Oct 26
When Alice Gendron entered the workforce, she struggled to manage the workload of a nine-to-five job and also stay on top of the endless demands of adulting. When she was diagnosed with ADHD at 29, it all finally made sense.
Alice started making doodles about her ADHD experience, a skill she had been honing since grade school. Before she knew it, her illustrations had grown into the popular online platform ‘The Mini ADHD Coach’, with over half a million Instagram followers and a brand new book of the same name.
Looking at them, it’s easy to see why so many ADHDers are drawn to Alice’s illustrations; her simplistic doodles get right to the heart of what having ADHD feels like in such a sweet and relatable way.
Join our conversation to hear how Alice was able to turn her passion project into a fulfilling career, what she’s learned about leading since becoming an entrepreneur, the cultural shifts around ADHD in France, and so much more.
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"I often describe the thing that led me to my diagnosis as an adulting burnout. It's just everything was just too much and I couldn't. I really felt like I was really struggling to just keep doing the simple things
in life. "
- Alice Gendron
"I decided to become a freelancer because I really couldn’t handle nine-to-five. It was just difficult for me to accept that I needed to be at a specific place from one moment, one hour to another and just accept to be here and just obey. It was really difficult because I always had so much more interesting things to do and I wanted to do that."
- Alice Gendron
"I was trying to fit into this idea that art is complex and beautiful and needs many hours to complete a beautiful art piece. So when I started to doodle and posted my doodle online, it was really interesting because I never really valued the doodles I did; for me, it was just the thing I did all my life."
- Alice Gendron
- Alice struggled with simple adult tasks due to undiagnosed ADHD, feeling like a "bad adult."
- Alice describes her childhood as curious and energetic but also lonely due to being the youngest in a large family
- Alice shares her personal journey with ADHD, including her motivation for creating content about it and her desire to start a conversation about mental health.
[19:23 - 30:09] ADHD in France and its cultural perceptions
- Alice discusses the stigma surrounding ADHD in France and their efforts to raise awareness through their book.
- Alice highlights the positive aspect of having fewer stereotypes about ADHD in France, attributing it to the limited exposure to labeled ADHD children in classrooms.
- Alice also mentions that understanding and managing ADHD can be difficult without proper education and resources, leading to a lack of consistency in treatment.
- Alice shares her personal journey of creating content to help others, which has led to self-discovery and a sense of purpose.
- Alice wants to create a book that provides comfort and alleviates loneliness, inspired by her mother's love of books.
- Alice has always wanted to write, imagining herself as an old lady publishing a romantic novel. However, her previous experience was as a freelance writer on the internet.
Instagram: @the_mini_adhd_coach
Website : www.theminiadhdcoach.com
Youtube: The Mini ADHD Coach
My new book: The Mini ADHD Coach
