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This Labor Day weekend, my family celebrated our 74th family reunion. Yes, seventy-four years of food, laughter, storytelling, and enough cousins to fill a football stadium. We’ve got five chapters: Pennsylvania, DC Metro, Virginia, New York, and North Carolina (our origin city).And because it was here in the DC area, I was in host mode. And if you know anything about the DC Metro chapter… we’re a “go big or go home” crew. Cookouts. Banquets.

August 12th All of my blog posts are born from the pulse of my clients’ weekly sessions — the moments when something they say lands so deeply that I can still hear it days later. A few weeks ago, during one of those sessions, a client casually said something that’s been ringing in my ears ever since: “I’ve learned to treat my downtime as protected time.” She said it without fanfare, as if she were stating

Just like medication isn’t a one-and-done solution, coaching requires time, practice, and persistence. And yes—there’s brain science behind that. For ADHDers, change doesn’t come from simply knowing what to do. It comes from repeating strategies enough times for the brain to actually believe they work. 🔁 Repetition is the rewiring.ADHD brains often struggle with something called inconsistent recall—we might know a strategy on Monday, but by Friday it feels brand new again. That’s not laziness.

For many LGBTQIA+ folks with ADHD, survival has often come before thriving. You’ve learned to navigate a world that misunderstands both your brain and your identity. You’ve been called too much, too sensitive, too disorganized, too loud, too quiet, too queer, too distracted. Over time, you may have become an expert in masking—adapting and filtering yourself just to make it through. But what if your brain, your queerness, and your creativity were never the problem?

Summer is supposed to be fun, right? Cookouts, rooftop hangs, music festivals, spontaneous road trips… But if you’re anything like me—and have ADHD—summer can also feel like a nonstop sprint through a sensory obstacle course. The days are longer. The invites pile up. And suddenly you’re triple-booked on a Saturday wondering why you agreed to brunch, a baby shower, and your cousin’s BBQ when all you really wanted was to lie in front of a