The Indigo Diaries

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third and long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.."

This week Natasha is back with part 2 of ‘Pick Our Brain Session’ where she will be joined once again by the amazing Holly Martinson to discuss some deep and interesting topics that they are discovering during their caching experiences.

 Holly Martinson is a former public and private school teacher and has 20+ years of experience in the field of Coaching and Special Education. Currently, she is an Integrative Executive Function Coach with Patient Minds, of which she is the owner and founder.

In this episode, they both look at two intertwining topics in the ND community, resistance and avoidance. They discuss why Neurodivergent individuals

Remember: This will a continual feature episode multiple times a year! Stay Tuned for the next one coming in June!

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

 If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group...)

Holly’s Details:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollymartinson/

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.patient-minds.com

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third, long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.." where she is will be joined by fellow Coach Kanan Tekchandani in a “Starting the conversation” Episode.

Kanan is a holistic coach for Aspergers/autistic, gifted and twice-exceptional adults (and their families), who are professionally successful but find well-being and deep connection elusive.

​She supports highly sensitive, highly intelligent individuals to heal from their past, be confident leaders of their own life, role models for their family and community, build lasting relationships and craft a life they love without burning out.

In this episode, Kanan and Natasha discuss what twice-exceptional is, the misunderstandings, the challenges and the strengths of being gifted. They highlight the misdiagnosis and how, with the right environment, just how much these Neurodivergent individuals can shine!

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

 If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group

Kanan's Details:

LinkedIn:

Website: https://www.aspiecoach.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kanantek

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third, long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.." where she is will be joined by fellow Coach Franck Brown in a “Starting the conversation” Episode.

Franck is a formally-accredited Neurodiversity Coach with lived experience of Dyspraxia & ADHD. His diagnoses came later in life, at 23 and 30 respectively, only after graduating university and several years of professional experience in the corporate world.

Without realising it, he’d spent 30 years learning the importance of self-management ‘the hard way,’ without having had any Coaching of his own or anyone to turn to with his questions. This in turn triggered his decision to retrain to be a Neurodiversity Coach for people with ADHD, Autism & other Neurological conditions.

Before training across a number of different Neurodiversity & traditional Coaching disciplines, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter. He previously spent 8 years across a number of Sales & Marketing roles at brands including Cadbury’s, Toblerone, Innocent Drinks, Patak’s & Tabasco.

Nowadays, he works primarily with younger adults of 16-35 on helping them better understand themselves, unlock their strengths to reach their goals

In this episode, Franck and Natasha discuss the challenges that Neurodivergent teenagers and early adults have in daily life. They touch upon late diagnosis, education, social relationships, and the huge life transition that young adults face.

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Franck’s Details:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franckbrown/

Website: https://www.consciousclarity.co.uk/

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third and long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.." This week Natasha is back with part 2 of ‘Pick Our Brain Session’ where she will be joined once again by the amazing Holly Martinson.

Holly Martinson is a former public and private school teacher and has 20+ years of experience in the field of Coaching and Special Education. Currently, she is an Integrative Executive Function Coach with Patient Minds, of which she is the owner and founder.

In this episode, they touch deeper into an area around shame that is known so widely in the ND community… Masking! They discuss masking, what it can cause and the shame around who we are. In the second part, they will give some examples of some small steps that can be explored and tried to shake off the shame and mask to be your true self.

Remember: This will a continual feature episode multiple times a year! Stay Tuned for the next one coming in April!

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohuba)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Holly’s Details:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollymartinson/

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.patient-minds.com/

Resources shared:

https://www.additudemag.com/self-compassion-practice-adhd-shame/

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-masking-signs-consequences-solutions/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=adult_december_2022&utm_content=121322&goal=0_d9446392d6-f17e776a79-290444245

https://self-compassion.org/

Compassion exercise:

· Ask what am I feeling? (you don’t need to ask why, just what is the feeling)

· Understand that I am not alone in this emotional experience, meaning there’s nothing I’m feeling that others haven’t also felt before

· Acknowledge that this may be a really hard feeling.

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third, long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.." where she is will be joined by Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker and ADHD Coach Helena Territt in a “Starting the conversation” Episode.

This week Natasha is back with a new feature episode of ‘Pick Our Brain Session’ where she will be joined once again by the amazing Holly Martinson. They have both decided that they enjoyed working together so much that this will a continual feature episode multiple times a year! Stay Tuned.

Helena Territt (FCIPD, MA Oxon) is an Ashridge Hult accredited Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker and ADHD Coach. She was recognised in the 2023 Spear’s 500 index as a top recommended performance and life coach for high-net-worth individuals. She is accredited by the EMCC as a Senior Practitioner and is a Fellow of the CIPD. She is founder of Hatched Coaching and Hatched ADHD.

Helena coaches across a range of sectors. She specialises in working with people who are bright,

challenging and think outside the box. Her coaching sessions are positive, purposeful, and not only

support her clients’ specific goals but also restore confidence, clarity, and self-awareness. She has helped clients to work more strategically, to improve their communication and influencing, to lead their teams through challenging and uncertain times, to understand their strengths, values and leadership brand. She is a Keynote Speaker on leadership, innovation, and cognitive diversity. She is also a ‘Fearless Organisation Scan’ Accredited Practitioner and works with teams to build psychological safety.

In this episode, Helena presents what its like to be Neurodivergent in the work place and in organizations. They both touch upon the strengths these individuals can bring and how they can truly thrive when nurtured in an environment that supports them. Highlighting the importance of psychological safety and what organizations can do to make this happen. . It really is no different for schools! So coin as they discuss School for Grown-Ups

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Helena’s Details:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-territt

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.hatchedcoaching.com/ www.hatchedadhd.com

Martinson

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third and long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.."

This week Natasha is back with a new feature episode of ‘Pick Our Brain Session’ where she will be joined once again by the amazing Holly Martinson. They have both decided that they enjoyed working together so much that this will a continual feature episode multiple times a year! Stay Tuned.

Holly Martinson is a former public and private school teacher and has 20+ years of experience in the field of Coaching and Special Education. Currently, she is an Integrative Executive Function Coach with Patient Minds, of which she is the owner and founder.

In this episode, they explore the huge and deep topic of shame and how it presents itself in the neurodivergent community. This was such an in-depth area that they decided to do two sessions, so join them next week for more!

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Holly’s Details:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollymartinson/

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.patient-minds.com/

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third and long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.."

This week Natasha is back with a ‘Start the Conversation’ where she will be joined by fellow ADHD Coach for Girls and Women Pippa Simou.

Pippa’s professional background is in secondary education;  where she has over 20 years of experience, holding pastoral and academic positions in a variety of settings. In 2016, to achieve further flexibility to support in her own neurodiverse children, she joined local charity as a coach and trainer, working to support parents and professionals who live or work with children who have ADHD / ASD.

In 2017 Pippa herself was diagnosed with ADHD, which highlighted the lack of understanding and services for women with the condition. From there, she started ‘The ADD-vantage; in 2020, offering support services specifically to women and girls with ADHD symptoms to help them understand and grow into their symptoms. She coaches women with ADHD one-to-one, mentors girls in local schools and trains professionals who are working with young people who have ADHD. She was recently awarded an MSc in Psychology to support her work further.

She has two children, now teenagers. She lives with them and her husband, as well as their Cockapoo, Oscar. She loves baking, theatre, cinema, socialising, eating out, rambling, traveling and exploring new places.

In this episode, we will discuss the challenges girls and women face with ADHD and how it impacts them, specifically at different ages. We will touch upon what to look for and how to take steps to seek out a diagnosis.

Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Pippa’s Details:

Website: www.theadd-vantage.co.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theADDvantage

Instagram: @theaddvantage_

Linkedin: Pippa Simou

Twitter: @PippaADDvantage

Resource: 'A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace neurodiversity, live boldly & breakthrough barriers' by Sari Solden and Michelle Franks

Dear Diary,   

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries."  Join host Natasha Hickling back in the first series: "The World Through Your Eyes.."   

This week Natasha is joined by another fantastic guest and fellow coach Fiona Jones to share her story with ADHD. 

 Fiona lives in London with her husband and 2 children. As a child, she always felt her mind was different. She struggled to focus and was often forgetful, which caused her to fall behind in school.After years of searching for answers to explain her difficulties, she was finally diagnosed with ADHD at 42.  

 Listen to Fiona's journey from her struggles at school, to finding success in her varied careers. Which finally led to her becoming a coach, supporting other women with ADHD to create meaningful change in their lives.  

 Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!  

The Indigo Diaries 

 Ps-   If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:  

Email: [email protected] 

Website: www.indigo-hub.com 

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/) 

 Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)  

Fiona Jones: 

Website: https://fionaljones.com/

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling in the third and long-lasting series: "The World Through an Our Eyes.."

This week Natasha is back with a “Pick brain session- where she will answer questions and a misconception she has experienced, been asked, and has seen a lot: IS it ADHD or Autism? She will reflect on the similarities and differences between the conditions with research and her own experience. She will dive deeper into how we can really identify the underlying causation rather than looking at the impact to help us distinguish which one is impacting us.

Come Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes but our eyes!

The Indigo Diaries

Ps-

If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching, or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.indigo-hub.com

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)

FB: Indigo- ADHD Support Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/15239...)

Resources from today:

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/adhd-vs-autism

https://www.additudemag.com/is-it-adhd-or-asd/

https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/autism-and-adhd#symptoms#

https://chadd.org/about-adhd/adhd-and-autism-spectrum-disorder/

Dear Diary,  

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling back in the first series: "The World Through Your Eyes.."   

This week Natasha is back yet again with a guest with a twist as the guest in fact is herself, and the host for this week is her partner Ben. Like the first-ever episode, she is back to discuss a new turn of events.   

Natasha, 30, from the UK, lives in York with her partner Ben and three furr babies after the last six years of traveling and living abroad. Her neurodivergent journey started with being diagnosed with OCD, anxiety at age 16, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia at 21, ADHD at age 27, and now four years later, a final diagnosis of Autism. She is currently an ADHD Life coach in the UK for young adults and teens in her business Indigo Hub.   

 In this episode, Natasha will dive deep into her recent Autism diagnosis and not long Autism life. She will share her experience of the diagnostic process, what led to this, the differences between this and her ADHD, and what’s on the cards moving forward. It’s the final (well, hopefully) piece to her neurodivergent journey.   

 Come, Learn, listen, and experience the world through not her eyes, our eyes!  

The Indigo Diaries   

Ps-  If you would like any additional information regarding our support group, coaching or are interested in the world hearing your story in series 1, please see the links below:  

Email: [email protected] 

Website: www.indigo-hub.com 

FB Page: Indigo Hub (https://www.facebook.com/indigohubadhd/)  

Instagram: @indigohubadhd (https://www.instagram.com/indigohubadhd/)