Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD Toxic Productivity Is Burning Out Your ADHD Brain
This is about redefining what success means for your ADHD brain and building a life that works with you, not against you.
Join Attention Different co-founders Aaron Smith, LCSW, and Stephen Tonti, MFA, for this dynamic panel discussion from the International Conference on ADHD 2025: Connect Learn Thrive (November 2025).
In this panel discussion, Aaron and Stephen bring together some of the brightest voices in the ADHD community to tackle the patterns that keep us stuck, toxic productivity, languishing, and burnout, and explore what it actually looks like to flourish with ADHD.
Featured Panelists:
- Jesse J. Anderson - Author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD and creator of ADHD content
- Devin Pitts-Rogers - Attention Different team member and host of Late Not Less
- Chris Wang (Shimmer) - ADHD coach and CEO of Shimmer
- Trina Haynes - writer and ADHD Advocate
✨Highlights✨
✔️ The 5 characteristics of toxic productivity and why they resonate so deeply with ADHDers
✔️ Why typical productivity advice doesn't work for ADHD brains (and what to do instead)
✔️ Understanding languishing vs. burnout, and how to recognize the warning signs
✔️ The myth of consistency and the power of persistence
✔️ How to build sustainable routines that honor your ADHD neurodiversity
✔️ Practical takeaways: habit stacking, energy management, reset points, and values-based living
"We are human beings, not human doings." — Rick Warren
Remember: What we lack in consistency, we make up for in persistence. 💙
#ADHD #ADHDConference #ToxicProductivity #Burnout #ADHDSupport #Neurodiversity #AttentionDifferent #ADHDCoach #MentalHealth #ADHDAwareness
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