there are 12 ADHD Domains
If you follow me on socials, you know that I recently started talking more about what I call 12 Domains of Care for ADHD Women. The 12 Domains don’t come from medical professionals or scientific researchers (although I value their insights into ADHD). No, this list coalesced in my mind after hundreds of conversations with […]
you’re not lazy. You’re overworking!
Virtually every ADHD woman I know overworks. Yet virtually every ADHD woman I know thinks she’s lazy. Is this you? Lemme explain why this happens to us. ⬇️ ADHD women have a million experiences of INCOMPETENCE over the course of our lives. These start from their earliest memories (and even pre-memory), and extend all the […]
we gotta be brave
In my ADHD journey, I’ve had to take enormous, terrifying leaps of faith. I wanna give you some examples, because all too often, it’s hard for us ADHD women to know what progress looks like, on this ADHD journey. So: first terrifying thing I had to do was— 1️⃣I had to admit my ADHD-related problems […]
freaking out about a relationship?
You know that thing we ADHD women do when something goes wrong in a relationship? Ruminating.Perseverating.Obsessing.Blaming yourself.Replaying it again and again. Here’s an important rule of thumb, when it comes to navigating relationships as an ADHD woman: If you’re not an important person in someone’s life, they shouldn’t be an important person in your life. […]
“potential” is bullsh!t
When you were a kid, did you hear a lot of stuff like: “She doesn’t work up to her potential.”“You’re wasting your potential.”“If you’d just apply yourself, you’d reach your potential.” Guess what—that kind of message doesn’t help kids! And my guess is that it sure didn’t help you, when you were an ADHD girl […]