44 - Christine MacCarroll talks about life as a successful working midlife mom with ADHD

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Christine MacCarroll is a Functional Nutritionist, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition(™), and a Certified Brain Health Professional. She’s also a woman with late-diagnosed ADHD, and mom to a daughter with ADHD. After helping her then-2-year-old daughter overcome a neurological speech disorder using nutritional therapy, she realized the assembly-line style, one-size-fits-all, “pill for every ill” model of modern healthcare was better suited for factories than families. Sadly most doctors have little to no training on true healing. So she rebelled . . . and has helped hundreds of women recover mood, energy, and mojo, slaying period problems and clearing up brain fog and ADHD symptoms along the way. Christine is also the creator and host of the podcast ADHD, Naturally: Smart Solutions for Holistic Women, where she shares her no-BS views on all things holistic brain health for women.

Christine's Notes from the Sidelines:

1. There is shame and stigma around any kind of different functioning brain, and smart accomplished women don't want to talk about it.
2. "Masking" is the term for acting like how we are supposed to.
3. Women with ADHD who feel like they're supposed to fit in the world a certain way and don't feel anxiety, and thus get misdiagnosed with anxiety and OCD.
4. In order to improve mental health, we have to also look at brain health.
5. Time blindedness means having awareness of trying to do too much in less time, so Christine uses "bumpers," things like timers and alerts to force habits on her.
6. A diagnosis brings awareness, and instead of going toward shame, let it bring understanding of "what can I do now," compassion, and grace.
7. Trust yourself. Don't dismiss the idea of ADHD or brain challenges because of your accomplishments - it just made it harder to get those accomplishments and harder to acknowledge the difficulty of getting those accomplishments.
8. We live in an attention economy, so everyone's distracted. Don't let that prevent you from seeing your real challenges.
9. When we believe one side is right and the other side is fundamentally wrong, we are shutting ourselves off from ways we could get benefits and losing the capacity for the best possible outcome. Christine's website

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