My Story
I have spent much of my professional life working in health, wellbeing, and integrative practice. Over time, one pattern has become increasingly clear to me.
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Many people do not struggle because they lack insight, effort, or intelligence. They struggle because their nervous systems and bodies have been carrying too much, for too long.
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This has been especially evident in adults with ADHD.
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ADHD is often discussed in terms of attention, focus, or behaviour. In practice, it frequently presents as something broader and more physical. Repeated burnout. Chronic exhaustion. Sleep disruption. Immune and inflammatory issues. A system that remains on high alert long after it should have recovered.
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Understanding these patterns has shaped the way I now think about ADHD and burnout.
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A body-first perspective
My work is grounded in an integrative view of health. Rather than separating mind and body, it looks at how nervous system regulation, metabolic stability, immune load, sleep, and recovery interact to shape how someone functions day to day.
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For many adults, particularly those with ADHD, insight is not the missing piece. They already understand themselves. What is missing is capacity.
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When physiological load remains high, no amount of strategy or self-knowledge will create sustainable change. The system simply does not have the resources.
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A body-first approach starts here, not with optimisation, but with regulation.
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Experience and orientation
My background spans integrative health, nutrition, trauma-aware practice, and practitioner education. Over the years, I have worked with complex presentations where physical, psychological, and environmental factors overlap.
Alongside professional experience, my perspective has been shaped by lived experience of ADHD and repeated burnout. That combination has taught me to be sceptical of quick fixes and wary of approaches that rely on pushing through.
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The work that interests me now is quieter and more precise. It is concerned with reducing load rather than increasing demand, and with creating conditions in which the nervous system can settle enough for capacity to return.
Working alongside other forms of support
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An integrative approach does not replace psychological therapy, psychiatric care, or medical treatment. It sits alongside them.
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Where therapy may offer insight and psychiatry may offer diagnosis or medication, integrative work focuses on the physical conditions that influence how the brain functions in everyday life.
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This perspective is often most helpful when people feel they understand what is happening, but their bodies have not yet caught up.
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This space
This site is a place for writing and reflection on ADHD, burnout, and nervous system health from an integrative, body-based perspective.
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It is not a platform for productivity culture, optimisation, or constant self-improvement. It is an exploration of what happens when the system is supported rather than driven.
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If this way of thinking resonates, you may find the writing here useful.