Episode 25 - Sharon Collon - ADHD & The Functional Family

<p>Sharon Collon chats with us today about her exceptional journey into motherhood as the wife of an ADHD man and the mother to three boys with ADHD. She felt incredibly lost at the beginning of her motherhood journey as she navigated these challenges, which led her to create The Functional Family.</p> <p class= "gmail-_04xlpA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-start gmail-para-style-body"> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">Sharon is passionate about helping parents have</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">functional</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">and</span> <span class= "gmail-JsGRdQ">fun</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">lives when they have children with behavioural challenges.</span> <span class= "gmail-JsGRdQ">Sharon specialises in practical strategies and helping exhausted parents.</span></p> <p class= "gmail-_04xlpA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-start gmail-para-style-body"> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">When her first son was diagnosed with ADHD she felt incredibly alone. There was information about how to help the child, but there was nothing on how to</span> <span class= "gmail-JsGRdQ">support</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">the parents. The journey of raising her beautiful boys with ADHD was isolating and exhausting.</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">The stress affected her health.</span></p> <p class= "gmail-_04xlpA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-start gmail-para-style-body"> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">She realised that she was only surviving each day and things had to change.</span> <span class= "gmail-JsGRdQ">She began researching ADHD and using her corporate background and love of procedures and organisation to develop systems and routines to make life easier for herself and the ADHD brain.</span> <span class="gmail-JsGRdQ">She realised that she could change the environment around her children to work with their strengths.</span></p> <p class= "gmail-_04xlpA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-start gmail-para-style-body">  </p> <p class= "gmail-_04xlpA gmail-direction-ltr gmail-align-start gmail-para-style-b