Life on Hard Mode
Brad Kelley, \ud83d\udc09 Percy Sullivan \ud83d\udc09, Javeriah Khalid, Ana Natkins, Bridget: Neurodivergent Nurse, Charity Galgani, DNPFor late-diagnosed neurodivergent people learning to navigate a world that wasn’t built for them
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 36 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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The Green-Fingered Ghost of Hyperfocus Future
Hyperfocus gets a bad reputation sometimes in the ADHD world—the things we focus on that make us brilliant at something for three weeks and then leaves a trail of abandoned equipment in the garage. The pattern is familiar enough that most o...
Hard Mode: Unmasked #1 - Alexa, Stop!
This is Hard Mode: Unmasked—the audio series from the Life on Hard Mode newsletter, for late-diagnosed neurodivergent people still figuring it out. Unpolished and unscripted, these weekly mini episodes are honest thoughts and reflections fr...
8 Things I've Learned About My AuDHD Brain at 35 That I Wish I'd Known at 25
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I turned 35 the other day. Well, when I say “the other day”, I actually mean eleven months ago—I’ll be 36 next month. Whatever, it still feels like yesterday.
But you might be reading this when I’m 45—time is a concept I hav...
Now That I'm Diagnosed, I Can't Unsee What Has To Change
This is what burnout actually feels like when you finally know what it is
Welcome to another edition of Extra Life—Life on Hard Mode’s bonus Friday issue. On Fridays, we get deeper, more personal, and provide tips, advice and recommendatio...
No One Cares That You're Neurodivergent
Telling someone you have a late ADHD or autism diagnosis should feel like a moment of connection—you’re sharing something life-changing about yourself with people who matter most. But for most late-diagnosed adults, it doesn’t feel like tha...
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Life on Hard Mode is a bi-weekly newsletter about late-diagnosed autism/ADHD, helping people learn about their authentic selves, and to reframe experiences from a life lived with the difficulty turned all the way up
\ud83d\udc07 Late diagnosed autistic ✨ Chronically ill \ud83e\uddda Resting, creating, ✍️ writing, swimming \ud83c\udfca♀️ & figuring it out \ud83c\udf00
Overthinking Hours is a weekly newsletters deep diving into how society and life affects disabled, traumatised and late-diagnosed AuDHD people.
I'm a systems and tech fanatic with equal bits of ADHD and Productivity, just making it through the day and enjoy the simpler things in life. https://t.mtrbio.com/anas-simple-solutions
Late diagnosed AuDHD RN/MPH (she/her), writing about my special interests in neurodiversity, psychology, health equity and parenting, while trying to build an aligned life.
Women's health nurse practitioner and professor examining how powerful institutions control reproduction. Author of Birthright
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