Episode 85 - What if You Became Best Friends with Deadlines? Welcome back! In this episode, we’re exploring how schools often misrepresent dyslexia, especially when it comes to teaching time management and handling deadlines. For many, these early experiences shape how we view deadlines in adulthood, making them feel like an impossible challenge. But what if you could become best friends with deadlines? We’ll dive into strategies that will help you shift your mindset around deadlines, turning th...
Sep 09, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Episode 84 - Why Managing Deadlines is HARD Welcome back! In this episode, we tackle one of the most common challenges for adults with dyslexia: managing deadlines. Deadlines can be overwhelming, and for those with dyslexia, they can feel even more daunting. We’ll dive into why this happens, exploring the unique ways dyslexia impacts time management, organization, and task completion. But don't worry—we've got you covered with practical tips and strategies to help you navigate the challenges. Wh...
Sep 02, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Episode 83 - It's Time to make a Change We're taking a break for 1 month! But don't worry! We'll be back in Spetember! So whilst we're taking a break, this is a perfect opportunity for you to put everything we talk about on this podcast in to practice. And we want to hear how you get on so be sure to tells in the reviews or drop us a message in Instagram or LinkedIn! It's been a pleasure to bring you a weekly episode for the past 18 months so a month's break seems welcome! Thank you SO SO SO muc...
Jul 29, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 83
Episode 82 - How to tell your Boss about Challenges with Working Memory In this penultimate episode in the series of 'Working Memory' at work, we go through how communicate with your boss about the challenges of working memory. Working memory affects everyone and people with dyslexia have a slightly reduce working memory capacity. What does this mean? But simply, working memory is that part of your brain which is supposed to hold multiple parts of information temporarily and re-call it when need...
Jul 22, 2024•9 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Episode 81 - Navigating Working Memory in a Meeting So you have an idea, mid-mieeting, and you want to get it our there but need to wait your turn to speak, and now you've been so focused on your idea and not blurting it out that you've lost what is being said in the converstaion, and as you re-focus your mind back to the conversation you've forgotten your idea! Sound like you? You're not alone. Working memory in meetings is one challenge that people keep coming bck to me on for solutions. At Dy...
Jul 15, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Episode 80 - What Dyslexia is Actually Like One of the ways in which Dyslexia in Adults helps people navigate the challenges and specifically in the work place, is though my 1:1 coaching. With coaching its not easy for some people to understand what it is and how it can help. Which is why in this episode I am speaking with one of my past client who has kindly agreed to share their story and experience of 1:1 coaching, and how the coaching has helped to shape her life and career because of dyslex...
Jul 08, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Episode 79 - Dyslexia Survival Guide to Work Meetings Through the our membership 'the Hive' and social media, the most often question I get when referring to workplace challenges with dyslexia is about meetings. This is not a surprise! Meetings have so many challenges for people with dyslexia; taking notes, processing what is being said, loosing your train of thought, remembering actions the list goes on. Furthermore, people with dyslexia has to navigate all of these challenges at the same time,...
Jul 01, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Episode 78 - Dyslexia and How to leverage Big Picture Thinking So, in the past 'Big Picture Thinking' series of podcast episodes I've shared with you; what is Big Picture Thinking, and the challenges of Big Picture Thinking. We've also explored how non-linear thinking can help to connect the dots and see the patterns. In this episode I conclude the series of Big Picture Thinking with how you can leverage Big Picture Thinking to use to your advantage in your organisation, your career and even in ...
Jun 24, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 78
Episode 77 - The Sneaky Ways Dyslexia Impacts Our Lives So maybe you have a good idea of the challenges with dyslexia, and maybe you have a good idea of the strengths which come with dyslexia. But do you really know the sneaky way in which dyslexia impacts our lives? Well fear not! In this episode I go through some of the sneaky ways dyslexia can impact on our lives and how undersatnding dyslexia can enable us to stop these sneaky challenges so we can stop it from affecting our work, our career ...
Jun 17, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Episode 76 - Dyslexia and Non-linear Thinking Do you know what non-linear thinking is? It's one of those less common known dyslexia strengths that we haven't even covered on this podcast yet! So is this episode I rectify this as we delve deep into; what is non-linear thinking, why is it a strength, and why does it present such a challenge sometimes, and what we can do to turn these challenges into a benefit! This is a good one you're not going to want to miss! Links: Webinar: https://lu.ma/bt588...
Jun 10, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Episode 75 - Dyslexia and Big Picture Thinking Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice and tips such as: Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dyslexic strengths, Our best and most recommended dyslexic strategies, and Building confidence and learning how to be proud of dyslexia. I want to thank you for joining me and listening to this podcast! It really helps the podcast and the mission if you rate, review, and shar...
Jun 03, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Episode 74 - How I got a £62k Grant for my Dyslexia This is Dyslexia's best kept secret! In this episode I share how you, like myself and many others with Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, Dyspraxia, you name it, can recivie a government grant to support you in the workplace. This is called the Access to Work Scheme and it's avaible for thoes with dyslexia and other neurodiversities in the UK. Hear how I managed to recivied financial support to get access to hardware, software, training and even a support...
May 27, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Episode 73 - Dictation the Secret Dyslexia Hack Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice and tips such as: Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dyslexic strengths, Our best and most recommended dyslexic strategies, and Building confidence and learning how to be proud of dyslexia. I want to thank you for joining me and listening to this podcast! It really helps the podcast and the mission if you rate, review, and sha...
May 20, 2024•6 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Episode 72 - Dyslexia and Embracing Vulnerability Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice and tips such as: Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dyslexic strengths, Our best and most recommended dyslexic strategies, and Building confidence and learning how to be proud of dyslexia. I want to thank you for joining me and listening to this podcast! It really helps the podcast and the mission if you rate, review, and s...
May 13, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Episode 71 - Dealing with my Dyslexic Mistakes Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice and tips such as: Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dyslexic strengths, Our best and most recommended dyslexic strategies, and Building confidence and learning how to be proud of dyslexia. I want to thank you for joining me and listening to this podcast! It really helps the podcast and the mission if you rate, review, and shar...
May 06, 2024•7 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Episode 70 - Dyslexia Success Story with CMO of Samsung Europe, Benjamin Braun. This episode is a little different. In this episode I am joined by the brilliant Benjamin Braun, the CMO of Samsung Europe! My aim with these ocasional guest interviews is to share and demonstarte real world examples of people who are scuessful BECAUSE of their dyslexia, not despite it. This also proves that of the things we talk about on this podcast really do work in the real world, and they will work for everyone....
Apr 29, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Episode 69 - What Navigating Dyslexia Looks Like Ever been told "You just need to do things differently" or "do what works for you!" Ever noticed that these phrases never come with any actual advice or suggestions of what this looks like!? Well, at Dyslexia in Adults we DO do things differently. We actually share stories and advice of what navigating dyslexia's challenegs really looks like so that you can see that you're not alone, and contextualise practical tips so that you too can start to fi...
Apr 22, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Episode 68 - Dyslexia and Reading Long E-mails That feeling you get when you get one heck of a loooong e-mail! This is a question that came up in our membership The Hive and ther person seeking help was desperate for that hack that would solve their problem. Often, with dyslexia, the reading is not the problem, its the comprehension. Comprehension is the understanding of teh whole text, not just the words. This usually comes about when you notice that you have re-read the same text multple times...
Apr 15, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Episode 67 - Dyslexia and Time Management Do you fear deadlines? After this episode you will learn to love them. Dyslexia or ADHD, or both? Time Management is always a challenge. In this episode, I share with you how my team and I at Dyslexia in Adults use check-in sessions and deadlines to help our time management. Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice and tips such as: Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dysle...
Apr 08, 2024•9 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Episode 66 - Understanding Working Memory with Dyslexia What is working memory? How does it affect my day-to-day work, and how can I better understand working memory so that I can navigate the challenges and thrive? These are just some of the questions my 1:1 coaching clients ask me and one that I am all too familiar with myself! Working memory can purhapes be one of the hardest things to understand about dyslexia for ourselves and to explain to other people. And it is often the most maskes chal...
Apr 01, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Episode 65 - Managing Workload with Dyslexia How do you manage your workload with dyslexia. Yet again this is another dyslexia challenge particularliy for adults in the real world of work. Well, all is not lost as in this episode of the podcast I sahre with you 3 strategies you can impliment today which can lighten you load and make you more productive that you ever thought possible. Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** Includes advice...
Mar 25, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Episode 64 - Finding Strategies to Support Your Dyslexia In this week's episode I share with you how I work with my 1:1 clients to help spot patterns and create stratgeies which work with your brain to better navigate challenges of your dyslexia. The first step is to... you guessed it... undertsnad dyslexia. Because when you understand what is going on you can understand how it affects you and teh task you're trying to work (Reports, Time Management, or even just claening your house). Second ste...
Mar 18, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Episode 63 - Understanding what is Dyslexia Rewind This week's episode is a rewind episode from Episode 4 when we discuss 'What is Dyslexia'. If we better understand dyslexia better we can work out better systems to support us. The more we understand dyslexia, it does two things: We understand better systems to support us, and We can better accept the challenges of dyslexia. Talking to other people with dyslexia and understanding the reality of dyslexia, with the broader range of challenges beyo...
Mar 11, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Episode 62 - Dyslexia and How to Navigate Tiredness Whenever I talk about dyslexia and tiredness, analytics go crazy! And, it got me thinking. Why is this topic so popular? I think the answer is that it's one of the least covered topics when we talk about dyslexic challenges. There's something about this topic that for people with dyslexia, it makes them say "Yes! That's totally me!" "I never associated that with my dyslexia!". It makes people with like you're not alone in this challenge. So, I ...
Mar 04, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Epsiode 61 - Dyslexia and Procrastinating It doesn't matter how important the task is. If it's not fum and interesting, or I think it's going to be a challenge for my dyslexia, it will get left to the last minute to complete the task. It often comes with so much guilt and shame that you've left the task so late that you dare not share this with anyone! This is so common for neurodiverse people particularly with Dyslexia and/or ADHD! Once we understand how and why if affects our performance, we c...
Feb 26, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Episode 60 - Succeeding with Dyslexia - Natalie and Kati Part 2 This is Part 2 of meeting Kati, our Community Director here at Dyslexia in Adults! In this episode we talk about how Kati and I met and give you some insights to behind the sceans of Dyslexia in Adults. Key topics: Meeting Kati Behind the sceans of Dyslexia in Adults, and How working at Dyslexia has helped Kati Succeed with Dyslexia. Don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia! *** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" *** In...
Feb 19, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Episode 59 - Succeeding with Dyslexia - Natalie and Kati Part 1 Meet Kati, Community Director at Dyslexia in Adults! In this episode I speak with our Community Director here at Dyslexia in Adults, Kati! In this episode we talk about how Kati and I met and give you some insights to behind the sceans of Dyslexia in Adults. Key topics: Meeting Kati Behind the sceans of Dyslexia in Adults, and How working at Dyslexia has helped Kati Succeed with Dyslexia. Don't forget to download the free guide to d...
Feb 12, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Episode 58 - Dyslexia and ADHD In this episode, I step a little beyond Dyslexia and talk about something that is rarely discussed...ADHD with Dyslexia. So why is this important to me? Well, I am someone with dyslexia who then, later in life, discovered I also had ADHD! Like Dyslexia, there is so much confusion around ADHD! Finally, Noone really talks about the similarities and differences between dyslexia and ADHD. In this episode, I will share with you my experience of discovering I have ADHD, ...
Feb 05, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Episode 57 - The Reality of Navigating the Challenges of Dyslexia In this episode I address some of the questions from our recent Confidence with Dyslexia webinars which focus on how we actually impliment some of the tips, advice, and strategies of navigating dyslexia to really make a difference! I also share some of the science around how stress impacts on our dyslexia. Key topics: Stress and the effect on our dyslexia, How to impliment some of the strategies we talk about in the Hive and on th...
Jan 29, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Episode 56 - How to Support your Dyslexic Partner Flexible and Kind. These are the essential qualities that I believe everyone should have in their partner, but esspecially for partners of dyslexic people. In this episode I share a conversation I had wiuth friends over dinner about what are the best qualities and characteristics of a partner for a dyslexic person that they can understand better what support their dyslexic partner needs. Understanding how dyslexic brains work, helps the partners ...
Jan 22, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 56
