Something clicked for me this week 💡 Every building block I lay for myself is like adding another layer to my own personal firewall. I have ADHD. I feel everything. The noise, the energy of others, the chaos in the house. For years I ran on empty. Always putting everyone else first. And then I wondered why a simple comment from my partner or my kids being loud could send me into a spiral. The answer was simple: I had no firewall. Every bit of input from the outside world hit me directly, with nothing to absorb the impact. Over the past 5 weeks, I started laying building blocks. Small ones. Boring ones, even. 🛏️ Sleep. Going to bed at 9pm instead of midnight. Getting 8+ hours. This was my first domino, and it changed everything. 💧 Water, protein, no sugar. Sounds basic. But when my body is fueled, my nervous system is calmer. 🌬️ Breathwork. Teaching my body that it's safe to slow down. 🪞 Choosing me first. Not selfish. Necessary. 🧠 Naming my inner critics. I named them Woody Woodpecker (the panic voice) and the Duracell Bunny (the "you're not doing enough" voice). They're not me. I'm the one who hears them. 🗓️ Structure and planning. Still a work in progress, but even small steps toward overview, to calm my mind. Here's what I noticed 🔥 On the days when my blocks are in place, I can handle so much more. I stay present. I don't snap. I don't spiral. 💪 And on the days when the blocks crumble? Everything is louder. Everything is too much. That's not weakness. That's just what happens when the firewall is down. Every block is not just a habit. It's protection 🛡️ It's a layer between me and overstimulation. I'm not building this firewall to shut the world out. I'm building it so I can finally let the world in, without losing myself in the process 🔥 So grateful I started this program 🙏 and building my blocks and discovering them as I go here. To anyone who feels constantly overwhelmed by other people's energy, needs and emotions: you might not need to "try harder." You might just need more blocks in your wall.

Yep, 75 yesterday. Shorts and flip flops everywhere. Woke up to an inch of snow. I so love Colorado!!! At work, hanging in there, finding such comfort in conversations here with ya'all!. 🤩

How is it going with your sleep domino?? In just 2 weeks time, since I started working with my domino sleep.... I'm actually looking forward to going to bed.... and going to sleep I'm sleeping earlier and I'm loving ❤️ it!!! Never in a million years did I think I could ever have a thought like this🤣🤣 How about you? Any tips for this domino?

In which neurodivergent diagnosis did you recognise yourself? Or in which combination? And what was it in there, that really hit home for you? ❤️🙏

I am still teary after our call this morning, but there a tears of joy - for belonging to this wonderful group of self-actualizing people, the outpouring of compassion and love from you all as I was struggling, Jim who developed this amazing program and models so beautifully what we can all give back to this world. I'm doing the things I've learned these 5 weeks to get myself ready to walk into work today as the person I'm becoming - not the one I reacted as Tuesday and I know in my heart that there will be a bunch of you there with me in spirit!