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The Neurotypical Struggle to Understand People with ADHD

Apr 17, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Favorite Counterintuitive ADHD Tips

Sep 4, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

Take My ADHD Advice (I'm Not Using It)

May 9, 2023 • Jesse J. Anderson

ADHD Hyperfocus

Jul 25, 2023 • Jesse J. Anderson

Year Planning Workshop: Date Change (again) + Calendar Link

Jan 8 • Jesse J. Anderson

New Year Deals + Workshop Date Change

Jan 1 • Jesse J. Anderson

Plan Your Extra Focus Year in 2026

📝 Download the 2026 workbook today!

Dec 19, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Don't say this to people with ADHD

If you don’t have ADHD, it might be hard to know how best to communicate with your friends/family that do have ADHD. Even with good intentions, you may…

Oct 29, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Get my book Extra Focus for free

October is ADHD Awareness month! So for the rest of October, I’m giving away my book, Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD!

Oct 14, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

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Plan Your Extra Focus Year workbook (2026)

Updated For 2026 - Printable PDF

Dec 19, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

START HERE—Welcome to the Member Resource Hub

Getting started for paid members of Extra Focus

Jan 22, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Full Year Horizon Calendar (2025)

Printable 24" × 36" Wall Calendar

Jan 21, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

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RECORDING: Understanding and Overcoming ADHD Overwhelm

With Meredith Carder

May 8, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

ADHD Myths Series

ADHD Myths: Only Boys Have ADHD

🔍 Debunking the myth and exploring how gender bias has left many women with ADHD struggling in silence, by Meredith Carder

Aug 27, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson and Meredith Carder

ADHD Myths: ADHD Isn't Real

Why ADHD isn't some sort of "Big Pharma" plot.

Aug 8, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

ADHD Myths: Only Kids Can Have ADHD, Not Adults

ADHD doesn't go away on your 18th birthday...

Jul 24, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

ADHD Myths: People with ADHD Can’t Focus On Anything

Why I used to think I “couldn’t possibly” have ADHD

Jul 16, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

ADHD Myths: People with ADHD Are Lazy or Lack Willpower

Why “just try harder” doesn't work for ADHD brains

Jul 9, 2024 • Jesse J. Anderson

Hope to see you there (or there, or there)

Earlier this year, I attended the inaugural NeuroDiversion conference and it was incredible! I loved it so much I wrote this at the time: NeuroDiversion…

Oct 6, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

I took 5 cold showers (not by choice)

I took 5 cold showers this last week. Five ice cold, chilling-to-the-bone, miserable showers. Not as a brag, not as some sort of challenge or effort to…

Aug 22, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

The "Do It Now" Principle

When I say “you should just do it right now...” what is the task that immediately comes to mind? There’s probably something you’ve been avoiding that…

Aug 14, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Why Is Focusing So Hard With ADHD?

Aug 8, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Jul 31, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Break it down into... how many steps?!

Jul 22, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Nerdiest camping trip ever

Jul 9, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

The Curse of "Potential"

Jul 2, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

When the vibe is off, I just can't deal

Jun 25, 2025 • Jesse J. Anderson

Extra Focus • ADHD Newsletter

Extra Focus • ADHD Newsletter

Weekly (ish) thoughts on focus and ADHD from Jesse J. Anderson, author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD.

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