Having a child, partner, or aging parent that requires extra support in your home is a challenge for anyone, but for the caregiver with ADHD, keeping calm and carrying on can feel exhausting on a day-to-day basis.

Even when caring for the person you love is your highest priority, you may find yourself responding to them (and everyone else) by snapping, having less patience to listen, being openly frustrated, yelling or just feeling the heavy weight of responsibility that slips into feelings of hopelessness or even depression.

But no matter how heavy the weight of caregiving gets, you keep showing up every single day to care for others even more than you show up to care for yourself.

You probably already feel the stress and weight of managing your ADHD tendencies along with the extra appointments, extra steps for your family members’ care, and regulating the emotions of the person you are a caregiver for, but ADHD isn’t only about focus and attention, it also makes navigating your own emotions while caregiving a challenge.

When you spend hours preparing your loved one for an appointment, rush to get there (because something always comes up that takes extra time), only to realize the date is wrong, the appointment is canceled, or something about your loved one’s health means they can’t be seen, the trauma of fitting your life into a health system not designed for people who need adjustments can feel devastating.

If you’ve been blaming yourself for the many missed appointments, exhausted from the stress of racing from doctor to doctor, or even told that you’re too sensitive, too snappy, or too impulsive even though your compassion for others drives your motivation, this intensive is for you.

What to expect in this results-focused intensive:

This session focuses on gaining awareness and strategies to manage your ADHD emotions.   While daily life may currently look like having a short fuse, getting your feelings hurt easily, being overwhelmed with so many tasks, and experiencing shame or guilt that you know what to do, but struggle to get even the important things done, this session addresses multiple ways for you to reduce the stress that unsupported ADHD can cause while caregiving for a loved one. 

While masking through ADHD is a common coping mechanism, for the ADHD caregiver, stress begins and ends at home.  (No one can mask twenty-four seven- eventually that mask comes off, usually in the form of overreacting to small problems that feel big.)  

That’s why Korey starts with an inventory of organization and execution of daily tasks to assess all the factors that may be contributing to your emotional dysregulation- because every caregiving experience is unique.  Practical strategies customized to your needs are part of a solid foundation you can rely on to wake up each day more relaxed, less on edge, and feeling more capable to handle anything the day may throw your way. 

Whether you’re caring for an aging parent, supporting a loved one through a cancer diagnosis, or caring for a high behavior or medical needs child, this is the power of AND.  We can feel our emotions as we navigate such a challenging role for our loved ones AND regulate them.

This intensive is for you when you’re ready to feel more confident, calm, and find more rest as a caregiver with ADHD even if you struggle to see how that may be possible.  In this session, I’m here to support you as you support the ones you love.