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If you’ve ever opened your laptop to “quickly” check your calendar and ended up deep-diving into why sea otters hold hands (important, but maybe not urgent), you’ve felt the impact of weakened executive function. And if you live with ADHD, burnout, anxiety, or depression, you know that your brain’s executive functioning—things like planning, organizing, initiating tasks, and staying focused—doesn’t always show up when you need it most. That’s where micro-habits come in. These

Let’s be real — we all take quizzes online to learn something about ourselves. But what if a short quiz could actually help you understand something actually impactful, like the status of your mental health? That’s exactly what screening tools like the PHQ‑9 , GAD-7, and BADS-SF do. What is the PHQ‑9? The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ‑9)  is a 9-question self-assessment designed to help screen for depression. It asks how often you’ve experienced symptoms like low mood,

Living with adult ADHD often feels like running dozens of open tabs on a computer that just can’t keep up. Your mind jumps from idea to idea, the to-do list never ends, and executive function seems to go offline at the worst moments. As both a therapist and someone with ADHD myself, I’ve spent years sorting through strategies—ditching the rigid ones and keeping what’s actually doable on real-life, low-energy days. These eight strategies are practical, evidence-informed, and f