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Amy Stewart Cooper
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ADHD Leadership, martial artist, photographer, keto cook and baker, wife, mom (pets included!), overall cool person & decent human being.
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Hitting the ground running in January seems to be a product of the modern world in which we are largely insulated from the effects of nature.

But ADHD minds are still attuned to the natural world.

Read more:
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#NewYear2026 #ADHDLeadership
A gray-and-white cat curled up asleep on a person’s lap, with a woodstove fire glowing softly in the background. The image includes the text, “A lot of people get to work on their resolutions on New Year’s Day. For me it’s always been a time of rest,” evoking winter stillness and intentional rest.
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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I’ve been busy running around doing my Christmas shopping, and my home office currently looks like a gift-wrapping station exploded inside it.

Read more of my holiday greeting:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Holid...
Main text: Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Image: A man and a woman depicted as Santa and Mrs. Claus. These are the author and her husband. A sign is behind them on the right side that says, "North Pole". Also behind them on the left side is Santa's sleigh filled with presents, next to it are the reindeer. This all in a snowy, woodsy scene. Text below the image: Hubby and me as Santa and Mrs. Claus. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com Background: Snowflakes on a soft grey-blue grey blue gradient.
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Frustration creates courage when you decide to embrace the suck.

That’s true whether the suck you’re embracing is trying to learn an unwieldy weapon, or trying to read with bleary eyes yet another EULA.

Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/No-Fl...

#ADHDLeadership #ADHDResilience
Photo: A smiling woman wearing purple holding tonfa (billy clubs). Text: I love the saying, "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." It's what kept me going in my first, tearful, tonfa lesson. Text right next to the image, in handwritten script: Me, with my first set of tonfa. Their handles were too long for my small hands. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com Background: Gradient of purples and gold.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Empathy can be a superpower.
But for many ADHD leaders it can also flood the system.

But empathy overload isn’t a flaw. It’s a signal.

It means you’re plugged in. Maybe too much, maybe without boundaries.

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

#ADHDLeadership #Empathy
Text: Empathy is a leadership quality needed in the 21st century. Don't turn it off, process it, so you can continue leading with fierce compassion. Image: Silhouette of a woman in profile, her hair is flowing up and out behind her and transforms into a colorful water color abstract. All of this on a white handmade paper texture background. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Here’s why:
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.

More:
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Text: That ADHD trait of yours, Empathy, is exactly the leadership trait the world needs right now. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com Visual: Pink handmade paper with a heart shaped torn in the center. In the heart is a light bulb with a graphic that looks like neurons lighting up, and a dramatic lens flair at the top of the light bulb underneath the word "Empathy" in the text.
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Resilience is not a personality trait, it’s a trainable practice.

This framing removes the shame from burnout. In ADHD leaders it often shows up first as loss of strategic clarity, not loss of motivation.

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

#Resilience #ADHDLeadership
Photo: A woman wearing a black belt with a big smile in a dojo. Text: "Training for my black belt test while rehabbing a neck injury was one of the most difficult things I've ever, and also one of my greatest joys." Amy Stewart-Cooper Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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You can’t turn on Flow State like a switch,
but you can create the conditions to help you move into it more easily.

A good place to start is curiosity.

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

#FlowState #ADHDHyperfocus #Hyperfocus #ADHDLeaders #ADHDLeadership
Text: "How do you transform Hyperfocus into Flow State? A good place to start is Curiosity." Image: An electronic Flow wave in blue/cyan, with a magnifying glass symbolizing "curiosity", over a gradient background that's blue to pink to orange. Logo: an eagle in a circle with the company name "Life Enhancement Coaching". And the url Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Normally I would write a post about all the wonderful things I’m thankful for this year.

But honestly, 2025 was brutal.

Still, I was able to turn 💩 into fertilizer, so I’m grateful for that.

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

#HappyThanksgiving #Resilience #FailingUp
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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♦️ Both are intense, but…
Hyperfocus traps your attention; Flow State harmonizes it.
The brilliance that burns too hot versus the brilliance that shines.

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

#FlowState #Hyperfocus #ADHDLeadership
The quote, "How is Hyperfocus different from Flow State? And why should you care?" On a gradient background from blue to gold, and a graphic resembling an electronic wave in gold going from larger to smaller left to right. A logo for Life Enhancement Coaching, and the url Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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When Confucius said poverty is shameful in a well-governed country, he didn’t mean “shame on the poor”, he meant “shame on the leaders, because in a truly well-governed country, poverty wouldn’t happen.” Read more:
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#ADHDLeadership #EthicalLeadership
Quote, "In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. in a country poorly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." Confucius. Image is of a stack of money with a shadow of window and a palm branch.
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Relating this to “The pursuit of happiness”, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t talking about chasing pleasure or comfort, he was specifically referring to the Aristotelian idea of Eudaimonia.
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#FlowState #PursuitOfHappiness #Eudaimonia #Leadership
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I woke up feeling sick.
My stomach ached, I felt hot, and my lower back hurt.

I thought there was no way I could make it to my
Kobudo (traditional Okinawan weapons) class. Read more...

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

#ADHDLeadership #ADHDResilience #MartialArts
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I pretty much always wear my Jedi uniform on Halloween.

This photo is at night in the Jedi Temple dojo.

I’ve never actually been there, of course,
but I have Photoshop and I’m not afraid to use it—as I sometimes say.

There’s a story behind this:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Hallo...
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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He often says the best leaders are the calmest person in the room.

This activated my sense of friendly competition.
I made a habit of looking for the calmest person
and trying to out-calm them.

It worked!

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

#ADHDLeadership #ADHDCoach
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Here’s what I mean:
For millions of years our ancestors lived in small nomadic bands.

If you stepped out of line, you could get cast out.
No other troop was likely to take you in.

And humans don’t survive well on our own.
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#ImposterSyndrome #ADHD
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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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
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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.”
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October 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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...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
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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“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
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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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.
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#Leadership
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Science confirms that leaders who mentor and teach activate intrinsic motivation, leading to deeper learning, stronger loyalty, and higher performance. Read more...
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#Leadership #EthicalLeadership #ADHDLeadership
October 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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:
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#Reslience
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM