Writing on ADHD, faith, and mental health

Adult ADHD

Myth: ADHD Is Overdiagnosed. What the Numbers Actually Show

Diagnosis rates have risen sharply, which looks like overdiagnosis. The evidence points to a more complicated picture: overdiagnosis in some groups, large.

October 17, 2026 · 6 min read

Clinicians

ADHD and Comorbid Anxiety: Sequencing Treatment in Counseling

When an adult has both ADHD and an anxiety disorder, which to treat first, how the two interact in session, and how to adapt CBT for a client who cannot sustain attention.

October 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

ADHD and Depression: Why They Travel Together and How to Treat Both

Adults with ADHD are several times more likely to experience depression, and the two are often confused. How ADHD produces depression, how to tell them.

October 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Adult ADHD

Does ADHD Get Worse With Age? What Changes at 40, 50, and 60

Hyperactivity fades, inattention does not, and midlife removes the supports that hid ADHD for decades. What changes by decade, and why so many adults are first diagnosed after 40.

October 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Clinicians

ADHD Differential Diagnosis: A Working Checklist for Counselors

How to tell ADHD from anxiety, trauma, depression, sleep disorders, and learning disabilities in the intake room, and what to do when two of them are true at once.

October 9, 2026 · 7 min read

Faith

ADHD, Shame, and the Gospel: Why 'Try Harder' Fails

Most adults with ADHD have heard 'try harder' ten thousand times by age 20 and turned it into a theology. Why effort-based advice makes ADHD worse, and what the gospel actually says to a scattered mind.

October 8, 2026 · 7 min read

Clinicians

ADHD and Comorbid Anxiety: Sequencing Treatment in Counseling

When an adult has both ADHD and an anxiety disorder, which to treat first, how the two interact in session, and how to adapt CBT for a client who cannot sustain attention.

October 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Clinicians

ADHD Differential Diagnosis: A Working Checklist for Counselors

How to tell ADHD from anxiety, trauma, depression, sleep disorders, and learning disabilities in the intake room, and what to do when two of them are true at once.

October 9, 2026 · 7 min read

Clinicians

ADHD Testing and LPC Scope of Practice: How the Rules Vary by State

Whether a licensed professional counselor can conduct ADHD testing depends on three separate systems, not one. Here is the framework, the board for all 50 states and DC, and how to verify your own.

August 26, 2026 · 14 min read

Strategies

ADHD and Overstimulation: A Clinician Guide

Protecting attention in an overstimulated world: 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 practical application for reducing cognitive noise.

March 16, 2026 · 6 min read

Faith

ADHD, Shame, and the Gospel: Why 'Try Harder' Fails

Most adults with ADHD have heard 'try harder' ten thousand times by age 20 and turned it into a theology. Why effort-based advice makes ADHD worse, and what the gospel actually says to a scattered mind.

October 8, 2026 · 7 min read

Faith

Spiritual Disciplines as ADHD Treatment: What Ancient Practices Get Right About Attention

Fixed hours of prayer, weekly rest, fasting, confession, memorized scripture. Long before anyone named executive function, religious communities built structures that do exactly what ADHD treatment tries to do. Here is how to use them deliberately.

September 8, 2026 · 9 min read

Faith

Faith and Therapy Don’t Have to Conflict

Clinical integrity and Christian faith can hold together. What the research says about religion and mental health, and what that looks like in a real counseling room.

July 14, 2026 · 5 min read

Faith

ADHD and Anxiety: What to Do When Your Brain Won’t Stop

A clinical and theological look at why ADHD and anxiety travel together, and three practical steps for the mind that will not quiet down.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Faith

The Whole-Person Picture Most People Miss

What ADHD actually is, why it’s not a willpower problem, and why understanding it well requires more than a clinical diagnosis.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Faith

Why “Just Focus” Was Always Terrible Spiritual Advice

If prayer and stillness leave you feeling like a failure, the problem may not be your faith — it may be that the practices weren’t built for an ADHD mind.

May 12, 2026 · 6 min read

Parenting

ADHD and Sleep in Kids: Bedtime Battles and What Actually Helps

Why children with ADHD fight bedtime, what the research says about sleep and attention, and a five-step routine parents can start this week without a prescription.

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read

Parenting

The October Slump: Why Kids With ADHD Fall Apart Six Weeks Into the School Year

Why children with ADHD look fine in September and unravel in October: the novelty effect, rising executive demands, and what parents should do this week.

October 1, 2026 · 9 min read

Parenting

How to Talk to Your Child About Their ADHD Diagnosis, by Age

Your child has the results. Now they need to hear about it from you. What to say, what to leave out, and how to keep the door open, with scripts for a 7-year-old, an 11-year-old, and a teenager.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min read

Testing

ADHD Testing for College Students in Grand Rapids: Accommodations and What Schools Require

Extended time, a quiet testing room, priority registration. What Grand Rapids area colleges ask for before they grant ADHD accommodations, and how to get an evaluation that clears the bar the first time.

September 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Parenting

Your Kid Isn’t Lazy. The Task Is Too Big.

Task initiation looks like defiance from the outside. Here is what the research says is actually happening, and the change that helps most.

August 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Parenting

ADHD in Children and Teens: A Guide for Parents

What the diagnosis means, what actually helps at each age, how to work with a school, and the one thing that predicts long-term outcomes more than any intervention.

August 13, 2026 · 10 min read

Adults

Girls and Women Get Diagnosed Late. Here Is Why.

The presentation is less visible, the referral pathways were built around boys, and the cost of the delay is measurable.

June 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Parenting

How to Help a Child with ADHD Without Medication

Structure, routines, sleep, movement, and behavior strategies that hold up under evidence — a guide for parents.

May 21, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Signs of ADHD in Childhood I Didn’t Recognize Until Adulthood

Inconsistent reading groups, forgotten instructions, a Cheez-Its box mid-game — the early signs of ADHD that looked like unevenness, not a disorder.

March 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Parenting

The October Slump: Why Kids With ADHD Fall Apart Six Weeks Into the School Year

Why children with ADHD look fine in September and unravel in October: the novelty effect, rising executive demands, and what parents should do this week.

October 1, 2026 · 9 min read

Testing

ADHD Testing for College Students in Grand Rapids: Accommodations and What Schools Require

Extended time, a quiet testing room, priority registration. What Grand Rapids area colleges ask for before they grant ADHD accommodations, and how to get an evaluation that clears the bar the first time.

September 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Testing

ADHD vs. Trauma: Why the Symptoms Overlap and How Testing Tells Them Apart

Inattention, restlessness, emotional volatility, poor sleep. Both ADHD and trauma produce them. The differences are in the history, the pattern, and what the objective data shows.

August 30, 2026 · 9 min read

Clinicians

ADHD Testing and LPC Scope of Practice: How the Rules Vary by State

Whether a licensed professional counselor can conduct ADHD testing depends on three separate systems, not one. Here is the framework, the board for all 50 states and DC, and how to verify your own.

August 26, 2026 · 14 min read

Testing

ADHD Testing in Grand Rapids and Byron Center, MI

What a comprehensive ADHD evaluation actually involves at my two West Michigan locations — the process, the timeline, the cost, and how to decide whether you need one.

August 24, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Three Misdiagnoses Before Anyone Said ADHD

Anxiety, depression, and burnout all borrow ADHD’s symptoms. Here is how a careful evaluation tells them apart — and why it takes so long.

August 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Testing

What a Real ADHD Evaluation Includes

Interview, standardized measures, collateral input, differential diagnosis, and a written report. Why each piece is there, and what a computer test can and cannot tell you.

August 4, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

Why Psychiatry, Not Your Family Doctor

Both can prescribe. What the research says about why titration, follow-up, and the co-occurring picture usually belong with a specialist.

July 21, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

Do I Have ADHD? How to Actually Find Out

Why a checklist cannot answer the question, what an actual evaluation involves, and a more useful path than another online quiz.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

Signs of ADHD Most People Miss

Emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, hyperfocus, time blindness — the signs that carry the heaviest cost because they go unnamed the longest.

July 13, 2026 · 8 min read

Faith

The Whole-Person Picture Most People Miss

What ADHD actually is, why it’s not a willpower problem, and why understanding it well requires more than a clinical diagnosis.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

Is ADHD Just a Trend? What to Do With What You’re Seeing Online

Overdiagnosis, self-diagnosis, and why a video that names something true in you is a doorway rather than a diagnosis.

June 4, 2026 · 9 min read

Testing

What Does ADHD Testing Cost in West Michigan?

Real ADHD testing prices in Grand Rapids and Byron Center, plus how insurance coverage works for adults and children. Clear answers, no runaround.

May 28, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Signs of ADHD in Childhood I Didn’t Recognize Until Adulthood

Inconsistent reading groups, forgotten instructions, a Cheez-Its box mid-game — the early signs of ADHD that looked like unevenness, not a disorder.

March 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

ADHD and Perfectionism: Why All-or-Nothing Thinking Is a Symptom, Not a Standard

Why perfectionism and ADHD so often travel together, how all-or-nothing thinking grows out of executive function deficits and shame, and what loosens its grip.

September 29, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

ADHD and Marriage: How the Nag-and-Withdraw Cycle Starts, and How Couples Break It

One partner feels like a parent. The other feels like a child who can never get it right. Neither chose the role. ADHD in a marriage produces a predictable pattern, and naming it is the first step out.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Why Criticism Lands So Hard With ADHD: Rejection Sensitivity, Explained

A neutral comment from a boss ruins the day. A friend takes an hour to text back and you are sure they are done with you. Many adults with ADHD describe an emotional reaction to perceived rejection that is out of all proportion. Here is what is going on and what helps.

September 9, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

ADHD and Marriage: What the Research Shows

How ADHD affects marriage, why inattentive symptoms hurt relationships most, and what actually helps couples navigate it well.

July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

Emotional Regulation Is an ADHD Symptom, Not a Character Flaw

It is not in the diagnostic criteria, but it may be the most impairing part. What the research says about emotional dysregulation in ADHD.

July 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

Why You’re Always Running Late (It Isn’t Disrespect)

Time blindness is a wiring problem, not a character flaw. Three ideas, two quotes, and one thing to try this week.

July 2, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Why ADHD Treatment Fails: The Shame Nobody Talks About

Shame is the hidden reason so many ADHD treatments don’t work. The clinical mechanism — and what to do about it.

May 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: The Emotional Core of ADHD

If rejection has always hit you harder than it should, there’s a reason. What RSD is, why it happens in ADHD, and what actually helps.

April 28, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation: Why Feelings Feel Bigger With ADHD

Faster emotional activation, slower regulatory braking. Why emotional dysregulation is a central feature of ADHD, not a personality issue.

March 8, 2026 · 8 min read

Strategies

The Medication Gap Plan: A Week-by-Week ADHD Bridge

A four-week plan for the days your ADHD prescription cannot be filled: what to do in the first 48 hours, what to protect each week, and when to call a clinician.

October 2, 2026 · 5 min read

Faith

Spiritual Disciplines as ADHD Treatment: What Ancient Practices Get Right About Attention

Fixed hours of prayer, weekly rest, fasting, confession, memorized scripture. Long before anyone named executive function, religious communities built structures that do exactly what ADHD treatment tries to do. Here is how to use them deliberately.

September 8, 2026 · 9 min read

Strategies

How to Manage ADHD Without Medication: An Adult’s Guide

A structural approach for adults managing ADHD without stimulants — build the environment first, stop relying on recall, and pick the two changes that matter most.

August 22, 2026 · 9 min read

Strategies

Non-Medication ADHD Treatments: Sorting Evidence From Hype

Neurofeedback, omega-3s, elimination diets, brain training apps, supplements. What the research supports, what is unsettled, and what is being oversold.

August 20, 2026 · 8 min read

Strategies

Evidence-Based ADHD Strategies for Focus and Attention

Not a list of tips. A short set of strategies with actual research behind them, organized by the mechanism they address.

August 18, 2026 · 7 min read

Strategies

ADHD Treatment: Medication vs. Non-Medication Options

A straight comparison — what each approach does well, what it cannot do, and why the framing as a choice between them is usually the wrong framing.

August 8, 2026 · 9 min read

Strategies

ADHD and Deadlines: Why Urgency Works, and How to Borrow It

The night before, the work suddenly becomes possible. Understanding why urgency unlocks an ADHD brain lets you manufacture some of it deliberately.

August 4, 2026 · 6 min read

Strategies

The Five-Minute Practice That Actually Sticks

Most focus routines fail because they are too long to start. Here is what the behavior-change research says about building one that survives a bad week.

July 28, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

7 ADHD Hacks That Actually Work

Small adjustments that reduce daily friction — from visible storage to temptation bundling. Take the ones that fit and skip the rest.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Strategies

ADHD and Productivity: Why Standard Advice Fails

Why typical productivity systems don’t work for ADHD brains, what actually helps, and why your worth was never tied to your output.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Strategies

ADHD Without Medication: What Actually Works

What the evidence says about managing ADHD without medication, what genuinely helps, and where non-medication approaches fall short.

July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

How to Deal With ADHD: 7 Practical Strategies

Practical, everyday strategies for managing ADHD, from externalizing memory to handling shame, without oversimplifying the struggle.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Strategies

How to Get Motivated: 6 Strategies That Work

Motivation is not a character trait you either have or do not. It is something you can engineer.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Strategies

Sleep and ADHD: Which One Is Causing the Other?

Short sleep produces inattention in anyone. ADHD makes sleep harder. Untangling the loop is one of the highest-yield things you can do.

June 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

What the Research Actually Says About Exercise and ADHD

Real effects, modest size, no cure. A straight reading of the evidence — and how to use it without overpromising.

June 23, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

Do ADHD Supplements Work? An Honest Reading

Omega-3s, iron, zinc, and elimination diets — what the meta-analyses show, what they do not, and where the marketing gets ahead of the science.

June 2, 2026 · 5 min read

Parenting

How to Help a Child with ADHD Without Medication

Structure, routines, sleep, movement, and behavior strategies that hold up under evidence — a guide for parents.

May 21, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Why ADHD Treatment Fails: The Shame Nobody Talks About

Shame is the hidden reason so many ADHD treatments don’t work. The clinical mechanism — and what to do about it.

May 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Strategies

Your ADHD Medication Is Unavailable. Here’s What to Do Right Now.

The ADHD stimulant shortage began in 2022 and remains unresolved. What is happening, why, and the evidence-based clinical bridge that actually helps.

May 2, 2026 · 8 min read

Strategies

ADHD and Motivation: Why Task Initiation Feels So Hard

ADHD motivation struggles are often about activation, not laziness. Three ideas, two quotes, and one thing to try this week.

March 18, 2026 · 5 min read

Adult ADHD

Myth: ADHD Is Overdiagnosed. What the Numbers Actually Show

October 17, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

ADHD and Depression: Why They Travel Together and How to Treat Both

October 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Adult ADHD

Does ADHD Get Worse With Age? What Changes at 40, 50, and 60

October 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Adult ADHD

ADHD and Interoception: Why You Forget to Eat, Drink, and Rest

October 3, 2026 · 10 min read

Adults

ADHD and Perfectionism: Why All-or-Nothing Thinking Is a Symptom, Not a Standard

Why perfectionism and ADHD so often travel together, how all-or-nothing thinking grows out of executive function deficits and shame, and what loosens its grip.

September 29, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

ADHD and Marriage: How the Nag-and-Withdraw Cycle Starts, and How Couples Break It

One partner feels like a parent. The other feels like a child who can never get it right. Neither chose the role. ADHD in a marriage produces a predictable pattern, and naming it is the first step out.

September 9, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Why Criticism Lands So Hard With ADHD: Rejection Sensitivity, Explained

A neutral comment from a boss ruins the day. A friend takes an hour to text back and you are sure they are done with you. Many adults with ADHD describe an emotional reaction to perceived rejection that is out of all proportion. Here is what is going on and what helps.

September 9, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

ADHD Across the Lifespan: How the Same Condition Looks Different at 6, 16, 36, and 66

ADHD is not a childhood condition that some people fail to outgrow. It is a lifelong difference in brain development whose symptoms change shape as the demands of life change. Knowing what to expect at each stage changes what you look for and what helps.

September 8, 2026 · 10 min read

Adults

ADHD and Clutter: Why the Piles Come Back No Matter How Often You Clean

The chair covered in clothes, the counter that eats mail, the keys that are never where you left them. Clutter with ADHD is not a character flaw. It is a predictable output of how the brain handles objects, and it responds to a different kind of fix.

September 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

ADHD and Money: Why Impulsive Spending Is a Symptom, and What to Do About It

Late fees, forgotten subscriptions, purchases you cannot explain a week later. Adults with ADHD carry more debt and less savings than their peers, and the reason is not that they are bad with money. The reason is the disorder itself.

September 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Three Misdiagnoses Before Anyone Said ADHD

Anxiety, depression, and burnout all borrow ADHD’s symptoms. Here is how a careful evaluation tells them apart — and why it takes so long.

August 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

ADHD and the Overloaded Mind: Why Focus Keeps Slipping

The unfinished things you are carrying consume attention even when you are not working on them. That is the load, and it is why focus fails before the task begins.

August 6, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Why Psychiatry, Not Your Family Doctor

Both can prescribe. What the research says about why titration, follow-up, and the co-occurring picture usually belong with a specialist.

July 21, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

ADHD and Dopamine: What the Research Actually Shows

A clear look at the dopamine hypothesis of ADHD, what the research supports, what it doesn’t, and why brain chemistry isn’t the whole story.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

ADHD and Marriage: What the Research Shows

How ADHD affects marriage, why inattentive symptoms hurt relationships most, and what actually helps couples navigate it well.

July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

ADHD in Men: 6 Things You Should Know

Why men get caught early and misread later, and what tends to go unaddressed once the hyperactivity fades.

July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

ADHD in Women: 6 Things You Should Know

Why it is missed for years, and what makes it look different from the male-centered stereotype.

July 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

ADHD in Women: Why It’s Missed and What to Do

Why ADHD in women is so often missed or misdiagnosed, how it presents differently, and a whole-person approach to getting real help.

July 13, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Do I Have ADHD? How to Actually Find Out

Why a checklist cannot answer the question, what an actual evaluation involves, and a more useful path than another online quiz.

July 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

Signs of ADHD Most People Miss

Emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, hyperfocus, time blindness — the signs that carry the heaviest cost because they go unnamed the longest.

July 13, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Understanding ADHD Symptoms: Beyond the Checklist

A clear breakdown of ADHD symptoms, inattentive and hyperactive, and why a checklist alone never fully explains what’s going on.

July 13, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Emotional Regulation Is an ADHD Symptom, Not a Character Flaw

It is not in the diagnostic criteria, but it may be the most impairing part. What the research says about emotional dysregulation in ADHD.

July 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Strategies

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How ADHD Working Memory Really Works

Why tasks disappear the moment they leave your sight, why trying harder makes it worse, and five ways to build a world that remembers for you.

June 18, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Executive Function, Explained Without the Jargon

Six systems, in plain language, and what it looks like when each one is running short.

June 16, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

Girls and Women Get Diagnosed Late. Here Is Why.

The presentation is less visible, the referral pathways were built around boys, and the cost of the delay is measurable.

June 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Adults

Is ADHD Just a Trend? What to Do With What You’re Seeing Online

Overdiagnosis, self-diagnosis, and why a video that names something true in you is a doorway rather than a diagnosis.

June 4, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

ADHD or Anxiety? How to Tell the Difference

The two share a great deal of surface territory while arising from very different sources. What actually separates them, and why a checklist cannot.

May 28, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Why ADHD Treatment Fails: The Shame Nobody Talks About

Shame is the hidden reason so many ADHD treatments don’t work. The clinical mechanism — and what to do about it.

May 2, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: The Emotional Core of ADHD

If rejection has always hit you harder than it should, there’s a reason. What RSD is, why it happens in ADHD, and what actually helps.

April 28, 2026 · 9 min read

Adults

ADHD and Task Switching: Why Transitions Feel So Hard

Three ideas, two quotes, and one thing to try this week on why switching tasks costs an ADHD brain more than people realize.

March 31, 2026 · 6 min read

Adults

ADHD and Mental Fatigue: Why Your Brain Gets Tired Faster

The brain fog that arrives by mid-afternoon isn’t weakness — it is executive system exhaustion, and the mechanism is measurable.

March 20, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

ADHD and Overwhelm: Why Everything Feels Like Too Much

Not stress, not busyness — neurological saturation. Why the ADHD brain reaches overload faster, and how to reduce the load.

March 17, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

ADHD and Time Blindness: Why Time Feels Different With ADHD

’Where did the time go?’ Time blindness is not poor planning — it is impaired temporal self-regulation, and it can be scaffolded.

March 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Hyperfocus in ADHD: When Intense Focus Becomes a Hidden Symptom

’If I can focus like that, how do I have ADHD?’ Hyperfocus doesn’t disprove ADHD — it clarifies it.

March 13, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

Executive Dysfunction Is Not Laziness: Understanding ADHD and Self-Control

The difference between laziness and executive dysfunction changes everything: one path leads to burnout, the other to adaptation.

March 12, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

Signs of ADHD in Childhood I Didn’t Recognize Until Adulthood

Inconsistent reading groups, forgotten instructions, a Cheez-Its box mid-game — the early signs of ADHD that looked like unevenness, not a disorder.

March 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Adults

What ADHD Actually Is: The Neurobiology Behind the Symptoms

ADHD is not laziness or a character flaw. A look at the frontostriatal circuits, dopamine signaling, and executive systems behind the symptoms.

March 9, 2026 · 8 min read

Adults

ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation: Why Feelings Feel Bigger With ADHD

Faster emotional activation, slower regulatory braking. Why emotional dysregulation is a central feature of ADHD, not a personality issue.

March 8, 2026 · 8 min read