You sit down to plan your day, and suddenly everything on the list feels urgent. The email, the presentation, the idea that just popped into your head, the task that has been sitting there for three weeks but somehow feels absolutely critical right now. If you have an ADHD brain, this experience is incredibly common […]
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If you’ve ever looked at your task list and felt completely unable to get started — even on something you genuinely want to do — you’re in very good company, and there’s a lot more going on under the surface than most people realize. Lack of motivation in ADHD is one of the most common
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You learn a strategy. It clicks. You try it, it works, and then life picks up and it just… disappears. If that story sounds familiar, you’re in the right place. Today on episode 354 of the I’m Busy Being Awesome podcast, we’re exploring what’s happening in those moments when you “forget to remember,” and how
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If you’ve ever felt that quiet, low-grade fear that someone might look a little too closely at how you do your work, realize you’re doing it differently, and call you out for doing it “wrong,” this episode is for you. This is a sneaky version of ADHD imposter syndrome that comes up often for high-achieving
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Have you ever looked at a pattern you thought you’d “fixed” — maybe you’ve fallen back into overcommitting, or the all-or-nothing thinking has crept back in, or you’ve found yourself avoiding the very thing you spent weeks building a habit around — and your ADHD brain quietly offers this thought: “Here we go again. After
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You finally sit down. There are no immediate fires to put out. The dog’s been walked, the kids are occupied. And instead of exhaling, your brain immediately pulls up the list of everything you didn’t finish today. If you have ADHD and you’re nodding right now, you’re in very good company. What you’re bumping up
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If you’ve ever sat down to get something done and walked away an hour later having reorganized your to-do list, opened three new tabs, and somehow started none of the actual work, this episode is for you. The ADHD Productivity Framework, built around three stages called Plan, Act, and Complete, is the overarching system I
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A few weeks ago, I realized I’d basically stopped checking my business finances. Not because I was avoiding it. Not because I didn’t care. But because my usual browser had some glitch that stopped letting me log into our budgeting software. So now I have to open a different browser. An extra step. Maybe twenty
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When I first decided to pursue an ADHD diagnosis, I called a psychiatrist in my insurance network to make an appointment. Before he even scheduled me for a consultation, he ran through an unofficial screening right there on the phone. He asked about my level of education. I told him I had my doctorate. He
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