Heather’s Blog
Productivity Hacks That Actually Work for People with ADHD (Without Burning Out)
If you have ADHD, you’ve probably tried every productivity hack on the internet.
Color-coded planners.
5 a.m. wakeups.
Pomodoro timers.
Bullet journals.
And yet… you still feel behind.
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Why ADHD Therapy Should Be Customized, Not Cookie-Cutter
Personalized ADHD Treatment That Honors Your Brain, Your Life, and Your Goals
If you’ve ever tried ADHD therapy and felt like it didn’t quite fit, you’re not alone.
Many people come to me after trying “standard” ADHD treatment approaches that felt generic, overly rigid, or disconnected from their real life. They were given tools—but not context. Strategies—but not personalization. Advice—but not understanding.
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Unmasking ADHD in Neurodivergent Clients: Compassionate, Clear, and Comprehensive Support
When you are neurodivergent, the world often feels like it was built for someone else.
Many of my clients come to me exhausted—not just from managing their ADHD symptoms, but from years of masking them. They’ve learned to compensate, overwork, over-prepare, people-please, or withdraw entirely. They may be high-achieving professionals, overwhelmed college students, struggling teens, or adults receiving a diagnosis for the first time. And beneath it all is the quiet question:
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Is It ADD or ADHD?
Even me—someone who never looked hyperactive on the outside.
When I was first diagnosed, I was told I had ADD. Actually, I was borderline diagnosed because we didn’t (and still don’t) have great measures to pick up adult ADHD—let alone female adult ADHD.
For a while, I wore it like a badge. ADD meant I wasn’t the “bad kind” with the hyperactivity. ADD meant I was calm, book-smart, and quiet enough to pass under the radar. ADD meant I didn’t disrupt the classroom or the meeting.
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The Invisible Load: Women with ADHD and the Mental Strain They Carry
There is a quiet exhaustion I see every week in my practice.
It shows up in high-achieving professionals who are secretly overwhelmed. In mothers who can manage everyone else’s schedules but feel like they’re barely holding their own life together. In college students who appear “fine” on the outside but are drowning in internal chaos.
This is the invisible load of women with ADHD.
And for many women, it goes unseen for years.
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The Mindfulness Edge: Meditation Techniques That Support ADHD Brains
How UCLA-Trained Mindfulness Practices Enhance ADHD Therapy and Executive Function Coaching in California
If you have ADHD, you’ve probably been told to “just focus.”
But ADHD brains don’t work that way.
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