After eight years the podcast has changed names! Pressing Pause has become the Quiet ADHD Podcast.

In this episode in the special Better Read Book Fest season of the podcast I spoke with psychotherapist and coach Natasha Page, who’s the author of Believe You’re Made for More.

We discussed:

• The vulnerability in writing a book that shared Natasha’s own struggles with self-esteem

• The everyday habits that quietly signal low self-esteem

• Why self-deprecating humour isn’t as harmless as it seems

• The link between neurodivergence and self-esteem

• Turning your struggles into fuel instead of shame

• Natasha’s seven steps to rebuilding self-worth

To hear more from Natasha and all the authors at Better Read Book Fest get your ticket while they’re available at betterreadbookfest.com.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Connect with Natasha Page https://www.natashapagemsc.com @natashapagemsc on social media

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* Get your Better Read Book Fest ticket here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

After eight years the podcast has changed names! Pressing Pause has become the Quiet ADHD Podcast.

For this episode in the special Better Read Book Fest season of the podcast I had a fascinating conversation with Natalie Lue, author of The Joy of Saying No along with several other books and Baggage Reclaim – one of the longest-running self-help blogs in the world.

We discussed:

• Five hidden types of people-pleasing

• The ‘Age of Obedience’ and why saying no still feels so hard

• Why efforting and burnout go hand in hand

• The ADHD link to ‘try harder’ conditioning

• Why that ADHD driving energy can suck the joy out of things you actually want to do

• Natalie’s six-step path to actually finding joy in saying no

To hear more from Natalie and all the authors at Better Read Book Fest get your ticket while they’re available at betterreadbookfest.com.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Connect with Natalie Lue www.baggagereclaim.com & www.natalielue.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/natlue

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* Get your Better Read Book Fest ticket here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

After eight years the podcast has changed names! Pressing Pause has become the Quiet ADHD Podcast.

For this first episode in the special Better Read Book Fest season of the podcast I had the joy of chatting with Suzy Reading, chartered psychologist and author of How to Be Selfish along with several other books.

We discussed:

• A definition of “selfish” that’ll surprise you

• The one-word swap that changes how you talk to yourself

• The power in how you name and talk to your ADHD brain

• Why negative self-talk is really self-harm

• The everyday habits quietly turning up your ADHD inner noise

• A 7-step framework for reclaiming your power

To hear more from Suzy and all the authors at Better Read Book Fest get your ticket while they’re available at betterreadbookfest.com.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Connect with Suzy www.suzyreading.co.uk Follow on Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzyreading/  How to Be Selfish: https://smarturl.it/howtobeselfish

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* Get your Better Read Book Fest ticket here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

After eight years the podcast has changed names! Pressing Pause has become the Quiet ADHD Podcast.

The thing with discovering you have ADHD – an explanation for how you feel, think, act and react – is that it changes how you treat yourself when you feel, think, act and react the way you do.

Without this understanding I went through the first almost five decades of my life verbally berating myself. Criticising and shaming myself. Telling myself over and over that I was lacking, I was failing, I was too sensitive, I wasn’t strong enough… With this understanding I have drastically changed how I speak to and treat myself.

I’ve been thinking about scenarios in everyday life and how different my response and treatment of myself has become in recent years compared to how it was before I discovered my ADHD. I thought I’d share three of them with you in this episode, perhaps they’ll sound familiar.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* Get your Better Read Book Fest ticket here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

Last month saw the 15th anniversary of my stepping away from paid employment as the deputy editor of a children’s newspaper to work full-time for myself. A lot has happened in those 15 years and I thought I’d share 15 lessons and observations I’ve taken from these years working for myself that apply just as much to life as they do to business.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* Get your Better Read Book Fest Early Bird ticket with Festival Gift Bag here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

Accountability is something that comes up a lot in conversations with my coaching clients and in my Quiet ADHD Club membership. It’s a funny thing because it can be helpful, it can feel like nagging, and it can invoke the rebel within us.

In this episode I’m sharing the different ways we can relate to inner and outer expectations along with three key tools I use when I struggle to get stuff done..

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Get your Better Read Book Fest Early Bird ticket with Festival Gift Bag here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

Toni Jones and I talked about everything involved in the UK’s first literary festival dedicated to wellbeing books – Better Read Book Fest – taking place in Abergavenny, south Wales, on Saturday 3 October (early bird ticket offer ends Wednesday 17 June):

* Why create this festival

* Who the speaking authors are and their books

* What will happen on the day including Toni’s involvement

* Who the festival is for and how lots of people are coming on their own

* What the process of creating the Festival has been like so far

* What you get in the Early Bird ticket offer

* Why the day itself is going to be special

We packed it all into 22 minutes!

You can find all the info including the authors, the schedule for the day, how to get there and get your tickets at betterreadbookfest.com.

Sometimes following your ADHD curiosity and creativity leads you down quite unexpected paths – like creating the UK's first literary festival dedicated entirely to wellbeing books!

In this episode I'm sharing the next instalment of my Festival Diaries including the amazing authors who will be speaking at Better Read Book Fest and which of my ADHD buttons it's pressing.

Early Bird tickets are available now until Wednesday 17 June – you can save money AND get a Festival Gift Bag packed with goodies!

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Get your Better Read Book Fest Early Bird ticket with Festival Gift Bag here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

Procrastination and motivation can be a real struggle for ADHDers so I thought we’d get practical in this episode and I’d share what helps me do things that I’m finding hard to get on and do.

If what I share in this podcast resonates with you and you’re looking for support go to gabrielletreanor.com. And if you’d like to share this or any of my podcast episodes on social media or with your friends or family that would help more quiet ADHDers to know they’re not alone too.

Resources:

* Get your Better Read Book Fest Early Bird ticket with Festival Gift Bag here. Follow Better Read Book Fest on Instagram here.

* If what I’m sharing resonates with you I’d love to hear from you, email me [email protected].

* Read my posts about the experience of a midlife, late-discovered ADHD woman here.

* Find out more about the Quiet ADHD Club and join here.

* You can find more info including my coaching services on my website here.

Toni Jones and I had a great conversation about writing, reading 1000+ books including a particularly famous self-help book that we both struggle with, recommendations for your TBR pile, and lots more (just ignore the first minute or so of me having tech woes).

There is a brief window to order Toni’s book – YOU (The Beginner’s Guide) – so don’t delay! Hope on over to The Pound Project’s site here and order it now.

Thank you Claire Venus ✨, Margaret Williams, MS, ACC, Angela Limb, Emmett Tatter, and many others for joining us.