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The Best Exercise For Mid-Life Women

September 16, 2025 | Renée Fishman

When it comes to exercise in mid-life, everyone seems to have a different opinion on the best modality. If you’re spinning in the web of confusion, here’s the most practical answer.

Filed Under: Fitness, Navigating Change, Perimenopause Tagged With: ADHD, dopamine, estrogen, exercise, fitness, mid-life, navigating transitions, perimenopause, workout

3 Things People With ADHD Do When Listening That Get Mistaken For Distraction

July 1, 2025 | Renée Fishman

People with ADHD listen attentively in ways that often don’t match the cultural expectations of active listening. Here are 3 behaviors that people with ADHD do when listening that often get mistaken for lack of attention.

Filed Under: ADHD Tagged With: ADHD, attention, behavior, communication, conversations, dopamine, focus, listening, strategy, tips

This Show Biz Rule Is Key to Creating Consistency

August 21, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The problem of task initiation for people with ADHD comes with a corollary: the problem of stopping once you get going. This can lead to a crash that makes consistency a challenge. A popular show business rule can help.

Filed Under: ADHD, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, consistency, crash, dopamine, habits, momentum, productivity, rest, rituals, stopping, strategies, task initiation, tasks

3 Tips to Start a Task When You’re Struggling to Get Started

August 20, 2024 | Renée Fishman

If you’ve ever struggled to start a task and received the advice to “just get started”, then you know how infuriating and shaming it can be. Here is the guide you need to get started when you’re struggling to start.

Filed Under: ADHD, Habits, Productivity Tagged With: action, ADHD, dopamine, energy, motivation, productivity, starting, starting rituals, strategies, task initiation

7 Tips for Women With ADHD to Workout Consistently

August 12, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Having a daily workout practice has been a crucial part of managing my ADHD, and a lifesaver when I’m without my ADHD meds. Here are 7 tips for ADHD women to workout consistently.

Filed Under: ADHD, Fitness, Habits, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, ADHD women, consistency, daily habits, dopamine, exercise, fitness, fitness first, habits, productivity, rituals, strategies, tips

5 Steps to Working Out When You Don’t Feel Motivated

July 28, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Knowing the benefits of exercise doesn’t help much when you just aren’t feeling energized to workout. Here are 5 steps to working out when you don’t feel motivated.

Filed Under: ADHD, Fitness, Habits, Practice Tagged With: ADHD, dopamine, exercise, fitness, fitness first, habits, motivation, neurodivergent, productivity, rituals, routines, rules, strategies

3 Reasons Why You Secretly Love the Struggle

July 16, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Does it seem like you’re always taking the hard path to every result? Here are 3 reasons why you secretly love the struggle.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, challenge, dopamine, ego, fight, obstacles, personal development, productivity, struggle, work, work ethic

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