Welcome to the Brain Library — a cosy little corner where all my favourite thoughts end up.
You’ll find ADHD insights, tiny tools, creative musings, short stories, and whatever else my busy brain refuses to keep to itself. Dip in, wander, enjoy, and take whatever helps or delights you.
The tyranny of good intentions
From brushing your teeth to stockpiling: sweeping the ADHD mindfield I woke up this morning to a message from a friend who’s…
I See You Shiver with Antici…pation!
Or How to Savour Every Morsel of Life I love it when social media feeds me something that immediately makes me go,…
How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one, but the light bulb really needs to want to change. “If you feel safe in the area you’re working in,…
How to Make Time for Bedtime
On non-perceived time, sensory autonomy and the luxury of choosing what we allow. I’ve always been a terrible sleeper. The famed night…
Shy is a very cute word for terrified
When I was a child, I was known as being incredibly shy. Cripplingly shy, in fact. Which tends to surprise people now,…
Born Bad? Or How We Got So Good at Assuming the Worst
I’ve just finished watching the new adaptation of East of Eden, and it’s sent me down a rabbit hole, quite literally. We…
‘If I Could Just…’ Or the Self-Torture Formula
How many times have you told yourself, ‘If I could just…’? If I could just get up earlier. If I could just…
The Gift of Incompetence, or How to Stop Being Everybody Else’s Side Brain
Some people pour years of patience and attention into a practice: yoga, tai chi, meditation, the exquisite art of trimming a bonsai…
Why Face-to-Face Is Wrong for Tough Conversations
We have this strange idea that if a conversation really matters, we should have it face to face. It is somehow considered…
Don’t Abandon Yourself. Don’t Be a D*ck.
I have drawn two guiding principles for myself recently, and they are not especially sophisticated. No worksheets, no acronym, no laminated therapeutic…
The art of the pause
In my sessions, I talk A LOT about the art of the pause, and the regularity with which it shows up in…
What is procrastination trying to tell you?
What if the thing you keep fighting is actually trying to help you? ‘Flipping heck, I’m fucking about again.’ We are remarkably…
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