Lynne Edris and Adam Coutts discuss the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for adults with ADHD, as well as the challenges. They share some helpful tips and strategies to improve your focus and your mindfulness.
Adam Coutts has taught thousands of people how to meditate, to calm their minds and feel a greater depth to life. He loves meditating and sharing with others what he has found through meditation – centeredness, self-awareness, meaning, clarity, vitality, spaciousness, and dignity. His teaching is marked by humor, relatable references to some of the more personal sides of being human, and quick insight into the deeper meaning of students’ questions, as well as his in depth exploration of his own and others ADHD. Since starting to teach in 2002, he has provided weekly sitting groups, one-on-one coaching, and eight-week classes, as well as live and virtual classes in corporations, jails, and schools. He began daily meditation in 1989 and has lived for four years in monasteries in America, India, Thailand, and Japan. For more information, visit his website at https://IntroMeditation.com/.
Podcast Co-Host Lynne Edris helps overwhelmed professionals take control of their time and tackle their to-dos with ease so they have more time, more energy, and more money for what they love most! As a woman with ADHD herself, she has been where her clients are and come out the other side, so to speak. She’s gone from living in a constant state of chaos and under-performance to a life full of success and fulfillment, and wants to help you achieve your version of success as well! Learn more about Lynne at www.CoachingADDvantages.com.
ADHD Support Talk Radio is an award winning Podcast for Adults with ADD / ADHD. Co-hosts Tara McGillicuddy and Lynne Edris are joined by Adult ADHD experts and they cover important topics related to Adult ADD / ADHD. Podcast guests include Dr. Edward Hallowell, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis, Dr. Ari Tuckman, Laurie Dupar, Terry Matlen and many more.
Tara McGillicuddy is the Producer, Owner and Co-host of the ADHD Support Talk Radio Podcast. You may contact Tara with general questions or feedback about the podcast.
Lynne Edris is the Co-host of the ADHD Support Talk Radio Podcast. You may contact Lynne with feedback about her episodes or if you are interested in having her interview you as a guest.
1 Response to "ADHD Mindfulness & Meditation"
This was an AMAZING episode! I’m an intuitive healer and HS empath, and this was an amazingly informative episode to begin a journey into meditation and self reflection. Lynne, I loved listening to you host this episode because you gave such an insight that builds confidence and understanding for those who are hesitant and interested in trying this mindfulness thing. I’m aware of Tara’s connection with energetic healing and have attended some of her sessions, so to hear it from another side that’s growing and getting deeper into their authentic and higher selves is what we need in this post-new world time.
Adam, it was a pleasure learning from you! I am going to look into your blogs and it’s an energetic prophecy to have your divine masculine energy in the goal to shift the line of thought and perspective in all genders with self-reflection and meditation. I listen to a lot of affirmation meditations, some are even sleep meditation affirmations that are 8-hours. I think affirmation is a more putting word than mantra which as you mentioned has a more Asian and mystical tie, I’m not going to correctly spell the name, but in Hawaiian tradition there is a prayer that is similar in affirmation/mantra called the forgiveness prayer. Something similar to “I love you. I’m sorry, I forgive you. Thank you.”
I also think the term you brought up of “destructive hyper focus” is a game changer in creating awareness towards what things people with ADHD do to progress their situation versus what others would normally call “procrastinate”.
Thank you again!