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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 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.
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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.
3 min read


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...
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


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...
2 min read


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 ....
3 min read


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...
2 min read


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...
2 min read


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...
7 min read


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...
3 min read


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...
6 min read


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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