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
The ASSAP Framework: S is for Structure
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Have you ever forgotten to pay a bill… paid the late fee… and then built an entire new budget system that still didn’t fix the problem?
That’s not a motivation issue.
It’s not a discipline issue.
It’s a structure issue.
In this episode, Christine Dunning introduces Structure — the second S in the ASSAP framework (Access, Security, Structure, Anchor, Pace). This is the step where you stop reacting and start asking a more useful question:
What problem are we actually solving?
When you live with ADHD — especially as a single adult without a “second brain” in the house — it’s easy to jump into action too fast. You organize. You reset. You declutter. You download apps. You build systems.
And then it falls apart.
Not because you failed —
But because you solved the symptom instead of the source.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why overwhelm distorts your perception of what the problem is
- How invisible cognitive load creates recurring breakdowns
- Why small problems are better training grounds than big life resets
- The two core Structure questions that reduce mental load
- How clarity (not intensity) is what makes systems work
- A deeply personal story about misidentifying emotional needs — and what changed everything
Structure is not about doing more.
It’s the final step before action — and it’s what makes action sustainable.
If you’ve ever worked incredibly hard on the wrong solution, this episode will land.
Free Resource
If your thinking starts to wobble while you’re trying to sort things out, Christine has created a short, free audio + simple map to help you keep your thinking online during overwhelm.
Find it at: https://TwoCatsCoaching.com
About Christine
Christine Dunning is a Master Certified Life Coach and founder of Two Cats Coaching. She works with adults with ADHD — especially those living solo — who want to stay functional without constantly starting over.
Coming Next:
Episode 31: Anchor & Pace — Turning clarity into something that survives real life.
