With neurodiversity, such as ADHD, or chronic illnesses, overwhelm is very common and writing a to-do list can often make it worse initially.

When you are overwhelmed, it can be easy to spiral and spend the day in paralysis, doing nothing. Here are two of my methods for coping with overwhelm paralysis— see if either work for you!

One thing that I’ve learnt being chronically ill and neurodiverse is that people don’t always want or even need your help. So if you are someone who finds they are constantly being bombarded with unsolicited advice, then you may find “Do you want empathy or solutions?” a powerful question to ask others and for others to ask you.

Growing food with neurodiversity or a chronic illness can be really tough. In some cases, you might be crashing or having a flare up for a month and totally miss a sowing window. In other cases, you might feel like you have a million things to do and you totally forget to sow the seeds or water your seedlings. Other times, it might be that ADHD / ASD overwhelm of where to start or what you need to get sowing means you just don’t feel able to do it. Don’t worry – I can guide you through how to get started today, right now!