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JBHD, Birmingham (2026)

18/02/2026

🎧 WE RECORDED THE FOCUS AUDIOBOOK 🎧

Which means we have now spent several days locked in a padded booth, like two accidental ideologues reading the manifesto we swore we weren’t writing under fluorescent lighting.

Sam: warm, engaging, radiating actual human enthusiasm.

James: technically present. Verbally competent. Emotionally… adjacent.

Sam delivered entire chapters like a comforting productivity fairy.

James delivered his like he was explaining ADHD during a mildly tense parliamentary inquiry.

There were retakes.
There were typos we hadn’t spotted (obviously).

There was an 3-minute discussion about whether James sound “too bored about mindfulness.”

(As someone who experiences joy mostly as a theoretical construct, James stands by his tone.)

It is done. It exists. You will soon be able to hear us waffle directly into your ears while you:

• ignore your to-do list
• hyperfocus on something wildly unimportant
• or lie perfectly still, experiencing motivation as a distant rumour

Huge thanks to the audio team who gently said about 500 times, “You can go slower…”

Audiobook coming soon.
50% of us are (probably) thrilled.

Pre-link in bio ❤️

13/02/2026

IT’S LAUNCH DAY!

Well, ‘Pre-launch’ day…

OK, ‘Soft launch’ day…

Maybe ‘Please pre-order it so publishers like us’ day…

Announcing things like a new book can be a massive RSD trigger, so Sam is currently vibrating with fear and overwhelm at a frequency only dogs and small children can hear, while James, on the other hand, is experiencing what scientists call “a measured internal acknowledgement of an event” in place of anything resembling a positive emotion.

Our new book FOCUS: The ADHD Guide to Productivity (& getting stuff done) is published April 9th by Quercus Publishing.

It covers why we procrastinate, how to identify roadblocks, internal vs external motivation, time management and working memory management approaches, reward and building systems to deal with unrewarding tasks,
the role of stress, overwhelm and burnout on productivity as well as differences in the experiences of ADHD men and women and understanding how ADHD interacts with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions in the context of productivity (Jesus that was a long, dull sentence.)

If you have ADHD and own 47 notebooks, have tried 13 productivity apps and are still Googling “why can’t I just do the thing”

…this book might be for you.

Pre-orders are live.

Link in bio 🧛‍♂️🌪️❤️

11/02/2026

Today’s small miracle: a bunch of ADHD people organised themselves long enough to make a magazine...

ADHD Magazine is out NOW.
Proper science. Real stories. Useful tools. Zero “have you tried a planner?” energy.

I’ve been consulting editor on this one, alongside amazing contributions from ’s Jon Hill, my lovely , someone called and more ❤️

You can grab it from today at

🛒 supermarkets

🛍 TGJones
✈️ WHSmith Travel
💻 online: http://anthem.co.uk/adhd

AND 10p from every copy goes to ADHD charities.

So, buying it is technically philanthropy (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.)

If you spot it in the wild, send pics. I will absolutely frame them like a proud dad.

08/02/2026

Apparently I’m being allowed near a microphone again, so I am crossing the Irish Sea for to visit Belfast and Dublin.

First, Belfast - The Science of AuDHD

(How ADHD and autism intersect, overlap, mask, and occasionally fight each other.)

Wed 11 Feb | 8pm | The MAC

I then migrate south, like a confused academic bird to…

Dublin for:

ADHD & Psychedelics

(What the evidence actually says, and what research needs to focus on next.)

Thu 12 Feb | 5pm | The Sugar Club

Dublin (same venue, later, more words):

The Science of AuDHD

(Because one talk about complicated brains clearly wasn’t enough.)

Thu 12 Feb | 7:30pm | The Sugar Club

Evidence-based. Accessible. Fun(ish).

Tickets via link in bio or on

27/01/2026

Restore: The ADHDBurnout Tracker app is now live on the Apple App Store 🎉

It’s version 1, which means:
It might be useful ✔️
It is simple ✔️
It’s also a bit s**t ✔️

I’d really value your feedback while it’s still young and malleable.

If something doesn’t make sense or feels clunky, tell me. That’s exactly what I want to improve.

Android is on the way next.

👉 Download link + feedback form in bio

26/01/2026

This evening was the next mini acid test of burnout recovery, giving a talk on The Science of ADHD for at in an actual planetarium with David Bowie playing before the talk… 👌

It was a challenge, as today was a lower energy day, but I do feel a microscopic bit of pride for pushing through, and getting to spend time with a kind and generous audience was good for my tiny charred soul.

Huge thanks to everyone who came and didn’t mention the ridiculous blonde helmet of s**tness that my hair seems to currently be (it’s recovering from burnout slower than I am) ❤️

14/01/2026

Although sitting in burnout and thinking
“I’m desperate to get productive again.” can be all consuming, I did decide to do something about it.

I thought:
“Why did no one give me tools that actually track how burnout works?”

So I built one.

This app was born from:
• staring at screens without acting
• being exhausted but unable to sleep
• having some functional hours (just not the ones capitalism expects)
• realising burnout isn’t failure, it’s load exceeding capacity for too long

Instead of tracking hustle, it tracks:
→ energy
→ functional hours
→ sleep reality
→ recovery signals
→ when your system opens… and when it shuts down

It’s not a diagnosis.
It’s not a cure.
It’s a way of listening before you break.

The app will be free. The iOS release is very close.
Burnout made this happen, and honestly, that feels weirdly fitting.

07/01/2026

Burnout update…

Still very much in it – not a victory lap, not a tidy recovery arc.

A few things that have genuinely helped me so far:

• Sleep (sometimes a lot of it)
• Time off work (necessary, even when financially painful)
• Yoga Nidra (rest that actually feels like rest)
• Tracking my daily “window of function” – not to optimise, just to notice direction of travel
• Support. Proper, human support. (You know who you are 💜)

And a few things that, for me, haven’t shifted the dial much yet:
• Vagal stimulation
• Early morning light exposure
• Paced exercise
• Supplements

Important caveats before the internet does its thing:
– This isn’t over
– None of this is universal
– Several of the “hasn’t helped” list absolutely do help others
– Burnout isn’t a checklist problem you can solve by trying harder

Sometimes the work is less about fixing…
and more about stopping, resting, and letting your nervous system catch up with reality.

If you’re navigating burnout too: you’re not broken, you’re not failing, and you’re definitely not doing it wrong.

02/01/2026

Happy New Year and all that jazz…

New paper: why do GPs think adult ADHD referrals are rising?

A new qualitative study of UK GPs and psychiatrists: Why are so many more adults presenting for ADHD assessment now? In the community WE ALL KNOW WHY, but it’s interesting to hear what GPs think, and the comments on shared care are revealing.

What the researchers found…

Based on interviews with GPs and psychiatrists in Scotland:

• GPs do perceive a real rise in adult ADHD presentations
• Many adults arrive having self-identified via media, peers, or online content
• Deprivation matters: people in more deprived areas may be less likely to get diagnosed, despite significant impairment
• Long NHS waits push some people toward private assessments, raising equity and quality concerns
• Shared-care is messy: GPs and psychiatrists often assume the other is doing physical monitoring (spoiler: sometimes no one is)
• CAMHS → adult transitions are a major risk point, with people frequently “lost” to services

Why this matters…

This isn’t an anti-ADHD paper. If anything, it highlights how:
- under-resourced services struggle with demand
- marginalised groups are more likely to miss out
- medication monitoring and continuity of care need fixing
- diagnosis alone isn’t the solution (support pathways matter)

A note of caution:

This study reflects clinician perceptions, not objective diagnostic or prescribing data. It tells us how GPs and psychiatrists experience rising ADHD demand, not whether prevalence itself has changed.

The sample is also small and region-specific (one Scottish health board), and crucially doesn’t include patient voices, meaning motivations for self-identification are inferred rather than directly examined.

Reference: Silcock, C., Leung, T., Radley, A., & Clos, S. (2025). Sparking Attention: Qualitative Evaluation of General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Rising Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Presentations in a Scottish Setting. Cureus, 17(11), e97238. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.97238

16/12/2025

Burnout check-in…

Right now I’m managing burnout the same way I manage most things: intermittently, experimentally, and without pretending I’m fine.

This burnout feels far more challenging than last December, so here’s what I am doing to try and recover (remember, there are no ‘stages of burnout’ that you have to follow, these are models made up to try and create a simple way to explain a complex phenomenon and burnout is unique to each person who experiences it):

• early-morning bright light to support circadian rhythm
• vagal stimulation (Nurosym) to help nervous system regulation
• Yoga Nidra (I know, look at me…)
• pacing and reducing cognitive load
• consistent hydration, electrolytes, and enough calories
• intentionally limiting demanding mental tasks

I’m also monitoring how long each day I function after medication, as a way of understanding recovery rather than forcing output. This is also helping me have enough time each day to work out how to dig us out of the financial black hole that burnout has created.

No hustle. No heroic recovery arc.
Just listening to my body and trying to treat burnout like a physiological state, not a personal failure.

11/12/2025

Three years today.

The world kept moving, but a part of me stayed right there with you.

Still missing you, Dad 💔

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