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Ep 159 | Black Girl, Lost…Keys! Thriving with ADHD with René Brooks
René Brooks joins us to discuss organizing her home while managing a late in life diagnosis of ADHD.
René is living and thriving with the diagnosis and empowering others to do the same. She has taken a late in life diagnosis and used it to uplift others.
René is the founder of Black Girl, Lost Keys, a blog that empowers black women with ADHD, helping them to live well with the disorder.
We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show.
While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast.
Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy
Join The Spark Joy Club today!
In this episode, you’ll enjoy:
Learn what ADHD is and the symptoms related to this category of challenges. Here is a well-known symptom checklist for ADHD self testing: Adult ADHD Self Report Scale
Remember only an MD or a qualified health professional can give you an "official" diagnosis.
René shares her own experiences in getting diagnosed and treated.
We learn more about the special challenges facing women of color in address this disease.
Hear René solutions for managing the day, your work and your life with techniques for overcoming barriers.
Listen to our conversation with Craig Selinger in Ep 105 | Hope for Kids and Adults with ADHD
René shares her tips for paper and content management.
René’s favorite organizing tip:
With the holidays coming up, make a plan to keep gifts in the car until you are ready to wrap them! This way, they won’t get lost or forgotten in a closet. Out of site is out of mind, which can be a trap for someone with ADHD.
What's sparking the most joy for René:
René loves her active, engaged Twitter community. You should definitely check it out!
Follow René on her website at blackgirllostkeys.com
On twitter @blkgirllostkeys
And FaceBook @BlackGirlLostKeys
René recommends her book, Clean Up the Trash, as very relevant to our listeners!
Gems:
"When you are having difficulty organizing your thoughts and your things, you find that increasingly run you out of time to do anything. In fact, starting to get organized and then stoping part way through is very common!"
"When you look over your life, you begin to see the patterns of ADHD didn't just happen overnight.
There are many pieces to the pie, but black women with ADHD are very isolated because they don't have a place that they fit in."
"If I don't have a time set for myself to look at email, it's not going to happen."
"You have to be willing to look at the goal of completing something and not worry too much about the method you used to accomplish it. The things that work change over time."
The Spark Joy Anniversary Give-A-Way contest prizes!
Win one of three bundles consisting of Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up, signed by Marie Kondo, a fifty dollar gift certificate to the KonMari Shop to select your own Joy Sparking gift, and a two-hour Virtual Tidying Session from For the Love of Tidy!
Three lucky winners will receive a bundle of all these prizes!
To be eligible for all of the prizes above, all you need to do is head over to: www.sparkjoypodcast.com/itunes for detailed instructions on how to leave a review via iTunes. Once there, follow the Apple Podcast instructions to leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help us reach more ears, minds, and hearts.
Most important step: Send an email to: [email protected] letting us know you left us a review and what screen name you left it under. This will act as your official entry. Don’t forget this step! It is the only way we can officially log you as entered into the contest.
Submit your star rating and review by November 24, 2020. We’ll announce the winners during our season finale “Best of” show that will air on December 1st.
**Contest runs from September 1 to November 24, 2020.* Winners will be announced during our Best of 2020 show on December 1, 2020***
You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home
You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy
Special Guest: René Brooks.
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René Brooks joins us to discuss organizing her home while managing a late in life diagnosis of ADHD.
René is living and thriving with the diagnosis and empowering others to do the same. She has taken a late in life diagnosis and used it to uplift others.
René is the founder of Black Girl, Lost Keys, a blog that empowers black women with ADHD, helping them to live well with the disorder.
We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show.
While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast.
Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy
Join The Spark Joy Club today!
In this episode, you’ll enjoy:
Learn what ADHD is and the symptoms related to this category of challenges. Here is a well-known symptom checklist for ADHD self testing: Adult ADHD Self Report Scale
Remember only an MD or a qualified health professional can give you an "official" diagnosis.
René shares her own experiences in getting diagnosed and treated.
We learn more about the special challenges facing women of color in address this disease.
Hear René solutions for managing the day, your work and your life with techniques for overcoming barriers.
Listen to our conversation with Craig Selinger in Ep 105 | Hope for Kids and Adults with ADHD
René shares her tips for paper and content management.
René’s favorite organizing tip:
With the holidays coming up, make a plan to keep gifts in the car until you are ready to wrap them! This way, they won’t get lost or forgotten in a closet. Out of site is out of mind, which can be a trap for someone with ADHD.
What's sparking the most joy for René:
René loves her active, engaged Twitter community. You should definitely check it out!
Follow René on her website at blackgirllostkeys.com
On twitter @blkgirllostkeys
And FaceBook @BlackGirlLostKeys
René recommends her book, Clean Up the Trash, as very relevant to our listeners!
Gems:
"When you are having difficulty organizing your thoughts and your things, you find that increasingly run you out of time to do anything. In fact, starting to get organized and then stoping part way through is very common!"
"When you look over your life, you begin to see the patterns of ADHD didn't just happen overnight.
There are many pieces to the pie, but black women with ADHD are very isolated because they don't have a place that they fit in."
"If I don't have a time set for myself to look at email, it's not going to happen."
"You have to be willing to look at the goal of completing something and not worry too much about the method you used to accomplish it. The things that work change over time."
The Spark Joy Anniversary Give-A-Way contest prizes!
Win one of three bundles consisting of Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up, signed by Marie Kondo, a fifty dollar gift certificate to the KonMari Shop to select your own Joy Sparking gift, and a two-hour Virtual Tidying Session from For the Love of Tidy!
Three lucky winners will receive a bundle of all these prizes!
To be eligible for all of the prizes above, all you need to do is head over to: www.sparkjoypodcast.com/itunes for detailed instructions on how to leave a review via iTunes. Once there, follow the Apple Podcast instructions to leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help us reach more ears, minds, and hearts.
Most important step: Send an email to: [email protected] letting us know you left us a review and what screen name you left it under. This will act as your official entry. Don’t forget this step! It is the only way we can officially log you as entered into the contest.
Submit your star rating and review by November 24, 2020. We’ll announce the winners during our season finale “Best of” show that will air on December 1st.
**Contest runs from September 1 to November 24, 2020.* Winners will be announced during our Best of 2020 show on December 1, 2020***
You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home
You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy
Special Guest: René Brooks.
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