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First it was allergies.  Then, I got sick.  So I didn't record anything for a while.  Even though I was still sick at the time of this recording and posting, I decided to talk about it.  In this episode, I talk about the emotions, old stories, and struggles that came up for me when I was at my sickest, then I decided to talk about how I'm continuing to make it through and why I keep going.   Go to coachingrewired.com to get signed up for the summer season of ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups.  - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Email me: [email protected] Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

Historically, I've been quick to look at my failures instead of acknowledging my successes.  For me, my ADHD has had me fall down a lot, and I sometimes (ok - often) forget that I've gotten back up more times I've tumbled over. I also find it difficult accepting  others' acknowledgements of the things I've achieved because my beliefs and feelings around personal success and failure used to be rooted in binary thinking.  Even though it's getting easier now, it's still difficult for me to look for wins in challenging situations, and sometimes it's still challenging to count a "good" day as a win vs. thinking it was a fluke. If you've ever felt the same way, then I invite you to join me for a challenge I'm proposing for June:  from May 27 until June 30, 2022 - - I am going to journal and list three wins I've had every single day.  My hope from trying this experiment is to rewire - however slow it may be - my cognitive distortions about my own  wins and failures, and hopefully make it easier for me to acknowledge the little wins that happen every day. This exercise was inspired by one of the exercises we do in ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups at CoachingreWired.com! - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Email me: [email protected] Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

I used to not believe in community because I'd been a part of communities where I felt more silenced than empowered.  In this episode, I touch on the importance of community and the impact of being in the right community has had on me.  For me, finding community started with ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Groups at CoachingreWired.com. - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Email me: [email protected] Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb- - - Other Useful Resources: - The Cold Tea Collective - Untigering Articles about certain "tropes": - The History of Fetishizing Asian Women - It's Time to Retire the 'Hairstreak Asian' Trope - Asian women say Hollywood has failed them for decades. They’re ready for meaningful change. Other Articles: - Asian American Mental Health Stigma:  Why does it exist? - Mental-Health among Asian Americans - Global News (Canada) on Asian Heritage Month

It's the 2nd week of may, which means we're continuing with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in The U.S. and  Asian Heritage Month in Canada!  In this episode, I talk about what representation means to me within the sphere of mental health, within the Asian community, in the ADHD community, and why it's important that under-represented communities need to be heard. & I'm calling all my Asian friends with ADHD from around the world - - let's talk! Send me an email and get in touch:  [email protected] - - - Resources: - Wall of Awful from Brendan Mahan - Brendan Mahan's Wall of Awful on HowToADHD: "Why is it hard to do something that should be easy?" - Asian American Mental Health Stigma:  Why does it exist? - Mental-Health among Asian Americans - Global News (Canada) on Asian Heritage Month - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

It's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in The U.S. and it's Asian Heritage Month in Canada!  It's also Mental Health Awareness Month, so in this episode, I recall the reasons behind starting this podcast and what bringing awareness means to me. - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

If you feel shame when you want to take some time for yourself, then you're not alone.  As I've experimented with adding journaling to my routine over the past two weeks, I also uncover the shame I feel when I take pause to write.  In my mind, it "shouldn't" be a big deal, so why exactly is it I carry shame around this one simple self-care routine? If you listened to my episode about how Pausing is Hard and decided to add journaling to your routine, let me know how it's going.   And if you're just getting started, no problem - it's never to late to start! Send me an email and get in touch: [email protected] - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

It's amazing how one phrase or one sentence can have an impact on the trajectory of a person's life.  In this episode, I share a story about an experience at school where I allowed that experience to shape the person I became, other experiences that led me to belief I was worth being treated poorly by others, and why I refuse to call it quits.  - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

I'm continuing the practice of hitting record and "rambling on" without a plan or any talking points.  In this episode, I'm committing to practicing a way to pause, before and after a task.  If you want to join me to do this every day for the next two weeks, or if you're listening to this down the road and want to give it a shot, let me know how it goes and how it went!   Send me an email and get in touch:  [email protected]  - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

You know when you do that thing where you say you'll do it tomorrow, then a week goes by, then a few weeks, then over 3 months? That's what's happened here.  This is what happened when I became buried in my old beliefs and started giving in to my old stories and my limiting self-talk.   - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will Curb

It's been a hot minute (but more like a few months) since I've published anything. As it turns out, learner-mode can really wear a person out!  I know my last Dear ADHD was only 2 episodes ago, but the time that's passed between them has been a lot longer than I'd expected. Time flies when you have ADHD, I suppose! Anyway, this is the last letter and last episode of the year. Here's hoping for a sustained reboot in 2022. Thank you to everyone who sent me messages, emails, and everyone who's greeted me with a wonderful hello during the Live Q&As with the ADHD reWired Podcast Family.  I see you, I hear you, and thank you for keeping me inspired and reigniting the reasons I launched this podcast in the first place. Cheers. - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will CurbThe ADHD Friendly Lifestyle with Moira Maybin

Trigger Warning: Disordered eating and body image. What was meant to be a practice of hitting "record" turned into something I wanted to share, recorded on August 25th. If this format is something you'd be more interested in, go ahead and reach out to me on Facebook or Instagram! Both pages are still under construction, but I borked my website so... yeah. Instagram or Facebook will have to do for now! --- 📌 If you or anyone you know is going through or trying to navigate disordered eating, please reach out. Here are some resources that may be helpful (I have no association or affiliation with the following resources.) PsychCentralNational Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)Canadian Mental Health AssociationThe Cold-Tea Collective  - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will CurbThe ADHD Friendly Lifestyle with Moira Maybin

In the ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Groups, we do an exercise called Dear ADHD. I thought I'd share this one with everyone since I've really been stuck in a rut for weeks. Will Curb of Hacking Your ADHD also reads one of his Dear ADHD letters on his show!   - - - Visit our website: https://adhddiversified.ca Join MJ and the rest of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family for a live Q&A every second Tuesday of the month! Register at https://www.adhdrewired.com/events/ Check out the other podcasts with the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: ADHD reWired with Eric TiversADHD Essentials with Brendan MahanHacking your ADHD with Will CurbThe ADHD Friendly Lifestyle with Moira Maybin