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"ADHD books give you theory".

No, this one comes with ongoing ADHD coaching.

Most ADHD books end at the last page.

You understand the concept.

Then life happens and you're on your own.

We didn't want "ADHD Assets" to be just another book.

When we mapped the 6 core traits +
how they combine, where they work, where they hurt.

We INSTANTLY knew that wasn't enough.

ADHDers need more than concepts on pages.

We needed more than concept on pages.

So we built some ADHD micro-coaching flows.

6 traits × 3 levels each.

Which means:
→ You get the book
→ you pick a trait
→ you get all 3 micro-coaching flows on adhd-assets dot com

The flows help you work with the concept.

Integrate it into actual life.

Navigate the contexts of your traits.

Yavo and I tested every flow on ourselves.

Some we rebuilt many times because understanding a trait and living with it are a different thing 🤫

The book gives you the framework.

adhd-assets dot com gives you the micro-coaching.

Both launch on Jan 10th.

Assets isn't a positive spin on ADHD symptoms.

(that would be toxic positivity)

Here's what I mean:

Deficit framing says:
"You can't focus on boring tasks."

Asset framing doesn't say:
"Actually that's great! You're creative!"

It says:
"Your brain needs novelty to engage.
Structure tasks accordingly."

One pathologises.
One observes mechanism.

Does it always work? No.

But naming the mechanism gives us better options.
(and I'll die on that hill)

ADHD is different processing, we all know by now.
Maybe we didn't when we were growing up.
Maybe the labels got to us.

And maybe this sort of reframe changes what solutions we look for.

Your ADHD isn't the same as mine.

(even if most support acts like it is)

Every book, article, and tip list sees ADHD like one thing.

It's not.

Yours might make you brilliant in crisis and terrible at routine execution.

Mine makes starting impossible but finishing unstoppable.

We both have ADHD.

We need different support.

You can't personalize support when you're treating everyone as "ADHD."

That's what we mapped with "ADHD Assets".

→ 6 core traits.
→ How they interact.
→ Where they help.
→ Where they hurt.

It's the only way to build support that fits variety.

Generic ADHD advice will mostly miss.
(duh)

I almost named this book the wrong thing.

(and it would have put off an ADHDer like me)

"ADHD Assets" wasn't my first choice.

The working title was all about symptoms.

Like every other ADHD book.

I wanted something that sounded more... credible.

But this didn't feel right either ⬇️

→ Most resources talk about what's wrong.
→ Symptoms. Deficits.
→ Things to fix.

Assets aren't the opposite of symptoms.

They're a different lens entirely.

It's not pretending ADHD is easy.
More like naming what's working.
Just... differently.

I'm not saying the reframe is "you're fine".
But surely "this is how your nervous system works" is more helpful
(+ actually correct).

I rewrote the title a million times.

To get that distinction right.

The language we use shapes how we see ourselves.

"Assets" matters because it's truth, strength and grace.

Nobody warned me publishing means waiting... .. .

(which is torture with ADHD time blindness)

Book manuscript done? Great.

Now wait an undefined amount of time.

Time blindness isn't easy as it is.

But it makes waiting absurd.

The book launches next week.

And I cannot compute what that means.

In my head the book's been "done" already.

This spot between "done" and "out there" doesn't make sense.

Publishing timelines were designed by people who experience time linearly.

The rest of us refresh our email every 20 minutes to see if it's live yet.

Spoiler: It's never live yet 🤫

We finished writing our ADHD book last night.

The 1st thing that came to mind was 'DELETE'.

Relief lasted about 4 minutes.
Then terror set in.

You'd think finishing would feel good.

Instead I lay awake all night.
Running through every word.
Wondering if I got it wrong.

(more like fully convinced I got it wrong)

If it isn't the ADHD "I hit a milestone" cycle...

Done → Doubt → Should I have even started?

Because people can judge it.
Because now it's real.
And "who am I to..."

I'm a late-identified ADHDer and I've realised →
I've actually felt this with every project.

Small things like work presentations.
Programme launches.
Emails even.

And I want to celebrate the milestone.
Reward me with some puffy stickers.
And give mysef some grace.

Right now I'm in the terror bit.

If finishing creative work as an ADHDer means relief and terror arrive at the same time...

Does terror always have to win the first round?

Do we get to celebrate a win?

Do we ever get it?

AITA for using AI to assist with ADHD micro-coaching?

'But it's not sustainable'.
'But it makes things up'.
'But it's the same chats'.

→ And if I tell you that AI is only here to assist?

→ That we've made sure it only follows our human designed coaching flows?

→ While also makes possible to jump between 16.5M combos so that ADHDers never get bored?

Would you honestly tell me that we are better off without accessible coaching on demand?

This is about getting diagnosed for ADHD in the UK.

Imagine paying for Netflix every month →

And then paying when you watch a show →

And then getting monthly bills because one of the actors isn't signed with Netflix so you have to pay them directly.

It wouldn't be right, right?

Only ADHDers: 90% wrong BUT

100% convinced every single time 🤫

Research shows ADHDers maintain genuine confidence in their time estimates despite consistent inaccuracy and past evidence to the contrary.

Thanks science, that's validating lol

Honestly do you get the thought process:

Yesterday it took 2 hours?
→ Irrelevant.

Last week it was 90 minutes?
→ That was different.

Every time for the past year?
→ OK but THIS time I know what to do.

And then you seem careless.

Like you're ignoring the pattern.

When you in fact BELIEVE 15 minutes.

Until you're 45 minutes in 🤭

Essentially it's a life of eternal optimism.
Where the time data never sticks.

ADHDers, grieve your career if you have to.

(no, I'm not telling you to leave your role)

I left business change management in September.

Why did I wait until burnout caught up with me again?

You know the pattern.

The second burnout in 2 years.

The mounting overwhelm.

The masking that stops working.

But I didn't expect the grief before I left.

It took a while for me to accept.
It wasn't "I'm bailing on this career."
It was "This career requires me to fail myself."

You don't have to leave your role of course.
But how do you actually grieve a career you're still in?
Well, name what you're mourning before burnout names it for you.

YOU choose which version of your career identity you're ready to let go of.

If you've been the person who "handles everything," you grieve that superhuman mask.

If you've been the one who never says no, you mourn the people-pleaser who got you here.

Career grief is essentially a choice.

Which version of yourself do you release before burnout makes that choice for you?

The grief you acknowledge now protects the choices you still have.