Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today Self-Advocacy in Relationships: Saying What You Need Without Blowing It Up The Self Advocacy Files Self-advocacy in your relationships can feel surprisingly difficult. Even if you are pretty good at self-advocacy in your general life, you might stumble when it comes to your loved… Continue reading Self-Advocacy in Relationships: Saying What You Need Without Blowing It Up
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Masking At Work: The Cost of Looking “Put Together”
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today Masking At Work: The Cost of Looking “Put Together” ADHD At Work Most workplaces reward the appearance of effortlessness. Things like an organized work area, a a clean in box, quick responses – a person who’s “on top of things.” For many ADHD and neurodivergent… Continue reading Masking At Work: The Cost of Looking “Put Together”
What Collaboration Sounds Like in Real Life
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today What Collaboration Sounds Like in Real Life The Three C’s Unlocked Collaboration is not about losing control, or letting your kid make all the rules. Collaboration is not handing the reins over to your child(ren). It’s not negotiating every single request or removing every… Continue reading What Collaboration Sounds Like in Real Life
The “All or Nothing” Executive Function Cycle
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today The “All or Nothing” Executive Function Cycle Executive Functions Unlocked There’s a pattern many ADHD and neurodivergent people unintentionally slide into. I still do it often. The cycle goes something like this: Overcommit → Hyperfocus or sprint → Exhaustion → Avoidance → Self-judgment →… Continue reading The “All or Nothing” Executive Function Cycle
You Were Never Meant to Fit In — You Were Meant to Belong
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today You Were Never Meant To Fit In – You Were Meant To Belong Belonging, On Purpose Many of us have believed that if we could just try a little harder, adjust a little more, or figure out the “right” way to be, things would… Continue reading You Were Never Meant to Fit In — You Were Meant to Belong
What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Being “Different”
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Being “Different” Rainbow Brain Diaries If I could sit and talk to my younger self – the one who felt out of place, too loud in some rooms and completely invisible in others – what would I… Continue reading What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Being “Different”
School Struggles Are Not a Character Flaw
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today School Struggles Are Not A Character Flaw School Stuff Without The Spiral School struggles are often treated as moral failures, behavior problems, or bad parenting instead of nervous-system or skill-based struggles. Our kids tend to internalize feedback as criticism of who they are, so… Continue reading School Struggles Are Not a Character Flaw
Why Taking Care of Yourself Feels Wrong When You’ve Always Been “Too Much”
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today Why Taking Care of Yourself Feels Wrong When You’ve Always Been “Too Much” Shame Free Self Care Taking care of ourselves is supposed to feel good, refreshing even. But in reality, you’ve likely had an experience where you are finally resting, drew a boundary,… Continue reading Why Taking Care of Yourself Feels Wrong When You’ve Always Been “Too Much”
Kat’s 2026 Intention Words
Book A Call With ADHD Coach Kat Today Kat’s 2026 Intention Words I have mentioned before that I don’t typically do traditional “resolutions” for the New Year. Instead, the last few years I’ve tried to pick intention words meant to guide me through the year. I mentioned in a recent email that I… Continue reading Kat’s 2026 Intention Words
The Micro-Courage Guide to Speaking Up (Even When Your Voice Shakes)
The Micro-Courage Guide to Speaking Up (Even When Your Voice Shakes) The Self-Advocacy Files Speaking up is often framed as bold, confident, clear, unapologetic. But for many ADHD Brains speaking doesn’t feel bold. It feels scary, risky, and like your heart is racing before you have figured out what to say. If… Continue reading The Micro-Courage Guide to Speaking Up (Even When Your Voice Shakes)