In this *very* vulnerable solo episode, Amalia opens up about her journey living with ADHD. After getting tested and diagnosed in middle school, the journey of "let's try to fix Amalia's ADHD" began. Countless medications, methods, and techniques were recommended by doctors, and little to no improvements were made. After being told she was a burden & distraction so many times, by so many people, she truly began to believe it. This contributed to an overall skewed self image which bled well into her adulthood and all aspects of her life. After the ending of a 4 year relationship, her journey to self love began. After many months of healing, she has now cultivated a healthy sense of self worth & self love for the first time in her life. This journey back to self has lead her to confront her biggest point of shame - her ADHD. In this episode she begins to open up for the first time about the ups and downs of living with ADHD. By allowing listeners a window into her deepest & most hidden inner child wound, she is moving towards cultivating & embodying the ultimate form of self love - total acceptance of self. 

ADHD brains have low levels of a neurotransmitter called norepinephrine. Norepinephrine is linked arm-in-arm with dopamine. Dopamine is the thing that helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure center. For this reason, people with ADHD brains fall into periods of depression & anxiety very easily. 

The ADHD brain has impaired activity in four functional regions of the brain:

2. Limbic System

3. Basal Ganglia

4. Reticular Activating System

Calling all feelers, this one is for you. Have you ever felt like too much or like your emotions were too big for others to handle? Yeah, us too. Feeling is our super power and it's how we heal. When we don't allow ourselves the time, energy and space to heal we aren't able to grow and live our most beautiful & aligned life. We go deep in this episode on Katelyn's healing around not being able to carry her babies into this world and while we are incredibly grateful the babies are healthy and growing beautifully she opens up about the connection she is missing in not feeling them move inside of her. Let's help each other feel it to heal it, together. 

Many times in life we have to start before we feel ready, but who tells you you're ready? Who know's if it's time? Who is stopping you from starting? Most of the time it is Y-O-U.

When we start looking at challenges as opportunities we can see life as a treasure hunt. Each thing that comes our way is truly a gift, a treasure. We all have our own map, our own path to getting where we are meant to be and that is what makes this life so beautiful. Every step brings us closer to the treasure of life.