Mindset

Have you ever felt that heaviness in your brain where no matter what you do, you just can’t seem to start your planned tasks? You might wonder: What’s actually happening here? Is this simply resistance to starting, or is it genuine ADHD mental fatigue? One of the most challenging yet frequently overlooked aspects of living

When your ADHD brain feels overwhelmed, how do you typically respond? Some of us push harder, bouncing between tasks while trying to control the chaos. Others freeze in analysis paralysis. And some of us set aside our own work while focusing on helping everyone else. The truth is, we each have patterns when it comes

If overwhelm ever knocks your ADHD brain off course, and leaves you spinning in decision fatigue, uncertain where to begin, or avoiding the thing entirely, you’re in the right place. Today, on episode 321 of the I’m Busy Being Awesome podcast, we’re talking about what chronic overwhelm is really costing us… and how we can

Have you ever spent hours mapping out the perfect schedule or setting up your new planner just right, convinced it will be the thing to keep your ADHD brain organized and on top of things? Then weeks – or, let’s be real, a day or two later – you find yourself completely disinterested in that

Hey, ADHDer — have you ever read (or listened to) a book that made you cry because you finally felt seen? And on the flip side… have you ever read a book that made you feel absolutely terrible, because no matter how hard you tried, you just couldn’t follow the steps? Same. That’s why today

Can we talk about those “big wins” or “milestone moments” that are supposed to feel so satisfying… but somehow don’t? You do the thing — the thing you’ve been working toward for months. You hit submit, sign the papers, cross the finish line and instead of feeling proud… you feel nothing. Your brain brushes it

As an adult, when was the last time you experienced pure, unbridled delight, the kind where you weren’t thinking about productivity or checking things off your to-do list? Instead, you just got to play. For many of us with ADHD, the concept of “play” feels foreign. We convince ourselves that play is for kids. We

Have you ever looked at the clock, realized you’re running eight minutes behind schedule, and suddenly your ADHD brain jumps to: “Ugh. I’m already off track — this whole day’s going to be a disaster!” On the one hand, we intellectually know it’s just eight minutes… but at the same time, those eight minutes seem like

There’s a question I’ve been wrestling with for a while about unfinished work. It has definitely stretched my brain (and not always super comfortably), I think it’s such an important topic to sit with. The question I’ve been thinking about is this: What if the work — the projects, the to-do list, the unanswered emails,