celebrating. How do we celebrate when we achieve something, or have a bit of...

Under our bedroom window is the most beautiful climbing rose. Every spring it explodes into bloom with, surely hundreds of white flowers....

If you are a leader with little or no experience of neurodiversity, it can be a bit daunting when one of your employees discloses their diagnosis. The first thing that I would like to say to you (as a leader and a person with a neurodivergent diagnosis myself) is “well done”. It is a big deal to disclose your diagnosis to someone, especially at work, and as many and two thirds of ND people choose not to disclose. So, the fact that you’ve been confided in, probably means that

When I think about work-life balance I picture kayaking. Me kayaking in the sun on a lovely day in July. I’m on the river, travelling...

Neurodiversity is a big buzz word at the moment. Maybe that’s why you’re reading this? Whatever brought you here, it’s lovely to have...

The thing about neurodiversity is that it really is what it says on the tin! Diversity of thinking and brains and ideas and people. So...

I find it really interesting to draw parallels between human and animal behaviour. It can be problematic in terms of personification but...

The problem with having it all is that you have to organise it all! There are millions of us working mums out there trying to manage our...

For me, wondering whether I had ADHD or not was a huge deal. I was a grown up with two kids and it wasn’t a direction I expected to be...

A lot of people talk about labels, when they are talking about a diagnosis of ADHD or autism. They might say that they don't want...

I am quite self-critical. It’s not a great thing and I don’t even notice that I’m doing it most of the time. This week, I decided to try...

The double empathy problem is something that I’ve been reading about a lot recently. The National Autistic Society define it quite...