these shiny rocks are my not-sneaky vegetables in cheese sauce for you.
Some useful resources, posts, challenges or fun, for neuro-spicy or typical brains.
take what looks clever, consider why something sounds un-do-able, and see how willing you might be to try a micro change to your habits.
8.20.26 - you like to be smart, right? don't trust your 'gut' too much - just pay attention closer, and be smarter about what that feeling actually is.
7.17.26 - a lovely little poem about treating your pain kindly.
6.4.26 - short version: the inconsistency IS the disorder. Long, more scienc-y version: phasic dopamine and recovery
4.13.2026 - hyper or hypo focus sound familiar? Easy to engage with sparkly things, not with normal things. I’m with you - the clinical term is “interest-based nervous system” and it’s both fun and not fun to have one.
3.31.2026 - decreasing your phone use can seem impossible. it’s an emotional issue, actually - read more & see if this approach helps to give you a little more choice & less auto-reaction of checking/scrolling/losing track/regretting/etc.
3.13.2026 - you don’t have to ONLY use urgency to get yourself going. Promise, you have options.
9.9.2025 - accidental ADHD assessment of perimenopause is exactly right. If you’re wondering why it’s showing up now, I can help explain it. And get yourself some hormones for the wild ride, if it’s possible for your body.
8.14.2025 - was I home for the summer with the kids? Yes, I was, and it was lovely. Here’s a reminder for you to quit the punishing and get curious and compassionate. If you need help with this, we can do it together in sessions to practice.
6.23.2025 - my favorites are #7 and #8. small and slow.
6.23.2025 - it was a BUSY spring! Body doubling is not just social media nonsense - here’s a summary of some of the research on why it works. This site also offers scheduling virtual body doubling, which can be useful for WFHers.
3.11.2025 - you either have it or you don’t - this clip is about Autism Spectrum Disorder but the logic also applies to ADHD. Yes, you can have features, but that doesn’t mean you are ‘a little ADHD’ or ‘a little autistic’. Like she says, you’re either pregnant or you’re not.
3.10.2025 - FOBO? yes, regret is part of the process - not what you want to hear, but it’s true (and it doesn’t mean that you’re messing up, just learning). HuffPost article about fear of better options.
3.6.2025 - staying busy could help with your ADHD - NYTimes (older article that should not be paywalled)
3.3.2025 - one of my favorite self-help books - with a title like this, you’ll definitely want to read it in public!
1.31.2025 - we all love a good ‘red flags’ post, right? Challenge: identifying your own red flags (it’s harder, you bet.)
1.29.2025 - a visual timer that may help you understand and use your time more like you mean to. And yes, there’s an app too, if you prefer your phone.
1.24.2025 - it’s not just girl power - things a late-diagnosis girl ADHDer needs to hear.
long pause between posts here is because I’m no longer using Meta sites as much as I can avoid them & don’t want to promote them either. I’ll be finding good content on other sites for you.
12.13.2024 - for when your earworms stop being enjoyable, no matter the season!
12.11.2024 - why would your worth be tied to your feelings, well-being or performance? And yet we do that, for some reason. Hold that habit gently, fellow human.
12.10.2024 - boop. gotta be willing to suck at something to succeed at it.
12.9.2024 - the inner conflicts are real, and they are exhausting, especially when ignored. curiosity and compassion go a long way.
12.8.2024 - for women & the people who love them and want better health for them.
12.6.2024 - yeah, therapists do this.
11.23.2024 - are you a ‘leave extra time’ or a ‘I’ve got plenty of time…whoops!’ person? (as I squeeze one more thing in before I leave for the day)
11.22.2024 - a neurodivergent window of stimulus is usually a bit trickier than a neurotypical version. Don’t bother judging it, just work with what you’ve got as best as you’re able.
11.21.2024 - is it laziness, procrastination or executive dysfunction? (and try not shaming yourself for having value judgments of your laziness, procrastination or executive dysfunction, maybe tend to yourself a smidge rather than expecting meanness to create motivation.)
11.20.2024 - some encouragement - your body may ‘keep the score’ but it is also wired to heal, a little bit at a time, with baby steps.
11.20.2024 - Harriet Lerner’s hard but important truth about avoidance harming us.
11.19.2024 - a visual distinction between “I am” and “I feel” - try a little language shift.
11.18.2024 - two percent is more than zero. small moves, not dramatic ones.
11.15.2024 - my favorite acronym, for getting compassionate perspective on any behavior. The Dude might agree, if he came to therapy.
11.13.2024 - avoidance is feeding your anxiety. i know, not what you want to hear.
11.12.2024 - all four slides of this post. Acting and feeling are both necessary.
11.9.2024 - feelings are not good or bad/positive or negative - they’re natural, some are hard but are really important. Feel what you need to feel.
11.7.2024 - rejection sensitive dysphoria affects many people, especially folks with ADHD. You’re not alone in this experience.
11.5.2024 - You are a complex human, and your sadness can be honored without being “bad vibes” or a moral failure to be happy.
11.5.2024 - Changing any habit takes repeated practice/failure/practice again.
11.4.2024 - Grover is here for you. (big fan of Sesame Street, not sorry.)
11.3.2024 - the conference is often NOT fun - but important.
10.29.2024 - approaching big/scary/difficult feelings with tenderness (not to shut them up or solve them) tends to make them less overwhelming.
10.28.2024 - deep meaning in every moment? probably not.
10.24.2024 - oh, the inconsistency of it. Into The Spiderverse is in our family top 5.
10.23.2024 - the caption on this beautiful art - healing is a burden, no way around it. “It was a lie that said love would be white-teethed smiles on beaches.”
10.22.2024 - @green_fox_blue_fox with a solid morally neutral coping strategy
10.21.2024 - I love this, for cauldron/spooky season and all year round. Bubble bubble…
10.18.2024 - it’s not fine. if you’re here, it can be scary, but real, and more workable than denial (saying that it’s fine when it’s not).
10.17.2024 - having a hard time focusing on reading a book lately, but your phone is easy to use? give these changes a try. (And pick up an old favorite book to start, to make it easy and high-likelihood of success.)
10.16.2024 - neutral is sometimes easier to access than 'positive.’ start small.
10.15.2024 - you know the strength that some folks seem to have to hold emotions gently? You can build that too, no lie - and it’s where you’ll thrive.
10.14.2024 - be here now with yourself. “Manage this minute.”
10.13.2024 - My daughter told me when she was 3 that crying DOES TOO help - she was absolutely right. Letting feelings be and then go sometimes comes from a deep cry.
10.10.2024 - find the kind of exercise that feels like play & challenge. I figured out that I actually like hiking. This one most recently, and this one during the summer.
10.1.2024 - Maggie Nick, LCSW, dropping heavy truth about why you’re afraid of others’ anger.
9.29.2024 - why bother getting a late diagnosis?
9.28.2024 - Bill Nye explains probability with a bell curve model at 7 minutes. See those balls? No one is actually ‘average’ - each of us is somewhere in that bell curve, as an individual who has slightly different skills and needs.
9.20.2024 - make yourself a dopamine menu, with starters, mains and desserts.
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