I had the pleasure of meeting my new ADHD Harmony friend, @Tuuli Gress, in person! In true ADHD fashion, we were both late (I couldn’t find my keys, shocking I know 😂). We had so much fun getting to know one another, before we knew it, 2+ hours had passed. Tuuli is an absolute ray of sunshine — sweet, funny, and full of life. This is what I love about this community — the people we connect with here get it! 🌟

Kia ora cohort, I want to take a moment to be honest with you all, because that's what this space has taught me I can do. A week and a half ago, we had our Week 5 somatic breathing session. I'll admit I walked in a little sceptical, a bit "what's all this woo woo fluff?" What happened was the opposite of what I expected. With my eyes closed I could actually see colours through my eyelids, and something in me cracked open. The invitation I took from it was about releasing old identities and making room to embrace new ones. Letting go of the masks, the 20,000 messages we've absorbed growing up that we're not enough, or too much, so we can move toward our ikigai with fresh energy. Here's where I need to be honest. What came up for me went deeper than I expected, and I got stuck in the historic stuff. The past week and a bit I've been quietly doing the work, closing loops on some inner child trauma so I can actually put the bags down instead of dragging them through another airport. And in true ENFP fashion, before I even knew how much unpacking I had to do, I had already put my hand up to coordinate a rerun of the session for the cohort. I over-committed and under-delivered, and I feel the embarrassment of that. I'm naming it because I think that's part of the healing too. What I want to shout from the rooftops is this: Sammy and Beth, thank you. You bridged a gap I couldn't bridge on my own. You sorted the interest, the timings, the logistics, and you made it happen with grace. That is the ADHD Harmony community at its finest. I am sure tomorrow will not be the only rerun. Beth, a special thank you for your messages. The way you recognised the overwhelm of what I'd been confronted with, and gently reminded me to take care, meant more than you know. To the rest of the cohort, thank you for the encouragement, for acknowledging that sometimes we need to stop and sort our stuff out before we can carry anything new. No extra luggage fees required. ✈️ The rerun is tomorrow (Monday NZ / Sunday for most of you). I'll be there with the rest of you who have registered an interest, lighter than I was a week and a half ago, ready to keep doing this beautiful, messy work together.