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Helping fast brains keep up with themselves

Why You Should Drink Coffee at 4 pm

Why You Should Drink Coffee at 4 pm

How to supercharge your life one energetic afternoon at a time
Go to the profile of Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Apr 18
How Bad Bullet Journaling Helps Me Manage my ADHD

How Bad Bullet Journaling Helps Me Manage my ADHD

A journal of my progress and my failures — that I can’t put down
Go to the profile of Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Apr 3
5 Rules Every ADHDer Should Have For Themselves

5 Rules Every ADHDer Should Have For Themselves

#3: Never go to Vegas
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 27
18 Strategies for Dealing (and Thriving) with Your Attention Differences

18 Strategies for Dealing (and Thriving) with Your Attention Differences

Welcome to your ADHD toolkit.
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 16
Solomon’s Paradox: Your Key To Finally Overcoming Your Anxious Thoughts

Solomon’s Paradox: Your Key To Finally Overcoming Your Anxious Thoughts

How to start embracing the mindset of the wise “outsider”
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 10
The 4 L’s of Amateur Running

The 4 L’s of Amateur Running

From an ADHDer who’s finally learning how to achieve her fitness goals
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 10
Why ADHDers are Exhausted (and How to Fix It)

Why ADHDers are Exhausted (and How to Fix It)

Stop depleting your mental battery before noon. Learn the simple strategies to help you preserve your energy for what actually matters.
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Elizabeth Lord, MA, CPC, CDTS, ELI-MP
Mar 7
4 Phrases That Work Magic On My ADHD Brain

4 Phrases That Work Magic On My ADHD Brain

Truth that lights the way out of the depths of my neurodivergent despair
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 4
The Morning Habits That Help me Kick my ADHD Brain into High Gear

The Morning Habits That Help me Kick my ADHD Brain into High Gear

What a few simple tweaks to my daily routine did for my dopamine-deficient brain
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 3
Give yourself credit.

Give yourself credit.

My favorite strategy for managing my self-esteem with ADHD
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 1
This Simple Change Will End Your Time Blindness

This Simple Change Will End Your Time Blindness

It helped me to survive my ADHD mornings, and it will help you, too
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Ania Powers
Feb 27
I’ve Started to See These 5 ADHD Symptoms as My Strengths

I’ve Started to See These 5 ADHD Symptoms as My Strengths

I’m learning to work smarter, not harder, with my distracted brain
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Feb 27
7 Things I Really Enjoy About My ADHD Brain

7 Things I Really Enjoy About My ADHD Brain

And how celebrating myself makes life a little bit easier
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Oct 28, 2024
14 Little Things I Do That Make Living With ADHD Easier

14 Little Things I Do That Make Living With ADHD Easier

How I survive and thrive with my brain every day without relying only on medication
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Jul 29, 2024
5 Easy ADHD Life Hacks That Have Drastically Improved My Life

5 Easy ADHD Life Hacks That Have Drastically Improved My Life

And saved my neck a time or two, too
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Jul 19, 2024
7 Ways To Give Your ADHD Brain A Boost in the Mornings

7 Ways To Give Your ADHD Brain A Boost in the Mornings

How to capitalize on your brain differences to improve your life — every day
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Jun 18, 2024
Beat ADHD Task Paralysis By Flipping This Productivity Advice On Its Head

Beat ADHD Task Paralysis By Flipping This Productivity Advice On Its Head

Forget the frog and try “Dopamine Dominos” instead.
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Sara Sorenson
Jun 6, 2024
6 Concrete Ways to Help Your Child With ADHD

6 Concrete Ways to Help Your Child With ADHD

How to build a world that makes sense to them — and you
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Jun 5, 2024
Daily Logs: Why it’s Important to Keep Track of What you do Every day

Daily Logs: Why it’s Important to Keep Track of What you do Every day

And how to leverage them to make every day better
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
May 14, 2024
Write for The ADHD Handbook!

Write for The ADHD Handbook!

Now accepting writers sharing personal, parenting, and professional advice for those with/loving ADHD brains (:
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
May 11, 2024
5 Small Bad Habits I’ve Had To Kick to Thrive with my ADHD

5 Small Bad Habits I’ve Had To Kick to Thrive with my ADHD

How small changes make large differences for my neurodivergent mind
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
May 6, 2024
4 micro-habits that help my ADHD

4 micro-habits that help my ADHD

Little things to make your life easier with attention problems
Go to the profile of Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Apr 17, 2024
3 hard lessons I’ve had to teach my ADHD brain

3 hard lessons I’ve had to teach my ADHD brain

The missing pieces I needed after medication and therapy
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Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 18, 2024
5 oddly specific tools that help me thrive with combined-type ADHD

5 oddly specific tools that help me thrive with combined-type ADHD

How to harness your boundless energy and attention in a world where ADHD meds are hard to come by
Go to the profile of Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Katie E. Lawrence, CFLE
Mar 6, 2024
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