Pushing boundaries, breaking norms, and the ADHD brain (Casey McQuiston’s story)
Casey McQuiston, best-selling author of Red, White and Royal Blue, grew up in a neurodivergent family and was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. Still, they had trouble coping, and in high school, En...
14 Touko 202431min
A personal conversation about being a mom (and woman) with ADHD
What makes being a mom with ADHD so hard? Navigating executive functions and emotional labor, for one. And feeling burned out when burnout isn’t an option — because there’s always something else that ...
7 Touko 202435min
The pain of struggling with basic tasks: ADHD in the pandemic (Ellyce Fulmore's story)
Ellyce Fulmore had structures in place her whole life that kept her ADHD hidden. When the pandemic hit, those structures disappeared. Doing basic daily tasks — things like cooking and running errands ...
30 Huhti 202427min
An ADHD coach on burnout (Jaye Lin’s story)
ADHD coach Jaye Lin is no stranger to ADHD burnout. As an Asian American former gifted kid with undiagnosed ADHD, her parents thought she was just being lazy and not applying herself. This pressure an...
16 Huhti 202435min
Impulse buying, negative bank balances, and the ADHD tax (Paulette Perhach's story)
In 2016, Paulette Perhach wrote a piece proclaiming that all women need an emergency fund — what she calls an “f-off fund.” But when she struggled to secure an emergency fund for herself, she suspecte...
2 Huhti 202422min
Why “just try harder” is a myth (David Flink’s story)
As a child, David Flink was told to “just try harder.” But David wasn’t lazy. He was trying as hard as he could. After being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in the 5th grade, David went to a schoo...
19 Maalis 202427min
"Why don’t you listen?” Paying attention vs. hearing (Peter’s story)
Peter Jones used to feel better about saying he had a hearing problem rather than considering ADHD. When he was a child in the 90s, adults thought his “listening problem” was because he couldn’t hear....
5 Maalis 202421min
Not lazy, but exhausted from analysis paralysis (Emily’s story)
ADHD coach Emily Weinberg is no stranger to analysis paralysis. Before she was diagnosed, she thought she was just lazy, and that she couldn’t have ADHD since she wasn’t hyperactive. But whenever she ...
20 Helmi 202424min
