by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re heading into the holidays already bracing for meltdowns, power struggles, or emotional blow-ups, you’re not alone. And if things are already feeling harder now, even before school is out, with more dysregulation, more resistance, and more big feelings,...
by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Nov 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
For the adults who carry busy minds, big hearts, endless tabs open, and a nervous system that loves novelty, comfort, and simplicity. Every year when I create the Adult ADHD Gift Guide, I find myself thinking about the themes that come up again and again in my...
by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Gifts that feel fun, aesthetic, sensory-friendly, and teen-approved, not “tools to fix yourself.” Creating the Teen Gift Guide always feels special. I work with so many ADHD and AuDHD teens (and I’m parenting an almost teen myself), so I have a front-row seat to the...
by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome to this year’s ADHD Gift Guide! This is my fourth (!!!) year putting one of these together, and it continues to be a total labour of love. I spend my days talking to ADHD and AuDHD kids, listening to what lights them up, what overwhelms them, and what...
by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Nov 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last Week: Understanding Rejection Sensitivity Last week, I introduced the concept of Rejection Sensitivity (RSD) and explored what it feels like when an ADHD brain interprets feedback or disconnection as deep personal rejection. If you missed that post, you can read...
by Erica Neilson Mahoney | Oct 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Moment It Happens and What’s Underneath It You tell your child, “No, not right now,” and their whole body stiffens. Eyes well up. Then comes the storm: anger, shame, a slammed door, maybe tears on both sides. That’s ADHD rejection sensitivity. It’s not defiance,...
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