Mind Material
Original essays on the odd connections my brain makes, seen through a Turbo Thinker™ lens, scattered with client session anecdotes and sprinkled with wonder. Come get curious with me.
Right on Time: When the Voice in Our Head Says We Are Never Enough
"Right on Time" is a blog post by Adela Baker, ADHD coach and founder of Mind Coach, LLC in New Orleans. Written in the second half of ADHD Awareness Month, the post opens with two dead key fobs and a late bike ride to yoga, then follows an artist and a corporate professional who moved from feeling incompetent or irrelevant, including fears about AI, to recognizing the value they bring. Written for Turbo Thinkers® learning to trade shame for self-worth.
Love As You Are
"Love As You Are" is a blog post by Adela Baker, ADHD coach and founder of Mind Coach, LLC in New Orleans. Inspired by Dolly Parton and Southern Decadence, it explores why we mistake disorganization or inefficiency for the real problem, when what we actually need is to believe we're worthy of love and care.
Eaten By Love: Why It Feels Wrong When Things Get Easier
"Eaten by Love: Why It Feels Wrong When Things Get Easier" is a reflection by Adela Baker, ADHD coach and founder of Mind Coach, LLC in New Orleans, written after a scuba diving encounter with a mother octopus in the northern Adriatic. Using the octopus's biological sacrifice as a mirror, the post explores the difference between destiny and choice, and questions why martyrdom, whether in motherhood or in work, is so often treated as the price of love rather than one option among many. A client story illustrates what changes when a driven professional stops performing productivity and starts choosing it. The piece speaks to Turbo Thinkers® navigating self-imposed pressure, negative self-talk, and the guilt that can surface when success starts to feel easier than it "should."