Your brain is the central hub for everything you do – memory, focus, emotional balance, decision-making, even metabolism and how you age. But like every organ, it bears the wear and tear of daily life. Cognitive decline doesn’t usually arrive all at once; instead, it creeps in over decades of tiny choices – from how […]
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For many women with ADHD, midlife doesn’t feel like a gentle transition. It’s more like something quietly, then suddenly, stops working. Focus becomes harder to hold. Emotional regulation feels more fragile. Overwhelm arrives faster and lingers longer. The coping strategies that once kept life ticking over no longer seem reliable. If you’ve found yourself wondering
Hormones and ADHD: what changes during perimenopause and menopause? Read More »
For many neurodivergent women, pregnancy and early motherhood are remembered as intense, disorientating, and strangely lonely – even when they were deeply wanted experiences. Some women only recognise their neurodivergence years later, looking back and realising how much they were coping without language, understanding or support. Others enter pregnancy already aware they are autistic,
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Intention is a beautiful thing. It’s hopeful, future-facing and full of promise. But intention on its own? She’s a bit of a dreamer. She needs discipline as her steady, grounded partner if anything is actually going to happen. This realisation landed with a gentle thud for me recently, on what was supposed to be a very well-structured
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For many women in midlife, there’s a moment where things stop adding up. You lose words mid-sentence. You walk into rooms and forget why. Tasks that once felt manageable now feel impossibly heavy. Your brain seems noisy, scattered, slow or overloaded – sometimes all at once. And the question quietly forms: What is
Brain fog, overwhelm and focus struggles in midlife – is it ADHD, menopause, or both? Read More »
I heard something recently that genuinely made me stop in my tracks. Until 1993, women weren’t required to be included in medical research in the US. Nineteen. Ninety. Three. I was alive. Many of you reading this were alive. This wasn’t ancient history. And while the UK didn’t completely exclude women, our systems took
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This is a question many women carry quietly, often with a layer of shame attached. Why am I struggling more now?Why do things that I used to cope with feel unbearable?Have I lost my resilience? If you’re autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or beginning to wonder whether you might be, menopause can feel like the point
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What started as a relaxed reel with a cup of tea took me down an unexpected rabbit hole… Let me explain. I was setting up to record a reel about managing overwhelm. The tripod was out, angled towards the armchair where I was sitting, ready to deliver my lines as naturally and authentically as I
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Overwhelm is one of the most common reasons women seek support in midlife – and one of the most misunderstood. It’s often described as stress, anxiety, burnout, or “not coping very well”. But for many women, especially those who are neurodivergent or hormonally shifting, overwhelm isn’t a personal failing. It’s a nervous system doing its
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A new year always invites fresh possibilities yet, for many neurodivergent women, it also brings pressure! Pressure to suddenly become organised, consistent, motivated and energised… every day… without fail… forever. If only. The truth is, if you’re neurodivergent, your motivation fluctuates as does your energy and your hormones. And your ability to execute a
