May 11
As ADHD women we are often endlessly creative and optimistic about how much we can accomplish, but when that optimism turns into setting impossible goals for ourselves, it stops us from actually bringing our brilliant ideas into reality. My guest this episode, Roxanne Jarrett, is an entrepreneurial coach who helps her ADHD and dyslexic clients tackle this problem head-on by giving them the skills and supports to follow through on their dreams from beginning to end.
Roxanne is ADHD herself, so she knows firsthand that a traditional approach won’t work for her clients’ unique brains. Instead, she teaches people how to get realistic about time, set up a positive environment, prioritize self-care, and reduce lofty expectations in order to create goals that are actually achievable.
Roxanne is passionate about supporting creators as they reduce overwhelm by designing a structure and environment in which to thrive. I hope her incredible insights inspire you to start taking small steps toward your own big dreams.
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"I help people to look at their lives and assess their lives with a reality check. And understand how they're going to manage their time and their energy."
- Roxanne Jarrett
"Passion is what sustains you? Can you imagine doing something and going after something that you're not in love with? And you're not passionate about and trying to sustain attention on that?"
- Roxanne Jarrett
" think the number one is creativity. It's got to be it's to come up with these workarounds to come up with this multiple workarounds to succeed."
- Roxanne Jarrett
- Roxanne recognized she had ADHD as a child due to difficulty completing tasks and being hyper-focused on cleaning the bathroom.
- Roxanne reveals she only read one book in high school due to trauma.
- Roxanne reveals she struggled with reading in college but found ways to understand and write about literary concepts through active listening and mental play.
[30:24 - 44:51] Setting realistic goals and expectations for productivity
- Roxanne encourages setting lower expectations to motivate oneself, as it can lead to surpassing them.
- Roxanne talks about setting a delivery date for a project and how it's like planting a seed and taking care of it until it's time to deliver.
- Roxanne shared her experience of having energy and motivation during her second trimester of pregnancy, contrasting with the typical tiredness and overwhelm felt by neurotypical friends.
- Roxanne helps ADHD creatives build awareness around what works for them and provides structure to avoid procrastination.
- Roxanne attributes her success to creativity and being realistic about what can be accomplished in a day, releasing the need to do things that are unreasonable.
- Roxanne helps clients discover their ADHD strengths and change the conversation around the condition.
