ADHD & Executive Function

Executive function isn’t just about productivity—it’s about how you manage your time, emotions, energy, and attention. Whether you’ve been formally diagnosed or just relate to the challenges, this section offers practical tools for understanding your brain, reducing overwhelm, and creating systems that actually work for you. 

Tools & Strategies 

Explore handouts, checklists, and frameworks that support:

● Time Management & Planning

● Task Initiation & Follow-Through

● Emotion Regulation

● Organization & Working Memory

● Adaptive Systems & Habit Building 

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Journaling Prompts 

Use these prompts to explore your experience of ADHD and executive function challenges. Topics include: 

● Self-worth and inner critic

● Time and task management struggles

● Emotional dysregulation

● Planning and follow-through

● Managing overwhelm 

Recommended Reading & Listening 

Websites 

Podcasts

Books

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

by Russell Barkley

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M Hallowell and John J Ratey

How to ADHD

by Jessica McCabe

What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t?

by Michelle Novotni (social skills for adults with ADHD) 

The Highly Sensitive Person
by Elaine N Aron

A New Understanding of ADHD

by Thomas E Brown

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
by Ross W Greene

Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents

by Russell Barkley

Other

Guide for writers with ADHD: https://goinswriter.com/adhd-writing-habit/