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🎓 Channelling the Chaos – Inspiring the Next Generation! 🧠Today I had the pleasure of visiting Aurora Ivy Lane School to...
12/10/2026

🎓 Channelling the Chaos – Inspiring the Next Generation! 🧠

Today I had the pleasure of visiting Aurora Ivy Lane School to deliver my Channelling the Chaos talk to students.

Drawing on my own experiences of ADHD, being expelled from two schools, struggling with addiction and eventually achieving a Guinness World Record, I shared how understanding your brain can completely change the direction of your life.

🧠 What did students learn?

✅ Why ADHD brains can think, feel and behave differently.

✅ How dopamine influences motivation, attention and behaviour.

✅ How to better understand and manage emotions, impulsivity and challenges.

✅ Why ADHD isn’t just about difficulties – it can also bring incredible strengths, including creativity, resilience, perseverance and hyperfocus.

✅ How self-awareness, healthy habits and finding your strengths can help you thrive.

My biggest message? Having a brain that works differently doesn’t mean you can’t achieve amazing things! 💪

It was also fantastic to hear from the teacher who organised today’s session that he’s planning to invite me back to deliver my teacher training programme:

“The Science of ADHD & Adaptive Classroom Strategies for Neurodivergent Learners.”

This training helps teachers better understand neurodivergent brains and provides practical strategies to improve engagement, emotional regulation, confidence and learning in the classroom.

📣 Are you a school looking for an inspirational student talk or practical teacher training?

I’d love to help!

📩 Drop me a message or find out more at:

🌐 www.adhdandy.com

12/10/2026

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) – when your brain tries to protect you from rejection, even when there’s no real threat. 🧠

Today I’m going into a school to deliver a talk about ADHD. A subject I’ve lived with for 45 years, studied extensively and spoken about countless times.

So why am I still feeling nervous?

Welcome to Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD), with a little imposter syndrome thrown in!

Growing up with ADHD, I experienced years of criticism, negative social interactions, feeling different and ultimately being expelled from two schools.

Those experiences can leave deep emotional scars, shaping our self-esteem and how our brains respond to situations where we feel vulnerable to judgement.

This is where my ‘chimp brain’ kicks in.

That instinctive, emotional part of the brain that’s trying to protect me from a perceived threat.

From an evolutionary perspective, social rejection was once a genuine threat to survival. Being excluded from your tribe could mean losing protection, resources and ultimately your life.

Our brains evolved to be highly sensitive to social rejection.

For someone with ADHD who has experienced years of criticism or exclusion, that sensitivity can become particularly strong.

RSD describes the intense emotional response some people experience to real or perceived rejection. It’s not a formal diagnosis, but it’s something many people with ADHD recognise.

And here’s the irony…

I’m walking into a school today to help young people understand their ADHD, recognise their strengths and build confidence.

Yet part of my own brain is still reacting like that young boy who never felt good enough at school.

But just because your brain perceives a threat doesn’t mean there actually is one.

Understanding why we feel this way helps us challenge those old beliefs rather than allowing them to dictate our future.

And that’s exactly why I do what I do.

No young person with ADHD should grow up believing they’re not good enough simply because their brain works differently. 💚

11/10/2026

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🎙️ LIVE ON BBC RADIO DERBY TODAY – 5.05PM!Is ADHD being overdiagnosed, or are we finally recognising people who have spe...
09/10/2026

🎙️ LIVE ON BBC RADIO DERBY TODAY – 5.05PM!

Is ADHD being overdiagnosed, or are we finally recognising people who have spent years being misunderstood?

Following today’s BBC News coverage of a major government review into ADHD and autism diagnoses, I’ve been invited onto BBC Radio Derby at 5.05pm to discuss this important and sometimes controversial subject.

As someone who has lived with ADHD and autism for 45 years, I’ll be sharing my perspective on the importance of accurate diagnosis, greater understanding and, crucially, access to support. We do also need to subjectively look at the modern day impact of screens and processed food have on our behaviour.

Are we asking the right question? Rather than focusing solely on the number of diagnoses, shouldn’t we also be asking whether people are getting the understanding and support they need?

📻 Tune in from 5.05pm today!

📰 BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c64g7ym4314wt

07/10/2026

Brand new training course!!

I used to give myself a really hard time for needing to leave jobs! The truth of it was all my previous 60 odd jobs had just ceased to be stimulating! Once this happens to an ADHD’er we’re then literally fighting against our own hormones, on a daily basis, to try and stay in that role!

Now in my 40’s and with a really good handle on exactly why I feel how I feel I now no longer give myself the self deprecating mental battering and just accept I’m ready to move onto something new!

With being so confident in the water and loving cold submersion I’m super confident I’m going to find this one extremely enjoyable and really challenging (in a good way!!)

Wish me luck!! 🍀

05/10/2026

🌿 ADHD brains thrive on variety.

Spending time in nature, changing our environment and doing something different can give an active ADHD brain the stimulation it craves — while also giving us space away from the constant noise and demands of everyday life.

For me, getting outdoors and adding variety to my day is a big part of keeping my brain engaged and my wellbeing on track.

If you’re around Lichfield tonight and want to understand more about ADHD, I’ll be speaking at The Guildhall at 7pm for The Science of ADHD & the Six Pillars of Health.

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/GVQG

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04/10/2026

ADHD can bring challenges — but never underestimate the strengths that can come with it.

Resilience. Perseverance. Determination. And, when something really matters to us, an incredible capacity for hyperfocus.

When those traits are understood and channelled in the right direction, people with ADHD can achieve some pretty amazing things.

For me, they helped take me from struggling with ADHD and addiction to achieving a Guinness World Record — completing 70 × 70.3-mile triathlons in just 75 days.

My next challenge isn’t about breaking a world record.

I’m incredibly grateful to have been given a place in the London Marathon, running for a charity that’s very close to my heart — Caudwell Youth.

Caudwell Youth supports at-risk young people aged up to 25 who may be facing mental health challenges, leaving care, or at risk of exploitation or offending. Through long-term, person-centred mentoring, they give young people something incredibly important: a consistent person who listens, believes in them and helps them build confidence, resilience and a more positive future. (Caudwell Youth⁠)

That resonates hugely with me.

I know what it feels like to be a young person who struggles, gets labelled by their behaviour and doesn’t yet understand why their brain works differently.

The London Marathon might not be another Guinness World Record, but running through London with thousands of other people — while raising money to give vulnerable young people better opportunities — will be an amazing experience.

Sometimes the very traits that make life harder can become the traits that help us do extraordinary things.

Now it’s time to get the running shoes back on.

🏃‍♂️

02/10/2026

VARIETY = STIMULATION 🧠

One thing I’ve learned about living with ADHD is just how important variety is for my very active mind.

Doing the same thing, in the same environment, day after day can quickly become unstimulating. My brain thrives on novelty, challenge, movement, different people and different environments.

And that’s one of the things I love about what I do now.

One day I might be delivering ADHD training in a school. Another I’m mentoring someone 1-to-1. Then I could be speaking at an event, on the radio, or doing something completely different again.

For me, variety isn’t about being unable to stick at something. It’s about recognising what helps keep my brain engaged, interested and motivated.

ADHD brains can have a powerful appetite for stimulation. Understanding that has helped me build a life that gives my mind the variety it needs, rather than constantly trying to force myself into a way of working that doesn’t suit me.

Sometimes the answer isn’t trying harder to tolerate boredom. It’s finding healthier ways to give an active brain the stimulation it’s looking for.

If you’d like some help understanding your ADHD and what works for your brain, I offer 1-to-1 ADHD peer mentoring and a FREE 30-minute consultation to talk through where you’re struggling and how I may be able to help.

Drop me a message or visit www.ADHDandy.com to find out more.

Schools, parents and guardians must take urgent action to educate our young people about the impact of screens on mental...
30/09/2026

Schools, parents and guardians must take urgent action to educate our young people about the impact of screens on mental health - Screen addiction is a growing crisis!

We teach children about the risks of smoking, drugs and gambling. Are we doing enough to help them understand potentially addictive screen habits?

At a recent seminar I attended, Dr Trish Leigh—who reports analysing thousands of brain scans—said: “The impact of screens on teenagers is terrifying.” Researchers including Professor Eva Telzer and Dr Lauren Sherman are also investigating how social media engages the developing brain.

Research is showing the impact of screentime on re-wiring our dopamine reward pathways.

🧠 Dopamine helps drive motivation, reward learning and the urge to repeat behaviours.

Studies show that online likes activate reward-related brain regions, and habitual social media checking is associated with changes in adolescents’ sensitivity to social rewards over time.

Scrolling, notifications and gaming can offer rapid, repeated rewards and trigger huge dopamine spikes which ultimately means over time slower activities like reading, playing outside or spending time with family can feel less immediately compelling by comparison.

For some young people, screen habits become difficult to control, their brains are wired and start crowding out sleep, movement and meaningful connection. As the dependency on screens for dopamine (pleasure/reward) deepens we find our teens struggling with mental health as "real world" just isn't stimulating enough - they need their fix!

Its important to note that some screens have an important place in our lives. Schools use them for learning, and they help us connect with friends and family who live far away.

However, we need thoughtful, age-appropriate boundaries that consider what children are doing online and what it is replacing.

Rather than simply telling teenagers to use screens less, change is most effective when they understand how screens can affect dopamine pathways and mental health. That understanding gives them agency: not just rules, but reasons.

Education matters. Children deserve to understand dopamine and reward pathways, recognise habits that pull them back to their devices, and discover enjoyment, motivation and achievement in the "real world".

🎤 Schools: can book “The Great Dopamine Hijack”- an engaging talk combining science, lived experience and practical strategies to explore dopamine, screens, habits and addiction. It explains how movement, sleep, nutrition, time outdoors, relationships and purposeful activities can support motivation, focus and wellbeing - all essential for academic achievement and life in general!

£295 for a one-hour talk, ideal for school assemblies or a separate parent session—helping families support and reinforce the work schools do.

📩 Message me to discuss a booking or visit www.adhdandy.com for more info.

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