01/10/2026
It's ADHD Awareness Month,
and I'm so grateful this month exists
It feels like the perfect time to introduce you to younger, rebel, wild child me
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 15 in the '90s,
Back when it was considered to be more of a pain in the ass than anything
I was out on ritalin to make me more manageable, and hope that it'd be the cure
but I didn't need a diagnosis to know my
brain worked differently
I grew up alongside my neurotypical twin,
so I've had a front-row seat to
the differences my entire life
What I've noticed is how differently we learn, behave, communicate + navigate the world
Even now
It's like we're running on
two totally different operating systems
I'm the creative Mac
He's the structured Windows
Growing up, I watched him get praised + thrive in systems I was drowning in,while being
told I wouldn't amount to much because of my ADHD
I spent years feeling like I was failing at things that seemed to come naturally to him
I knew I had ADHD
I just didn't understand ADHD
There was no Google
No online ADHD community
No understanding of what it actually meant
15-year-old me wishes she had access to what we have now
Community
Connection
Language
Strength-focused courses and resources
And the ability to have those
“OHHHHH, THAT'S ADHD” moments
So this ADHD Awareness Month,
I'm going to share more of the story
And how a lifetime of figuring out
my ADHD + designing a life
where I could thrive somehow brought
me full circle to supporting the community
🤍
