Not sure if introductions are a big thing here, but I'm going to do one right now - I'm excited to meet you all! I'm Kim. A German AuDHD weirdo and loving it haha When it comes to business, I'm an author, a therapist, have been a self-publishing coach and am now in the process of combining all my ventures into one by coaching other business owners on how to overcome their fears, self-doubts, worries, insecurities and other roadblocks that are keeping them from building the business they are meant to build. But rather than using the same old business- and "you just gotta shift your mindset and think positive"-tools I do so using tools that actually work aka the tools I learned in therapy that manage to get depressed people back out of bed and phobic people to overcome their phobias. As for my personal life, well I've got ADHD so there are more projects and hobbies than I can list haha, but here are my favorites at the moment: gardening, going for walks in nature, pilates, cooking, working on my business, doing jig saw puzzles, exploring new places, cafés & restaurants with friends, writing and a great many more things Current Special Interest: Becoming a ranger in Africa 🦒 Looking forward to connecting and helping each other grow💛

One of the people who has had the biggest impact on how I think about motivation, habits, and personal growth is Mel Robbins. (And yes, @Bill Widmer too, but this post is about Mel, sorry 😎) I've read her books, listened to countless podcast episodes, and followed her work for years. She also has ADHD and was diagnosed later in life, which is probably one of the reasons her advice resonates with me so much. Whether you love self-development or usually roll your eyes at it, here are five ideas from her books that genuinely stuck with me. 1️⃣ Motivation is a myth Waiting until you feel like doing something is a losing strategy. Mel argues that most of our decisions are driven by emotions, not logic. The problem? Our feelings rarely align with our long-term goals. That's why learning to act before you feel ready is often the difference between staying stuck and making progress. She calls this learning to use a "push" to get yourself moving before your brain talks you out of it. (The 5 Second Rule) 2️⃣ Most adults are just eight-year-olds in bigger bodies A surprising number of adults never develop strong emotional regulation skills. Think about behaviors like giving someone the silent treatment, sulking, or expecting others to read your mind. Those reactions often come from the same emotional place as a frustrated child seeking attention. One idea from The Let Them Theory that really stayed with me is that emotions naturally pass if we don't keep feeding them. (The Let Them Theory) 3️⃣ Sometimes a glitch turns into glory ✨ When Mel's first book, The 5 Second Rule, launched in 2017, Amazon temporarily flagged it as unavailable because the sudden surge of orders from an unknown author looked suspicious. Since readers couldn't get the print version, many switched to the audiobook instead. What looked like a disaster ended up helping the audiobook become one of Audible's biggest successes of the year. A good reminder that not every setback is actually a setback. (The High 5 Habit)

I'm considering adding a newsletter to send to my app users. Currently, we have a decent number of users who download the app and then drop off pretty quick. Our initial solution was to send them to our Skool community via in-app popups and email drip campaigns, but I'm thinking that asking someone to join a community that they know nothing about may be too big of a step. That's where the newsletter comes in. It's a fun and valuable way to give them a clearer idea of what we do and the benefits of the community delivered directly to their email. It's like the first step of being in the community (without needing to be visible or pressured to engage). Any thoughts?

I want to give a huge shout out to @Alena Sladkovská, who just published her first ever YouTube video this morning: Does Everyone Have ADHD Now? 🧠 The Internet Got ADHD Wrong What's really cool about this - aside from her video material being absolute 🔥 when it comes to explaining the real issues around modern ADHD and the way the internet portrays it... Is that this video was AI-dubbed into English. Her original video was recorded in czech and she used Heygen to create an english-speaking version. And it's actually pretty damn good; check it out below. Super proud of what you're doing inside Momentum Lab, Alena!! Nice work! 👏 Excited to see what comes next and how these videos perform for you. Your passion for the subject is very clear. 💪 Might have to see your Heygen tutorial soon!

I’m trying to build something genuinely useful for ADHD brains in my country — in Czech, not English. Few weeks ago, I put out a survey and offered people the chance to connect with me for one-on-one online conversations about ADHD. Today I had my first call with someone from that survey, and honestly? I loved it. There were so many moments where I completely understood what she meant. She talked about constantly losing and forgetting things — one of those “classic ADHD” struggles that doesn’t hit me as hard personally. But the truth is, I’m aware that in my case it’s probably overcompensation. I check everything seven times: keys in pocket, phone in bag, car lights on. My brain basically runs on manual verification mode. One thing she mentioned really stuck with me though: the lack of understanding from people around her. Even her boyfriend thinks adult ADHD isn’t real. And I run into the same thing online all the time. Whenever I post about ADHD on Threads, there’s usually at least one comment along the lines of: “Yeah right, another person blaming ADHD for everything.” I was also at a lecture recently where the speaker made one of those jokes: “Nowadays everyone has ADHD, right?” And honestly, I couldn’t even tell whether he was mocking people like us… or reacting to the flood of trendy self-diagnosed content where someone jokes about forgetting the trash outside because they saw a squirrel on the way back in. The weird thing is: in the Czech Republic, a book about women with ADHD recently won the biggest and most prestigious literary award in the nonfiction category. Awareness is growing. And yet there are still so many people who think ADHD is either fake, overdiagnosed, or just “little hyper boys climbing chandeliers. ”The rise of “fake ADHD” influencer content really isn’t helping either. Have you experienced this too? How do you deal with being labeled — directly or indirectly — as lazy, irresponsible, or someone who’s “just making excuses”? And honestly… how do we get actual ADHD awareness outside the ADHD bubble? Because even if I start making YouTube videos, the algorithm will mostly push them toward people already interested in ADHD — not the people dismissing it in the first place.