How to Get Motivated with ADHD: 3 Motivation Tips to Take Action (Even When You Don't Feel Like It) with Seán Dowling #235

Have you ever wanted something so badly and still not been able to make yourself start?

In this episode for ADHD Awareness Month, I’m joined by Seán Dowling, a fitness coach with ADHD who works with people living with ADHD, and we’re talking about task initiation and why it looks the same whether the job is a workout or a wardrobe. 

You’ll learn:

• Why ADHD and exercise follow the same stalling pattern as a cluttered dining table
• How perfectionism and unrealistic expectations can stop you from getting started.
• What motivation strategies work when you can’t simply decide to feel motivated
• Why Seán’s clients spend their whole first week only scheduling workouts
• Why Seán tells clients to focus on starting tasks and says finishing doesn’t count yet
• What an ADHD routine with a range in it does that a fixed one can’t
• Why a plan handed down as orders feeds the shame cycle, and what Seán does instead

If you’re looking for how to get motivated with ADHD, or you’ve typed motivation tips into a search bar more than once and still not put your sports shoes on, this episode is for you.

Here’s to starting,

Caroline

Connect with Seán

Instagram: @sean.dowling1

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