Space to Breathe Therapy

Space to Breathe Therapy Proud therapist with ADHD & autism,turning quirks into superpowers! 🌟 Spreading giggles, growth, and good vibes. Let’s celebrate our strengths! đŸ’«đŸ˜„

07/12/2025

In the every-day grind, many of us slip into survival mode: alarms, commutes, deadlines, bills, and a mental checklist that never seems to end. We sprint from one obligation to the next, and our senses narrow to what’s immediate and necessary.

In this constant push, the world around us can fade from view l.e sunlight slipping through a window, a stranger’s friendly nod, a roaring fire, or the simple comfort of a routine that steadies us.

The small, unglamorous moments like the warmth of coffee in the morning, the scent of rain on concrete or a good song on the radio, become background noise rather than touchpoints that remind us we’re alive.

To reclaim those moments, we can build tiny rituals into daily life: pause for a minute to observe something ordinary yet wondrous, like the way a streetlight flickers at dusk or the pattern of clouds before a storm. Set aside brief windows for breath, stretch, or a mindful check-in with the body.

Practice gratitude not as a grand gesture, but as a daily ledger of small wins like the completed chore, a kind exchange or a quiet moment of stillness.

When we deliberately look up from the to-do list, we rejoin the human world in all its imperfect beauty, and those micro-moments become the ballast that keeps us anchored and hopeful in the long arc of daily life.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

05/12/2025

ADHD often brings a dynamic pattern when it comes to focus. One well-known feature is hyperfocus, a state where attention becomes intensely selective and concentrated on a task that is highly engaging or stimulating, sometimes to the exclusion of everything else.

Hyperfocus can kick in during activities that feel motivating, such as organising a workspace, coding a project, or diving into a favorite hobby, where the brain’s reward system is highly engaged. In these moments, time can slip away, tasks can progress rapidly, and distractions fade into the background, making complex or repetitive tasks feel surprisingly doable.

However, hyperfocus can also create mismatches with daily life. It may start with genuine interest or a sense of flow but drift into periods where other responsibilities (appointments, self-care, or social commitments) are postponed or forgotten.

For longer-term management, individuals often benefit from structured routines, timers, or external cues that help transition in and out of focus periods. Balancing hyperfocus with planned breaks, prioritisation, and clear goals can help harness its strengths like creativity, deep work and persistence, while reducing unintended consequences like burnout or neglect of other obligations.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

03/12/2025

Your journey rarely follows a straight line. It’s more like a winding path through a landscape that keeps reshaping itself through unexpected detours, sudden crossroads, and stretches of quiet, reflective pace. There are days when momentum feels strong and clear, and others when progress slows or loops back on itself. But those twists aren’t dead ends; they’re part of the map, offering new viewpoints, lessons, and opportunities to recalibrate. Each turn invites you to reexamine what matters, adjust your direction, and choose which way to proceed.

What’s powerful is realizing you’re in the driver’s seat. You can steer toward new passions, pause to build skills, or switch course when something no longer serves you. You can set small, deliberate milestones, listen to your intuition, and embrace experimentation. Even when the road is uncertain, you’re the author of your story designing the pace, choosing the priorities, and deciding when to persist or pivot. The journey’s beauty lies not in a flawless arc, but in the intentional choices you make along the way.

With Love, Gemma 🩋

02/12/2025

Small Things, Big Impacts

Often, the garden of our dreams begins with a single seed. Tiny actions like a five-minute stretch, a doorstep conversation or a note of encouragement, can start a ripple effect that grows into something lasting. When we commit to these small steps, we build momentum, confidence, and clarity. Each modest victory clears a path forward, revealing new possibilities and turning vague ambitions into tangible progress.

Yet the opposite is equally true: without taking those first steps, visions remain distant and intangible. Delays, excuses, and hesitation accumulate, and the future we imagined drifts further away. By embracing small, consistent actions, even when results aren’t immediately dramatic, we keep our goals in view, test our assumptions, learn along the way, and inch closer to what we hope to create. The smallest efforts, repeated with intention, are often the quiet engines that bring big dreams to life.

With Love, Gemma 🩋

30/11/2025

Imperfect Take, Real Connection đŸ«‚â€ïž

This is an imperfect take. It’s not the glossy, flawless version you might expect. It’s not the “perfect” soundbite, the pristine lighting, or the one-take magic moment. It’s me, in real time, sharing something I’m learning, trying or celebrating right now.

Perfectionism whispered: wait for the perfect take. It promised safety, polish and accuracy.
It offered a moment of hesitation that sounded like wisdom. But perfection never showed up to the party. Momentum did.

If I waited for perfect, l’d miss the heartbeat in the process, the small clumsy pauses, the candid smiles, the genuine questions, the imperfect but honest progress. So l’m posting this, not because it’s flawless, but because it’s real. Because progress is made in motion, not in postponement.

What you’re seeing is the first step after a lot of practice, a lot of drafts, and a lot of imperfect brave choices. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s connection. It’s learning what resonates, inviting dialogue, and showing up again tomorrow with a slightly better version of myself.

To anyone who’s waiting for the “perfect” moment to share something important: start with this moment. Post the imperfect take.
Ship the idea before it’s fully baked. You’ll learn, you’ll iterate, and you’ll move forward, one imperfect post at a time.

If this resonates, drop a comment with what you’re hesitating to share and one step you’ll take today, imperfect or not. Let’s move forward together đŸ’ȘđŸ»

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

29/11/2025

Quote of the day đŸ”„

This quote conveys the idea that even tiny, seemingly insignificant beginnings can lead to powerful, transformative outcomes. It suggests that a small initial effort, idea, or moment of inspiration has the potential to unleash much larger change, much like a single spark can start a blazing fire.

The message is one of optimism and momentum: you don’t need a grand, perfect start to make meaningful progress. Instead, paying attention to small, actionable steps and nurturing them can accumulate over time into significant impact. It also serves as encouragement to act on initial inspiration, rather than waiting for perfect conditions, because the initial spark is often the catalyst that sets larger possibilities in motion.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

26/11/2025

Taking a moment to pause during the day when things feel overwhelming is a simple, powerful act of self-care. Even a few deep breaths or a brief distraction-free pause can reset your nervous system, reduce racing thoughts, and create space between the stimulus and your response.

In that quiet moment, you can check in with your body, notice where you hold tension, what your shoulders or jaw might be telling you and remind yourself that you don’t have to solve everything all at once.

This small act can prevent burnout, increase clarity, and restore a sense of agency, making it easier to choose a constructive next step rather than reacting impulsively.

The benefits extend beyond immediate relief.
Regular pauses cultivate resilience by training your mind to respond rather than react, which can improve focus, decision-making, and mood over time.

It also reinforces the idea that self-care isn’t a luxury but a necessary practice to sustain productivity and well-being. So next time the day feels like too much, try a deliberate pause: a minute to breathe, name what you’re feeling, and set a tiny, doable intention for the next moment. You might be surprised by how much lighter the rest of the day can feel.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

25/11/2025

Attachment to the moment: For many people with ADHD, working memory isn’t just about juggling numbers or dates, it’s about keeping intentions active in the mind long enough to act on them. When you notice something that needs doing, your brain flags it as important, but the moment you shift attention to something else, that flag fades. The result is a constant loop: you see a task, you form a fleeting plan to remember it, and you walk away with nothing updated in your external world. The note lives only as a fragile mental echo, unanchored by external cues.

The “revolving door” pattern: This creates a frustrating cycle. The initial spark I.e recognising a task, generates motivation, yet poor working memory prevents that motivation from becoming action. Without reliable external supports (lists, reminders, visible sticky notes, or structured routines), the intention dissolves as soon as you move through a doorway or shift focus. The experience can feel like you’re constantly promising yourself, then breaking the promise, which can erode self-trust and increase stress. Building strategies that externalise cues like clear checklists, consistent routines, and timely reminders, helps transform fleeting intentions into tangible outcomes, reducing the cognitive load that ADHD can impose on everyday tasks.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

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24/11/2025

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With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

21/11/2025

Finding joy in the small moments can be a powerful practice for mental health. When we slow down to notice the little things like the way a first snowflake drifts softly to the ground, the scent of rain on pavement, a warm cup of tea after a long day, or a friendly nod from a neighbour, we give our minds a rest from constant worry and rumination.

This kind of mindfulness doesn’t require grand, dramatic experiences; it thrives on everyday signals that life is still present and solvable, and it helps create a counterbalance to stress.

Making a habit of appreciating small pleasures, especially during moments that are out of the ordinary for your environment like snow in a place that rarely sees it, can have a cumulative, mood-boosting effect. Each tiny pause to notice beauty acts like a small anchor, grounding you and freeing cognitive space for gratitude and resilience.

Over time, this practice can improve overall well-being by increasing positive mood, reducing perceived stress, and strengthening your connection to the world around you. So when the snow falls or a simple scent wafts by, take a breath, name the moment, and let gratitude linger for just a moment longer.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

18/11/2025

Quote of the day ⏞

This quote reframes setbacks as part of a larger path rather than absolute stoppages. A dead end implies finality and termination, whereas a detour suggests a temporary deviation that still leads somewhere meaningful.

By viewing obstacles as detours, the quote encourages flexibility, resilience, and curiosity: even when plans falter or a goal seems blocked, you’re not halted, you’re redirected to explore new routes, gather different experiences, and discover opportunities you might not have noticed on the original path.

It emphasises movement and growth over stagnation, reminding us that progress often comes through altered directions rather than straight lines.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

18/11/2025

Micro stressors are small, everyday events that demand our attention, drain a little of our mental energy, and nudge our stress responses without the intensity of major life events. They accumulate over time, often quietly, and can elevate baseline arousal, make attention and mood more fragile, and reduce our capacity for working memory and decision making.

Unlike big stressors, micro stressors are frequent and predictable, things like a persistent background noise, a brief technical hiccup, or a momentary hiccup in a workflow, that chip away at resilience when they happen repeatedly.

Because they’re so common, our bodies can start to react to them as a low-level pattern of threat, which can contribute to fatigue, irritability, and decreased performance even if we don’t consciously label the moment as stressful.

Noting when micro stressors occur is a practical and protective habit. Awareness creates an opportunity to interrupt the cycle by adjusting the environment, re-framing the moment, or choosing coping strategies that reset arousal more quickly.

For example, consider the sound of “recording in progress” that plays loudly during this video. Even though it’s a brief cue, the unexpected, jarring noise can trigger a quick spike in stress hormones and a surge of startle response.

If we’re not mindful, repeated instances like this can become a telltale pattern of micro stress, subtly increasing tension and reducing calm. By labelling the moment (“That sound startles me: I’m experiencing a micro stress”), we can pause, take a breath, and either preempt the disruption (e.g., lowering the volume, using noise-dampening measures) or reframe it (viewing it as a routine part of production).

In short, tracking micro stressors helps us protect mental bandwidth, maintain composure, and bounce back more quickly from small but meaningful irritants.

With Love, Maggie đŸŒč

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