InInshirahislamically integrated self-help
ApproachADHD
Time20 minutes
1Build your work around what your mind does well, novelty, hyperfocus, big-picture, not only around your gaps.
ADHDUse your strengths20 minutesQur'an 6:135

You will go further leaning on your strengths than endlessly sanding down your weaknesses.

Where it sits. Strength-based interventions

Islamic evidence

Say, carry on in your own way (Quran 6:135). You are allowed your own way of working; lean into how you were made.

[Prophet], say, ‘My people, you carry on as you are, and so will I: you will come to realize who will have a happy homecoming in the Hereafter.’ The evildoers will not prosper

Qur'an 6:135

Psychological evidence

Deliberately using your signature strengths, in fresh ways, lifts engagement and wellbeing; a life arranged around what you do well beats one spent only patching what you do not.

Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N. and Peterson, C. (2005). American Psychologist · doi

Using one's signature strengths in new ways increases wellbeing and lowers low mood.

Review detail

Why it works. Using your genuine strengths raises engagement and wellbeing, which carries the harder parts.

Focus and ADHDEverydayscholar review pendingfocus-11-use-strength

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