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Brendan Mahan

@adhdessentials.bsky.social

ADHD Coach/Consultant/Speaker/Podcaster Husband, Dad, Son, Friend Trying to make the world a kinder place He/Him

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Outstanding! I canโ€™t wait for mine to arrive!

02.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck & Tutorial Library (Standard Edition) Do you know what you need to do, but struggle to get yourself to do it? Yeah. Me too. And The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck is so much more than just a luxury card deck. How? Each deck comes with a p...

Oops. Forgot the CTA. ๐Ÿ˜…

*clears throat*

Got ADHD? Hate doing boring adult-y stuff?

We bet you'll love the new Anti-Planner card deck!

Comes with ~5 productivity games~ to help you get shit done when you don't feel like it! ๐Ÿƒ

Limited pre-orders are $12 off:

02.10.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It's important to root out the subtext of the messages being delivered to us - "Tylenol taken during pregnancy causes autism."

The subtext is gross - "Folks with autism are less than, and it's mom's fault." That's bullshit.

26.09.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild.

14.09.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ADHD Cleaning Tip:

Look at the area you're in through your phone's camera. You'll be surprised by what you notice!

12.09.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy to help.

09.09.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If it's unsafe, then there isn't any room for transitioning. It just has to stop.

Otherwise, probably 1-3 instances of the behavior, depending on what it is.

08.09.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup.

08.09.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you ever asked a kid to stop doing something, only yo have them do it a couple more times before actually stopping?

That's not defiance.
It's regulation.

07.09.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home | Calmer Con

Saturday is one of the most soul affirming days of my year. www.calmercon.org

02.09.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WORK FROM HOME PEEPS!

Do you keep falling into "productive procrastination" traps where you do chores rather than whatever work-related task he should be doing?

Try picking only one chore that you can use that way. That boundary might just make you more intentional about what you're doing.

27.08.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calmer Con is pleased to welcome the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education to our Professional Resource Fair. MAGE supports and advocates for the understanding of gifted students and their educational needs.

Learn more about them on 9/6 at Calmer Con: www.calmercon.org/events/calme...

27.08.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There might be more interest in film remakes if we call them covers:

Wes Anderson covers "The Three Amigos"
Ryan Coogler covers "Night of the Living Dead"
Kevin Smith covers "My Dinner with Andre"
Taika Waititi covers "Smokey and the Bandit"
Tim Burton covers "A Clock Work Orange"

09.08.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Live Webinar on July 30: Top ADHD Challenges (and Solutions) for Teen Boys Register below for this webinar on teen boys with ADHD on Wednesday, July 30, at 1pm ET. Sign up and receive the free webinar replay link as well!

Here's the preregistration link:
www.additudemag.com/webinar/adhd...

19.07.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing an ADDitude Webinar on Teenage boys at the end of the month. They opened it up to readers for questions and sent me the file.

There's 840 of them. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

I guess it's a topic people care about!

Now I just have to consolidate as many of them as I can. ๐Ÿคช

19.07.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Talking to a client who had lost their job, I advised them to register a "Doing Business As" as a consultant to avoid a resume gap(s) in case it takes them a while to get a new job.

11.07.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gav and I go on Sunday.

11.07.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œSuperman is too woke!โ€

Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:

11.07.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29760    ๐Ÿ” 7273    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 741    ๐Ÿ“Œ 292

Thanks! Yeah it's working so far. Having to move the screen means I don't play unless I really want to and have time.

23.06.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To celebrate the book deal, I got myself a PS5 to play Baldur's Gate 3. But I left it in a room without a screen. So I have to move my computer screen to play it and bring the screen back to my office to do my work. That friction keeps me from getting too caught up in video game nonsense.

23.06.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

23.05.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48276    ๐Ÿ” 11393    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1488    ๐Ÿ“Œ 463
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29.04.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For the record, I am deeply troubled by RFK Jr's approach to Autism. I'm just fried out on social media at the moment. So I'm working to make the world a better place in ways that aren't online at the moment.

23.04.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I never trust an automated system to do something that would be problematic if it goes wrong (like filling prescription.) I will always talk to a person. And if it's REALLY important (like filling a prescription), I'll go there in person.

21.04.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think this almost daily.

18.04.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What seems bigger?
1 in 31
or
3%

18.04.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure! I love unofficial crossovers!

18.04.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Managed to work a Rumplestilskin joke into the Wall of Awful book. Too deep go a cut?

17.04.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks man, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

16.04.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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