Navigating The Summer Rush: Regulation Strategies for Your ADHD Nervous System

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This week's episode:

Now that summer is upon us, it can be both a vibrant and overwhelming time, and can often feel like riding a rollercoaster for your nervous system when you are ADHD or neurodivergent.

This season brings a whirlwind of social engagements and activities that ramp up our energy and excitement. But for many of us, this relentless pace leads to overwhelm and burnout if we don't balance that activation with necessary moments of calm. In this episode, we delve into understanding our nervous systems and recognising when we're becoming overactivated.

Activation itself isn't the problem; joy, excitement, creativity, travel, and meaningful work can all be activating. But staying in this energy for weeks can lead to reactivity, snapping, disturbed sleep, and emotional exhaustion. Kate shares her tips for bringing balance into daily life through micro mindful moments, rather than waiting for burnout to force you to slow down.

You'll hear how you can proactively weave grounding practices into your routine, whether it's a few minutes of breathwork, a walk in nature, or simply pausing to check in with yourself.

In this episode, we cover:

• How summer's whirlwind of social activities can feel exciting but overwhelming, especially for those of us with ADHD
• Why understanding the difference between nervous system activation and regulation is key to managing our responses during busy times
• Daily moments of regulation aren't luxuries, but necessary maintenance for our well-being
• How grounding activities like yoga, breathwork, or time in nature help us recharge and prevent burnout
• Why listening to our bodies is vital, and how ignoring signs of fatigue often leads to burnout
• How to find a rhythm between activation and regulation, rather than staying in a constant state of high energy or anxiety

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Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed women with ADHD find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.