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 a ‘Open Mind Session’ where she will be joined by Executive Function coach and new acquaintance 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. Holly uses multiple modalities when working with her clients, knowing individuals are most successful when provided with alternative ways of approaching a situation or task. She takes a holistic view with her coaching, knowing that all areas of life are connected to create wellbeing. 

Holly possesses several hours of mindfulness training, to include specific training to support those who are neurodiverse. She believes each individual has a unique learning style, and invests in building strengths focused relationships with her clients to create a safe environment. In addition to her role coaching, Holly is a Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor. She presents and teaches on topics related to Coaching, Neurodiveristy, Stress Management, Mindfulness and Wellbeing. Holly has her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. 

When Holly isn’t working, she enjoys being outdoors, hiking, kayaking, spending time with her husband and rescue dog or reading a good book under a tree. While reflecting on coaching sessions with her clients, Holly began to notice the challenge of discomfort presenting a barrier. She realised in both herself and her clients the discomfort was leading them to feel like they were doing something wrong, or the change they were trying to make was labelled as “bad” because it caused an uncomfortable reaction. 

Through her training in yoga and mindfulness, she was able to reflect on this and pull in tools for identifying the discomfort as a physical experience and a trail marker for addressing and moving those barriers first, before change could be made. She also considers herself to be a “rule-breaking” mindfulness practitioner, as she teaches in ways that are more concrete and accessible than mindfulness is often taught. She believes using mindfulness as a way to create better awareness can be a powerful tool to help with attention, focus, uncomfortable situations, shame, and much more. She believes we each have strengths and can utilise those strengths to support Executive Functions and attention, rather than the “deficit” model of focusing on “fixing” what is wrong.

 In this episode, we will discuss what mindfulness is, the benefits it can bring to the ADHD mind, and how we can rule break so we can make it work for us! 

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/) 

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 ‘Open Mind Session’ where she will be joined by fellow coah and Friend Alex Campbell.

Alex is an ADHD specialist, BACP psychotherapist, ICF coach, and Mental Health First Aid Instructor. He dedicates his life to helping others understand and thrive with neurodiversity. His portfolio career spans film & television, international business development and non-profit operations.

A proud father and a husband to a beautiful Kiwi, Alex understands the importance of family and belonging. He’s constantly aware of not being present and on a lifelong adventure in understanding how self-compassion supports him and his rather chaotic brain.

He’s currently about to make the biggest move of his life – emigrating to New Zealand and is just about to launch 2 ADHD courses. One’s being co-developed with another ADHD coach that’s for anyone wanting to gain a deeper understating of the lived experience of ADHD. And the other is an on-demand Self-Compassion course specifically for ADHDers.

In this episode, we discuss the meaning of Self-compassion and what it means for the ADHD mind. We touch upon why it is so hard for those of us with ADHD and how we can take slow steady steps to overcome that. We also discuss Alex’s next venture of his Self Compassion course!

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...)

Alex’s Details:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adhdpodcast.fm/

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

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.adhdalex.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 ‘Open Mind Session’ where she will be joined by Executive Function Coach Mallory Band.

Mallory Band is 30 and is from Maryland (in the US). She currently lives with her husband Andrew and their dog, Riley. She loves watching sports and working out, as well as being outside in nature. She has been working as an executive function specialist with Essig Education Group, serving children, teens, and young adults.

In 2022, she founded Band Together Education, a community that helps individuals with ADHD and learning differences reach their full potential. This is her true passion, as she was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety when she was eight and knows the power of asking for help and being supported by experts.

She has always struggled with feeling good enough. She continues to learn about her neurodiversity as she helps her clients gain independence and improve their self-confidence and self-esteem. Nobody deserves to feel alone or alienated and thus, Mallory loves being vulnerable and talking about her own lived experiences with ADHD and anxiety, in hopes to help others.

In this episode, we discuss the struggle with not feeling good enough and that it is often overtaken with imposter syndrome and rejection sensitive dysphoria. We touch upon worrying about the “what ifs” and the cause that it can make us be stuck in the past or propelled into the possible future, and rarely living in the moment. We can rely on my strengths and past successes to feel good about where we currently are and where are going. It is critical to help others understand value and worth. As… We are all good enough.

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...)

Mallory’s Details:

Instagram: @malloryb_adhd

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallory-band-6b48b65b/)

Email: [email protected]

Website (coming soon) www.bandtogethereducation.com

Links from Today:

Attitude article: https://www.additudemag.com/imposter-syndrome-overcome-perfectionism-adhd/

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 as promised two weeks later with a "Top I " session where she will discuss the misconception that ADHD needs to be fixed quickly! She reflects that ADHD can be a challenge and a positive thing and that any journey of change takes time. She gives you some steps to really taking the time to envision and take steps to change slowly and sustainably.

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...)

Dear Diary,

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

In the light of the new term, this week Natasha is back with an "Open Mind" session where she will discuss how ADHD impacts transitions and change. She will highlight the change process and give examples of each stage. She will use this to give you a practical process to go through that can best help you prepare for the upcoming change!

Change can be daunting and challenging to move through; remember the first step is compassion and knowing that whatever the change is, it’s ok!

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...)

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 not only her closest friend but also a fellow colleague in the world of mental health, counsellor Alecia Pieterse.

Alecia is a 32-year-old South African. She has travelled the world, spending a large amount of her time in the East. She returned to South Africa during the original Covid 19 out break returning home with all 4 her pets. She continues to work in education as an educator while developing her own online counselling business. Steppingstones Online counselling, predominantly aimed at an online marked, as making time for oneself these days has truly become difficult.

Alecia’s passion for helping people has always been a part of her core, going into education hoping to make a difference in at least one student live a year, quickly realizing there is a vast number of boxes being a teacher alone doesn’t tick, she wanted to help in a deeper manner, thus leading her toward studying further and becoming a qualified counsellor and play therapist.

Having experience in main stream education and seeing the need out there for parents and teacher to be more aware, has brought her to the point where she would like to share with us what she has noticed in people with ADHD as well as the comorbid conditions that go along with being a unique individual with a different kind of mind.

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...)

Alecia’s Details:

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.steppingstonescounselling.online/

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stepping_stones_counselling/?hl=en-gb

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 My Brain Session" session where she will take you through her own personal ADHD Life coaching process; she will also answer some of the burning questions she always seems to get: What is coaching, how is different from therapy the benefits and how to find one?

Finding a coach can be challenging, and the process looks and is very different for everyone; however, to know this, we have to be able to know where to start! So listen in to see how!

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:

ACO: https://www.adhdcoaches.org/

ADDA: https://add.org/

ADHD UK: https://adhduk.co.uk/

Life Coach Directory UK: https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/articles/adhd-coaching.html

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 Amy Quinn and featuring the incredible technology of Qbtech.

Amy Quinn is a physician’s assistant and clinical ADHD specialist in Wichita, KS, where she lives with her 2 children.

After years of unsuccessful treatment for anxiety and depression, Amy was diagnosed with ADHD at 40.  The diagnosis sparked a new flame in her, as she realized she needed to help others who had been misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.

As a PA, Amy is the proud owner of her private practice in Wichita, Kansas, where she focuses on diagnosing and treating neurodivergence. Amy also serves her community as an officer in the Kansas National Guard, as well as a Hospitalist for multiple regional hospitals.

QBtech: ADHD management needs shaking up. Qbtech was founded to do just that. The founders understood from first-hand experience that the diagnostic process is complex and time-consuming. They also realized that diagnoses were based solely on subjective data and were determined to create a more objective approach.

Since 2000, Qbtech has been focused on a technology-first approach to ADHD assessments, combining both objective and subjective data to give patients a better, clearer diagnosis.

In this episode find out how Qbtech is revolutionizing the ADHD diagnosis and treatment process directly from the source. Amy Quinn, a physician’s assistant and clinical ADHD specialist, is using Qbtech’s objective testing with her patients and helping them understand and manage their ADHD.

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...)

Amy’s Details:

Website; https://quinnessential.org/

Email: [email protected]

Qbtech:

Website: https://www.qbtech.com/

To find a provider for QBTECH in the UK: https://adhdnews.qbtech.com/adhd-providers.

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 Life Coach Tony Coward.

For Tony the penny finally dropped at the age of 48 that maybe undiagnosed ADHD was the ‘invisible saboteur' that had frustratingly eluded him for so long but finally explained the academic struggles, the multiple careers, and so much more!

After diagnosis he quickly made the decision to look forwards, empower himself with knowledge and ensure that the future would be better than the past.

Tony set out to discover as much as he could about how his ADHD strengths and challenges presented themselves. In an effort to connect with other adults like himself he started a local support group which quickly extended to supporting other ADHD adults individually. Later, having found himself at yet another career crossroads he began training as an ADHD coach with ADDCA - the gold standard in ADHD coach training.

After graduating, Tony founded Nomadd Coach to create a coaching space for ADHD adults, often late diagnosed, for whom a big part of the lived experience has been the cumulative frustration in work, at home and in relationships. Many of Tony’s clients are smart, high achieving professionals and entrepreneurs who, on the surface at least, look like they are succeeding but are often paddling like fury underneath.

As a career ‘solopreneur’ himself, Tony finds himself drawn towards coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs struggling to define their ‘mission’ and deliver their highest contribution. He has a particular passion for working with and supporting other ADHD coaches. 

In this episode, we will be diving into ADHD and unfulfilled potential that not only seems to grow, it can also feel increasingly out of reach. 

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

The Indigo Diaries

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...)

Tony's Info:

Website; https://www.nomadd.coach/

LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-coward-aacc-42992573/

Email; [email protected]

Links from Today:

Ted talk: http://t.ted.com/0lkw6RQ

Emotions wheel: JCA-Feelings-wheel (jcaglobal.com)

Dear Diary,

Welcome to "The Indigo Diaries." Join host Natasha Hickling as she interviews another guest, the amazing Graham Summerscales in the new diary entry of the series.

Graham is a qualified Executive Coach for individuals and teams. He has worked globally and nationally. Graham is absolutely passionate about people, whether that be coaching an up and coming leader or coaching a CEO he shifts gear with ease. He believes that learning and development are lifelong and with this is never without a book in his hand!  Values are really important to him with honesty being the top of his list.  He will often advise a business that coaching is the wrong intervention and signposting clients to other support systems where appropriate.  This integrity and professionalism are what sets Graham apart; he believes strongly in offering the right solution not just any solution. 

Graham is also an avid sportsman, having played Rugby for Great Britain at Amateur level where we were successful in Australia, France and Morocco. He still holds the record for becoming the oldest ever professional Rugby debutant!  Nowadays he has a passion for golf, with a playing handicap of 7.

In this episode, Graham discusses his recent diagnosis at the age of 53 with ADHD combined presentation and how this has given him clarity and understanding and everything in his life has come into focus. The realization of the past has been realized overnight.

We hope you enjoy another story and hope you find a relation in it in some way.

Have a great week ahead!

Until next time...

The Indigo Diaries

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/)

Graham’s Details:

Website: https://www.all-about-change.co.uk/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/all-about-change-graham-summerscales/

References Mentioned today:

Susie Dobbinson’s https://www.spectrumdiagnosis.co.uk

Email- [email protected]