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March Magic: What UConn’s Win Taught Me About ADHD

The Most Impulsive Thing I’ve Done in Years (And What It Taught Me About ADHD) I’m about to tell you about one of the most impulsive things I’ve done in years. And honestly? It taught me more about living with ADHD than any perfectly planned system ever has. Because here’s the th...

How I Manage Midlife Overwhelm Without ADHD BurnOut

For years, I ran on caffeine, chaos, and guilt. And eventually? I hit a wall. ADHD burnout doesn’t happen overnight—it builds slowly. You overcompensate. You push harder. You try to keep up with systems that were never designed for your brain. Until one day, your brain simply s...

This Word Found Me

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 fe...

From Holiday Chaos to Calm(ish) - A Guide for Overwhelmed Women

Picture this: It's December 22nd, you're at the mall for the third time this week, standing in the holiday aisle feeling completely overwhelmed. Your mom's expecting that elaborate Christmas dinner, your kids want the "perfect" holiday experience, and you're already exhausted just thinking about ...

You're Allowed to Let This Holiday Season Be Different

There's this invisible rule that says you have to power through grief, show up perfectly for the holidays, and keep all your commitments, especially as women. But what if that rule is actually destroying the very peace we're desperate to create? Picture this: You're holding a glass of water. No...

5 ADHD-Friendly Ways to Practice Self-Compassion

Because you don’t need more willpower — you need more grace. There was a trunk sitting in Molly’s house for years. Inside it? Hundreds of medical records from her daughter’s birth — surgeries, hospital notes, insurance forms. Every time she looked at it, her chest tightened. So she closed the l...

The Secret to ADHD Success (and What a Penn State Kick Has to Do With It)

This weekend, while watching College Game Day at Penn State (We Are!), I saw a moment that had me thinking about ADHD success in a whole new way. A student, William, had the chance to kick a field goal for $100,000. He paused, looked at the crowd, and made a bold decision: instead of taking th...

What Assateague’s Wild Ponies Can Teach Us About ADHD Systems

Labor Day weekend, we took a boat tour around Assateague Island to see the famous wild ponies. And of course, my ADHD brain went straight to: systems. Stay with me here — because those ponies turned out to be the perfect metaphor for why one-size-fits-all systems never work for ADHD women in mid...

The Grief of a Late ADHD Diagnosis (And Why It’s Not Just Yours)

Have you ever felt the grief of realizing your ADHD wasn’t caught until midlife? It can hit like a wave — all the years you struggled, masked, pushed harder than anyone else, and thought it was just you. The truth is, the grief you’re carrying isn’t just yours. It’s generational. It’s systemic. ...

The Hidden Toll of Midlife ADHD Women Caregivers: When You’ve Got Nothing Left to Give

Have you ever felt like the second you finally carved out time for yourself, life came crashing in with everyone else’s needs? That’s the story of midlife ADHD for so many of us and it was absolutely my story. Finally, It’s My Time I remember the weeks leading up to college drop-off. It was bi...