Overwhelmed? Two Levers That Actually Help

Darlingheart,

You know that feeling where your brain is on fire, your to-do list has become sentient, and somebody wants to know what’s for dinner AGAIN?

Yeah. Tam and I get it. We get it in our BONES.

So we sat down and talked about the two levers you’ve actually got for overwhelm. (Two! That’s double the levers! Exponential growth, baby!) One of them you probably already know. The other one? Freaking life-changing. I didn’t discover it until about a year ago and it’s been WILD the difference it has made in reducing overwhelm.

If you’re a neurodivergent creative drowning in business + parenting + caring roles + all the fekking things, and you’ve been white-knuckling your way through wondering why “just try harder” hasn’t worked… this one’s for you.

In this episode we get into:

• 😱Why your capacity is completely different from that extrovert with plans out the butthole (and why comparing is pointless)
• 🚦Traffic light colour-coding your calendar so you can SEE the burnout coming
• ⭐Golden weeks (my secret weapon — one week a month with NO calls)
• 🧹The broom-path housework standard that saved my marriage and my sanity
• 👕Getting your kids to do their own washing from primary school
• 🤖Robot vacuums with names (mine’s Melissa, Tam’s is the Scutter, because of course)
• ⚡The primitive reflex thing that tripled my nervous system capacity (I KNOW)
• 😌Breathwork, sleep, nature + the supplements that actually help ADHD brains
• 🌞Tam’s husband discovering that sunshine is… far infrared. We dieeeeeeeeee.

Quotes that hit:

“I really need you to reduce your standards. I really need you to stop trying to be the perfect mum here because it’s wrecking your mental health.” — My husband Chris, being very wise over lunch

“I centered myself so I became the main character of my own life.” — Tam

“We’re just complicated houseplants. We need food, we need sunlight, we need fresh air and water.” — Tam, being a poet

“I can do two, three times the amount of work that I used to. And it does not cost in the way that it used to cost me.” — Me, still stunned about the primitive reflex resolution thing

Stuff we mentioned:

• Laundry Lady (laundry pickup service — Australia)
• HelloFresh + Marley Spoon (meal kits)
• You Foodz (pre-made meals delivered)
• Roborock (the fancy robot vacuum/mop — yes it detects poo)
• David Elliott — ⁠breathwork meditation⁠
• Get Dopa (combined ADHD supplement, UK)
• Primal Energy (beef organ supplement, Australia)
• Dr Sharon Williams (chiropractor — primitive reflex resolution)

🎧Free meditations from me: ⁠leoniedawson.com/shit⁠ ✨

⭐ Listen here on:

• Spotify
• Pocketcast
• IHeartRadio

If this helped you see a lever you hadn’t tried, send it to a friend who needs it. And if you’ve got a sec, a five-star review means more overwhelmed humans can find us.

Big love,