Changing where you work can change how well you work. This is not just a nice idea. For many people with ADHD, environment is one of the most effective focus tools available, and spring gives you more options. If the weather allows it, working outside is worth trying. You can pick up an hour of [...]

The ‘later’ pile has a way of becoming invisible. Post that needs opening, forms half-filled, receipts in a bag, emails with a little flag on them. You meant to get to it. You just never quite did. That is not laziness. It is how ADHD brains respond to tasks that have no immediate payoff and [...]

You have been approved for Access to Work job coaching. You have a set number of sessions. Now what? Access to Work funding is valuable, and the sessions go quickly. Here is how to make sure you get the most from them. Be clear about what you want to work on Access to Work job [...]

If you are employed in the UK and ADHD affects how you work, you may be eligible for funded coaching through the Government’s Access to Work scheme. Many people do not know it exists, and many who do find the application process confusing. Here is the straightforward route, drawn from helping clients through it many [...]

You have sat through a training course and forgotten everything by lunchtime. You have read the same paragraph three times and still could not tell someone what it said. You have listened to clear instructions and then done something completely different. It is not that you were not paying attention. It is that the information [...]

Your diary is full. Your to-do list is overflowing. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you have agreed to three things you do not actually want to do. If you have ADHD, you know this pattern. You say yes in the moment. You say yes to keep the peace. By the time you [...]

You have tried the planners, the apps, the Pomodoro technique. None of them stuck. It was not you. It was the advice. Traditional productivity systems assume a neurotypical brain. Here is what works instead.

You are nearly a quarter of the way through the year. That sentence can land in very different ways depending on how the last three months have felt. If January and February were harder than expected, or messier than planned, this review might feel like the last thing you want to do. But this is [...]

If your attention has felt unreliable over winter, there is a good chance the light has something to do with it. Not as an excuse. As a mechanism. How light affects your ADHD or AuDHD brain Your brain’s attention and mood systems are partly regulated by light. Specifically, by the signals your eyes send when [...]