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Brain Chronicle | March 2024 (Patreon)

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2024-03-29 17:00:10
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Hello Brains & Hearts! 

As most of you know, Jessica and her partner recently welcomed a baby brain (or heart) into the world. She’s currently out on maternity leave and has decided to leave the team in charge of running ALL THE THINGS until she returns. Since she’s away, we thought that this would be a great time to do something that she’d never allow us to do if she were here – very LOUDLY sing her praises. Consider this a “love letter” to celebrate the amazing woman we’re lucky to have running this team and teaching all of us how to work with our brains, and not against them.

Some of you have been fortunate enough to meet Jessica in person and many others only know her through her work. Jessica is not one to boast or promote herself – she cares far more deeply about this community and making an impact than she does receiving recognition. And yet, she deserves it. 

Everyone reading this knows about the effort she puts into creating engaging content to help serve the ADHD community, but what you may not know is the level of commitment she has to embodying what she teaches on this channel and helping Brains everywhere. 

In the almost 4 years that I’ve been here, I’ve seen Jessica turn down thousands of dollars worth of sponsorships because they didn’t align with our values or simply weren’t a good fit for our community. I’ve seen her feel frustrated that our budget requires us to use sponsors as much as we do when she cares more about the content and serving this community than she does the money. I’ve seen her take a massive pay cut so she could bring on an employee who really needed to be full-time. I’ve seen her refuse to take raises or bonuses herself because she wanted to make sure everyone on this team was taken care of first. I’ve seen her accommodate neurodivergence in all of us working here at a level that I never could have imagined. She even helped me through a severe autistic meltdown I had in LAX once when I texted her, completely unable to speak after missing a flight. 

When she wrote her book, we watched her fight hard to have a neurodivergent-friendly layout that would be accessible to as many Brains as possible. Jessica fights hard for this community, and she makes sacrifices along the way because she wants the world to be better for us. 

She’s also really good at making sure that everyone is thanked and recognized for the work they do, so we wanted to take a moment to recognize and thank her for what she does for this community, this team, and the world.

Thank you!,

J2 (How to ADHD Operations Manager) & The Whole How to ADHD Team

SUPERbrains

Sup, SUPERbrains? 

Last month you let us know that you thought science communication videos should be the first thing we look to cut down into Shorts… and this month you let us know which of three Sci Comm videos you wanted us to cut down first! So be on the lookout for the Shorts version of ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation: What You Need To Know! 

Want to review the poll? Sure thing! 

Click here to review March’s SUPERbrains poll!

Wonderbrains

What’s up, Wonderbrains? 

We’ve got a new peak behind the curtain for you! Get a look at how the Rewind Series intro was made, and enjoy some fun moments between Doctor B and Jessica!  

Click here to watch March’s Behind the Scenes video! 

Brain Board

Hey, Brain Board! 

Brain Board is still on! Jessica would love to hang out with you all during this month’s livestream. Naturally, it’s going to be quite focused on her experiences thus far as a new Mom! So be on the lookout for the livestream link when it gets posted around the livestream start time. Not sure when it is in your timezone? No worries! 

Click here to see what time Brain Board starts in your time zone! 

The UK Version of the book launched earlier this month! 

Jessica was able to go on maternity leave, thanks to your support. Also…

We survived the first month of Jessica’s maternity leave! Phew!

We learned from all of you and made an update to the ADHD Friendly Rubric based on your feedback and results. It’s even better now! Check that out here!

We were able to migrate the website to a more stable server (although we’re still finalizing the move, as some of you may have noticed)

We’ve been working with both the French and Spanish publishers on their translations of the book and are excited at the progress so far!

Did we mention that we survived a WHOLE MONTH without Jessica?! I mean… that’s pretty huge!

This Month’s Featured VideoADHD Social Skills: Deciding Whether A Friendship Is Worth Pursuing

Click here to watch this month's featured video!

Other Video Releases

Why Routines Are More Helpful Than New Year’s Resolutions | Rewind

How to Rebuild Your Routines When Everything Changes | Rewind

ADHD and Pregnancy with Dusty Chipura - Pre-Trimester (preconception)

YouTube Short Releases

Check Out The UK Edition Of My Book! 🇬🇧📘

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Comments

Debora Duarte

She is amazing! I look at videos where she talks about all the struggles with friendship and how she feels she's not this or that and I feel like hugging her and saying how much of an awesome, fun, interesting and amazing human being she is! Also, everything she built made me understand myself better, find tools that help a lot and feel less alone! Thanks for everything you did and do Jessica!

Alessandra LB

What a wonderfull letter you all wrote! She deserves it, I have to add that she’s got a huge talent in discover and choose a valuable team! BRAVI TUTTI!

puppypoet

She is a gift from God to this world. I hope someday I can be half as amazing as she is.

Phylicia

Yes! Jessica has the biggest heart and gives so much. I'm so happy for her and grateful for what she does for all of us

Artemis Zeidman

Thank you to Jessica for sharing her wealth of knowledge on the ADHD neurotype. I’ve known I was Autistic for most of my adulthood (despite not getting a formal diagnosis or embracing that part of my identity until relatively recently), but my ADHD neurotype was completely unknown to me. Until I was diagnosed ADHD about a year ago, I had no idea that certain traits (both joyful and challenging) were attributable to my ADHD neurotype. I had already spent years immersing myself in Autistic pride, culture, history and neurology, but when it came to my ADHD side, I felt like a baby neurodivergent all over again. I appreciate knowledgeable ADHD creators, like Jessica, sharing their expertise, particularly in a way that is positive and affirming. This not only helps educate, but also helps build ADHD culture and community.

Jan Kingston

Definitely agree. She is amazing and you are too! Hang in there while she is gone and I hope she gets as much rest as she can and can just marinate in this time with her baby. I went back into life too soon after my first. I wish I could have just spent more time with him. So props to her for taking whatever time she needs. <3 Thank you guys for all you do.

Ian Holland

Indeed I totally agree with all this! It is thanks to Jessica and her channel that I discovered I had ADHD. Now I am getting support and medication, it feels like finally I am going to really love life again, so I have Jessica to thank for that in so many ways! If only you were spreading this wisdom 20 years ago, maybe my life would have been much easier than it has been!

Alan McBee

When I first tried to self-diagnose on my way to a full clinical diagnosis, I looked at a LOT of YouTube videos. Jessica stood out easily among the rest. She backed up her claims with citations, brought in experts I'd known about, and made it all incredibly entertaining, which matters more for this particular audience than others. She made the process of learning what ADHD was really about (not just what a lot of people thought about it) not just easy, but highly effective. It is not easy to do this! I've been trying it myself, and it is a TON of hard work. I'm very proud to be a member of The People Who Know How Great Jessica McCabe Really Is.

Isabella Reed

What a lovely testament your wrote! I am so grateful for the videos y'all put on YouTube, they've made quite a difference for me during my journey to get diagnosed and now trying to learn how best to deal with it. I've recommended the book to my therapist, even though I haven't finished it myself yet because my brain struggles to read books nowadays. I'm halfway!