Hi Reader,

You know the chair.

The one that's been collecting things that don't have a home yet. Just for now, you told yourself — and then just for now turned into a season.

Every time you look at it, what comes up isn't just annoyance. It's something closer to dread.

If you have ADHD — or if you're raising a child who does — that feeling has a name.

ADHD coach Brendan Mahan calls it the Wall of Awful™. And knowing its name changes everything about how you respond to it — and how you talk to your child when they're stuck in front of it.

I just published a full post on the blog this week walking through exactly what the Wall of Awful is, the brain science behind why it builds, and what actually helps instead of making it worse.

It's not about trying harder. It's about understanding what the ADHD brain needs to get started — and why "just do it" adds bricks to the wall instead of taking them down.

If you've ever watched your child stall in front of a task they're fully capable of doing — this post is for you.

→ Read it here: https://www.learninginadistractedworld.com/post/wall-of-awful-adhd-explained

And if this lands for you — come drop a comment in the free community. I'm sharing the full story of how I watched the Wall of Awful play out in my own life this week, and it might sound more familiar than you'd expect.

Leave your comment in the Learning in a Distracted World Community Post. ​

See you inside,

Kelly

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The arc is simple: Reflect. Reset. Rebuild. Relaunch. We'll spend five days together building the habits and systems that make September feel different.

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See you in the video,

Kelly

National Board Certified Teacher · Reading Specialist · Learning in a Distracted World

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