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🧠 Struggling to keep up, but not sure why?

🚀 Feel like you’re always behind, even when you’re working twice as hard?

⚡ Ever wondered if productivity culture is making you feel like a failure?

If you’ve ever felt like life is harder than it should be—like simple tasks drain you while big ideas come easy—you might be neuro-divergent and not even know it.

Amanda is joined by Orla Fitz, a web designer, writer, and creative strategist who was diagnosed with ADHD in midlife—after years of struggling with exhaustion, burnout, and a sense of never quite being able to "keep up."

Together, they unpack ways they're learning to manage:

• ADHD, executive dysfunction & the myth of laziness—Why so many adults go undiagnosed for decades

• "Mental open tabs" & burnout—How small, unfinished tasks drain more energy than big, complex projects

• Time-blindness, organization struggles & the myth of productivity—Why some people thrive in traditional work structures while others flounder

• Un-shaming support tools—How assistive technologies (like AI!) can level the playing field for neurodivergent minds

• Why structure can actually be freeing—And how the right kind of work can make life easier, not harder

Orla shares her personal experience of being diagnosed with ADHD, the invisible struggles that come with it, and why finding the right tools & accommodations isn’t "cheating", it’s about accessibility.

🔥 If you’ve ever felt like your brain just works differently, this episode will be a game-changer.

🎧 Listen now & let’s challenge the myths of productivity, success, and self-worth—together.

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Music Credit:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Holes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ By Bradley James Grace.

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