Coach Elizabeth Brink
When Friendships Change (or need to)
It's easy to just write off losing friends as 'part of being human,' and it is that, but maintaining friendships is something we can develop
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Coach Elizabeth Brink, ACC
Embrace who you are and find ways to make life work for you
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Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Will You Tell Me Your Story?
It's important for us to tell our stories for the sake of the telling. It gives us access to more of our story, to more of our healing.
Coach Sarah Durham
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Life in Transition
We have a lot of practice with transitions. So why the hell do they still feel so tricky?
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Measuring Up to What?
For many neurodivergent folks, the drive to strive is a trauma response resulting from negative feedback and missed opportunities.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
When a Request Turns Into a Negotiation
Many neurodivergent folks' needs were dismissed or criticized as children causing them to default to persuasion rather than negotiation.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Nov 21, 2022
- 4 min
Preparing for Rupture
Many neurodivergent folks have a history of painful experiences that... keep us stuck and unable to find the words to repair.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
How To Be Your Own Story Editor
Perspective work is a foundation of coaching neurodivergent folks because navigating life based on incomplete stories can lead to shame
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Oct 17, 2022
- 6 min
Ask Your Body
Many neurodivergent folks operate at a baseline with some activation, which isn’t always something we can just choose to turn off.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Trusting Your Instincts
For a lot of neurodivergent people, any internal inquiry automatically comes with self doubt, self criticism, and a lot of distrust.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Sep 5, 2022
- 3 min
On Being Hopeful
Neurodivergent people may struggle to hold onto hope, but it's possible to cultivate more of it.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
Envy & Neurodivergent Brains
If the core message of envy is “I want what you have,” then what happens if the object of envy embodies a privilege we can not?
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
It's Not Your Fault...
We may have grown up feeling like our neurodivergence was a problem, but it's not your fault and there is much to embrace about your brain!
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
Understanding Our Nervous Systems: Or What I Learned from the Polyvagal Theory
Do you think you work best under pressure, but sometimes it blows up in your face? Me too, this theory helped me understand why.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
To Strategize or Not to Strategize?
Problem-solving can be helpful, but sometimes we can find so many solutions we get stuck. I help us to break through the noise to solutions.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Pacing Ourselves
Having ADHD sometimes means going at your own pace that might not always line up with our peers, is this a bad thing? Not at all!
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Perfectionism is Protective
Can our inner perfectionists actually be trying to help us?
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Mar 28, 2022
- 7 min
A Primer on Attachment Theory & Neurodivergent Brains
A brief look at attachment theory and how it impacts those who have neurodivergent brains.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
Friendship Status: It's Complicated
Friend can be a heavy word, yet we use it so casually in our modern world. How can we be the kinds of friends we need and want right now?
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Jan 4, 2022
- 4 min
Curiosity
It might not have always been safe to be curious, but curiosity can be a way to connect better with ourselves and others.
Coach Elizabeth Brink
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
Who Are You?
Who are you? What are your values? How you can you stay true to those with external pressure and the challenges of ADHD?
What's on my mind
I love to write, but sometimes I need a place to try on ideas. Hear my 'rough draft' thoughts on all things personhood, neurodivergent living, and healing in my Sunday letters.
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