Neurodiverse Productivity for High Sensitivity and ADHD with Dr. Matt Jarman

Hey there, Highly Sensitive Person-

What do High Sensitivity and ADHD have in common?

Besides:

• an unusual threshold for stimulation (high and low)

• active minds and imaginations

• possible guilt or shame about being different

• high levels of creativity and multi-passionate interests

Both Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and those with ADHD are neurospicy.

You might have heard the terms "neurodivergent" or "neurodiverse."

Same thing, but I prefer a term that covers how flavorful our lives can be: neurospicy. ;)

And as neurospicy people, both HSPs and people with ADHD have unique gifts (and challenges) living in a world that's not designed for our ways of thinking and processing.

How can we move forward, live vibrant lives, and work within our unique brain's optimal energy levels and systems?

Productivity designed for your unique brain is how you move forward.

You don't have to beat yourself up, judge yourself, or willpower your way through schedules and structures that simply don't work for you.

Besides, let's be honest - when you treat yourself that way, you distract, avoid, and freeze instead of taking the action you so desperately want to take. Am I wrong?

Tips and tricks often aren't enough to get yourself organized, clean out your inbox, or build new habits.

If they were, there wouldn't be SO MANY different lists and blogs, sharing what is often contradictory information.

I would know. I was a professional organizer for 5 years.

It's never about the stuff OR the techniques.

Your approach and your mindset are what determine your progress.

Which is why I brought my friend, colleague, and fellow neurospicy human, Dr. Matt Jarman, on this week's episode of the Highly Sensitive Club to share his unique productivity perspective, specifically designed for neurodiverse humans.

Listen on your favorite podcast app and / or watch on YouTube.

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In the episode, you'll learn:

• what ADHD looks like and how it shows up in daily life (lots of HSPs also have ADHD!)

• the true problem for people with ADHD - and it's not their brain or the diagnosis

• Matt's 5-part Productivity Superpower Framework

• an area of productivity Matt identified specifically for neurodiversity

Not only was this conversation extremely fun and thoughtful, it was also useful and packed full of nuance for our highly sensitive minds to parse out and process.

Rather than continuing to beat yourself up for not getting as much done as you want, you can instead go to Matt's simple tools to figure out which aspect of your productivity is low (not lacking).

Once you know which area to boost yourself in, it becomes a simple, easy fix, not some moral failing.

You're high or low in all of the categories at some point, so this is simple data, not drama.

Imagine being able to tell right away which productivity areas are your strengths and where you're currently low.

Then, you take a simple step to boost your low area.

Easy peasy!

Check out Matt's website Productive For Good to try his free tools.

Matt gave me a trick he calls the "mental reset" that couldn't be easier (literally, you can do it with your eyes closed), and I felt my whole highly sensitive nervous system go from overstimulated and calm in a matter of minutes.

Listen to "Neurodiverse Productivity with Dr. Matt Jarman" to find out for yourself.

It could mean many more afternoons of calm and composure instead of overwhelm and stress, my dear HSP.

You deserve to get your energy back and be productive in ways that suit you, not cookie-cutter advice from the internet.

To healthy progress,

Steph