Lissy Donovan | Beyond Busy Brains
@lissydonovan.bsky.social
Helping high-achievers with busy brains believe in themselves & dream again.
If you've built your success on anxiety & perfectionism, you are burning out. You need new habits that support you being a high achiever, in a sustainable way.
Click to read the 3 Most Important Habits for High Performing Perfectionists with Busy Brains
Click to read the 3 Most Important Habits for High Performing Perfectionists with Busy Brains
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you've built your success on anxiety & perfectionism, you are burning out. You need new habits that support you being a high achiever, in a sustainable way.
Click to read the 3 Most Important Habits for High Performing Perfectionists with Busy Brains
Click to read the 3 Most Important Habits for High Performing Perfectionists with Busy Brains
Feeling an ADHD spiral coming on? Don't fight it in your head.
Use your peripheral vision instead. This 2-minute hack forces your brain out of the chaos and into the present moment for a instant reset.
It's a simple, powerful tool for when you're starting to go off the rails.
Use your peripheral vision instead. This 2-minute hack forces your brain out of the chaos and into the present moment for a instant reset.
It's a simple, powerful tool for when you're starting to go off the rails.
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feeling an ADHD spiral coming on? Don't fight it in your head.
Use your peripheral vision instead. This 2-minute hack forces your brain out of the chaos and into the present moment for a instant reset.
It's a simple, powerful tool for when you're starting to go off the rails.
Use your peripheral vision instead. This 2-minute hack forces your brain out of the chaos and into the present moment for a instant reset.
It's a simple, powerful tool for when you're starting to go off the rails.
Why do brilliant ADHD professionals often get passed over for promotions?
It's not a skills gap. It's a sneaky confidence gap.
I broke down 4 small, fixable mistakes that make all the difference.
#ExecutiveFunction #Workplace #Neurodiversity
It's not a skills gap. It's a sneaky confidence gap.
I broke down 4 small, fixable mistakes that make all the difference.
#ExecutiveFunction #Workplace #Neurodiversity
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Why do brilliant ADHD professionals often get passed over for promotions?
It's not a skills gap. It's a sneaky confidence gap.
I broke down 4 small, fixable mistakes that make all the difference.
#ExecutiveFunction #Workplace #Neurodiversity
It's not a skills gap. It's a sneaky confidence gap.
I broke down 4 small, fixable mistakes that make all the difference.
#ExecutiveFunction #Workplace #Neurodiversity
Just because you can hyperfocus sometimes and get a month's worth of work done in a day, that does not mean you should be able to work like this every day!
Click to read the 3 other things I wish I knew about ADHD 20 years ago (as a 39 year old mental health coach who got diagnosed at 36).
Click to read the 3 other things I wish I knew about ADHD 20 years ago (as a 39 year old mental health coach who got diagnosed at 36).
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Just because you can hyperfocus sometimes and get a month's worth of work done in a day, that does not mean you should be able to work like this every day!
Click to read the 3 other things I wish I knew about ADHD 20 years ago (as a 39 year old mental health coach who got diagnosed at 36).
Click to read the 3 other things I wish I knew about ADHD 20 years ago (as a 39 year old mental health coach who got diagnosed at 36).
Here's my best purchase of 2025 by far, and the one tool I can't live without as a busy brained entrepreneur with ADHD.
Is there a tool you can't function without? What is it?
Is there a tool you can't function without? What is it?
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here's my best purchase of 2025 by far, and the one tool I can't live without as a busy brained entrepreneur with ADHD.
Is there a tool you can't function without? What is it?
Is there a tool you can't function without? What is it?
Is your perfectionism driving your procrastination? (if you're human, the answer is yes.)
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Is your perfectionism driving your procrastination? (if you're human, the answer is yes.)
Some of the things I have done (for more than 20 years) to boost my executive function.
Do you know what helps your brain function it's best?
Do you know what helps your brain function it's best?
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Some of the things I have done (for more than 20 years) to boost my executive function.
Do you know what helps your brain function it's best?
Do you know what helps your brain function it's best?
Purpose is one of those things I hyper-focused on and stressed about majorly in my 20s that I don't think about in my 30s. This advice is why I stopped stressing about it and let myself live.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Purpose is one of those things I hyper-focused on and stressed about majorly in my 20s that I don't think about in my 30s. This advice is why I stopped stressing about it and let myself live.
There is a scientific argument to be made for the fact that dreaming big and wanting more makes you more resilient, more capable, and primes your nervous system to feel more deserving.
Stop avoiding disappointment.
Dream big.
What's something you've been afraid to dream of?
Stop avoiding disappointment.
Dream big.
What's something you've been afraid to dream of?
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
There is a scientific argument to be made for the fact that dreaming big and wanting more makes you more resilient, more capable, and primes your nervous system to feel more deserving.
Stop avoiding disappointment.
Dream big.
What's something you've been afraid to dream of?
Stop avoiding disappointment.
Dream big.
What's something you've been afraid to dream of?
You brain is your best business asset. Here's 3 habits successful ADHD Entrepreneurs have to keep their brains at the top of their game.
October 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You brain is your best business asset. Here's 3 habits successful ADHD Entrepreneurs have to keep their brains at the top of their game.
Instead of warring with your ADHD trying to do extended meditation sessions, try this different advice to build your mindfulness practice that works better for your brain.
October 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Instead of warring with your ADHD trying to do extended meditation sessions, try this different advice to build your mindfulness practice that works better for your brain.
Struggling with working memory or task switching? That's your executive function. 🧠
If you have ADHD, this system works differently. The good news? You can train it.
Learn simple, playful ways to strengthen your executive function.
If you have ADHD, this system works differently. The good news? You can train it.
Learn simple, playful ways to strengthen your executive function.
October 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Struggling with working memory or task switching? That's your executive function. 🧠
If you have ADHD, this system works differently. The good news? You can train it.
Learn simple, playful ways to strengthen your executive function.
If you have ADHD, this system works differently. The good news? You can train it.
Learn simple, playful ways to strengthen your executive function.
I made it to 35 thinking I was just a quirky, anxious person. Turns out, my entire life was built around unknowingly managing my ADHD!
My meditation, walks, need for movement... all were treatments for a brain I didn't yet understand.
If you're late-diagnosed or suspecting, this one's for you!
My meditation, walks, need for movement... all were treatments for a brain I didn't yet understand.
If you're late-diagnosed or suspecting, this one's for you!
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I made it to 35 thinking I was just a quirky, anxious person. Turns out, my entire life was built around unknowingly managing my ADHD!
My meditation, walks, need for movement... all were treatments for a brain I didn't yet understand.
If you're late-diagnosed or suspecting, this one's for you!
My meditation, walks, need for movement... all were treatments for a brain I didn't yet understand.
If you're late-diagnosed or suspecting, this one's for you!
Are you late diagnosed ADHD? Here's a clear map to start learning about how your brain works!
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Are you late diagnosed ADHD? Here's a clear map to start learning about how your brain works!
3 topics I am diving into lately, as a coach for ADHD adults
October 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
3 topics I am diving into lately, as a coach for ADHD adults
You are always practicing something, building towards a habit if you realize it or not. What habits are your behaviors translating into? Are you practicing habits you want, or habits you don't want?
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You are always practicing something, building towards a habit if you realize it or not. What habits are your behaviors translating into? Are you practicing habits you want, or habits you don't want?
You are always practicing something, building towards a habit if you realize it or not. What habits are your behaviors translating into? Are you practicing habits you want, or habits you don't want?
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You are always practicing something, building towards a habit if you realize it or not. What habits are your behaviors translating into? Are you practicing habits you want, or habits you don't want?
These are my top 3 tools all ADHD folks who work from home need to be using in 2025. Have you tried any of them? Are there other things that make your list that I left out?
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
These are my top 3 tools all ADHD folks who work from home need to be using in 2025. Have you tried any of them? Are there other things that make your list that I left out?
If you feel like your ADHD symptoms are worse lately, you aren't alone in that and you aren't making it up!
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you feel like your ADHD symptoms are worse lately, you aren't alone in that and you aren't making it up!
Psychological Safety gets talked about a lot around work teams, but not as much in light of your relationship to yourself. It is so helpful to look at as something you can create and cultivate for yourself. It makes it easier to try new things, be a beginner, and make progress on new skills.
March 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Psychological Safety gets talked about a lot around work teams, but not as much in light of your relationship to yourself. It is so helpful to look at as something you can create and cultivate for yourself. It makes it easier to try new things, be a beginner, and make progress on new skills.
If your brain is a rough neighborhood to live in, it does not have to stay that way. You have some thinking habits you need to replace. Things can get so much better!
What's one habit you really want to change?
#growth #lifecoach
What's one habit you really want to change?
#growth #lifecoach
March 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If your brain is a rough neighborhood to live in, it does not have to stay that way. You have some thinking habits you need to replace. Things can get so much better!
What's one habit you really want to change?
#growth #lifecoach
What's one habit you really want to change?
#growth #lifecoach