The Brain Chronicle | August Edition (Patreon)

Hello Brains & Hearts!

Summer is almost over, and we hope that you all have been able to cope with the heat waves that have plagued the planet this year. 🧡 We’ve almost made it to Autumn! (Thank goodness. Otherwise I’d need a bucket of which to melt into! Though I hope those of you who are more lizard-like enjoy these final weeks of heat!)

As for us, we’re going through some big transitions as a company, which is scary honestly, but it’s also been ridiculously exciting! We’ll update you more in the coming months as things finish transitioning and settle!

Sadly though, one of our team members recently had to say goodbye to their soul-dog and best friend of 12 years. We are deeply saddened for their loss, and we are doing what we can to ensure they have the time they need to grieve as the waves come. 🧡 If you wish to send any well wishes, we’ll make sure that they see them.

If for any reason we drop a [metaphoric] ball somewhere (because you know, big changes, grief, and ADHD are things) please feel free to reach out by sending a DM via Patreon or you can shoot Harley, our Community Manager, an email directly at harley@howtoadhd.com. We greatly appreciate the extra eyes and help! 😀

Now onto the rest of the newsletter!

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Perks

Everyone

We’re working to update our Patreon tags to make it easier to search for things! This also includes a Month-Year tag for all new posts as of July 2022. If you’d like a quick way to see what stuff has been posted in a month, you can search those Month-Year tags! They are filled with any official postings we make including videos and all perk content for each month! 🧡 How does one use tags to sort through previous posts? Check out our pinned F.A.Q. posts for answers! It’s lucky #13!

SUPERbrains

Thank you all so much for your patience whilst we worked out the issues with your voting perk!! We were able to post our first poll for you this month, and it was so incredible to see all the comments and where the votes landed! If you’d like to see the poll (though it is now closed) you can check out the post here: August 2022 Poll

This month’s winner is: “Is ADHD a Disability?”!

This means that the Production Team will work to edit this Short and get it posted first. The other two options will still come but they will come after since they did not win the vote. 🧡

Presently we are aiming to get polls posted and completed within the first half of the month. We will let you know if this ends up adjusting at all!

Wonderbrains

Your behind the scenes clips for this month are briefly delayed due to how the Production schedule (ie: shooting videos) fell this month. They will be available about a week into September so look out for that post!

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What We Accomplished This Month

• Jessica submitted a talk for the PESI conference with Ari Tuckman (author of ADHD After Dark), called “Is ADHD a Superpower – and does it even need to be?”
  • Name sound familiar? Jessica interviewed Ari back in 2019! Check it out here 👉 Click Me!
  • PESI is a conference for mental health professionals; the talk is called “Is ADHD a Superpower – and does it even need to be?” and focuses on a strengths based approach that doesn’t deny ADHD challenges.
• Jessica finished chapter 5 on “How to Sleep” – thanks for those who attended last month’s brain board and helped with that!
• Jessica, Stephen and Palestrina were invited to VidSummit by Spreadshop!
• J2 and Harley have started work on a proper company handbook for our team!
• An article Jessica was interviewed for came out in Bust magazine – in PRINT!

There’s some exciting stuff happening with the book next month too– a couple chapters are being sent over next month to the UK publishers. Fingers crossed that the book will be published internationally!!

Honestly, SO MUCH of this would not have been remotely possible without your support. Thank you!!!!

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This Month’s Featured Video
The Best Back to School ADHD Things to Buy!
(Staples Haul)

You can watch the video here! 👉👉 Click Here!

Other Video Releases

• This is the last video I'm making in this studio!! (ADHD Friendly Studio Tour)

YouTube Short Releases

• Why is Starting a Project the Night Before so Motivating?
• How to be a Neurodiverse Ally!
• What Can You Do About an Out of Control Inbox??
• Ground Techniques