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ADHD is a LOT more than being late, forgetting your keys, and procrastination. It's real, sometimes gut-wrenching stories that crisscross through culture, identity, self perception, and ultimately wellbeing. To close off ADHD awareness month, we're launching a special edition of our Brainwaves podcast, where we highlight the myriad of different colorful stories within the vibrant ADHD community. We're telling the story of ADHD through lived experience, using the best snippets across conversations we've held with leaders in the ADHD space over the past months. And of course, led by the world's best neurodivergent moderator — 🦕 O'Ryan McEntire. Some of the topics we touch on: 👉 Intersectionality and culture 👉 Masking and unmasking 👉 Disability & ableism 👉 Misdiagnosis, under-diagnosis, and the impact on growing up (especially for women) 👉 and much much more. I've pulled out a short clip here, but I urge you to check out the full video (link in comments) to learn from these incredible stories. Here's the full list of awesome voices we highlighted: Farah J. Jemarc Axinto Amanda Norman Trina Haynes Jesse J. Anderson LeighAnna Morris, A-CALC Elisabeth Bridges Alejandro Sandoval Christal Wang Jenny Mai Phan Izzie Chea, MA Eugene Yao The actions we take in ADHD awareness month don't end here. But we will take the opportunity where the world is listening to shout a little louder. If you, like us, are looking to observe & celebrate ADHD awareness beyond October, here are some actions you can take: ✅ Listen to those with lived experience. If you're building a product for our community, build WITH us, not for us. ✅ Educate yourself. ADHD is far more than the symptoms, and solutions need to be holistic. ✅ Support neurodivergent-founded business, people, and projects. ✅ Ask yourself how you can make things more neuro-inclusive for your team and family. You never know if someone is scared to advocate for themselves. ✅ DM me if you want more ideas!

🔥Exciting episode coming soon!🔥Here is a clip from next week's episode where Alexandra B. talks about neurodiversity and what makes Shimmer unique. Watch the full episode on November 4th! Catch the current and all future episodes on Spotify at https://lnkd.in/e6Pca8HD

Last week, I had the privilege of capturing photos and videos for Shimmer's incredible event at #SFTechWeek. The event was geared toward neurodivergence in tech, featuring two powerful live panels where neurodivergent founders shared their unique strengths, personal journeys, and how their innovations are reshaping the world's view of neurodiversity. I was a one-man-band, on the ground covering the live panels, filming interviews, and capturing those unforgettable moments through both video and photography. The energy was inspiring, with founders, investors, and operators all dedicated to addressing neurodiversity in the workplace. Thank you, Christal Wang and Vikram Sreedhar, for trusting me to cover your first #SFTechWeek event! Panelists: Christal Wang - Shimmer Jhillika Kumar - Mentra Eugene Yao - Huddle Dan Freed - Thesis Nathalie Gouailhardou - Neurode Brianne Kimmel - Investor

Things undiagnosed ADHDers ask themselves that leads to self doubt & lower self confidence👇 ❓ What's wrong with me? ❓ Why can't I just be on time? ❓ Why can't I just stay tidy? ❓ Why can't I just start things early and not procrastinate? ...like everyone else? — These negative messages (and many more), repeated to ourselves over decades, lead to lower self esteem, higher self doubt, and a skewed sense of who we are. This is why it's so important to equip people with ADHD with psycho-education, support, accommodations, understanding, strategies, and tools. So that we can start reframing our lives in context of our ADHD... Reframing to: ✅ What are my unique strengths? ✅ What challenges are BECAUSE of my ADHD, not ME? ✅ What are things that are harder for me because of how my brain is? ✅ What neurotypical standards am I holding myself to? ✅ What neurotypical strategies am I beating myself up over them not working? ✅ What neurodivergent-friendly strategies have I not tried yet? — As a part of our 2 year anniversary series, we're spotlighting the ADHD origin story of our customer success specialist, Amanda Norman. Let us know in the comments if you resonate with her story 😍 — Shimmer is an ADHD coaching platform—built by people with ADHD, for people with ADHD. Check us out for more info on 1:1 coaching for teens & adults with ADHD, body doubling, learning modules, and much more!

It's our 2 year anniversary 🥳 On October 12th, 2022, Shimmer launched the first version of our ADHD Coaching platform to the public. It was also when I first shared about my ADHD diagnosis openly. Pretty wild to think back how much has changed since then. Now, 2 years later, we have a team of over 50 incredible humans (operational team & ADHD coaches) who are pushing forward in creating a more neuro-inclusive world together. On our 2nd birthday, I'd like to spotlight a few of our team members that you see less frequently on our socials, but are the driving force behind what we do: ✨ Elisabeth Bridges is our founding product designer. She's put so much care into every flow and pixel our members experience, and brings the critical lens of accessibility into everything we do. ✨ Amanda Norman is our customer success specialist. She meets every member communication with such empathy and grace, leaving them feeling cared for & understood every single time. ✨ Noelle Daoire is our curriculum developer (and also an ADHD coach). They are always advocating for education as a tool for empowerment, and they've developed pretty much any written content you see on our blog and in our app. ✨ Anthony Lin is our sr. software engineer. He uplevels everything we do, leading our small by mighty engineering team in building out durable, useful features that help our members get the most out of their coaching journey. ✨ Alexandra B. is our lead coach & coach operations manager (and also an ADHD coach). She supports the vetting, learning, and development of our incredible ADHD coaches, ensuring the top notch quality of our coaching. Check out the video for each of them sharing what "shimmer" means to them 💖 Vikram Sreedhar and I are SO grateful we get to build everyday with such an incredible and passionate team. Cheers to many more years of this important work.