Episode 124: The Power of Hope After an ADHD Diagnosis with Gail Muller
The word 'hope' to so many of us can feel ambiguous and distant and yet in this conversation, my guest Gail Muller, a Cornish adventurer, author, speaker, and coach, breaks down the power of hope through a late in life ADHD diagnosis. This is a riveting conversation where we learn that we can always choose hope from the depths of life's challenges.
Gail has spent twenty years in education: teaching, leading, and consulting globally, helping raise aspirations and encouraging life-long learning for all. She passionately advocates for the belief that our broken bits can also be superpowers. Recently diagnosed with ADHD, she also struggled for fifteen years with debilitating chronic pain.
In 2019, after considerable physical rehabilitation, she walked the Appalachian Trail in the USA, later writing a bestselling book about the experience called Unlost. Gail advocates for living a life that’s courageous and true to oneself. She runs popular online courses and residential retreats in Cornwall and gives talks and workshops worldwide, encouraging people to dig into their creativity, build resilience, and grow in confidence.
On this episode of the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate and Gail talk about:
Gail's chronic pain journey
Hope and acceptance can exist together
How to use hope in life and how Gail teaches it to her students
ADHD and the connection between chronic pain, hypermobility, inflammation
Unexplained answers, pain and neurodivergence
Hope as an energy
Becoming empowered with more answers to thrive with ADHD
How to stop fighting against ourselves
Hopeful attitude switch
Gail's ADHD diagnosis validation and understanding
Gail's post-diagnosis crash
Generational healing and processing after a diagnosis
Kate's new four-part workshop series, Regulating Your ADHD Nervous System, is available here.
Have a read of Kate’s articles in ADDitude magazine here