The longer ADHD in women goes undiagnosed, the greater the risk for severe, often irreversible life impacts — including shortened lifespan. The cost of invisibility is measured in years. A new British Journal of Psychiatry study just confirmed it: adults with...
I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it in the book I eventually write on this — food shopping can be overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. We’ve all walked into the grocery store with no plan and walked out $150 poorer and still somehow missing half...
Armpit Goats and Fuzzy Teeth: ADHD Women and Hygiene "Mom - if the homo erectus didn't have to use deodorant why do I?" My son and I have been fighting about hygiene for years. Way before he knew anything about human evolution. He is fourteen and I'm sick of...
ADHD Goblin Women are a THING. Not only are we not meeting expectations publicly, now there's a catchy nickname for how we present at home. I picture myself as a goblin with unwashed hair tied back in a rubber band, visible coffee stains on my shirt, while eating...
I've been getting variations of this, "do you need an ADHD diagnosis?" question so it's time to stop avoiding and actually write down my thoughts. ADHD is just one part of what makes you, you. It is not an identity. So I usually avoid answering this question because...
Not everyone needs an ADHD coach. Seriously, everybody and their brother is hanging an internet shingle and calling themselves an ADHD coach. I'm happy that ADHD is having it's moment, but saddened by the predatory behavior of my fellow humans. There is no...
I know that's a long title, but women diagnosed with ADHD later in life are weary. Whether you self-diagnosed or jumped through all the hoops of the healthcare system, you are crawling across the finish line after running a marathon you never wanted to run, most...
ADHD and flexible thinking don't always go together. It's a complicated equation. ADHD + negative self-talk + wonky EFs = not-so-flexible thinking. But if you think about it, Flexible thinking isn't easy for anyone. Take for example Kim Kardashian's recent comments...
Everyone talks about lack of focus, but there's little understanding of ADHD hyperfocus. What is hyperfocus? It is exactly what it sounds like. When a person focuses on something so intently that they fail to notice changes in their environment, other people, and...
Every woman I talk to mentions ADHD and exhaustion at some point. For that reason I've suspected for a while that the fuzzy cotton brain feeling many of us describe isn't our imagination or another manifestation of poor executive function. So I was thrilled when this...
