In today's world, it's hard to get through a day without writing anything – an email, a social media post, a quick text to your friend, or a blog post. And then, there's the longer texts: people will tell you it's important to write a book if you're a business…
I recently published a webinar on my YouTube Channel, Passionate Writer Coaching, explaining how to set up a lasting writing routine. In the video, I spent some time talking about three ways to make your writing routine ADHD friendly. You can watch the full webinar by clicking this link. But…
As an ADHD writing coach, I'm asked all the time how ADHD affects writing. This mini-series will answer that question. But the best way I can start explaining it is just to show you, by telling you about a fictional ADHD writer. Let's call her Jane. I'd like to introduce…
Almost everyone I work with as an ADHD writing coach finds me because their brains with ADHD get overwhelmed. Now, when you have an ADHD brain, overwhelm can express in different ways. Maybe you get panic attacks or emotional meltdowns. Maybe you just start to feel a lot of resistance…
Most writers I work with have what I call a "project junkyard" full of unfinished and abandoned writing projects. This junkyard makes them feel embarrassed, and they carry a lot of guilt around. In fact, we have a tendency to make the things we didn't finish part of our self-image…
Life can be incredibly chaotic and difficult to navigate. But even in the chaos, there are always little victories you achieve. Yes, I know you don't believe me. I know you feel that you never achieve anything, and it's been a long time since your last success. By the end…
When Cindy first found me through a Google search, she described herself as an "anxious PhD student." She was in her second year of her Social Work PhD program and had struggled with writing for as long as she could remember. In fact, like so many other ADHD PhD candidates…
Note: this program is now closed. If you are interested in joining a group of ADHD writers, visit the page about my current group coaching program. As an ADHD writing coach, "I will be able to write this summer," is probably the sentence I hear most throughout the year. So…
Do you feel stuck? Are you losing hope that you’ll ever finish your book or other writing project? Well, so did one of my ADHD writer coaching clients, who I’ll call Tina. Yet, this ADHD writer got un-stuck by using joy and playfulness as productivity tools! Do you want to…
Reduce procrastination to unlock your full writing potential! If you have ADHD, procrastination will play a huge role in your life. Procrastination can be entirely subconscious, meaning you might feel like there’s nothing you can do about it. But that’s not true! You can absolutely reduce procrastination, by taking these five…
My name is Susanne and ever since I taught myself to read at age 4 I have had a passion for the written word. Over the last five years, I have developed a set of systems to help myself and others be productive and make work of our writing passion. Whether it’s fiction or non-fiction, I’m here to help! Check out the about me page to read more.