Julie Legg sits down with Shelby Dennis, a freelance copywriter turned ADHD-friendly business coach. Shelby shares her journey from corporate frustration to entrepreneurial freedom, following a late ADHD diagnosis that helped reframe years of feeling “too much” in traditional work environments.
Now coaching other neurodivergent freelancers, Shelby brings lived wisdom to what it means to build a business that works with your ADHD brain. From questioning conventional business advice to designing creative systems, this conversation is packed with real talk for ADHDers trying to carve their own path.
Key Points from the Episode:
- Shelby’s diagnosis journey and how recurring feedback at work helped her realise she wasn’t “broken”, just wired differently.
- Why traditional business advice often fails ADHDers.
- How to harness ADHD strengths in business, especially intuition, creativity, and rapid adaptability.
- The power of mindset: reframing “failures”.
- The whiteboard system Shelby learned from her dad, breaking tasks into small steps and time-tagging them to combat time blindness and overwhelm.
- Managing scattered ideas so you can build momentum without losing sight of bigger dreams.
- Creating emotionally intelligent business communities for ADHD freelancers and shame-free support.
- A powerful reframe for neurodivergent entrepreneurs: What if there’s nothing wrong with you and everything wrong with the systems you’ve been trying to fit into?
Links:
LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbydenniscopywriter/
SHELBY DENNIS WEBSITE: https://www.freelancermindset.com/
FREELANCE WITHOUT FILTERS: https://www.skool.com/freelance-without-filters-4974/about?ref=30e789474b3e4f13b956b3c7a355866c
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