Kicking off their new ‘Insight Exchange’ series, The Leadmill is collaborating with hypnotherapist, Jane McPhillips, for an event exploring the tools and techniques to manage ADHD.
Having firsthand experience dealing with ADHD, Jane hopes the ‘Unmasking ADHD’ event will provide people with accessible information on how to handle their condition or support those around them.
The event, which will take place on 30th April, aims to validate people’s struggles with ADHD. Jane said: “The more we can open up conversations and the more people can understand themselves, the more they can get the support that they need.
“It might be coaching or it might just be having conversations with people that they trust that enables them to be able to manage their lives.”
Data released by the NHS reveals that cases of ADHD have been constantly increasing since 2017.
Jane wants the event to bridge the gap between getting a diagnosis and finding the help that an individual needs to manage it. Jane feels there is still a stigma attached to ADHD and believes that many people still believe that ADHD is only a condition that young people struggle with.
Having only received a diagnosis in her mid-40s, Jane wants to break down the harmful stereotypes surrounding mental health. She said: “I struggled with this until my mid-40s thinking I was just a bit crazy or a bit broken. I know now that I can go off on a gazillion tangents but that doesn’t make me crazy. It makes me who I am and I want others to feel that level of validity and connection with others. Building a community is the way forward.”
The evening will be centred around providing people with simple techniques they can use to help them in their everyday lives. From communication within romantic relationships to how to parent a child with ADHD, ‘Unmasking ADHD’ will explore some easy-to-implement mindfulness tools.
Jane said: “It’s all going to be easy to take away and understand. But it will be a different thing for a different person that might land for them.
Jane wants to encourage as many people as possible to come to the event, even if they don’t suffer from the condition. She said: “If somebody is out there thinking ‘I don’t know if this is for me’, just come along and listen. I guarantee you there will be something within the talk that will land and will enable them to recognise what they need for themselves.
“I think it’s going to be a really powerful evening.”
Tickets for the event held at The Leadmill on 30th April are available here, priced at £11.
