Why I’m Bringing the Podcast Back to Truth About Dyslexia

Hey guys, welcome to the Dyslexic Entrepreneur. In today's episode, I want to go through the crazy stuff going through my brain at the moment. I want to talk about the added sleep launch and how that's going. It launches this week, which seems crazy. And also what I'm thinking about this podcast, because I go back and forth like a rubber ball being thrown against a wall. So let me share my thoughts.

I'd love any feedback. The people still listening are people that either know me, know this podcast, and know what I'm about, and I really appreciate that. So a few quick things. So yeah, probably the biggest thing going through my mind at the moment is the launch of Added Sleep. So this was an idea I've been talking about on the podcast for a while now, building a supplement brand that works for me and helps me achieve what I need. You know, I've tried all the sleep supplements under the sun, and some of them have had moderate ability to help me, but usually they don't do enough to make it worthwhile.

And so I spent a heap of time working on a formula. It took me six months nearly, took me longer than I imagined, to pull together a formula that actually worked. And the real goal for me over everything else was, can I sleep through the night and can I wake up happy? You know, that was the big thing for me, you know, and can I go to sleep in a calm format? Because the challenge can be is I'd sometimes come into sleep running hot. Like I'm somebody who, you know, just go off on a complete tangent, as I do.

I love to listen to a podcast at night to wind down. It's kind of like my happy space. I feel really safe in bed listening to a podcast, so I really love that. But while that's happening is I need to calm down so that when I get to sleep time, I can sleep. And so that was kind of what I was after. Now, this has taken so long.

It's about a year since I first had this idea now, maybe a little bit over it even. And as of, I think, three or four days ago, the supplements arrived on my doorstep. I got 50 bottles sent to me to demo out with some people locally, to keep at lunch for myself because I am a big user of this stuff and I love it. And I've used it for the first two nights, and I've used the demo stuff before, so I kind of knew what it could do. But there's always this fear when you create something, you're like, I so hope this still works, because we actually upgraded a few things when we put it through manufacture to make it even better. And I was like, I so hope this works like I imagined it.

And what was fantastic is the night before I started using it, my sleep score was 73. Now, I've always, you know, on the weekends is usually my worst time to eat, so I usually eat too much, and my sleep score goes down sometimes over the weekend, funny enough. But I started taking the supplements, which was awesome. I knocked out two of them. I knocked out, well, you take three capsules. It's quite a heavy dose of good shit in this stuff.

And I basically went up to a score of 80 the first night, and then the second night it's gone up to 87. And I've come into this morning feeling fantastic. You know, my biggest fear in my gut, let's be honest, was that this was not, the product itself wouldn't be good enough. You know, I don't know about you, but being neurodivergent, ADHD, dyslexic, I always have this belief that I'm not good enough or something's going to go horrendously wrong. And like, if I'm honest, like I know I can sell this over... So over time, there are smart people out there who want the same result as me, which is great.

But my biggest fear was that what if the product didn't actually work? Because I don't want to sell something that doesn't work. I'm not someone who just markets crap. I just don't have that commercial ability in me. I want to create something that people are going to love, that's going to change their life. They're going to go, I want to invest in my sleep.

I know that if my sleep is right, everything else is good. And I want something that works for an ADHD thinker. You know, I know that my anxiety runs too high. I needed something to curb that like a bowling ball. You know, that was my goal. And so it worked.

And so that was the excitement, is that I've got up this morning, and what's more important is I'm feeling great. And like some of the stuff we put in it, the stuff called PEA, over time continues to improve and has had some really good studies done. And I'm going to put all the studies on the website as well, because if you're a geek like me, that stuff's interesting. You can kind of talk to ChatGPT about it, to be honest, as well. We also put some stuff in there around the gut. It's one of the few sleep supplements in the market with probiotics in it.

You know, and the kind of concept of it is, when I was working with my nutraceutical guy, he said there are some great studies that are starting to show that this kind of supplementation can improve absorbability of what's out there. So not only does it help the gut with probably the most researched strain. It also can potentially help your gut actually absorb the rest of the ingredients in the pills. Because I'm a great believer that, you know, it's not just about jamming raw materials in; it's about making sure your body is set up to actually succeed with those. There's no point if they just pass through you. Like, I don't know about you, but whenever I have certain B vitamins, I always, you know, pee a yellow color.

Like, it doesn't matter what. I don't know if that means,I've looked into it, and there's a few different ideas about it,but I wonder, am I absorbing any of it when I see that? Even though I probably am, I just feel like I'm not. So a big thing for me was about making sure this actually all in all works. And so I'm so excited. I'm so excited.

We're launching in the US this week, so if you're not on the database, head to addnutrition. com, get $10 credit. We're doing a 40% off deal for people who kick in early as well. So, like, we're really, really thankful for anyone who's willing to at least test it, and if they like it, give us a good review. That's what we're kind of after, to make sure other people get the value out of it. So that's first, like, for me, just a bit of a business piece around this is for the first three months, it's really about can we get out a couple hundred bottles of this stuff?

Can we get people trialing it, using it? Can we get some good reviews? Can we make sure that people love it as much as I do? And hopefully that is the case, which is really, really exciting. So kind of, you know, that's kind of that piece around it. So I'm really excited.

If you are on the list there, you will be getting emails, so keep an eye out. We appreciate your support. You know, everyone who supports us, I can't thank you enough. When you're kicking off in this type of thing, it's really tough. It's really scary, should I say, because it's a whole new thing for me. The second thing is I'm really sitting here at the moment wondering if I go back to the Truth About Dyslexia brand.

I'm really considering that at the moment, the Dyslexic Entrepreneur. I'll go over my mindset on this. I originally, you know, some part of my brain is always trying to make my life more efficient. I think it's my ADHD part of my brain. It's going, because what I naturally do, like many of us, is I come up with a bunch of cool stuff, and I got all this cool stuff floating around. I then go, oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed by all this cool stuff I've created, some of it cool, some of it not, and going, how do I either delete the stuff I don't want, and how do I make the stuff I do want easier to manage?

Because that's the stress, right? Like if there's too many things in my life, I get overwhelmed. And so with the podcast, it's one of the things I've been the most consistent with in my life. I've always put out an episode every week, no matter what, and for a period there, two to three episodes a week, which is pretty cool. And I originally thought, okay, one of my businesses that I run is more around web design and business. I love talking about entrepreneurial stories, which is great.

I love that. And I thought, okay, what if I bring it more in line with that brand and I talked more about business? And that was, that's good. Like I definitely love those stories and I want to be able to tell those stories. But, you know, what I've also thought about is it's kind of lost a bit of its jazz. Like the Truth About Dyslexia was a great name, had a great following.

When I swapped it, it did alter it a bit. So I am in a process, I'm considering going back to it because what I kind of have realized is I can still tell those entrepreneurial stories about dyslexic founders. Does that make sense? Like I don't have to call it the Dyslexic Entrepreneur for that. So I'm kind of going back and forth about it. It's likely to go back, and I'm likely to just take what's called a mulligan, if you've heard of that term, take a learning from it.

And realize that I don't have, I can make the podcast about what I want to talk about. And I think that was the fear, is I felt to a point I was kind of siloing myself too down the dyslexia path. And I still, you know, I still think one of the biggest challenges I've had around dyslexia is a lot of people still don't understand it. Like, and I guess what I've talked about over the past has been really helpful and useful, but there's such a little understanding about it that it's actually hard to break through. Like, I am helping a lot of people, like, that are coming through and in that learning zone, but it feels like I'm not, and I can't quite cut out of that niche. Does that make sense?

Like, I feel like maybe it's, you know, the other piece as well is I don't just want to talk about reading and writing, and I get hit up by so many people talking about that, and it's such a valid thing. But the podcast was never aimed at being just a reading and writing podcast. It was about talking about the stuff that's beyond reading, writing, and spelling. And so, yeah, that was kind of my fear, and I kind of probably built it up in my head a little bit too much that I was being judged for it, which is a thing about me, and I've got to take that on. But yeah, just wanted to share that, guys, because, like, I'm always, one thing about this podcast is I'm always open about what I'm learning, doing, stuffing up, and I wanted to share that because I'm still a human that's in a work in progress. So, yeah, that's the podcast this week.

Let me know your thoughts if you think, hey, yeah, I really do listen to people's thoughts. Somebody messaged me this week and asked about the book that I'm currently putting together called Adult Dyslexia Explained, which is kind of like a bit of a storybook about what I've learned in my years and what I wish I'd been told when I found out I had dyslexia. Really designed for adults. And so it's being co-written by my dad, of all people, which is cool. He's helping me actually pull together my thoughts. And so, like, you know, when somebody messaged me about it, I was like, Hey, do you want to read the manuscript?

I'd love some feedback. So if there's anybody out there who does want to have a quick read of the manuscript, you know, or run it through an audio listening device, you can pretty much plug them into anything, listen to it now. I'd be more than happy to get a couple more testers who listen to the podcast and just to see if there's any value in that. Again, it's my natural inclination to doubt myself that comes out. And so, yeah, I just wanted to share all that, guys. That's the madness that's going through my head.

Thank you for those supporting Added Sleep who are on the Added Nutrition list. Keep an eye out for some emails this week. We are launching. Thank you for your support. Yeah, have an excellent day, everybody, and have an epic rest of your week. Thank you for listening to today's podcast on the Truth About Dyslexia.

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