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Drive to Survive? How Can We Step Out of the ADHD Boom and Bust Cycle?
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...
Helen Allwood
Mar 123 min read
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Embracing Authenticity with a Late Diagnosis of ADHD
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...
Helen Allwood
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Time to Chill? Navigating a Holiday as a Neurodivergent Family.
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...
Helen Allwood
Sep 6, 20243 min read
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Reasonable Adjustments for Neurodiversity Made Simple – What Leaders Need to Know
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...
Helen Allwood
Aug 2, 20243 min read
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When ADHD Fuels Anxiety, What Can You Do About It?
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...
Helen Allwood
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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New Graduate Vets: Support and Symbiosis
Under our bedroom window is the most beautiful climbing rose. Every spring it explodes into bloom with, surely hundreds of white flowers....
Helen Allwood
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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My employee has disclosed their neurodivergence…what do I do?!
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...
Helen Allwood
Jun 14, 20245 min read
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Is work-life balance possible with ADHD?
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...
Helen Allwood
May 20, 20243 min read
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How to Make Your Veterinary Workplace Neurodiversity Friendly
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...
Helen Allwood
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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I'm neurodivergent. What reasonable adjustments should I ask for?
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...
Helen Allwood
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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How to Get What You Want!
I find it really interesting to draw parallels between human and animal behaviour. It can be problematic in terms of personification but...
Helen Allwood
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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The Juggle is Real! Kids, Work, Life and ADHD.
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...
Helen Allwood
Jan 13, 20244 min read
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Helen's blog: Think you might have ADHD? My tips for the journey
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...
The Vet Project
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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Helen's blog: ADHD and Autism Diagnosis, Label or Lifeline?
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...
The Vet Project
Oct 15, 20233 min read
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Helen's blog: Weird things I have beaten myself up about this week
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...
Daniel Keating-Roberts
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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Helen's blog: The Double Empathy Problem…Or is it?
The double empathy problem is something that I’ve been reading about a lot recently. The National Autistic Society define it quite...
The Vet Project
Oct 15, 20233 min read
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Helen's blog: Complaints are like residential parking! How to let them go.
Complaints are common in veterinary practice. I'm not saying that to scare you, but so that, when you get a complaint you realise that...
The Vet Project
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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Helen's blog: Get Back to Basics and Feel Better
As a person with ADHD I like new and exciting things, and a lot of things I find just plain boring. If I’m feeling a bit rubbish, I’d...
The Vet Project
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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