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The Blog: Coaching, Business Support & Neurodivergent Insights
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Welcome to the blog. Here you’ll find calm, honest, neurodivergent-informed guidance on ADHD, Autism, Access to Work, coaching, business support and more.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, overloaded, or just ready for things to work differently — there’s something here for you.

ADHD & Autism Coaching
Support for late-diagnosed, self-identified, or overwhelmed neurodivergent adults navigating life, work, burnout, and executive dysfunction. Real strategies that work with your brain, not against it. Sarah Hardy Coaching & Business Support, Manchester, UK, Remote.


Why ADHD Procrastination Is About Control, Not Laziness
ADHD procrastination is often misunderstood as laziness. This article explores avoidance, urgency, executive functioning, and how conscious choice creates change without shame.
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ADHD Business Coach: What It Actually Is (And Why Regular Business Coaching Doesn't Work)
ADHD business coaching isn't about productivity hacks. It's about working with your brain when executive function, time blindness, and overwhelm make running a business impossible.
5 min read


ADHD and Burnout: Why Trying to Work Like Everyone Else Doesn’t Work
For so many of my clients, “productivity” has always felt like a moving target. They’ve tried every planner, colour-coded system, and time-blocking method out there and still ended up burnt out. As a Manchester based ADHD coach, I see this all the time. Most people with ADHD or executive functioning challenges aren’t short on effort; they’re working against systems that were never built for how their brain actually works. Coaching isn’t about teaching you to fit into that mou
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ADHD Group Coaching for Women: Stop Spinning, Start Moving Forward
Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or constantly procrastinating? Our ADHD Group Coaching programme for women helps you beat people-pleasing, burnout, and endless to-do lists with strategies that actually work. Join six supportive sessions over three months and connect with women who get it. September cohort starts soon - limited spaces.
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Exclusive ADHD Group Coaching for Self-Discovered & Late-Diagnosed Women
Exclusive ADHD Group Coaching for Self-Discovered & Late-Diagnosed Women
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When You Know What To Do But Can’t Do It: The Hidden Impact of Executive Function Challenges on Daily Life
Knowing what to do but feeling unable to start is a daily struggle for many neurodivergent people. This post explains how executive function challenges affect your ability to take action — and offers realistic, shame-free strategies to help.
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Why You Keep Putting Off Coaching... And How to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time
You said you wanted this. You even booked the call. But here you are, rescheduling again, waiting for life to calm down, waiting to feel...
3 min read


10 Things I Don’t Hate About Having ADHD
We see it often, ADHD gets a lot of bad press and it CAN be a lot. The impulsivity, the executive dysfunction, the emotional...
3 min read


Access to Work: How to Use the Grant to Fund Coaching or Business Support (Even If You’re Self-Employed)
If you’re neurodivergent and struggling with work, whether in employment or running your own business, you might be eligible for government-funded help and most people don’t realise just how accessible that support can be. The Access to Work (ATW) scheme is one of the UK’s most underused resources for neurodivergent adults. It can fund coaching, admin support, assistive technology and more, including practical, day-to-day help that makes work manageable again. As someone who
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Coaching vs Therapy: How to Know What You Actually Need
If you’ve been feeling stuck, exhausted or like something needs to change but you're not sure what kind of support to look for, you’re...
3 min read


ADHD, Autism & Overwhelm: Why You’re Not Coping (and What Actually Helps)
If you’ve found yourself asking “Why can’t I just get it together?”, you're not alone and you're not broken. Whether you’ve been recently...
3 min read


Why Mental Health Can Look Different for Neurodivergent People
You’ve probably heard the phrase “it’s okay to not be okay.” But what if your version of “not okay” has never looked like anyone else’s?...
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Neurodiversity in the Workplace: Why Coaching and Strategy Support Should Be Part of Your Inclusion Plan
If you're an HR professional , L&D manager , or EDI lead , chances are you’re looking for ways to better support your neurodivergent...
3 min read


Executive Functioning, ADHD, and Autism – Why the Glaringly Obvious Isn’t Always So Obvious
Executive functioning skills are the unseen engine behind everything we do—planning, organising, remembering tasks, and adapting to...
7 min read


Mum Guilt is Stealing Your Joy—Here’s How to Let It Go
You feel like you’re not doing enough. You’re pulled in a million directions, stretched so thin that you’re running on empty—yet, somehow, there’s always that whisper in the back of your mind telling you that you should be doing more. 💭 “I should be more patient.” 💭 “I should play with them more.” 💭 “I should be more organised, healthier, calmer, better.” Even when you’re giving everything you have , it never quite feels like enough. This is mum guilt , and it’s stealing y
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“It’s Not That Big of a Deal…” But What If It Is? Why Some People Just Can’t “Let It Go”
When someone tells us, "It's not a big deal," what they often mean is "This doesn’t matter to me" or "I don’t see why you care so much." But the reality is that meaning is subjective. What is insignificant to one person may carry immense weight for another. For some, especially those with a strong sense of justice, letting things go isn’t about stubbornness or overreaction—it’s about deeply ingrained values , moral clarity , and sometimes even neurological wiring . The Ro
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Why Can’t I Just Sit Still? The ADHD Discomfort with Rest & Stillness
Do you ever feel like you can’t stop moving, thinking, or doing something—anything? Maybe you sit down to relax, only to feel an immediate, uncomfortable urge to get up and do something “productive.” Or perhaps you finally have a break, but instead of enjoying it, your brain starts spiraling through all the things you should be doing . If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. ADHD makes stillness feel unnatural—sometimes even unbearable. But why does this happen? And what
3 min read


Why ADHD Makes Transitions So Hard (And How to Make Them Easier)
Do you ever find yourself stuck on the sofa , knowing you should get up and go to bed but feeling physically unable to move ?
4 min read


Self-Awareness Means Nothing Without Action: A Late-Diagnosed ADHD Parent's Guide to Thriving.
Parenting with ADHD: Why Self-Awareness Means Nothing Without Action Parenting with ADHD can feel like a whirlwind of guilt, chaos, and...
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Decision Paralysis in ADHD Parents: How to Make Big Choices for Your Kids Without Losing Sleep
Being a parent means making decisions every day—but for those of us with ADHD, certain choices feel impossibly heavy. Decisions that...
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