Our ADHD, neuro-diverse brains are better able to engage certain capacities of the brain precisely because of the weaker grip of executive functions. We better use our right-brains and avoid some of the problems brought by the functions such as excess social conformance, narrow focus and emotional constraint.
Andrew Lewis is an ADHD Coach, writer and founder of SimplyWellbeing. He has over 10,000 hours and 15 years of experience in coaching hundreds of ADHD executives, business professionals and creatives, and previously running a large ADHD support group and an ADHD diagnostic clinic. His business expertise comes from a twenty years career in software, from programming, through marketing, sales and running a few start-ups. His ADHD insight is personal, with decades understanding his own ADHD experience and in bringing up his ADHD daughter. He has published his writing primarily via this website, with interactive ADHD courses in development.