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Sometimes, most of the time, in fact, I think you're in my brain when you write. I recognise and resonate with a LOT of what you've said. I've read this before but have come back to revisit it today for one specific reason. Thank you for all that you write and share.

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this really made me smile :-) xxx

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ohh my goodness I stumbled on this post at random and I appreciate it so much. so, so relateable. i also was diagnosed with adhd just this past year, at 38!! isn't it wild to suddenly have such a reframe?? i have found almost every area of my life has improved since learning, partly from valdiation and partly from things i tweaked once i learned this had been running in the background my whole life. interstingly, it turns out many of my favorite humans have divergent minds. <3 <3

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Wow, once again, I relate SO MUCH to this post! Especially the part toward the end where you describe all the fun parts of being ADHD (brain fog, squirrel brain, agreeing to do something and forgetting about it, forgetting to check in with an FB group). In fact, half the fights my husband and I have are because he feels like I'm doing these things on PURPOSE! (ugh)

Thank you, as always, for sharing your heart and your experience with the world. I only wish I had read this post when you wrote it in September instead of almost a month later.

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Wonderful post! Inspiring and encouraging. Loved reading about how you built your biz. Thank you for sharing so much 🤍

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Danielle LaPorte is incredible and I still love her work to this day. Sooooo much in you, I recognise in myself. I’m so grateful to know that there are people out there following their joy and doing do much more than “getting by.”

I don’t have a diagnosis of ADHD for a medical professional and wondered how you got yours? My GP hasn’t been helpful.

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Yeah, the NHS waiting lists are long so i decided to go private - linked to the place i chose in the notes on this post - https://susannahconway.substack.com/p/everything-everywhere-all-at-once

An official diagnosis isn't needed to implement hacks and workarounds, but it is needed if you want to try medication. I do, but haven't yet 👍 Big hugs!!

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Thank you so much. Will check out that link and your other work. I’m just back on SS after a break and finding and reading your work this evening has been incredibly soothing. I really relate to the shock bereavement too - I’m only 2 years down the road - and some days/weeks the pain is unbearable. Mine was a different loss, my best friend, not partner but them not being here (even writing those words)...feels surreal. Your writing has given me hope. And in experiencing this loss, has also opened up a whole new world to me and got me thinking (a lot) about how little we all talk about grief.

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So much of this is relatable, and very much mirrors a lot of my ways of being in business... I’ve not had a formal diagnosis but have my suspicions... thank you so much for sharing such honesty. Xx

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So many good wishes and much positive friendship is sent to you. Well done. You are on the route to peace, accomplishment and joy. Thank you.

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Thank you Barbara! x

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It’s lovely to get to know you more Susannah. Thank you for sharing. Mmm I seem to share some of your neurodivergent ways, I’ve never been tested though. They diagnosed me with dyslexia when I was at uni, doing an honours degree, not the best time to find out but it did get me an extra 30mins for my written exams 😅 I’d love to check out your course. Lis x

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Amazing! Thank you for sharing all this so vulnerably Susannah. I'll never forget our fun lil coffee catch up all those years ago when I was in London. I was so grateful for your generosity and kindness. You have always seemed like a kindred spirit and now I know why 🥰 Neurodivergent wolf pack for the win!

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hello you!!!! And you too? This is why we're all drawn to each other 🥰😘

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Yep. ADHD me too. And also because you're amazing 🥰

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Woohoo! What a beautiful trip down memory lane of this wild ride you‘ve been on. Such a joy to witness! All the love and all the hugs to you (and Baba cat)

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I love you, my sister friend xo (Baba is missing you!)

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Love you too! (Tell her I miss her back.) 🩷🩷🩷

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Hearing your story never fails to inspire me. And I so appreciate you sharing your ADHD brain and experience, I’m learned and understood more from you than anywhere else x

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Thank you, lovely you -- it feels good to help spread the awareness. Makes all our lives that bit better! 💗

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Sep 29, 2023Liked by Susannah Conway

Having been with you from the early days, I can only say thank you and I’m grateful for however you appeared in my life. I’m looking forward to whatever comes next for you and for what you can share on adhd. Your life has inspired mine in many ways of which you know nothing! You are a wonder! 💃🏼💃🏼

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The ADHD stuff has been a revelation, eh? I'll keep sharing! 👍

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Thank you for being brave, writing and teaching from the heart, and showing us that there are many ways to work and live. Following the joy, not the numbers and money, is the only way to be authentic and attract like-minded people. I am sorry for the loss you have suffered and I am in awe of your strength and resilience.

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Thank you, lovely xoxo

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I learned about you from Elizabeth D. (of Squam Art Workshops fame) and am sad that I never got to take a class from you there. I love your emails--there’s such wisdom in them. And your Journal Your Life class? That class turned me into a consistent journaler!

Also, “heart-centered marketing” is much more accurate than “bro marketing”.

Thank you for...well...everything!

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and thank you, lovely Teri, for being on my bus! 💗🌺

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Still baffles my brain that I started following you almost 17 years ago, you were one of my early blogging crushes! I have no doubt that I was also attracted to you and how you do business because we're on the same ADHD brain wave. And needless to say, 'The Inside Story' and your teachings have completely changed the trajectory of my business. I love what you say on your sales page about TIS being our permission slip to do business *our* way, that is exactly what it is. Thank for being you, my friend, and for sharing your heart so generously. ❤️

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But seriously, where has the time gone?! Love you xo

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I have been following you for years and taken some of your courses and your down to earth vibe is what has kept me engaged. You always manage to stoke nostalgia for me in a way that makes me pause and smile. You also remind me that it's absolutely fine and totally possible to run a cosy, warm, intimate business. 😊

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"You also remind me that it's absolutely fine and totally possible to run a cosy, warm, intimate business." -- it really is! 💗

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