The Different Ability® Podcast
The Different Ability® Podcast
Understanding Your Brain, Changing Your Life with Saara Haapanen
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What happens when you finally understand why your brain works the way it does?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Saara Haapanen, ADHD and wellness expert, international speaker, and founder of Performance is Haapanen. Saara shares the twists and turns of her career, the experiences that eventually led to her ADHD diagnosis at 35, and how that diagnosis changed her life for the better.
We talk about understanding your brain, letting go of systems that were never designed for you, and finding ways to work with yourself instead of constantly fighting against yourself.
Today, Saara uses her background in sport and exercise psychology, performance, wellness, and coaching to help others better understand how their brains work and build lives that actually support them.
This conversation is such a great reminder that sometimes learning more about yourself doesn’t change who you are. It finally gives you the language to understand who you’ve been all along.
Saara's Bio:
Dr. Saara Haapanen is an international speaker, ADHD and wellness expert, and founder of Performance is Haapanen, a Colorado-based consulting firm focused on helping humans feel better and perform at a
high level without burnout.
With a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology focused on motivation and optimal human performance, her work is grounded in internationally published research on stress, emotional states, and performance.
She has been featured in outlets including Forbes Health, Shape, and Reader’s Digest, and brings both scientific expertise and real-world application to everything she does.
After being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, her work expanded to support high-achieving individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from their energy and focus. With over 26 years of
coaching experience across sport, health, and performance, she helps people better understand how their brains work so they can build systems, habits, and environments that actually support success.
She is especially passionate about helping individuals recognize that different ways of thinking are not deficits, but opportunities to build lives and systems that truly work for them.
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