Episode 100: Celebrating ADHD Strengths, Self-Acceptance, and the Magic of Building a Business That Works for Your Brain
For Episode 100 (!!!), I am doing something a little different. No script. No bullet points. Just a collection of honest, heartfelt voice notes from some of my clients; the people living, breathing, and building businesses around their ADHD strengths every single day.
This episode is a celebration:
🎉 of ADHD brains
🎉 of unconventional business owners
🎉 of the magic that happens when we stop fighting how we’re wired
🎉 and of YOU! The listener who’s kept this podcast going for 3.5 whole years
Instead of a guest interview or solo ep, this milestone episode is a thoroughly uplifting celebration of lived experience. We're having a voice note party!
My wonderful clients share how they’ve stopped trying to “fix” themselves, and instead built businesses around what they naturally do best: creativity, empathy, hyperfocus, pattern recognition, curiosity, big-picture thinking, and that beautiful ADHD spark.
Inside this celebratory episode, you’ll hear:
✨ Why acceptance is the real starting point for transformation
✨ How pattern recognition, fast thinking & creativity become business superpowers
✨ The role of curiosity, novelty, and “following the spark” in sustainable work
✨ Building businesses around strengths - not shame, shoulds, or outdated expectations
✨ The emotional intuition and empathy so many ADHDers use to support clients
✨ How self-awareness helps us honour cycles, energy dips and rest
✨ Stories of using “messy parts” as magic, not flaws to hide
✨ The power of voice notes, community, and being seen
✨ Why sensitivity, humour, and authenticity are not weaknesses but incredible ADHD strengths
I absolutely loved recording this ep - each voice note brings something different: confidence, vulnerability, joy, real talk, humour, and above all proof that ADHD is not a limitation when you stop trying to live by a neurotypical playbook.
Magic Moments
💬 “What used to feel like thinking too fast has become the strength I now rely on.”
💬 “This is who I am and I’m going to build around it, not fight against it.”
💬 “If I’m bored, that’s the litmus test. That idea won’t fly and that’s a strength.”
💬 “Hyperfocus is powerful, but so is paying myself back with rest.”
💬 “I don’t mask in my business. That’s why my clients trust me.”
💬 “Curiosity is my engine - I’m always learning, and my clients benefit every day.”
💬 “I treat self-awareness like a tool. It’s how I forecast my energy, not judge it.”
This episode is a love letter to all the ADHDers out there needing to feel seen and accepted. If you’re ready to play to your strengths, create the conditions you need to thrive, and build a business that feels like you, this milestone episode will feel like a hug, a hype speech, and a permission slip all in one.
Links & Next Steps
💛 Work with Siobhan
If you want support building a business around your ADHD strengths through working with me, head to: bigpicturebusinesscoach.com
💛 Share the episode
If this ep resonated, please pass it on to someone who needs the reminder that their brain isn’t a burden, it’s brilliant.
💛 Get in touch
Have a topic you’d love me to cover in the next 100 episodes? Send me a message on Instagram: @siobhan_reveals
Featured in this episode:
1. Rosie Elvin - ADHD Coach & Speaker @rosie.adhdfocus
2. Amy Wilkinson - Coach to Fearless Foodies @amywilkinsoncoach
3. Demi Lauranne - Founder of Lauranne Social (LinkedIn) @demilauranne
4. Samantha Parsley - Writing coach for research-led writers @curious_view_coaching
5. Charlie Daly - Non-fiction writer & ghostwriter @dalyprose
6. Eloise Elford - Content repurposing partner @eloise_elford
7. Andrea White - Speaker Coach & Trainer (Linkedin) @andreawhiteuk
8. Wendy Gannon – Photographer @wo0photography
9. Susannne Schotanus – ADHD writing coach @passionatewritercoaching
10. Kate Latrobe - ADHD coach @neurodivergencewithklt