Tornado in Your Tummy, Squirrels in Your Brain

Is this ADHD book for you?

Is This Book For You?

First of all, you do not need an official diagnosis to benefit from the book I’m writing. It’s called Calm theV*TA Down and it’s all about ADHD, Yoga and Ayurveda. If you self-identify as someone with ADHD or even just think that you might have some ADHD-like traits, you will benefit. If you are ready to develop some skills to manage the symptoms and habits to reduce the intensity of ADHD, then this is your book. By learning how to calm vata dosha, you will do just that.

If you know you have some or all of the symptoms of ADHD; you may have noticed that this world was not exactly designed with you in mind. You will have known from a very young age that you were different from many of your peers or co-workers. School was probably not geared up for your style of thinking and learning. You likely experienced frustration from trying to fit into some kind of mould that was never going to be right for you. Your inability to focus on boring things, organize yourself or stick to a routine may have been bewildering to you and others. Your processing speed and acting were probably way out of sync with your classmates. You will have learned very early on that you were getting this whole life thing totally wrong (according to the neuro-typicals).

You may have even experienced making a mess in every single area of your life. And that will have been reinforced by nearly every authority figure you’d come into contact with. Not only will you feel different, but there is a good chance that you will believe that this difference means you are a bad person. In short, you probably feel ill-equipped to navigate the world that you live in and carry a lot of shame for the mistakes you’ve made along the way.

These mistakes may include addictions, illegal activities, failures, unfinished projects, shattered relationships and a ton of really bad decisions. You may feel flawed, broken and scattered and not know how to start to pick up the pieces.

This book will give you an explanation of why life is so hard and why you do the things you do. You will find out that you are not alone. You will be able to release the guilt and shame when you realize that thousands of other people with ADHD have made the same or similar mistakes because of how their brains work. You are not a bad person. You are not crazy. This is not about making excuses; it’s about understanding your internal hardware and getting the updated operating manual. Apply generous daily doses of grace and forgiveness to the equation, and life will start to flow much more easily.

If you have out-of-control ADHD and are ready for operation clean-up, you are in the right place. If you are done with feeling scattered, shattered and overwhelmed, and you are ready to dig deep and make changes, then read on. This is not about giving you a magic pill or formula; rather, it is helping you to see what YOU can do to keep restoring balance in a life that is constantly changing.

This book is for you if you want to improve your mental and emotional health, especially if you struggle with anxiety, fear, depression or sleep problems. It’s for you if you’ve lost trust in yourself and the world and life feel scary and unsafe. If your habits are out-of-control and you desperately want to experience self-discipline, this book is yours.

You are ready to rise up because you are dissatisfied with yourself and maybe the people you surround yourself with. What used to be acceptable no longer is. You might have toxic relationships in your life that you know you need to let go of. This book will help you get on the right path and take your first steps. You will learn that setbacks are not a signal to give up but opportunities to learn and dig deeper.

If it is an improvement in your physical health you are looking for; this is the right book. If you want to reduce chronic inflammation and pain caused by lifestyle illnesses, the suggestions here will help you do that too.

If you have a long history of struggling with yourself and would like to stop that internal battle, Ayurveda can help you. You will find a way for all of the parts of yourself to finally get on the same page and want the same thing.

Maybe you feel like you’ve tried everything, jumping from one thing to the next, but nothing has worked. You’ve got enough alarms, reminders, calendars, sticky notes, lists, apps and gadgets to sink a battleship. You’ve made broken a bazillion promises to yourself, and broken is how you feel.

It is written for you if you have decided that it is time to make better choices in your life and break the habits that are messing with your mind and body, but you don’t know how. The practices of Ayurveda can help you overcome impulsive and compulsive urges and end the need for your life to be a perpetual battle. Willpower doesn’t work, and you can finally stop trying to depend on it.

If you long to feel at home in your own skin and make friends with your body, this is for you. If you are eating too much, eating the wrong things or drinking too much, there is help here for you. If you are hooked on shopping, addicted to your devices, or not getting enough exercise, Ayurveda can help with that too.

If it is deep and lasting happiness that you are seeking, you have come to the right place. The practices of Ayurveda and Yoga can help you transform your life through diet, meditation, exercise, healthy habits and self-care routines. Learning to be in the present moment instead of being distracted by a million things is the way forward.

Everyone is different, and we all change over time. So what works for you right now might not work next year. Your life is an ever-changing journey, one in which you will constantly be challenged, and you will keep evolving into the next version of yourself. There is no destination; it’s all a process.

What never changes is the human condition of going out of balance and searching for ways to find it again. This book is about recognizing what takes you out of balance and helping you restore it. You will also learn practices that help you to make better choices so that you spend less and less time going too far out of balance in the first place.

I’m here to tell you that while your life may be broken right now, you can fix it, and you are not flawed. You can pick up the pieces one at a time. You are a child of the Universe, and as such, you do have a right to be here and to take up as much space as you need. You are needed. You have a purpose, and you can discover what this is and live it. You can learn to release the shame, forgive yourself and others and move forward. You can live your best life. You can find happiness, peace and calm. You can learn habits that will help you become the best version of yourself and enjoy living in your zone of genius. In every area of your life. You can have as many fresh starts as you need. In fact, make a point of having a new one every single day. Let go of right and wrong and the quest for perfection; it does not exist. Rather, embrace this opportunity to accept your glorious diversity while doing your best to live a life of moderation and balance.

Most importantly, know that having ADHD is not your fault. And it’s made worse by so many other broken aspects of modern-day living. The pace of life, inequality, the rising cost of living, political fears, wars, the sheer amount of information that comes at us and the ever-increasing rate of change. While we can’t change the world we live in, we can change how we do our own life.

I know; I’m doing just that, and Ayurveda and Yoga are giving me the tools I need.

I’d love to hear your story too.