Welcome to the ADHD-ish ™ Blog
If you've ever Googled "why can't I just get my act together" at midnight, you're in the right place.
The ADHD-ish™ Blog is where business strategy meets brain science — written for entrepreneurs and small business owners who are tired of advice that wasn't designed for the way their minds actually work.
Whether you're officially diagnosed or just ADHD-adjacent, this is your no-fluff resource for building a business that works with your brain, not against it.
What You'll Find on the ADHD-ish ™ Blog
Every blog is grounded in 20+ years of clinical experience and real-world business strategy — not toxic positivity and generic productivity hacks.
Browse the blog for episodes, frameworks, and straight-talk insights on focus, decision-making, pricing, boundaries, and everything else nobody warned you about when you started your business.
New to the ADHD-ish Blog? Start anywhere. That's kind of our thing.
Oh, and if you’re more of a listener than a reader, check out the top-rated ADHD-ish™ podcast!
Why You Need a Strategist Before You Hire an Operator or COO
Hiring a COO for a small business — or an operations manager, or an online business manager (essentially a really good VA) — is the most reasonable-sounding but fundamentally wrong move I see business owners with ADHD make. It looks logical. It looks like the next best step. It looks like the thing a “serious” business owner does. And a significant percentage of the time, it's an expensive way to postpone dealing with the real problem.
And before you come for me, let me be clear. I'm not anti-operations. I recommend operational hires all the time. But the order matters more than most business owners realize and getting it backwards costs them double.
How Your ADHD Coach Prepares You to Work With a Business Strategist
If you're trying to figure out the difference between an ADHD coach and a business strategist, there's an excellent chance you’re not just doing research or obsessed with semantics. You're most likely six months to two years into coaching that genuinely helped and you've hit a wall you can't quite name. You're doing the things. You're doing them consistently. And something is still off.
I want to tell you what that wall is, because it’s not your imagination and it’s also not what you might think it is.