Peaceful Sounds

Right — on to the next amazing thing that’s going to cure ADHD! Ha, I wish. Those of us with ADHD know there’s no cure — only things that help us cope day to day, whether that’s medication, therapy, setting alarms, etc. The trick is to find a coping strategy that works for us, as individuals, because what helps one person might do nothing for […]

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How AI Helped Me Overcome Some ADHD Challenges — and Finally Write My Novella

How AI Helped Me Overcome Some ADHD Challenges

Living with ADHD often feels like trying to catch fireworks with your bare hands — brilliant ideas everywhere, but impossible to hold onto for long. Organisation, focus, and finishing projects can be a real struggle, especially when creativity is your strength and your stumbling block all at once. For over ten years, I tried to write my novella. I’d start strong, full of excitement, but […]

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The Shame Spiral

The Shame Spiral add lady holding head

Well ADHDers and Allies the first glimpse of Spring has finally sprung and I couldn’t be happy. Literally my Seasonal Affective Disorder has finally come to an end, and I can think a lot better than I could before. I mean I’ll never be the world’s best thinker due to the whole ADHD think but I’ll take what I can get. Today, I want to […]

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Reflections and Projections

Fireworks to illustrated ADHD reflections

Wow ADHDers and allies, I can’t believe that 2024 is almost nearly over. Anyone else feel like they blinked and missed it? It seems like only yesterday I was sunning myself on a sunbed in Benidorm on our family holiday and that was all the way back in May. They do say as you get older the years go by more quickly and I’m definitely […]

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Worth the Weight

Scales and tape measure

So, after listening to this month’s podcast released last week (available here), you might have heard that a little while ago I sought the help of a healthy lifestyle coach through my doctors. I’ve always been able to lose weight, but I think this year was the first time I realised that I have become what is known a yo-yo dieter and I hate it. […]

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The Simple Life

Overhead view of coffee and books

This is going to sound strange considering I have ADHD and my brain needs stimulation, but sometimes I just miss the good old days of the 90s where there wasn’t as much technology around, especially if I’ve been doing a rewatch of the TV show Friends. At this time of year, with the weather being bad and the evenings getting darker early I subscribe to […]

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Flustered Flyer!

Woman walking away form the camera with a suitcase

I write this from the premium lounge at Manchester airport (yep, first child free holiday in years so you bet I’m going to book the first class lounge) and up until 15 minutes ago I was ready to implode with stress. I would probably describe myself as a frequent flyer so airports never usually stress me out, even when I have two young kids in […]

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Emotional Construction

Emotional Construction bathroom with big mirrors

My head feels like it’s about to fall off as a type this, and it’s not just because of the constant banging that’s coming from upstairs. Currently I’m having my bathroom completely remodelled, which has been long overdue because who ever did it last time, let’s just say if I saw them in the street I’d give chase. They’d obviously cut loads of corners when […]

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Erm What was I Typing?

Woman with iron and phone

Sorry about the no show last week, it was the last full week of the summer holidays and honestly I was suffering from some major burnout from doing so much. My head just wasn’t in the game, but hallelujah my kids are back to school and I’m attempting to get back into a routine so hopefully it should be smooth sailing from here on in. […]

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