MAPS Applications: Introduction to Mindfulness for Adult ADHD
Welcome to the Course Welcome to Mindfulness for Adult ADHD […]
Welcome to the Course
Welcome to Mindfulness for Adult ADHD
Living with an ADHD brain in a world designed by and for the Neurotypical nervous systems can be debilitating. Constantly experiencing inconsistency, failing, forgetting, showing up late, waiting till the last minute, and lots of anxiety that goes with it.
The great news is that with proper specialized Mindfulness training, you can live a fulfilling and successful life within a dominantly neurotypical society.
In a series of courses, we explore Dr. William Dodson’s theory of looking at Attention Deficit Disorder as an Interest-Based Nervous System. We bring Mindfulness to each area that the ADHD brain functions differently.
Neurodiversity is a fairly new concept and a very important one to consider for the ADHD brain type.
Understanding these differences and the unique qualities of an Interest-Based Nervous System, aka ADHD has helped us custom design a training program that could help rewire the brain for better attentiveness, self-awareness, focus, timeliness, and sticking with projects and one’s path in life. Mindfulness in this context can greatly reduce anxiety, self-doubt, depression, anger, confusion, and a sense of failure and improve quality of life and a sense of success and belonging.
Program Course Topics Include:
- Differences between ADHD and Neurotypical Nervous Systems: Connecting with the Brilliance Within
- Developing Focus to Reduce Distraction, Clutter, and Procrastination
- Transforming Negative Self Views to Self-Compassion and Healing
- Reconnecting Through Graceful Emotions: Tapping into Superior Presence
- Cultivating Positive Impact on Relationships
- Managing Obstacles to Mindful Awareness & Living a Natural Flow
- Developing Equanimity for a More Steady Stream of Peace & Joy
- Other related specialized topics
We will learn that there are benefits to distraction and procrastination and ways to develop attention and focus to be strategic and purposeful in life.
To strengthen and balance the ADHD brain, we learn about the three capacities of attention and the six faculties of focus. Attendees can evaluate how much development they have in each area and what aspects to develop.
Based on the instructor’s own transformation, experience, and expertise with ADHD, the course offers suitable daily Mindfulness practices to improve all aspects of their lives.
Improving our positive impact for a more fulfilling experience in life.
- Understanding the relationship between environmental conditions and our sense of peace and wellness
- Application of Environmental Mindfulness
- Solutions to for eco-friendly lifestyle
Learning Truths that Eliminate Uncertainty Anxiety.
- Understanding our relationship to systems
- Knowing how we create systems that don’t work
- Becoming responsive to uncertainty/change (locus of control)
- Understanding and Self-Compassion for loss and grief
Improving Life through Preventative Accountability.
- Understanding why accountability fails.
- Applying a more refined and clear method that can last.
- Mindfulness practices.
- Learning to get out of the victim loop.
Utilizing Theories of the Brain and Emotions that Actually Work.
- Putting emotion where emotion belongs.
- Empowering clients with simple education about key functions of the human brain.
- Learning the link between the brain and biases.
- Preparing self and clients to work with trauma.
Taking Mindfulness Beyond Stress Reduction.
- How Mindfulness works, get over the pitfalls of Mindfulness
- Daily Practical Mindfulness practices
- Application of Environmental Mindfulness
In this first session, Dr. Motaghy guides students through a visioning meditation and offers the logistics, of getting students acquainted. She shares her vision, her personal challenges, and her process to create shared humanity and set the tone for comfort and safety for participants to share about their journey. Students get assigned to a theme of four: Planet, Life, Ancestors & future generations. The homework assignment is described.
Here is a list of books, articles, and other supporting material:
Books:
- 7 and 1/2 Lessons About the Brain; Lisa Feldman Barrette
- Buddha Nature, Human Nature; Ajahn Sucitto (pdf available)
- Human Magnet Syndrom; Ross Rosenberg
Articles:
Films on Netflix:
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