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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 2d

Leaders who are in tune with their teams’ needs can create environments for innovation. Safe spaces to fail.

Because the 21st century is marked by constant change—technological, ecological, societal—innovation is a survival skill.

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/leade...

#ADHDLeadership

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 3d

My client has been examining his Time and Energy Sucks.
He discovered a big one: Arguing with Strangers on the Internet.

In the past, it was an intellectually stimulating exercise for him.
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Stop-...

#ADHDTimeManagement #ADHDExecutiveFunction

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 6d

He said, “I can’t tell you clean up your diet because you already eat healthy. I can’t tell you exercise more because you’re already exercising A LOT! So at this point, we need to pull the trigger: meds, or #ketodiet. And #keto is better than meds.”
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/8th-K...

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 8d

Training for a black belt test while rehabbing ruptured disks in your neck is not an experience that I recommend, but I did it.

It was both one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, and also one of my greatest joys. Read more...

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/3rd-A...

#BlackBeltJourney

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 9d

...A few days later, I read the astonishing statistic that 37% of ADHD women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime, and neurodivergent people of any gender are more likely to get targeted for crime. Read more:

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Octob...

#ADHDAwarenessMonth

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 16d

Confucius meant:

1️⃣ Notice when you’re off course.
Emotional reactivity, impulse, overwhelm.

2️⃣ Pause.
Breathe. Regulate. Reflect.

3️⃣ Realign.
Remember your values and long-term principles.

4️⃣ Return to right action.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Retur...

#EthicalLeadership

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 18d

“Chasing the high is turning me into a teetotaler!”

A client said this after realizing his old dopamine-mining habits don’t work anymore.

The only thing that gives him a dopamine rush now is…
Flow State.

Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Beyon...

#ADHDCoaching #FlowState

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 21d

I coach people to step into their power as leaders, so I never want to frame power as inherently corrupting. But understanding the Power Paradox is crucial—not to dissuade you, but to help you lead with integrity and purpose.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/big_i...

#Leadership

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 23d

Science confirms that leaders who mentor and teach activate intrinsic motivation, leading to deeper learning, stronger loyalty, and higher performance. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/big_i...

#Leadership #EthicalLeadership #ADHDLeadership

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 25d

A year ago I helped my sensei move from Boise, Idaho to Vancouver, Washington. And my seat belt alarm was blaring the entire time…for fifteen seconds every minute over and over and over again.

Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/turn-...

#Reslience

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 27d

#StarWars #Andor #NemiksManifesto #RememberThis #IHaveFriendsEverywhere

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 27d

"Earthseed: The Books of the Living.

Purpose
Unifies us:
It focuses our dreams,
Guides our plans,
Strengthen our efforts.

Purpose
Defines us,
Shapes us,
And offers us
Greatness."

Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler

#OctaviaKnew #Purpose #ParableOfTheTalents #OctaviaButler

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · 29d

This is exactly the kind of leadership that the world needs right now: timelessly wise and lived. In addition to being a martial art instructor, he has also worked for decades in leadership development and human resources.
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Bryan...

#LeadershipDevelopment

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 23

In 1988, Graham traveled to the Soviet Union to interview Mikhail Gorbachev. Afterward, Soviet officials pressured her to redact a name from the transcript. She refused.

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/leade...

#leadership #freepress #FreedomOfThePress #Journalism #EthicalLeadership

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 22

Eva’s mission is to climb the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents, by her 70th birthday to bring attention to climate change. Last year she summitted Aconcagua in South America and Denali in North America.
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Eva-E...

#resilience

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 22

"Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the the intelligence of many to achieve group adaptation." ~ Earthseed: The Books of the Living.

Octavia E. Butler, The Parable of the Sower

#OctaviaKnew #Earthseed #Civilization #Adaptation

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 19

Wow!” They said, “That was so much more impressive than if you hadn’t dropped the tonfa.”

A lot of people practice perfection. I know I can’t be perfect. In a fight you’re going to make mistakes, and you have to plow right through. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/first...

Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 18

#Andor #StarWars #MonMothma

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 12

“Do you have any fun vacations coming up?” the bank teller was making small talk.
“No! Thank God!” I said, exasperated. “I couldn’t handle another vacation right now.”
“Why is that?”
“I play hard!”
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/need-...

#ADHDLeadership #ADHDWellness

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Herbert Spencer, not Charles Darwin, coined “survival of the fittest.” Spencer used it to justify laissez-faire capitalism, arguing that helping the vulnerable outside one’s own family was against self-interest and weakened evolution.
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/survi...

#Leadership

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Aug 28

My PT said, “But you’re trying, and that’s enough to keep your soft tissues supple. That allowed your MCL to stretch and not tear, except maybe some insignificant micro-tearing.”

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/when-...

#Resilience #ADHDResilience #ADHDProfessionals

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Your ADHD pattern recognition is creating your own luck.
You don’t need to white-knuckle success. Your brain is already wired to notice opportunities others miss.

Did you know you can train it even more?

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/ADHD-...

#ADHD #ADHDPatternRecognition #ADHDLeaders

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Someday, someone will fix this.

Today is that day,
and those someones are us.

#Leadership #Agency #Democracy #Freedom

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Aug 19

I have to re-read it in the next few years for my 3rd degree black belt test. One of of my senseis has suggested that I think of the story about him killing the concubines as legend, didn't really happen, like so much of Musashi's bragging is legend. So maybe I'll have a different opinion this time?

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Amy Stewart Cooper @lifeenhancementamy.bsky.social · Aug 18

My friend smiled impishly, like he was going to say something naughty.

"I have a confession," he said, "I hated The Art of War."

"Me, too!" I was happy. I had never heard anyone else say they hated the book. Read more...

www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Unpop...

#ADHDLeadership

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