Positive Intelligence
April 2025
Friends,
I have been so excited to share this newsletter with you!
Beginning in January, I went through the 6-week Positive Intelligence (PQ) program with a cohort of coaches.
The experience was so transformational for me that I chose to join PQ as a coach member so YOU would have the opportunity to experience it too.
I have to admit, I was very hesitant to join initially. I tend to be a bit of a skeptic and also quite resistant to programs that make big claims about what they can do for you. But here I am telling you that I am SO thankful I set those barriers aside and gave it a try. I have seen a huge shift in my ability to handle stress with ease and so much more.
In short, the PQ Program is a mindfulness and mental fitness program. Here’s how it’s described on the PQ website:
“Our breakthrough, research-based tools strengthen the part of your brain that serves you and quiet the part that sabotages you. You handle life’s challenges with a more positive mindset, and less stress.
We call this mental fitness.”
Why I believe it is essential for ADHDers:
We all know that ADHD often travels hand in hand with anxiety, rejection sensitivity, perfectionism and more. You also are probably aware that mindfulness is helpful for addressing these challenges, but getting ourselves to actually do what we know is good for us? Not always so easy.
This program makes mindfulness and mental fitness something you want to practice every day and incorporate into your daily routines.
The PQ program addresses the root causes that hold you back from bringing the most beautiful, creative YOU to the world. This isn’t just one more thing to add to your to do list. It is a way of moving through your day with presence and ease which allows you to thrive. When you are thriving, everyone benefits.
If you’re curious and want to check it out, the first step, which you can do totally on your own, is to take the 5-minute, confidential, Saboteur Assessment.
The Saboteurs are things like People Pleaser, Hyper-Vigilant, Avoider, Stickler, Hyper-Rational etc. Do any of these sound familiar? To me, these sound a lot like the masks that show up with a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD or neurodivergence; people pleasing, anxiety, procrastination, perfectionism.
If you’re interested, once you take the assessment you will sign up to meet with me for a free, one-hour Saboteur Discovery Session to unpack the results.
If you’re curious, but shy, I encourage you to take the 5-minute Saboteur Assessment and see what comes up for you.
I am really excited to share this program with you. I can’t tell you how life changing it has been for me and I want that same experience for you!
My hope is to create a group of 5 amazing women to meet on a weekly basis for 6 weeks to go through the program together. I would love for you to be part of the inaugural group!
Questions? Hit reply!
If there is someone else you’d love to go through the program with, please feel free to forward this on.
xoxo
With great love,
Danica
What I’m reading/watching/listening to:
I want this email to be a valuable resource for you! Here are a few things that might be helpful or interesting.
I haven’t taken any of these workshops yet but I love Kate Moryousef’s work and they are fairly affordable if one of the topics sounds supportive. If you do any of the workshops I’d love to hear what you think! https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk
Also from ADHD Women’s Wellbeing, this podcast on Somatic Experiencing So good. You can get the podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Dr. Sharon Saline offers a word of encouragement for moms with the extra mental load that moms often carry and how that interacts with ADHD and Anxiety.
I’ve been thinking a lot about building new habits lately. I love BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and the role of celebrating in cementing habits.
What else is coming up:
Free Book Club
What your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Sharon Saline
Tuesdays at 10:00AM PDT Beginning April 29th for 4 weeks
If you have an ADHD child or work with ADHD kids in any way, this is the book club for you. Sharon has worked with so many ADHD kids and just gets them. Hit reply to let me know if you’re interested in joining.
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
We’ll use the slower pace of summer to build our self-compassion muscles. Weekly June-August on Tuesdays at 10:00AM PDT.
This new program is for you if you’re just starting out on the journey of untangling a later in life diagnosis. Six, 1:1 sessions over up to 8 months. Each month we’ll focus on a different topic and I’ll provide journal prompts and book suggestions along the way. More details can be found here and in a future newsletter! DeepDiveADHD.pdf
P.S. If you made it this far, Hooray! You’re rewarded with a Mary Oliver poem I came across this week.
I Worried
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
flow in the right direction, will the earth turn
as it was taught, and if not, how shall
I correct it?
Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?
Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows
can do it and I am, well,
hopeless.
Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,
am I going to get rheumatism,
lockjaw, dementia?
Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
and gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.
