Dr Judith Mohring

So that's a quote from a piece of work I did for a business on stress management. So this is just after the pandemic, and a business asked me to go in and help managers manage stress better. So we use something called Sparks Tools from Stanford, and that's been developed by Dr. Alia Krum, who you may have heard of. She's on the Huberman podcast. She talks a lot about stress mindset.

So that's a quote from a piece of work I did for a business on stress management. So this is just after the pandemic, and a business asked me to go in and help managers manage stress better. So we use something called Sparks Tools from Stanford, and that's been developed by Dr. Alia Krum, who you may have heard of. She's on the Huberman podcast. She talks a lot about stress mindset.

So we were using the stress as enhancing model, so explaining that stress is actually the way our body prepares us to overcome a challenge. And so it's not bad. We shouldn't be trying to live a stress-free life. And so we used the SPARKS tools in the morning and in the afternoon of that course and saw an improvement in stress mindset across the day.

So we were using the stress as enhancing model, so explaining that stress is actually the way our body prepares us to overcome a challenge. And so it's not bad. We shouldn't be trying to live a stress-free life. And so we used the SPARKS tools in the morning and in the afternoon of that course and saw an improvement in stress mindset across the day.

And then four weeks later, we saw a greater improvement. And what was really useful for me about that work is it helped me to understand the noradrenaline piece for ADHDers and the way that we use stress as a way of finding focus. So in my experience, people with ADHD will often cope with a slightly higher amount of stress

And then four weeks later, we saw a greater improvement. And what was really useful for me about that work is it helped me to understand the noradrenaline piece for ADHDers and the way that we use stress as a way of finding focus. So in my experience, people with ADHD will often cope with a slightly higher amount of stress

And find that sweet spot, that mental clarity that you and I both described in quite stressful situations. So we have a slightly different response to stress.

And find that sweet spot, that mental clarity that you and I both described in quite stressful situations. So we have a slightly different response to stress.

So there's some interesting research that came out a couple of years ago looking at anxiety and ADHD and that we overcome the lack of focus through our tendency to worry and our tendency to apply stress. So we're sort of turning up the stress dial in a way that then makes us successful because we find focus.

So there's some interesting research that came out a couple of years ago looking at anxiety and ADHD and that we overcome the lack of focus through our tendency to worry and our tendency to apply stress. So we're sort of turning up the stress dial in a way that then makes us successful because we find focus.

um and so i think there's an interesting link there and i suspect it's probably intrinsic it's sort of how many of us are wired and it you know you're very successful alex so your stress has served you well may not be easy to live with i'm also an alcoholic yes but you're an alcoholic in recovery so exactly yeah and that requires courage it requires resilience it requires self-awareness so that's not a small thing that's successful too

um and so i think there's an interesting link there and i suspect it's probably intrinsic it's sort of how many of us are wired and it you know you're very successful alex so your stress has served you well may not be easy to live with i'm also an alcoholic yes but you're an alcoholic in recovery so exactly yeah and that requires courage it requires resilience it requires self-awareness so that's not a small thing that's successful too

It can be. It can be, I think, yeah. I mean, and your story is really, you know, it's really compelling and it's really inspiring as well because it's a story of losing so much and yet also finding the courage to recover, which is amazing. And that you've found...

It can be. It can be, I think, yeah. I mean, and your story is really, you know, it's really compelling and it's really inspiring as well because it's a story of losing so much and yet also finding the courage to recover, which is amazing. And that you've found...

your you know love again which is podcast social media and the the interest the interest in adhd and sharing this for the benefit of other people which is very artistic so it's um it's a really inspiring story and i think one of the advantages of adhd is there is a creativity because i also lost my passion i lost the thing that i was good at i wasn't able to continue with psychiatry for a

your you know love again which is podcast social media and the the interest the interest in adhd and sharing this for the benefit of other people which is very artistic so it's um it's a really inspiring story and i think one of the advantages of adhd is there is a creativity because i also lost my passion i lost the thing that i was good at i wasn't able to continue with psychiatry for a

and we can talk about that a bit more in a minute but um and so i had a very strong sense that i was lost for a while and actually that wasn't a bad place to be there's nothing wrong with being lost if it means that it's a chance to find yourself if if it's a if it's a chance to to to reflect to journal to become more self-aware to go well that was a screw up what am i going to do differently now

and we can talk about that a bit more in a minute but um and so i had a very strong sense that i was lost for a while and actually that wasn't a bad place to be there's nothing wrong with being lost if it means that it's a chance to find yourself if if it's a if it's a chance to to to reflect to journal to become more self-aware to go well that was a screw up what am i going to do differently now

What did you learn from that screw up?

What did you learn from that screw up?