Karen LuciaIf you're a professional with ADHD, you've likely experienced this executive function paradox: having the intelligence and skills to excel in your field, while simultaneously struggling with the very cognitive processes that make professional success possible. It's not about capability. It's about how your beautifully complex ADHD brain manages executive functions differently.
Karen LuciaThat report deadline looms just hours away. Your notes are scattered across three different apps. Your brain knows exactly what needs to happen, yet starting feels impossibly overwhelming. This isn't procrastination or laziness, it's executive dysfunction, a common challenge for professionals with ADHD.
Karen LuciaEver notice how your ADHD medication feels like it's working perfectly one week, then completely abandons you the next? Or how you can tackle your to-do list like a productivity goddess around ovulation, but come pre-period, you're forgetting where you put your keys while holding them? You're not imagining things, and you're definitely not alone.