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Can ADHD Adults Be Productive While Multitasking?
ByMarla Cummins April 15, 2025September 8, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

(originally published September 12, 2023, updated April 15, 2025) I often hear from clients when we begin our work together that they think they’re good at multitasking. Do you think this is also true for you, too? If you do, it’s likely because that is just the way you have operated for so long and, perhaps, one of the ways you know how to get your work done. Multitasking may have become a habit for you. So now you think it’s just the way you operate. Assuming that this is the way you operate best is a false equivalency. That is, just because you may often multitask does not mean that it is a productive way to operate. In fact, when you are multitasking, you are…

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ADHD Emotional Regulation | Blog

Ready To Manage Your Frustration Better?
ByMarla Cummins March 13, 2025October 10, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

One of the executive function challenges for adults with ADHD is “managing frustration and modulating your emotions”. So, well, of course, there are many reasons you may get frustrated, understanding and addressing your frustration as a symptom of ADHD is key to making this better. A former client even asked whether it was “possible for frustration not to be their dominant emotion.” The answer is, yes, of course, but it will take time and skill-building. Right now, you may become angry and frustrated much more easily and quicker than your neurotypical peers. The key to addressing this is to both honor those feelings and act in a way that is in sync with your values. Come along as we go on a journey to get…

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Are These 5 Decision-Making Traps Keeping You Stuck?
ByMarla Cummins February 17, 2025October 17, 2025 Blog

Making decisions is one of the executive challenges for ADHD Adults. Do you have a hard time with decision-making? Let’s look at the example of a former client, who emailed me a description of his difficulties making decisions (posted below with permission). I’m really struggling to make any decisions in almost any scenario. Like, choosing between 2 things, choosing to get rid of something. I get a sense of panic/anxiety, as well as a sense of frustration. Logic makes no difference. The magnitude of the decision makes no difference. Trust in someone else to “make” the decision makes little difference (I still have to pull the trigger). When I do make the decision, I hold my nose, squelch the butterflies and just do it on…

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ADHD Follow-Through | Blog

8 Strategies To Use To Make Executing Easier
ByMarla Cummins January 14, 2025October 23, 2025 ADHD Follow-Through, Blog

When you have ADHD, starting and executing can be difficult, no doubt. But these are also skills that can be learned. Though it takes time. Are you ready for the ride? It will be a combination of strategies and skills that you build. So, you can get unstuck and back on track faster when you’re having a hard time getting started and following through. Know Your Why While certainly not the only strategy, it is important to know why accomplishing a task is important to you. At the same time, it is true that for many adults with ADHD, you may still have a hard time starting a task, even if it is important, if it is not intrinsically interesting to you. So, in the…

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How To Plan A Productive Day With ADHD
ByMarla Cummins December 13, 2024November 4, 2025 ADHD Follow-Through, Blog

How do you plan your days so you are sure you are working toward your goals in alignment with your values? I know that is what you want to do. But right now, you may start each day wondering how you are going to get “everything.” Then, at the end of the day, you may feel like you didn’t get enough done. Some days you may even feel like you didn’t get anything done! It’s frustrating to start and end your day like this, for sure. What Does The Beginning Of Your Day Look Like? Maybe you start your day by stopping for coffee on the way to work. You get to the office, maybe a little later than you planned. The first thing you…

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ADHD in the Workplace | Blog

ADHD and Notetaking For Meetings
ByMarla Cummins September 5, 2024April 30, 2025 ADHD in the Workplace, Blog

(originally published May 31,2012 updated September 5, 20224 Do you ever struggle to take notes in a meeting? Alternatively, do you take notes sometimes only to later look at them and wonder what they mean. You just can’t make sense of them. And you can’t remember what was said. Unless you take good notes that you can also decipher later, following up from meetings can be frustrating. It might be even embarrassing, if you need to go back and ask people from the meeting. But you can make it easier for yourself by adopting a system for taking and reviewing notes. Distracted? One benefit of taking notes during a meeting is to help you focus on what is going on in the meeting. It may…

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Overwhelmed by too Many Choices? Here are the Solutions for ADHD Adults
ByMarla Cummins August 28, 2024May 16, 2025 Blog

(originally published January 4, 2018, updated August 28, 2024)It can be overwhelming for Adults with ADHD to make decisions among many options. At the same time it may seem that having a lot of options is a good thing. At least according to our consumer culture. But this is not always the case when you take into account the energy and stress involved in choosing between so many options The quote below from a current client (reprinted with permission) shows what a struggle it can be. I’m really struggling to make any decisions in almost any scenario. Like, choosing between 2 things, choosing to get rid of something. I get a sense of panic/anxiety, as well as, a sense of frustration. Logic makes no difference….

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ADHD Time Management | Blog

ADHD and Using the Urgent – Important Matrix
ByMarla Cummins July 24, 2024April 10, 2026 ADHD Time Management, Blog

You might find it hard to decide what to do each day, wondering where to direct your time and energy. Then you get overwhelmed and confused trying to decide what to do on your runway, GTD lingo for all of your discrete tasks(emails, phone calls, next actions on your projects, etc.) Then you might end up doing what feels the most urgent or interesting. Yet you might not necessarily do what is most important. One way to turn this around is to use the Urgent – Important Matrix and ask yourself: And decide what to do each day. IMPORTANT AND URGENT – QUADRANT 1 If you have too much in Quadrant 1, you are putting too much on your plate, and you are likely also…

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ADHD Emotional Regulation | Blog

The 5 Steps to Create Motivation When You Have ADHD
ByMarla Cummins June 17, 2024November 14, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

When motivation disappears at the exact moment you need it, these ADHD-friendly strategies can help you get moving again.

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The Cost of Perfectionism When You Have ADHD
ByMarla Cummins April 27, 2024November 23, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

A perfectionist is someone who is unyielding in their pursuit of unrealistically high standards. So, you may wonder what an unrealistically high standard is. Good question. Whether a standard is unrealistically high depends on your capacity and the context. Here are a couple of examples. You might think it doesn’t make sense to strive for such unrealistic goals. However, a perfectionist does not think the goals are unrealistic. ADHD and Perfectionism If you are a perfectionist, you may have come to be a perfectionist in part because of your ADHD. One way this may happen is when you’re trying to make up for actual or perceived failures in your past. Now you want to get it just right! While there may be many root…

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