E040 Ardyth Correa Neurodiversity and Helping Moms
Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 40
Date: November 1, 2022
Participants: John Webster, Julie Wiilson, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster
Guest: Ardyth Correa
Start times and Segment Segments:
[0:00:38] What’s On Your Mind: Julie and John discuss Mental Health First Aid training through the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Link to MHCC page: Mental Health First Aid
[0:11:38] Expanding Minds Interview: [Mental Wellness] Ardyth Correa is the founder of Ardyth Correia Coaching. She’s certified as a Health and Life Coach and a CIJ Clarity Catalyst coach, which means she’s trained in coaching people on emotional intelligence and mindfulness strategies. She’s currently helping mothers who want more calm in their lives and have children with ADHD, a learning disability, or other neurodiverse conditions. She's a big advocate for mothers by demonstrating how important it is to take time to focus on what is important for them, and not just everyone else, as that can easily take over their lives.
[0:27:24] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Cameron’s week featured a bizarre and wide range of music. He’s been on a wild ride staying sharp in many musical genres, from 80s, to contemporary, to country, to an Elvis song, to a jazz standard, to Chopin and more. The Chopin piece has lots of challenges.
[0:30:11] Move That Body: Thinking about and cooking spring rolls went from thinking unhealthy, to a healthy vibe, back to an unhealthy one, then ending up at healthy after all.
[0:35:09] Running Popup: John tips his cap to people he know who brighten up the room and make the world a better place. They make the people around them feel better. They’re amazing.
[0:37:33] Flipside of the Coin: We reminisce about John’s Run Kitchener Project, when he spent a few years running every street in Kitchener.
Quotes and Take-Aways:
Ardyth – Under the umbrella of neurodiversity, there are multiple conditions. A person could have tourette syndrome. They could have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The could have oppositional defiance disorder (ODD), autism, a learning disability such as dyscalculia (a difficulty with math and numbers), dyslexia (issues with reading and sounding out words), dyspraxia (challenges with coordination and movement). There are other conditions.
Ardyth – Mothers are exhausted by these experiences. They’re feeling stress. They’re at their wits end. I’ve chatted with moms who have talked about difficulties deciding whether they should be working moms outside of the home, or should they be home schooling their kids and give up their job or their career.
Ardyth – Moms take on a lot. Many moms joke about how they want to have more than 24 hours in a day to handle all of their family’s expectations, or society’s expectations. There’s so much.
Ardyth – It’s been surprising at times. It’s been exhilarating at times, because not only have I learned that I was helping out these moms, but I was also helping out the rest of their family. It’s a trickle-down effect.
Ardyth – I want mothers to know that they are not alone, and to never be embarrassed or ashamed of what they’re going through. There’s always going to be a mother out there who understands.
Bulletin Board Quote brought to you by John: We started laughing and stopped patting each other on the backs.
Guest Information: Ardyth Correia is the founder of Ardyth Correia Coaching. She’s a teacher with a Master's of Education, a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Public Relations, and a Certificate in Marketing. She is also certified as a Health and Life Coach and as a CIJ Clarity Catalyst coach, which means she is trained in teaching and coaching people on emotional intelligence and mindfulness strategies. She’s currently helping mothers who want more calm in their lives and have children with ADHD, a learning disability, or other neurodiverse conditions. She's a big advocate for mothers by demonstrating how important it is to take some time to focus on what is important for them, and not just everyone else, as that can easily take over their lives.
Ardyth’s website: www.ardythcorreia.com
Her Instagram: @ardythcorreiacoaching
Her TikTok Handle: @ardythcorreiacoachin
Facebook: Ardyth Correia Coaching
Facebook Group for Moms: https://www.facebook.com/groups/722549895240766/?ref=share_group_link&exp=9594
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardyth-correia
Her Book: Articles of LYFE: Volume 1: A Collection of Lessons Learned
Connect with Let’s Be Well Together Podcast:
website: https://letsbewelltogether.com
Follow our Instagram account: @lets.be.well.together use hashtag #letsbewelltogetherpodcast
Provide input on Instagram using hashtag #letsbewelltogetherinput
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Lets.Be.Well.Together
Thanks for joining us,
(-(-_(-_-)_-)-) Your wellness check-in team
John, Sammy, Cameron, Sheila and Julie