Research indicates that for adults with ADHD, the brain tends to gravitate toward negative information, acting almost like a magnet for unfavorable experiences. Life experiences shape dominant thinking patterns, often fixating on unpleasant memories. This inclination creates an inner GPS that leans heavily toward the negative, flooding the mind with bad news, weaknesses, and failures while overshadowing the positives, strengths, and successes.
This negative focus intensifies anxiety, exacerbating ADHD challenges and fostering a cycle of ruminative thinking that makes it challenging to break free from negative thought loops. Consequently, it hampers the ability to appreciate and embrace the positive aspects of life.
This persistent negative bias creates a neurological imbalance, making it tough to regulate emotions and effectively utilize essential Executive Functions in various life domains such as work, relationships, and decision-making.
The good news is that the brain possesses neuroplasticity—a remarkable capacity to adapt and rewire itself. By consciously directing focus and mental activity, you have the power to reshape the architecture of your brain over time. What you choose to focus on becomes amplified.
David Giwerc, Founder/President of the ADD Coach Academy and a Master Certified ADHD Coach (MCAC), offers a transformative blueprint for your ADHD brain. Drawing from over two decades of coaching experience, he empowers you to explore your latent abilities that have remained hidden within your subconscious.
During this session, you will:
- Explore Emotional Intelligence: Understand its pivotal role in shifting away from negative rumination, thereby enhancing your quality of life.
- Differentiate Performance Strengths from Character Strengths: Learn why character strengths serve as crucial motivational sources.
- Engage with Research-Backed Strategies: Discover effective strategies to overcome rumination and pave the way for illumination.
- Apply Coaching Exercises: Learn practical techniques to redirect negative thinking patterns and access positive emotions.
This session offers a roadmap not only to survive but to thrive with purpose and fulfillment. Join us to unlock the untapped potential of your ADHD brain and embrace a positive, adaptable approach to life.
Who: David Giwerc, MCAC, MCC
Biography
David Giwerc is a Master Certified ADHD Coach, MCAC, with the Professional Association of ADHD Coaches (PAAC) and a Master Certified Coach, MCC, with the International Coach Federation (ICF). He is also the Founder and President of the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA), the first and largest comprehensive ADHD coach training program fully accredited by the ICF and PAAC, the governing bodies of the Life Coaching and ADHD Coaching Professions.
David has an internationally recognized coaching practice dedicated to empowering ADHD entrepreneurs, executives, and CEOs from businesses of all sizes. David’s ADHD coaching skills, intuitive business sense, and diverse experience have been credited with helping to transform struggling businesses into profitable thriving enterprises.
David has been recognized for his many contributions in the field of ADHD coaching and research. .David is an inductee of the International CHADD Hall of Fame and a recipient of the ACO Founders Award for his many contributions in the field of ADHD coaching and research
In his groundbreaking book, Permission to Proceed: The Keys to Creating a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Possibility for Adults with ADHD, David shares his unique and effective coaching models for gaining control of one’s ADHD at home, work, and in the community.
Visit David’s website at www.ADDCA.com
