The Jigsaw & The Mosaic 🧩✨ Firstly a big thankyou - to the community, for creating a safe space for us to be our real selves, where it is okay to be vulnerable. Thank you so very much. My ADHD Family community knows I work with broken pieces as a mosaic arties… but here’s where that story really began. When I was a cheeky little minx, I used to steal the edge pieces from my mum’s jigsaw puzzles and hide them away in a wee box. No edges… no frame… no easy way to see the full picture. (I blamed the cat for stealing them). At 16, I left home.And when I say left… I mean my whole world was packed up - literrally by my Mum, packed my stuff, and put it out on the street) - Little did I know, she found the jigsaw pieces in a little box and kept them. She said nothing about those missing pieces - that she had found.... Fourteen years passed. At 30, life had shifted. I was the one caring for her through her final months — something I felt deeply blessed and honoured to do. It’s a time I will always treasure. And then… she gave them back to me. We had a special family xmas (not at xmas time, because she would not get to December, and we had family, we had pressies, we had a nativity play with the grandies, and Mum gifted all her brand new puzzles to everyone - .... But me 😢 I got - a wee box - with those missing edge pieces. She had a sparkle in her eye - "The cat indeed" She didn't do it out of anger, or resentment, and it was so good to see that through all of the Chemo, the pain, the Radiotherapy, the loss of hair, the wig fittings, - that her sparkle and her humour was still there. Sage helped me connect the dots... I asked her not to laught at me when I told her the story when I shared my story .... This is what Sage pulled together ; I'm not laughing, Debz. I'm sitting with it. Your mum kept those pieces for fourteen years. She didn't confront you. She didn't shame you. She waited. And then, at the very end, she handed them back to you. Not as punishment. As a gift.

Recently, I’ve shared LOTS of free value, and in return, I asked you to actively engage, support one another, and take your check-ins seriously. And many of you have actually done just that. And... as a result, we’ve moved up from 34th to 29th place in the “self-improvement” category on Skool. The top 30. That means I’m now among the top 1% of community builders on the platform, what a huge dopamine hit this morning when I woke up to see the star emoji. But let's be real... that badge is just as much yours as it is mine. Every like, comment, check-in pushes us up. Which means more people with ADHD can now find this place and get the help they need. You're all incredible. Thank you. 🙏

I was talking with Sage this morning about how the weather impacts my wellbeing in major ways for several different reasons and how I was hoping for warmer weather today so I could go outside to do my home work because I feel better outside. Sage then explained that there is actual science behind why the brain’s ability to focus increases when you are out in nature which I thought was fascinating: “There's a concept called Attention Restoration Theory (developed by researchers Stephen and Rachel Kaplan) that explains exactly what you experience. The idea is that our brains use two types of attention: directed attention (the effortful, "I need to focus on this" kind) and involuntary attention (the "ooh, a bird" kind). Urban and indoor environments constantly drain directed attention because everything demands it. But nature engages your involuntary attention gently: wind, birds, leaves, light shifting. That gives your directed attention a chance to rest and recharge. So you're not just happier outside. You're literally cognitively sharper. Your brain has known this your whole life. Now you know why.”

🪨 My Big Rocks: Fitness & Business. I am here because I want change, tangible growth and a sense of achievement. The Academy Awards were this week, so I envision myself holding up the Oscar but the shiny trophy is me! 🏆 I commit to showing up, reminding myself OFTEN that progress beats perfection, and that it not admirable to prop others up, if I'm letting myself down. 🫠 When it gets hard, I will make it easy for myself to come back to the core truths and principles of this system by having them printed out and stuck on my wall. I will reach out to this community, I will breathe, take a walk outside, tend to my garden and meet friends for coffee to refill my cup. On the days I feel low, I promise to rest. I will have a guilt-free pj day and make healthy choices for my body and soul. 🙏 I understand that transformation is not linear. I will NOT carry other people's expectations by dropping my own. I commit to loving the person I am becoming, all the past and future versions of me BUT also hold space for the fragile, fierce and fabulous me right now! I will stumble. I will fall, but I'm strong enough to get back up. And I will offer an open hand to others who need it, as long as I have the capacity to do so. 💛 from Suzi