I just wanted to mention how fantabulous the co-working sessions have been for me, not only for focus and productivity, but also for the incredible people I've been able to connect with over the past few months in The Founders Guild. If you haven't tried one of the session in the calendar yet, I highly recommend that you do! This was our morning crew today! Love these ladies! 🩷🧡 @Sarah Hyland @Verena Venus @vanessa-phipps-4056

Hey Founder fam—you may have noticed some big changes lately. Over the past few weeks, Rex and I have had a lot of honest conversations about the future of what we’ve been building together. And after a lot of thought and care… We’ve decided to get a divorce 🤝😂 In all seriousness, this wasn’t an easy decision. @Rex Loyer and I are ending our business partnership. We have a lot of love and respect for one another, and Focus Founders wouldn’t exist without both of us. I especially want to acknowledge Rex for the role he’s played—helping me to stay focused when shiny objects hit (yay ADHD 😄), running the daily ETF co-working sessions, and bringing the Accelerator program to life. I appreciate the hell out of you, dude. Thanks for building this thing with me. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀: Rex will continue building his coaching business under the Focus Founders brand name. And I’ll be continuing with this community, but evolving it into something new: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱? The Founder's Guild is the natural evolution of what we started with Focus Founders… But with a deeper focus on what this has always really been about: 👉 helping ADHD and neurodivergent entrepreneurs build businesses and lives that actually work for their brains 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲? I originally started this community before Rex and I met, as the ADHD Entrepreneur’s Playground. My vision has always been to help ADHD founders lead lives they love. That is not changing. It’s still about: - The people - The energy - The mission of helping ADHD founders thrive If you’re here, you’re in the right place. We will also continue to offer the 5 AM CST virtual co-working sessions as well as the 12 PM CST in-person Thursday sessions in Austin. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴? - The name → The Founder's Guild - The direction → even deeper into ADHD, creativity, and building a business and life you love - The 10 AM CST co-working sessions will be paused until further notice.

Of course, there is no one solution that works for all. But there is one, that works surprising well for a lot of folks with ADHD. And that is body doubling. If you haven't heard of it so far: you basically meet (virtually or in person doesn't matter) with other people for a work session. Everybody states what they are going to work on and then it's quiet work time, until the session is done (or, if it is a longer session, there might be a short check-in in between). The accountability that comes from having told others what you gonna do, plus knowing that they are there, seeing you, helps incredibly well to make you actually do the work. It's the single most effective strategy for me to get things done. Other strategies are also good, but nothing beats the body doubling for me. And as it happens, this skool community offers exactly that. During the week, there are two time slots for body doubling, called "Eat the Frog" sessions. If you haven't tried it before, don't be shy and join! All you have to do is think about a task you want to work on for the session, and then join and have the group holding you accountable for actually doing it. Just go to the calendar section, there you will find the links to join. I personally am joining the early morning group (although it's afternoon for me), and we have a nice little community vibe going there with @James Sopp, @Venessa Phipps, @Sarah Hyland, @Angela Walker, @Alfred Samuel, and me. Of course, we do not all show up all the time, depending on availability. It's not a *must*, it's a *may*! We would love to have some more people joining! The later session is great, too! Don't be shy, give it a try! Next sessions are on Monday. Add it to your calendar, so you don't miss it. See you there.

Joining in our daily coworking session, along with @Sarah Hyland, @Angela Walker, @Venessa Phipps & @Verena Venus, I set the intentions for the hour of continuing my interactions, and community engagement, and as I did this, suddenly something appeared at the end of my name 🔥 This may not mean as much to others, but to me me it's quite a big deal, as it means I have remained consistent at turning up, and have given something back to a community that I feel blessed to have found, and so I just wanted to say thanks to you all. ✨👍

So I have been meaning to make this post about rebuilding damaged and broken neuro-pathways but then the last few days something was shifting in me. My brain, body, spirit were utterly EXHAUSTED. Then yesterday I woke up with a huge freaking clarity shift and energy surge, then had a call with @Bill Widmer then a deeply healing reiki attunement aftet that. And then I was exhausted again. But not a depleted exhaustion this time...more a multiple layers of my being were shifting and integrating with each other to make way for growth and change. And then today I was still in recovery and integration mode, so I allowed myself to just breathe and exist most of the day and didnt do anything business related. Lots of time with my son outdoors and then a playdate with a friend and her little boy and noe i am finally ready to share this information! I previously mentioned that I met a mushroom grower on Saturday and we had spoken about Lion's mane mushrooms (Hericium erinaceus). (Those who know me. Know I know herbs and spices but fungi, are a bit of a massive fascinating mystery to me still) I knew that lions mane supported cognitive function, that it helped boost memory and lesson brain fog as well as settle some anxious triggers....but I had no idea how! What Phytochemical compound caused this and how did that component create this effect?! Upon discussion and then secondary research to support this entire conversation i learned that it isn't just a chemical balance that happens but something FAR COOLER that almost sounds like sci-fi!!! Within lions mane are two AMAZING freaking Phytochemical, hericenones and erinacines, that stimulate the production of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and full blown nerve regeneration! What this means is those of us who have experienced a TBI, or traumatic events that altered our brain function, those of us who may have experienced loss of neuron connections through substance abuse even can recover those lost pathways and actually HEAL our brains through extended use of Lions mane!!!