The Trauma Associated with a Late ADHD Diagnosis
Kristen McCLure MSW LCSW
Late ADHD Diagnosis Trauma—How to Begin Healing Trauma isn’t just the result of dramatic events; it also comes from chronic patterns that overwhelm your ability to cope, leaving lasting emotional…
November 2024
Late ADHD Diagnosis: What Comes Next? Designing Your ADHD-Affirming Life
Receiving a late ADHD diagnosis can feel like being handed a map to a territory you’ve already lived in—one you’ve navigated through trial, error, and sheer determination. With this newfound…
Auditory Interventions for ADHD: How Sound Can Impact Focus and Attention
Are you searching for ways to improve focus and manage distractions in your daily life? For women with ADHD, sound-based interventions like brown noise, white noise, and binaural beats may…
Rituals For ADHD: The Power of Rituals over Routine
ADHD Women often face challenges in balancing societal expectations with their own emotional and mental health needs. While routines are commonly suggested, they can feel rigid or unattainable. Rituals, however,…
7 Ways to Recognize Time Blindness in Your Daily Life
Time blindness—difficulty perceiving and managing time—is a common experience for women with ADHD. Many of the things I see my clients struggle with I recognize as time blindness, but often,…
5 Key Ways ADHD Women Experience Time Differently– And Why It Matters
Time can feel slippery for women with ADHD. While many people rely on an internal clock and a future-focused mindset, ADHD rewires how time is experienced, often creating unique challenges.…
✅ Out of Sight, Out of Mind: ADHD and Object Permanence in Relationships
✅ Introduction: Understanding the Disconnect How ADHD and Object Permanence are Related? Have you ever felt hurt when your partner with ADHD forgot an anniversary or didn’t send a quick…
Gifted and ADHD Women: The Stregnths and Challenges
Understanding Twice-Exceptionality: Are You a Gifted ADHD Women? Being “twice-exceptional” means you’re both gifted and have ADHD, which creates a combination of powerful strengths and real challenges. Many twice-exceptional women…
Grounding Techniques for ADHD
Grounding techniques for ADHD are simple practices that help reconnect you to the present moment when your mind feels overwhelmed, overstimulated, or scattered. For ADHD women, grounding techniques can reduce…
Inattentive ADHD in Women: The Presentation That Gets Missed
You were not the kid bouncing off the walls. You were the kid staring out the window. Or the one who got decent grades through enormous effort while somehow never…