Paula Hirst helps neurodivergent women overcome their business roadblocks (aka Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria!) and as a late diagnosed ADHDer herself it was a pleasure to have her on to share her story.
If you have neurodivergent children then this might sound unsurprisingly similar to your own story! I had a lovely chat with Paula including:
- How her ADHD realisations came about
- Why it took a year to go for an ADHD diagnosis
- Paula’s experiences with ADHD medication
- How Paula discovered her strengths
- What inattentive type ADHD was like as a child
- Letting go of the ADHD mask
- Paula’s business journey and changes since her ADHD realisations
- The difficulties Paula had finding a black ADHD business coach
- The power of rejection sensitivity as a business owner
- How the subconscious sabotages our success
- Some of Paula's strategies for life and work with ADHD (including a really clever washing hack!)
- What Paula loves about her ADHD
- What Paula would say to anyone that thinks they might have ADHD and how to be prepared for some potentially unexpected feelings (that both Paula and myself experienced)
If you liked this episode then please do follow as I’ve got more incredible guests lined up every week. You can also find me over here:
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If you want to find out more about Paula then you can find her details here https://linktr.ee/adhdandalchemy and download her brand new free resource here
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