Adult ADHD

ADHD Time Management | Blog

ADHD and The Steps to Following Through on Your Priorities
ByMarla Cummins November 15, 2023February 10, 2026 ADHD Time Management, Blog

Do you find it hard to decide what to do each day? Maybe you get overwhelmed trying to prioritize. So you’re never quite sure if you are doing what is most important to you. No doubt, prioritizing is a challenge for ADHD adults. I know it can feel impossible sometimes. After all, everything seems important. And it all needs to be done right now, if not yesterday. But since we all have a limited amount of time and can’t do everything, we have to prioritize. That is, we need to choose among many options of what to work on now. And we need to choose what to ignore, at least for the time being. We need to tell ourselves, I’m doing this and not that. …

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ADHD Follow-Through | Blog

Break Free from ADHD Task Paralysis with These 6 Proven Tips
ByMarla Cummins October 29, 2023February 16, 2026 ADHD Follow-Through, Blog

You look at or think about a task. You tell yourself it is important to do. But you just can’t get started. You feel paralyzed – frozen. You may or may not know why. And the paralysis gets worse the more you avoid it, right? The primary reason is fear. That is, there is something about the task that frightens you. It may feel as though a lion is chasing you. At least, that is how your body interprets the fear. Maybe the “lion” is your fear of failure, appearing incompetent, or not living up to your perfectionist tendencies. Whatever the origin of the fear, when this happens, your prefrontal cortex, which is command central for your executive functioning, goes offline. And your amygdala, your…

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ADHD Tools & Strategies | Blog

You Can Start Prioritizing Better Now by Taking These 4 Steps
ByMarla Cummins April 14, 2023June 15, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

(originally published February 23, 2016, updated April 14, 2023 Do you find it hard to prioritize what you should be working on at any given moment and wonder why it is so hard for you to make these decisions? If you do, you’re not alone. Like other ADHD adults, you may find this hard for two common reasons. One is that it may often feel as though everything on your plate is equally important. It may also feel as though it all needs to be done now, if not yesterday. Of course, this makes it hard to choose what to do each day and contributes to your feelings of overwhelming stress. One of the ways you can turn this around is by learning how to…

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ADHD Communication | Blog

Part 3 – How ADHD Adults Keep Conversations From Going Horribly Wrong
ByMarla Cummins January 12, 2023June 15, 2025 ADHD Communication, Blog

(originally published November 10, 2017, updated January 12, 2023 ) Communicating well in everyday run-of-the-mill conversations can be difficult for ADHD adults. I wrote about this in the two previous articles, ADHD Adults Communicate Better Using These 7 Listening Tips and 5 Strategies You Need to Use to Be Better Understood in Conversations. But you will need a different skill set to handle crucial conversations. These are conversations where the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, according to authors Joseph Grenny et al. of Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. The authors also note that: Our natural tendencies in moments that seem threatening lean toward fight or flight rather than listen and speak. This can be especially true for ADHD adults for reasons I will explore in…

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ADHD Time Management | Blog

ADHD Adults Who Want to Be Productive and Not Stressed Use These Calendar Tips
ByMarla Cummins August 1, 2022June 18, 2025 ADHD Time Management, Blog

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: (Originally published February 22, 2019, Updated July 28, 2022) The calendar is a critical tool for ADHD adults. But many are not using it as effectively as they could to ensure they are planning their time in alignment with their values and goals. Learn some tips on how you could use your calendar better. KEY TAKEAWAYS: And effectively constructed calendar can help you see whether you are spending your time doing what’s important to you. The calendar is also an important tool to help you remember where you need to be at a certain time, of course. It should be the heart landscape of your life and only include those things that you intend to do at a certain time and nothing else….

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ADHD Tools & Strategies | Blog

Here Is How to Use Checklists to Execute With Less Stress
ByMarla Cummins April 26, 2020June 26, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

Probably one of the most underrated tools for ADHD adults are checklists. Think about how often, after making an error, you say to yourself, “I knew how to do that! I can’t believe I screwed up!” That is, in these instances, you don’t apply what you know when you needed to. A checklist might just be the antidote. Your ADHD challenges certainly contribute to not doing what you know. But the fact that there is just too much information exacerbates these challenges. As the author, Atwul Gawande notes in, The Checklist Manifesto – How To Get Things Right: …the volume and complexity of what we know has exceeded our individual ability to deliver its benefits correctly, safely, or reliably. Knowledge has both saved us and…

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ADHD Emotional Regulation | Blog

Boredom and ADHD: How to Get Motivated
ByMarla Cummins March 27, 2020June 26, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

Do you know these 5 techniques ADHD adults use when bored? First, if you haven’t already, check out my last post The 3 Facts You Want to Know About ADHD and Boredom. In that article, I covered the reasons why ADHD adults may feel bored more often and more acutely than their neurotypical peers. All good information to help validate your experience. I bet, after reading that, you were really curious. Now you want to know what strategies you can use to persist in doing what’s most important to you. So you can avoid shutting down because you’re bored. Below are a few strategies you’ll want to manage your boredom and also follow through on your meaningful work. Read on to see what you might want…

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ADHD Emotional Regulation | Blog

Part 1: The 3 Facts You Want to Know About ADHD and Boredom
ByMarla Cummins March 19, 2020June 18, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

If you’re an adult with ADHD, then it’s likely you’re all too familiar with the feeling of boredom. It’s that restless feeling, sometimes intense and almost painful when you just don’t feel engaged. And you need to find something interesting to do. Now! If you can find something meaningful to you to do in those moments, then you’re golden. But what if your boredom leads you to say something or act in a way you later regret? Maybe you make a joke that’s, well, funny to you, but… Then, again, you might start playing on your phone in the middle of a conversation. Other times your boredom may mean you don’t follow through on work that is truly important to you. Obviously, if you don’t…

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ADHD Treatment Options | Blog

What You’ll Want to Know About Adult ADHD
ByMarla Cummins January 15, 2020 ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

Whether diagnosed later in life as an adult or in childhood, many ADHD adults are curious about the differences between ADHD in adults and children. And I bet you’re curious about the answers to some of these questions, as well. I hope the brief answers below will pique your curiosity take a deeper dive and learn more. Because the answers to some of these questions have implications for how you manage and treat your ADHD. So, as the title suggests, you really do want to know the answers to these questions. Read on! What Is ADHD? You know there is a lot of confusion and misinformation about ADHD. In fact, I’ve heard the statements below and more in my conversations with ADHD adults. “I got…

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ADHD Treatment Options | Blog

Here’s What You Need to Know About ADHD Coaching
ByMarla Cummins November 3, 2019June 15, 2025 ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

You want to know how ADHD coaching helps adults. Maybe you’ve decided you want to work with a coach to treat your ADHD. Alternatively, you might just be curious as you begin considering your options for treatment. In either case, you want to know the specific benefits you will receive if you take this route, right? And you want to know more than, “They’ll help you get your stuff done.” Of course, there is a fair amount of serendipity that can happen in your relationship with a coach. So, I can’t tell you exactly what you’ll gain from coaching. In fact, you might be surprised at the benefits you receive beyond what you initially expected. However, all good ADHD coaching should deliver on several accounts….

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