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By Shayne Swift | SwiftLyfe Coaching & Consulting Picture this: you’re the “model minority.” You’re expected to be quiet, high-achieving, emotionally controlled, and endlessly resilient. But inside, your thoughts race, your focus wavers, and self-doubt hums beneath every perfect grade or polished façade. ADHD? That’s not even on the radar. The Model Minority Myth: A Double-Edged Sword The model minority myth has long been used to stereotype Asian communities in the U.S. as naturally successful,

By Shayne Swift | Swift Lyfe Coaching & Consulting ADHD is hard—and it’s even harder when you don’t understand what it’s like to live with it day after day. One of my clients, who I lovingly refer to as ADHD+, recently asked me to meet with his partner. Like many ADHDers, his neurodivergence doesn’t ride solo; it’s braided with layers of emotional dysregulation, executive dysfunction, and late-diagnosis self-doubt. His goal? Improve communication.Her feeling? Burned out.