ADHDifference - THE ANTI-PLANNER + guest Dani Donovan

ADHDifference

Julie speaks with Dani Donovan, CEO/founder of The Anti-Boring Project. Dani is known worldwide for her ADHD comic illustrations. She's a graphic designer, content creator, public speaker and now author of 'The Anti-Planner: How to get sh*t done when you don't feel like it' that deals with procrastination and all the emotions that hinder us from doing those projects and chores that don't excite us.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Being diagnosed with ADHD in freshman year in the United States.
• The role ADHD plays in the way that we communicate.
• Dani Donovan’s backstory that led her to creating ADHD comics and info-graphics and how her Storytelling comic reached 100 million views.
• Public speaking about a variety of ADHD related challenges including, the social penetration theory, accommodating executive dysfunction, ADHD in the workplace.
• Over-compensations we make for our ADHD when undiagnosed, and after diagnosis.
• The Anti-Planner: ways to over-come executive dysfunction and ADHD ‘road blocks’ in order to complete chores or tasks.

Key takeaways:

• There is a need to bridge the gap between the clinical knowledge and the lived experienced with ADHD.
• Having ADHD can be compared to being a sprinter rather than a marathon runner.
• Taking ADHD medication will help, but you need still need drive and determination to complete tasks (they don't do them on their own).
• Strategies may look good on paper, but unless one overcomes the challenges/emotions such as procrastination, they won’t be put into practice.
• ·Bosses who understand ADHD are going to have a lasting impact on the daily life of employees with ADHD.

Links:

• Julie is the author of THE MISSING PIECE: A Woman's Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD (Harper Collins, 2024).
• ADHDDD.com
• The Anti-Planner
• Dani Donovan Instagram

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