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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Feb 202424min
ADHD and dyslexia, and the reading anxiety that comes with both (Carol’s story)
Growing up, Carol Blumenstein was labeled an unteachable student. She was terrified to read during class, and school only brought huge anxiety. Luckily, her mom believed in her in a way teachers didn’...
6 Feb 202419min
The problem with attention “deficit” (Ernie’s story)
Back when he was a criminal defense lawyer, Ernest Anemone related to one of his clients: An impulsive, irritable teenage boy who burned down the penalty box of a hockey rink. But what Ernie related t...
23 Jan 202427min
PTSD and ADHD, tangled up (Hannah’s story)
ADHD and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms can look similar in many ways. And together, they can morph into what guest Hannah Harris Green calls “a trauma ball of blame that’s hard to unt...
10 Jan 202424min
