Dr Judith Mohring

So I think validation and people being heard and listened to and believed is hugely moving because very often they've experienced not being believed for a long, long time.

So I think validation and people being heard and listened to and believed is hugely moving because very often they've experienced not being believed for a long, long time.

You're welcome.

You're welcome.

He's a puppy. Yeah, he's a puppy. And so he links to a metaphor that I use. So I run various courses for ADHD, which use kind of an awareness and regulation coaching model. And one of the things we talk about is we talk about neurotransmitters and we talk about that tidal nature of neurotransmitters. We also talk about networks.

He's a puppy. Yeah, he's a puppy. And so he links to a metaphor that I use. So I run various courses for ADHD, which use kind of an awareness and regulation coaching model. And one of the things we talk about is we talk about neurotransmitters and we talk about that tidal nature of neurotransmitters. We also talk about networks.

We haven't talked so much about networks today, but maybe another time, because the puppy is the default mode network. And so the default mode network of the brain is the part of the brain that struggles to switch off with ADHD. And we only discovered it maybe 20, 25 years ago. So it's new and it's complex, scientifically complex. It does all sorts of things.

We haven't talked so much about networks today, but maybe another time, because the puppy is the default mode network. And so the default mode network of the brain is the part of the brain that struggles to switch off with ADHD. And we only discovered it maybe 20, 25 years ago. So it's new and it's complex, scientifically complex. It does all sorts of things.

But the default mode network is the part of our brain that is curious. It wanders. It doesn't want to stay on the path like the central executive network. Like a puppy, it wants to wander off the path. And it's looking for new ways of doing things. And it's playful. And it's creative, just like a puppy.

But the default mode network is the part of our brain that is curious. It wanders. It doesn't want to stay on the path like the central executive network. Like a puppy, it wants to wander off the path. And it's looking for new ways of doing things. And it's playful. And it's creative, just like a puppy.

and just like a puppy it needs looking after it needs exercise it needs sleep needs rest and it does not need to be beaten and that's why i use the metaphor of the puppy and the path when we teach the networks of adhd because when we understand our networks and we begin to get a feeling for what they might be and a feeling for what's going on we know instinctively what that puppy needs so that's my that's my puppy

and just like a puppy it needs looking after it needs exercise it needs sleep needs rest and it does not need to be beaten and that's why i use the metaphor of the puppy and the path when we teach the networks of adhd because when we understand our networks and we begin to get a feeling for what they might be and a feeling for what's going on we know instinctively what that puppy needs so that's my that's my puppy

That reminds me of what I used to say about rumination. Rumination is like a washing machine. It's the same worry sock that goes round and round and round.

That reminds me of what I used to say about rumination. Rumination is like a washing machine. It's the same worry sock that goes round and round and round.

You know, when you have a worry, it just keeps going round.

You know, when you have a worry, it just keeps going round.

But no, I love it. Washing machine, whoa.

But no, I love it. Washing machine, whoa.

Okay.

Okay.