MarRem Consulting

02/13/2026

This is a FREE Training I'm doing in Emeryville CA on February 28, 2026 from 2-4 pm!!
Everybody is welcome!! ✨ Just click the link to register!! ⬇️
LMK if you have any Qs.

Next Month! - Free AFTNC Event! Join The Association of Family Therapists of Northern California (AFTNC) in person at Alliant International University for “Helping Families Rewire their Neurodivergent Minds” with MarRem Re*****on, LMFT on Saturday, February 28th, 2026 from 2pm-4pm PST!

Register Here:
https://www.aftnc.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=950124&item_id=2858811

02/06/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝘁

Ever notice how the week doesn’t fall apart all at once?

It usually happens in 𝑡𝘪𝑛𝘺, 𝑖𝘯𝑣𝘪𝑠𝘪𝑏𝘭𝑒 𝑚𝘰𝑚𝘦𝑛𝘵𝑠:
One skipped pause
One extra decision
One “I’ll deal with that later”

For bright, driven professionals with ADHD, it’s not about motivation.
It’s about 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.

This week, try this instead:
👉 Before adding 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, ask
“𝑾𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝙬𝒐𝙪𝒍𝙙 𝙢𝒂𝙠𝒆 𝒕𝙝𝒊𝙨 𝙛𝒆𝙚𝒍 10% 𝒆𝙖𝒔𝙞𝒆𝙧?”

Not perfect.
Not optimized.
Just easier.

Because sustainable success isn’t built on pushing harder —
it’s built on designing 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 your nervous system.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸?

01/22/2026

𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 — 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐨?

Decision time …
Should I bring 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧 out for a cameo during my 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃
workshop this 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟒 @ 𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐒𝐓?

Meet 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧 — my cat, my shadow, and my unofficial 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑦.
If I sit down to plan?
He’s there.
If I drift off task?
Also there. 😼

And honestly… that’s very ADHD-accurate.

One of the things we’ll work on in this workshop is 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 ...
Not because you try harder, but because you have 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, and 𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑠 that help you stay engaged.

Sometimes that support looks like:
• a visual anchor
• a body double
• or yes… a quietly judgmental cat reminding you to stay put

Note: 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞-𝐮𝐩. 📸🐾

So tell me —
𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝑷𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒐? YES 👍 or NO 👎 ?

👇 Vote below
(And don’t worry — you’ll leave with real tools, not just cat content.)

01/08/2026

3 days to go! 💙 💙

If you’ve been thinking,
“I know I need support… I just haven’t done anything yet,”
this is your reminder that awareness is the first step action can come next.

From Frantic to Freedom is a live, experiential ADHD workshop created to help you move out of overwhelm and into clarity gently, at your own pace.

This isn’t about fixing yourself.
It’s about learning how to support your nervous system and work with your ADHD brain.

✨ ADHD-friendly
✨ Interactive and practical
✨ Real tools you can use right away
✨ Multiple dates available

If you want 2026 to feel different, you don’t have to wait for the perfect moment.

You can start here.

Sign up today — link in the comments 💙

01/07/2026

Do you want to start 2026 feeling calmer not frantic?

You’re not alone if you keep telling yourself,
“I’ll get to it next week… next month… next year.”

That loop is exhausting and it’s not a willpower problem.
It’s an ADHD nervous system problem.
That’s exactly why I created From Frantic to Freedom: an ADHD Workshop.

This isn’t a lecture.
It’s experiential, engaging, and focused on real tools you can practice right away — so you don’t just understand your brain… you learn how to work with it.

✨ There are 3 different dates to choose from
✨ Experiential + interactive
✨ ADHD-friendly support, not pressure

If 2026 is the year you stop surviving and start feeling supported
sign up today.

Link in comments down below! 💙

01/05/2026

𝐈’𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 … 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬.

Even after doing this work for decades, teaching 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑜 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝐷𝐻𝐷 still matters deeply to me. Because I know how quietly exhausting life can feel when you’re bright, capable, and always holding it together.

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐:
✔ Look competent on the outside
✔ Care deeply
✔ And still live with that constant feeling of being behind, forgetting something, or doing something wrong

If that’s YOU, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖:
• 𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 of missing something
• 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 this week
• 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 so your brain can think again
• 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 with the people you care about

🗓 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
✨ Sun, Jan 11 3 pm PT
✨Wed, Jan 14 8 am PT
✨ Sat, Jan 24 10 am PT

💬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 “𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘” and I’ll send you the details
(And yes … 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 if you want it 🩷)

12/22/2025

𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃-𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞.

Tonight is the longest night of the year.
A 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒.
A 𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ.
𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 … 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝑫𝑯𝑫.

Then it’s 3 tabs open, 0 finishes, and maybe a candle if you remembered.

✨ 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑨𝑩𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑻𝑬𝑳𝒀!

12/16/2025

𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 + 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 = 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 (𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆)

It was supposed to be a quick trip to an unexpected school meeting.
But I hit construction delays.
Gas was low.
Parking was a mess.
And 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 was out — schools, businesses, shoppers, traffic, all at once.

ADHD brains like mine?
We feel it all — the sensory load, the interruptions, the sudden change of plans.

And I realized something.

👉 I discovered the secret to getting through high-demand days with less overwhelm by letting go of “the most efficient” and choosing what was 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 for my brain.

It became clear that simplifying my day 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 gave me back my calm — and my focus.

That’s when I realized: it’s 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 — it’s about doing what 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛.

So I got gas.
I skipped the veggie-chopping and ordered takeout.
And I made it through the day without losing myself.

That’s the work I do now — helping 𝑨𝑫𝑯𝑫 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌, not perfection.

✨ 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

12/12/2025

𝐌𝐲 #𝟏 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒑!
𝑷𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚!
𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈!

𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘, because the ADHD way …
You get almost done and save the last part for later or ...
start a task, jump to another and another — 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦 there are 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 and 𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

Instead of peace and simplicity …
You’ve got mounds of paper and holiday chaos.

(Though, let’s be honest — if you stacked those piles just right, you 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 call it a tree, slap a star on top, and 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒂̀ … no need to buy one!! 🎄

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩?
Let’s hear it 👇

12/10/2025

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞!

"𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 … 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.”
I didn’t think; I just kept saying yes.

Until my body started whispering … then yelling.
Tight shoulders.
Short fuse.

That feeling — I’m going to snap or melt down completely.

I’ve done that before.
Pushed too hard, lost it, and hated myself afterwards.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡.
I thought about the 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 and when they actually 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 — the ones where I felt connected, breathed, laughed, and went home with a full heart instead of an empty tank.

So 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬:
✅ Add 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 to my calendar.
✅ Leave 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 — even 5 minutes alone in the car.
✅ 𝑆𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜 without over explaining.
✅ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒.

Because if I don’t, the season runs me.
And that’s not the holiday I want to remember.

What about you? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆?

12/08/2025

The holiday season is just around the corner which means the calendar is about to start filling itself if we’re not careful. And for ADHD or neurodivergent brains, this is where overwhelm can sneak in fast.

It’s not just the events themselves… It’s the mental load that comes with them:
✔ remembering dates
✔ coordinating with others
✔ navigating travel or traffic
✔ figuring out what to bring
✔ recovering afterward
✔ trying to stay regulated in the middle of it all Most of my clients tell me the same thing every December:

“I didn’t choose to overschedule… it just happened.” And of course it did — because holiday expectations, social pressure, and ADHD time-blindness all team up at once.

Here's one tip I do when the holiday season starts.

12/05/2025

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐮𝐭 — 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

Alex was ready to give up.

Every morning felt like a disaster. She’d rush, panic, and break things -
shatter a mirror, slam the fridge too hard, throw the peanut butter jar.
She was always late. Always frustrated.

By the time she got to work, she felt ashamed and defeated.
Her boss was frustrated. Co-workers avoided her.

And Alex …
She started to believe maybe she just wasn’t meant to have a job.
Maybe she’d end up homeless.

But we slowed it all down.
We tracked her mornings.
We got real about how long things 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 take.
We created workarounds that made sense for how her brain works.
And she found the courage to ask for a consistent shift and a predictable day off.

Now?
She shows up on time. Smiling.
Her boss is noticing her effort.
And most importantly — Alex feels proud of herself.

This is what happens when you 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 “𝑓𝑖𝑥” 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 and instead 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

👉 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬?