Coach Leia

04/29/2025

Last week, I hosted the Making Connections Count Summit with my good friend Katie Rasure, the LinkedIn Specialist. We had an awesome turnout and enjoyed talking about ways to make connecting easier in ALL the ways.
Community is becoming increasingly important! Sometimes, making quality connections does take getting out of your comfort zone, but events like this make it easier.

04/14/2025

03/14/2025

You may be in the middle of consistency and resiliency and it seems so boring compared to what others are doing. This is your reminder that chasing every squirrel gets you zero squirrels. Stay the course! Fun and exciting opportunities will come at the right time. Go finish the thing so you can be prepared! Happy Friday! The LinkedIn specialist who is KILLING IT? Her name is Katie Rasure and you should follow her on LinkedIn!

03/13/2025

Get a grip on RSD.

Don’t worry if your brain doesn’t catch on right away.

Rewiring to “not give a f*ck” can take a LOOOOOONG time.

Stick with it!

😘

03/12/2025

Hormones matter! If you have ADHD, they matter even more. Because our energy levels fluctuate due to hyperfocus, low dopamine reception, etc. our cycles add to the confusion and intensity. So be nice to yourself. We’re all just skin bags filled with bones and chemicals anyway 🤣

03/04/2025

Here's a hard truth.

I take ADHD meds to manage my eating disorder.

Albeit, the dose is drastically smaller since I began coaching.

I have tried to forget this truth to my detriment countless times.

I have had bulimia since the age of 16.

I have gone for 10-15 year spans without flare-ups.

But much like alcoholism, it is a sickness that doesn't disappear.

It is also rooted in impulsivity and feeling a loss of control.

I have done many things in my life with and without medication.

By all metrics, I am an intelligent, successful, and positive person.

I still have an eating disorder.

It still sucks to have to choose the lesser of two evils.

a) risk all the side effects of bulimia, the worst being esophagus cancer
b) disturb my microbiome with pharmaceuticals

I'll pick B every time.

The struggle is not letting shame dictate whether or not I remember the main reason for my meds.

My brain loves the story that I have managed to overcome bulimia for huge chunks of my life before.

And then question, "So why can't you do it now?"

All I would have to do is:

👉 Create a perfect eating plan
👉 Go to bed by 10 pm every night
👉 Have around-the-clock support
👉 Keep all sweets out of OUR house
👉 Make sure I get the perfect amount of sleep
👉 Have all the groceries and time for food prep
👉 Maintain the perfect weekly planner for my business
👉 Don't put myself in "risky" situations outside my home
👉 Have no emotional fluctuations while facing pre-teen hormones and ADHD

I can manage this battle without medical intervention if I do all those things.

But all of those things are not in my control.

Medicine is.

I'm not pro or against medication.

I wrote this post in hopes that if you battle with the morality of medication, you feel a little less alone in that battle.

P.S. Do you have hard truths you regularly try to forget about?

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Hello! I'm Leia Morshedi, ex-corporate marketer turned ADHD coach after enduring the extensive cost of burnout recovery. I help individuals and teams gain mental fitness in 90 days and build burnout toolkits to fit their brains.

02/11/2025

Do you eat frogs for breakfast?

If you are wondering why the famous Mark Twain philosophy of eating the frog hasn't rendered great results for you; keep reading.

𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 "𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸."

a) "Eat the Frog" seems to work best for importance-driven brains (not interest-driven)
b) Who said we should be taking advice from Mark Twain?
c) Why are we breaking our fast with a frog?

Isn't breakfast the most important meal of the day?

It stands to reason that if we want to get the most out of our day, we wouldn't want to start with something dreadful.

If eating frogs for breakfast drains you,

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱:

↳ Start your day in the positive i.e. a walk, thoughts of something you look forward to, journaling, a mindful moment, affirmations.

↳ Have a plan! Note the top 3 tasks that qualify that day as a success if completed.

↳ Start with the one that gives you the most dopamine.

↳ If the frog isn't it, don't eat it first.

In an interest-driven (dopamine deficient) brain, starting with the most draining task first is like trying to drive to work with no gas.

That can wreck your day quickly.

Prime your brain for success by giving it the gas it needs!

Dopamine.

So stop trying to eat frogs!

They're gross!

No one as brilliant as you has time for that!

P. S. Has "eating the frog" ever worked for you?

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Hello! I'm Leia Morshedi, ex-corporate marketer turned ADHD coach after enduring the extensive cost of burnout recovery. It didn't have to be this way! And now, I'm set on helping teams and individuals make small tweaks that have a big impact on everyone's bottom line, not to mention overall health.

DM me to learn how just ONE workshop can change your team dynamics!

01/24/2025

Discussing my "goals" makes me want to go back to bed.

Here's why.

Defined as the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result, the word "goal"

❌ gives the illusion of elemental control
❌ feels too finite, which
❌ increases self-doubt
(if it were a person, it'd be the LEAST approachable person in the room)

I prefer to work with a vision in the forefront of my mind.

Vision is defined as the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.

Envisioning is powerful! As it:

✅ reinforces belief in abilities
✅ helps you see your "why,"
✅ feels more flexible

The net effect is the creation of interest,

the primary fuel for the ADHD brain.

Structure is necessary to turn a vision into reality.

I'm not discounting that.

But rethinking how we define a goal by starting with well-thought-out

↪ trackable routines and habit formation

instead of

↪ strictly time-bound outcomes

can render more success in the long run.

P.S. Do you find goal-setting daunting?

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Hello! I'm an ex-corporate marketer who helps companies increase productivity, recruiting, and retention by uncovering the incredible strengths their teams already possess.

DM me to learn how just ONE workshop can change your team dynamics!

01/02/2025

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2025!

Where ever you are right now, document it. Write it or record an audio journal. You are going to be in awe of what can happen internally and externally in one year.

You won’t realize just how much without documentation ❤️

12/12/2024

I’m back after a month of making space and room for a big 2025.

I do not plan to take that big of a break from socials again, but no promises because life be lifing sometimes. 😘

The next video will be about a phenomenon called Neural Attunement.

Don’t miss it!

12/09/2024

I’ve been procrastinating on customizing my upcoming corporate workshop on procrastination.

If that isn’t the most ADHD s**t, I don’t know what is 😂

Real talk, though: I haven't been procrastinating.

It FEELS like I've been procrastinating because I'm finally using the processing modality that works best for my brain.

Hello, I'm an auditory and verbal processor.

So the brunt of my preparation has taken place in my coaching sessions with MY coach.

Will I have to write things? Yes.

Does the fact that my strongest processing modality or focus strength has nothing to do with writing stress me out?

Also yes.

But not as much as it used to.

Having foundational information about how my brain takes in and uses information has reduced my anxiety and allowed me to come up with highly beneficial team workshops to help others do the same.

Do you want in?

Get started with a DM to set up a Discovery call!

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Hello! I'm a neurodiversity inclusion coach and consultant!
I help HR and leadership increase recruiting, retention, and team productivity while tapping into neurodiverse strengths with more inclusive practices.

12/04/2024

I'm finally back to officially announce a big change!

The first time I came out as a coach was 19 months ago.

I had traded 20 years of corporate marketing experience for a new career.

I did not make a big splash. I was pretty quiet about it.

I was scared.

Though I had been coaching friends, interns, my teams, and myself for years, it was hard to wrap my head around the fact that I was officially doing the thing I had longed to do for 15 years!

I've grown a lot in the past 19 months thanks to many, including
Impact Life Coaching, Katie Rasure, my ADHD Coach Keltie McLaren, and ALL of my clients.

I'd also like to thank myself (taking a page from Snoop Dog's playbook) for persevering.
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So where to now?

During my 20 years of corporate marketing, I had several managers who could have benefited from a better understanding of the neurodivergent brain.

Some of my brilliant coworkers were shoved in a corner because they didn't fit the mold "ladder climbers" had set before them.

I had some of these experiences myself.

Now, I'm armed with information that can change the trajectory of these lives with little effort.

I'm helping HR and leadership increase recruiting, retention, and team productivity while tapping into neurodiverse strengths with more inclusive practices.

I'm so excited about launching Neuroinclusive Alliances, LLC!