Why I Run Adult ADHD and AuDHD Therapy Like a Science Experiment
Why I Run Adult ADHD and AuDHD Therapy Like a Science Experiment QUICK SUMMARY Most adult ADHD and AuDHD therapy doesn’t fail because the person wasn’t trying. It fails because the approach assumed a one-size-fits-all starting point. This post explains how therapy at Rising Perspective actually works, and why small, specific changes tend to do […]
My Daughter’s ADHD Diagnosis Came Before Mine Did
My Daughter’s ADHD Diagnosis Came Before Mine Did For the parents who recognized the patterns in their child before they recognized them in themselves and what it means to finally have the right explanation for both of you. Before I knew what I was looking at, I just knew things were hard. My daughter was […]
I Was 20 Minutes Into a Grad School Lecture on ADHD. That Was the Whole Unit.
I Was 20 Minutes Into a Grad School Lecture on ADHD. That Was the Whole Unit. Most clinicians graduate without real adult ADHD or AuDHD training. Here’s what that gap costs the people sitting across from them and what it led me to build instead. I remember exactly where I was sitting when ADHD came […]
Why Adult ADHD & AuDHD Therapy Sometimes Feels Like It’s Working Against You
Why Adult ADHD & AuDHD Therapy Sometimes Feels Like It’s Working Against You You did the homework. Or you meant to. And then it was 11pm on Tuesday, the worksheet was still in your bag from Thursday’s session, and you were lying there running through every reason you hadn’t gotten to it, landing on the […]
What You’ve Been Calling Anxiety Might Actually Be Your Nervous System
What You’ve Been Calling Anxiety Might Actually Be Your Nervous System Maybe you know this feeling: everything is too much, but you can’t point to anything specific that’s wrong. You keep showing up, holding it together, getting through the day. Underneath, though, something is running hotter than it should, and you can’t find the off […]
When the ADHD Diagnosis Feels Right But Incomplete
When the ADHD Diagnosis Feels Right But Incomplete For a lot of adults who receive an ADHD diagnosis later in life, the experience is something like finally being handed a key that unlocks a room you’ve been locked out of for decades. The chronic lateness, the abandoned projects, the emotional intensity, the exhaustion that never […]
Why ADHD Strategies Keep Failing (And What’s Actually Going On)
Why ADHD Strategies Keep Failing (And What’s Actually Going On) The planner. The timer. The habit tracker. The app that was supposed to change everything. The therapy that gave you worksheets and coping tools and sent you home with a plan that worked for about eleven days. The key to successful ADHD strategies for productivity […]
What Travel Can Feel Like When You Have ADHD, Autism, or Both
What Travel Can Feel Like When You Have ADHD, Autism, or Both There’s a particular experience that comes up frequently for ADHD and AuDHD adults around family travel. The trip is planned. People are excited. The destination is somewhere meaningful, maybe a place with real cultural or personal significance, maybe just a long-awaited vacation. And […]
ADHD, Summer, and the Scaffolding Problem: Why It Falls Apart When the Routine Does
ADHD, Summer, and the Scaffolding Problem: Why It Falls Apart When the Routine Does Most content about ADHD and summer focuses on tips: build a routine, use a timer, get outside. This isn’t that post. This post is about the clinical reasons summer can be harder for many ADHD and AuDHD brains. Not what to […]
Why Summer Transitions Are So Hard When You Have ADHD (It’s Not the Schedule)
Why Summer Transitions Are So Hard When You Have ADHD (It’s Not the Schedule) Sometime in May, something shifts. School calendars fill with end-of-year events. Social media fills with countdown posts and sunshine aesthetics. And for a lot of parents with ADHD, something quietly tightens. Maybe it shows up as irritability that feels out of […]