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Back from Hiatus

May 28, 20252 min read

Greetings! I’m back from a short social media hiatus because I’ve been:
🐉 Deep-diving into the neuroscience of Flow State
😿 Caring for a sick kitty
🐔 Managing a broody chicken
🦵 And rehabbing my own injured knee

 

The neuroscience dive started with an AudHD client who recently had a profound realization:
The only thing that gives him a dopamine rush anymore is Flow State.

 

After years of chasing dopamine through sugar, screen time, and late-night adrenaline, he realized something had changed—those old strategies were now making him feel worse.

 

His old habits:
🍪 Binge-eating cookies
🎬 Horror movie marathons
🚫 Are no longer cutting it.

 

So when those habits stopped working, he chose new ones that support Flow instead.

 

He reliably enters Flow while:
🕺 Dancing
💪 Working out
🎨 Creating art
🧠 Learning new things

 

Now, to help trigger Flow during his favorite activities, he’s:
🥦 Eating real food
💤 Honoring his sleep schedule
🏋️ Hitting the gym
🧑‍🤝🧑 Spending more time socializing in real life

 


He jokes that chasing the high has turned him into a teetotaler.

And here’s the wild part—it’s working.

 

Helping ADHD clients shift from Hyperfocus to Flow is what I do.
🔬 Now I’m digging deeper into the science of why Flow works for ADHD brains.

 

Have you outgrown your old coping strategies?
🍪 Junk food / 📺 Binge watching /📱 Doomscrolling

They used to work.

But now?
They just feel... 😒 gross or 🥱 numbing.

 

That shift might feel like failure—
But it’s actually growth. 🌱

 

Look for my upcoming practical workbook:

“Befriending the Dragon: From Hyperfocus to Flow in Career and Life”
Coming soon. 🐉✨

 


On my social media, I'll be reposting some previous posts over the next few weeks to free up some time as I ramp things up. Here on my blog, I won't bother reposting, I'll only post new things or substantially updated posts. If you're new to my blog, please feel free to read my previous posts

Enjoy!

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I'm a Certified Personal Coach, graduated from Thriving Coach Academy which is an ICF accredited program. I am also an Endorsed Colleague of 500 Rising. I also have a black belt in Okinawan Kenpo and Kobudo. And I used own and operate a popular fine dining Italian restaurant.

Amy Stewart-Cooper

I'm a Certified Personal Coach, graduated from Thriving Coach Academy which is an ICF accredited program. I am also an Endorsed Colleague of 500 Rising. I also have a black belt in Okinawan Kenpo and Kobudo. And I used own and operate a popular fine dining Italian restaurant.

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