A Solo Person's Guide to ADHD
A Solo Person’s Guide to ADHD is a podcast for adults with ADHD who are doing life without a built-in support system — no partner, no shared mental load, no automatic second brain.
If you’re single, living alone, or functionally solo, ADHD hits differently.
There’s no one reminding you to grab the thing, finish the form, or notice when you’re overwhelmed. Executive dysfunction doesn’t show up as chaos — it shows up as quiet overload, decision paralysis, and the constant feeling that something is wrong, even when you can’t explain what.
This podcast isn’t about productivity hacks, motivation, or “finally getting your life together.”
It’s about understanding what’s actually happening — where ADHD, solo living, and modern life collide — and learning how to build external support, structure, and safety on purpose.
Hosted by Christine Dunning, a master certified life coach, musician, and late-diagnosed adult with ADHD, each episode offers reflection, language, and practical reframes to help you:
- stop blaming yourself for systems that were never designed for solo brains
- identify problems earlier, before burnout sets in
- build structures that work with ADHD instead of against it
You’re not broken.
You’re not behind.
You’re doing too much alone — and this podcast exists to name that, clearly and honestly.
Want to connect? Find me on my website: www.twocatscoaching.com or email me at christine@twocatscoaching.com
A Solo Person's Guide to ADHD
Holiday To-Do List vs. One ADHD Brain: A Completely Unfair Fight
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Hey friends — welcome back to A Solo Person’s Guide to ADHD!
I’m Christine Dunning, Master Certified Life Coach and founder of Two Cats Coaching. Today we’re breaking down the real reason the holidays feel overwhelming when you’re both ADHD and solo: the entire holiday workload defaults to you. No partner, no backup brain, no shared executive functioning.
This episode focuses on the practical, physical, cognitive demands of the season — not emotions or sensory overload (that’s coming in Episode 25!). We’ll look at the invisible, underestimated tasks that drain your executive functioning and why “dropping balls” doesn’t mean you’re disorganized — it means you’re doing the work of two adults with one brain.
In this episode, we cover:
- The holiday timeline: Halloween → New Year’s → January 2 collapse
- Why solo adults carry every task by default
- ADHD + decision fatigue (gifts, meals, travel, RSVPs)
- The invisible holiday workload no one talks about
- The emotional load you're carrying — even when this isn’t the “feelings episode”
- Four simple micro-solutions that make the season lighter right now
Quick Relief Tools Mentioned:
- One-page Holiday Dashboard ( I use my phone calendar!)
- Reduce decisions with the Power of One (one kind of gift, only one store etc.)
- A decompression routine
- Saying no
Upcoming Episodes:
- 🎧 Holiday Hacks Episode (Episode 24) — ADHD-friendly, solo-friendly tips you can use immediately
- 🎧 Ep 25 – Holiday Emotions, Sensory Overload & Why You Feel “Too Much”
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