Emma Kelly Counselling

09/11/2025

So many people believe that doing their best means giving 100% all of the time.

But your best isn’t perfection. It’s not pushing yourself past exhaustion or saying yes when you’re already at capacity.

✨ Your best is what you can do without harming your physical or emotional health. ✨

For many of us, the habit of overextending comes from believing that rest or saying no means we’re not trying hard enough. But actually, honouring your limits is part of doing your best.

You’re not a machine, your capacity changes day to day. And that’s okay.

Your best is enough, even when it looks like slowing down. 💛

— Emma Kelly Counselling

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09/11/2025

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08/11/2025

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08/11/2025

🌈 ADHD & Autism: Not “Everyone’s a Little Bit on the Spectrum”

We all have quirks, preferences, and moments of distraction, but that doesn’t mean everyone is “a bit ADHD” or “a bit autistic.”

ADHD and autism are neurodevelopmental conditions that deeply influence how a person processes information, regulates emotions, and experiences the world. They’re not personality traits or trends; they’re lifelong neurological differences.

Understanding this helps us move away from minimising real experiences — and towards empathy, respect, and accurate awareness. 💛



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23/10/2025

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"Everyone thinks they are Adhd/Autistic nowadays". Who has heard this statement when discussing Autism/Adhd/AuDHD?
It can be incredibly invalidating, inaccurate and dismissive!. It feels really important to share posts like this explaining exactly why we are hearing about more people being diagnosed. The number of neurodivergent people has not necessarily changed (aside the fact the population is ever growing), the traits, behaviours and struggles were there all along but now we have more awareness and access to more information than before. People did not just sudden start being neurodivergent, it's something many have struggled with thus far and are perhaps only now beginning to understand why. Obtaining a diagnosis is also not easy to come due to huge waiting lists and so many don't even seek diagnosis and many are mis diagnosed as not being neurodivergent because they had childhood trauma (so it must be that right.... With little to no evidence/clear way of proving that's what it is?!) or because they did well at school and were academic, or perhaps the teachers missed it because they were a "good" student who behaved and conformed (masked really well) and didn't behave as one would expect someone with Autism or Adhd to behave.... (P. S it doesn't look/present one way and many people present differently).

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