Mental Health
Summer Reading (and Listening) for Your ADHD Brain
Summer is actually a decent time to dig into some ADHD content. You might have a commute, a walk, or a quiet moment where something to listen to or read actually fits. And there’s something about learning more about how your own brain works that makes the hard stuff feel a little less personal. If…
Read MoreIn the Community: Jean Tidd Presenting on Living Authentically With ADHD with CHADD
CHADD’s final webinar in the Living Authentically With ADHD series airs June 3 at 7 PM ET, and it’s all about building a life that actually works for you. Not the Imaginary Version Not the imaginary version, where you have unlimited energy, perfect routines, and a magical color-coded planner that solves everything. The real version,…
Read MoreADHD Time Warp: Why Time Doesn’t Feel Real (and What Actually Helps)
If you’ve ever looked up and thought, “How is it already that late?” or sworn something would take 10 minutes and it took 40… Yeah. This one’s for you. This isn’t about being disorganized or not caring. This is about ADHD time perception, where time doesn’t reliably feel linear, predictable, or accurate. That’s the ADHD…
Read MoreADHD & Mental Health Month: The Stigma Issue
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year we want to talk about something that doesn’t get enough airtime in the adult ADHD conversation: stigma. Not the abstract kind. The kind that keeps you from telling your doctor you think you might have ADHD because you’re afraid they won’t take you seriously. The kind…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars: Jean Joins CHADD’s “Living Authentically With ADHD” Panel
Mark your calendars: Jean will be a panelist at Living Authentically With ADHD, hosted by CHADD this June. She’ll be speaking on realistic goal setting for the ADHD brain, and you won’t want to miss it. What to Expect Goal setting looks different for the ADHD brain, and traditional advice doesn’t always hold up in…
Read MoreWhy taxes feel impossible with ADHD (and what actually helps)
It’s April, which means somewhere right now there’s a person with ADHD staring at a pile of unopened envelopes, three browser tabs about TurboTax they opened two weeks ago, and a growing suspicion that maybe they can just not do taxes this year. Sound familiar? Here’s what we want you to know: this isn’t a…
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