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The Blog: Coaching, Business Support & Neurodivergent Insights
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WELCOME
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.

Coaching
Curious about coaching? These posts explore how coaching works, how it’s different from therapy, and how it can help you move forward — especially if you’re neurodivergent or burned out.
Sarah Hardy Coaching & Business Support. UK. Manchester. Online. Remote.


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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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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You Deserve a Summer You Don’t Have to Recover From
But be honest: are you already setting yourself up for another round of burnout, guilt, and chaos? Or is this the year you finally do it...
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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...
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What ADHD Feels Like in Women Who Mask: My ADHD Isn’t Quiet
If you're searching “Do I have ADHD as a woman?” or wondering why your brain feels so noisy when no one else seems to notice, you're not...
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The Mental Load of Motherhood: Why Decision Fatigue is Draining You (and How to Lighten It)
Motherhood is more than just a role, it’s an endless cycle of planning, remembering, organising, and anticipating everyone else’s needs ....
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: ADHD Strategies That Actually Stick
Struggling to stay on top of everything, no matter how hard you try? You’re not lazy, you’re running on a system that wasn’t built for...
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Why You’re Not Lazy: ADHD, Burnout & The Real Reason You Can’t Get Things Done
You’re not lazy, you’re running on empty. If you’re stuck in a cycle of procrastination, overwhelm, and mental shutdown, you might be...
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I’ve Been Nominated for a Global Women’s Business Award 2025
I'm so excited to share that I’ve been nominated for the Women’s Business Awards 2025 ! Out of hundreds of incredible women across the UK...
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When You Know What to Do, But You Just Can’t Do It – ADHD & Executive Function Challenges
Understanding Executive Function Challenges Without Shame You’ve made the to-do list. You’ve talked about the task. You know what needs...
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Drowning in Digital Clutter? Here’s How One Session Changed Everything
Feeling overwhelmed by emails, logins, calendars and chaos? It’s time for a Digital Declutter. Three calendars. Three email accounts. No...
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When RSD Spirals Hit: How to Calm Your Nervous System When You Feel Misunderstood
If you’re Autistic or have ADHD , you might know the feeling well: You’ve just had a run-in with someone who never seems to get you , no...
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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...
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What an ADHD Business Coach Actually Does (And Why It’s Different)
Running a business when you have ADHD can feel like trying to juggle flaming swords while blindfolded. Some days you're flying. Other...
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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...
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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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