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The Biology of Burnout in ADHDers: What Your Nervous System is Trying to Tell You
Burnout can appear when we least expect it. It’s like hitting an invisible wall; we cannot bring ourselves to answer a single email, and well-meaning friends tell us to “just get some sleep” or “take a weekend to relax.” We… Continue reading
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Stop the Guilt: Finding Accountability for ADHD Success
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me to “just try harder,” I could probably fund my own neuroscience lab (or my in vitro plants lab). Traditional productivity advice often fails people with ADHD because it is… Continue reading
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I haven’t re-read books since I was a kid.
This is something that pops into my mind from time to time. I am not the type of person who re-reads a book. I usually read them and move on, seldom ever returning to read a specific part (something I… Continue reading
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2016-2017 were awful years for me
The Perfect Storm of Crisis I remember those years vividly because the crisis in Venezuela was intensifying daily. It was incredibly hard to buy food, and there were days when we did not have any protein to eat. We were… Continue reading
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Watching From Afar: Processing the Venezuela Earthquakes and How We Can Help
Note: Go to the end of the article to find links on how to help. On June 24, 2026, the ground shook in a way my home country has not experienced in more than a century. Two powerful earthquakes struck… Continue reading
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Tricks I use to sleep better that can help you too
Oh my… I have tried so many things to sleep better! And I’m glad that I did. Now I know that I’m the kind of person who needs more than the “regular” 7-8 hours of sleep. For a long time,… Continue reading
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I only speak three languages…
I said that to one of my accountability partners, and she told me… “Oh, well, I only speak one.” It made me realize that speaking Spanish (my mother language), English (my second language), and Portuguese (my third language) was not… Continue reading
