Meet the founder
 

BIOME movement began with a restless child of the 80s who just couldn’t sit still. In search of a way to channel her internal drive to move, Helen (our founder) started running for her school team at nine, later adding triathlon and eventually representing her city in track events.

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By high school, Helen had joined every sports team she could find. At just twelve, she started practising yoga, back when it was so niche, most people hadn’t even heard of a downward dog or mindfulness, let alone the yogic philosophy of life.

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Like many ADHDers, things got challenging when Helen hit her college years. The mounting pressures and a tough family situation took their toll, and exercise quietly slipped away. That’s when things really started to unravel.

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A few years later, Helen found herself deep into Pharmacy studies at university, accruing a mountain of health issues and, eventually, a diagnosis of ‘anxiety’. Exercise was mostly a distant memory, but yoga and martial arts stuck around as her secret tools for staying balanced and moving in ways her body and mind could handle.

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After a whirlwind of failed jobs and businesses, Helen found her way back to movement—this time, sparked by a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and a desire to beat the exhaustion that just didn’t add up. Realising how powerful exercise could be, she set out to help others like herself, training in Physiotherapy to learn how movement could truly support health and wellbeing.

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But, as is often the case with ADHD, life had more surprises in store. Helen became a mum and, in doing so, found it tough to bring her dreams of promoting exercise as part of life into reality. Despite trying and in classic ADHD fashion, nothing quite took off.

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Fast-forward again: more kids, a move to Finland, then Australia, and Helen’s passion for making exercise accessible just kept growing. On her quest to understand the needs of people like herself, she racked up more qualifications in Public Health and finished a PhD in Health Promotion and Equity—a topic close to every ADHDer’s heart.

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Another health issue - this time cancer - arrived in Helen's life, rapidly followed by another child, left Helen reeling, and eventually led to her diagnosis of ADHD in her forties. In true form, Helen launched into the research to try and learn how to help herself, using her new neurodivergent lens through which to view her life.

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After a lot of soul searching and a healthy dose of self-compassion, Helen’s on a mission: to understand and promote exercise from an ADHD- and neuro-inclusive perspective.

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Helen learned the hard way, so you don’t have to. After forty years of lived experience, she knows just how much the right kind of exercise can transform life for ADHDers. But look into the research, and you’ll find most of it takes a neurotypical view, missing the real, everyday challenges ADHDers face with physical activity.

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Helen’s out to redefine what exercise means for ADHD—and she’d love for you to join this growing community of people who believe movement can help ADHDers feel happier and healthier. If you want to be part of this shift in perspective, contact Helen.

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