Episode 134: Visualising a Better ADHD Future using Positive Psychology with Ruth Kudzi

Feeling more empowered by understanding how to harness our brains to visualise a calmer and more fulfilled future is possible, and we discuss all of this and much more with my guest, Ruth Kudzi.

Ruth is a coach, psychologist, and trainer with nearly 30 years of experience studying Psychology. She's fascinated by how Positive Psychology tools can help us feel better and enhance our well-being. Ruth's an ICF master-certified coach, best-selling author, leading podcaster, and international speaker focusing on well-being and coaching.

On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Ruth speak about:

• The concept of 'self-coaching' and how it can help you to make incremental changes

• Positive Psychology, what it is and how it can help you ADHD brain

• ADHD pre-disposition to anxiety and how to improve negative thought patterns

• ADHD post-diagnosis grief

• Relating to your family after a diagnosis

• The power of visualisation and imagining your 'future self' to improve your current situation

• ADHD catastrophising and using positive psychology to help calm our brains

• ADHD and dopamine addictions

• Using different ways of visualisation to create a better future

• Finding meaning and purpose and why it might not be your career

• Ruth's tips for burnout

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Kate's new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.

Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here