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Remember the Halloween masks from the 70s?
Those hard plastic things we pulled over our faces with the elastic that fed through a little hole on each side to hold it on our faces. And nine times out of ten the elastic snapped and there you were holding your mask up with one hand while hanging on ti...
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from looking competent while quietly falling apart.
- You answer the email.
- You show up to the meeting.
- You remember the appointment.
- You make the dinner reservation.
- You order the birthday gift.
- You check on your parent.
- You help your kid w...
Every October, ADHD Awareness Month brings another round of conversations about what it means to have an ADHD brain. It’s amazing to see how our community plans all of September to bring mostly great content out in “our” month. It’s also breast cancer month so I get to double celebrate. On October 4...
There is something intoxicating about starting over.
Monday.
The first of the month.
September.
January 1.
A brand-new planner with absolutely nothing crossed out, scribbled in the margins or abandoned sometime around page 47.
Just last night, we were talking about healthier eating habits. My ...
Time management greatest hits…drum roll please…
“Have you tried using a planner?”
“Just make a to-do list.”
“Why don’t you set an alarm?”
“You just need to prioritize.”
“Try getting up a little earlier.”
And my favorite (deep sarcasm because this one just makes my eye twitch):
“If it’s import...
Get Off the Runway
For a lot of ADHD women in midlife, we’re managing the air traffic for everyone else’s lives.
The kids’ planes.
The aging parents’ planes.
The work planes.
The clients’ planes.
The household planes.
All while trying to remember where the hell we parked our own plane.
And here’s th...
Have you ever noticed that a stack of papers feels heavier than it should?
It's not just papers.
It's all the stories we carry with them.
- Why didn't I take care of that already?
- What will it mean for my family/business/life if I don't get this stuff organized?
- What if I need this later?
- What...
I’ve been choosing a “word of the year” wrong this whole time.
And honestly? It almost broke me.
For years, I forced myself to pick something that sounded impressive. Productive. Like what a “good” productivity coach should choose.
But trying to live up to words that looked good on paper—yet felt ...
