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here’s what no one tells you about late-identified ADHD in women:it doesn’t start with hyperactivity. it starts with a q...
05/15/2026

here’s what no one tells you about late-identified ADHD in women:
it doesn’t start with hyperactivity. it starts with a quiet, persistent feeling that you are broken/different in a way you can’t explain.

so, you google ( in my case Claude) it. Right before bed. with one tab open and three others you forgot about.

these are the searches. this is the story. and if it’s yours — there’s a name for it now.

Can anyone else relate?
05/14/2026

Can anyone else relate?

05/12/2026

Ways ADHD women make great partners 🌅

Some couples stop feeling like partners long before they stop loving each other.They become researchers, schedulers, adv...
05/06/2026

Some couples stop feeling like partners long before they stop loving each other.
They become researchers, schedulers, advocates, crisis managers, and exhausted co-parents.

Especially in neurodivergent families, it’s easy for the relationship to slowly get buried under logistics, appointments, sensory overload, and survival mode.

This masterclass is for the couples who miss each other.
The couples who keep having the same conversation in different forms.
The couples who want to feel connected again — not just functional.

In this workshop, we’ll talk about:
• the pursue/withdraw cycle so many parents fall into
• why one partner often becomes the “researcher” while the other shuts down
• communication patterns in neurodivergent families
• practical ways to rebuild emotional safety and teamwork

You do not have to navigate this alone. 🤍

🗓 Wednesday, May 6th - TODAY!!!
⏰ 12pm EST
🎟 $17
📺 Replay included
Link in bio

Hosted by Dr. Taylor Day & Dr. Ali Perkinson .dr.tay

First picture was taken approximately 4 seconds before Parker decided he was DONE with this family photo energy. But tha...
05/02/2026

First picture was taken approximately 4 seconds before Parker decided he was DONE with this family photo energy.
But that face? That’s the same face a lot of parents make internally when they’re trying SO hard in their relationship and still somehow missing each other.
You’re not broken. You’re not a bad partner. You’re stuck in a pattern — and patterns can be interrupted. 🧠
Dr. Tay .dr.tay and I built a masterclass for exactly this moment. For parents of neurodiverse kiddo who are feeling exhausted & well-intentioned, who need real tools that work with how their brains are wired.
This Wednesday, May 6 at 12PM EST we’re hosting a live masterclass where we break down 3 conflict patterns — with actual word-for-word scripts.
Can’t make it live? Register anyway — You’ll get the replay. 🔗 Link in bio.

04/29/2026

Parker’s Pasta Season is going beautifully 🍝

The therapist who gets it, hallelujah 🤍
04/26/2026

The therapist who gets it, hallelujah 🤍

04/22/2026

April is Autism Acceptance Month, let’s celebrate the nuances of neurodiverse relationships 👩‍❤️‍👨

04/17/2026

My Favorite Books Friday — this is a part 2 💫📚

04/13/2026

Hope everyone had a restful weekend 💫

04/06/2026

I work with high-functioning professionals who are quietly exhausted.

They’re hitting their deadlines (mostly). They’re showing up. They’re holding it together.

And they’re also chronically overwhelmed, running on caffeine and hyperfocus, and paying what the ADHD community calls the “ADHD Tax” — the invisible cost of a brain that works differently.

I’m the founder of Connection Squared, a neurodiversity-affirming practice. I talk about this stuff for a living.

But sometimes the most powerful thing isn’t a therapy framework. It’s seeing yourself reflected back in something small. Something that makes you laugh and exhale at the same time.

So I made stickers.

“Coffee & Hyperfocused.” “ .” “Little Miss Overwhelmed.”

If this resonates — for you or someone you know — they’re available in my Etsy shop, Connection Squared.

Link in comments. 👇

NeurodiversityAtWork ADHDAtWork ConnectionSquared

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