Female ADHD Network

Home
United Kingdom
Bradford
Female ADHD Network

Call Website Contact the business

Hi, I'm Clare — I help women make sense of ADHD in midlife. Certified ADHD life coach, diagnosed myself at 52. I found out in mid-life age 51.

Take the free 5-minute Midlife ADHD Profile Discovery Quiz: https://mapquiz.femaleadhdnetwork.com/ 🟣 Did you know that ADHD really does look different in women? It tends to me more noticeable in boys, who may be hyperactive whilst girls are likely to be more inattentive - and labelled in school as day-dreamers, ditzy or chatterboxes.
🟣 Therefore, it is for this reason, many women are less likely to be diagnosed and grow up feeling misunderstood. Adult women with ADHD typically present with tremendous time management challenges, chronic disorganisation, longstanding feelings of stress and being overwhelmed, difficulties with money management, children or siblings with ADHD, and a history of anxiety and depression.
🟣 Many may not realise they have ADHD themselves until middle age or later....including myself! I suspected at the time of my Sons diagnosis, but it was confirmed as a result of experiencing terrible anxiety, leading to burn out. Over this time, I carried out research and put strategies and workarounds in place, which still work for me to help in my day to day life, and also to work towards my goals. I started this group because I couldn’t find an ADHD group for women which provided structure to understand more about ADHD in women but with a strength based approach.
🟣 Our full focus is on your personal growth, well-being and success - this is YOUR journey of self-discovery and transformation, and we are with you on it every step of the way! Whether you are diagnosed or suspect you have ADHD, if you are in a similar position and keen to understand more about how to navigate the challenges so that you can focus on achieving your potential and supporting others to do the same - then this group is for you!
🟣 This is your safe non-judgemental place to share your experiences, ask for help, and offer support where you can

14/10/2026

Brain fog 🗯️Overwhelm. 😫Forgetting things 😲 you used to manage. And wondering whether it’s menopause, ADHD or a bit of both.

When I first raised ADHD with my GP👨‍🔬 I didn’t get the response I’d hoped for. I know how difficult it can be to explain what’s happening — especially when your brain goes blank in the appointment.

In this week's blog, I share my own experience, along with practical guidance on preparing for your GP appointment, understanding your NHS assessment options (including Right to Choose in England), and what to do if you don't feel your concerns have been properly addressed.

You don’t need to arrive with all the answers. You’re allowed to ask.

>>>> Blog link in comments 📖👉

Clare 💫

PS: If this sounds familiar, share in the comments 💜

09/10/2026

How many years have you spent giving yourself a hard time about something you find difficult?

For me, it was things like getting distracted, putting things off, taking on too much and struggling to prioritise.

Even when I was doing well at work, I couldn’t understand why some apparently simple things were so bloody difficult.

And my usual response?

Try harder. 🙄

Since understanding my ADHD, I’ve learned to ask a different question.

What’s actually making this difficult?

Because there’s a big difference between telling yourself you’re lazy and recognising that you’re struggling to get started.

Or deciding you’re disorganised when you’re trying to hold far too much in your head.

Understanding the difficulty gives you somewhere more useful to begin.

And sometimes, that means finding a different way of doing things rather than trying harder at the same thing.

Which of these reframes resonates with you most?

👇 Let me know in the comments.

💾 Save this for the next time you start giving yourself a hard time.

08/10/2026

Apparently, young Clare needed to “resist urge to chatter.” 😂

That was just one of the comments in my old school reports.

I had to dig them out when I was assessed for ADHD, and I wasn't expecting how emotional it would make me.

Easily distracted.

Takes too long to settle down.

Not achieving potential.

I loved art at school, but I found maths difficult and decided I was simply inadequate.

I carried that belief with me for years.

Despite going on to build a successful career, I think I spent much of my life trying to prove myself.

When I was diagnosed with ADHD in my fifties, I finally began to understand why some things had always felt harder than they seemed to for other people.

And I started looking at that little girl — and myself — rather differently. ❤️

What did you grow up believing about yourself that you understand differently now?

I'd love to know.

I've shared more about my experience in this week's blog.

👇 Link in the comments.

Clare x

07/10/2026

How many of these have you heard — or said about yourself?

Lazy.
Disorganised.
Forgetful.
Always late.
Too sensitive.
Careless.
Chaotic.
Chatterbox. 🙋‍♀️😂

For years, words like these can quietly become part of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

That's one of the reasons awareness matters.

Because sometimes what we've spent years treating as a character flaw is actually a difficulty worth understanding.

And understanding gives us a much more useful place to start than simply trying harder.

So, for ADHD Awareness Month...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴?

Mine definitely included chatterbox. My school reports have the receipts. 😂

👇 Tell me yours below.

04/10/2026

Ahhh, overwhelm… 😂

You know you probably need some help.

You might even know exactly who you could ask.

But instead your ADHD brain says:

“No thanks. I'll continue trying to do absolutely everything myself until I can no longer cope.”

Excellent plan. 😂

So tell me…

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼?

A — Ask for help 🙋‍♀️
B — Keep going until meltdown 🤯

And if you're thinking “Where's option C: both?”… I'll allow it. 😂👇

There's a serious bit underneath the joke, though.

For many of us, asking for support can be surprisingly difficult — especially after years of being the one who copes, sorts things out and keeps everything moving.

And sometimes useful support isn't another piece of advice.

Sometimes it's someone helping us work out where to start.

Sometimes it's someone taking something off our plate.

Sometimes it's simply having someone understand why we're struggling in the first place. ❤️

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Clare x

03/10/2026

Please tell me this isn't just me… 😂

Buy lovely new notebook.
Feel ridiculously pleased with lovely new notebook.
Decide lovely new notebook is DEFINITELY going to help me organise my life.

Put lovely new notebook somewhere “safe”.

Immediately forget where safe is. 🤦‍♀️

The irony of losing the notebook you bought to help you stop losing things is not lost on me. 😂

Anyone else have a collection of notebooks currently living their best life somewhere in the house?

Clare x

03/10/2026

What would make your midlife ADHD feel a little easier right now? ❤️

Understanding your ADHD can change how you see your past, manage everyday life and think about your future.

But knowing you have ADHD and knowing what might actually help you aren't always the same thing.

That's why I created the Midlife ADHD Profile Discovery Quiz.

In around five minutes, it helps you discover what may be most useful for you to focus on right now:

🧡 Make sense of your past
🧡 Make everyday life feel easier
🧡 Get clearer on what comes next

You'll discover your Midlife ADHD Profile and receive your personalised Profile Guide, with guidance and practical ADHD-friendly ideas to help you turn what you discover into something useful.

Your profile isn't a label. It's a starting point.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲?

👉 Take the free 5-minute quiz — link in bio/comments

More understanding + More support = More YOU. ❤️

Clare x

01/10/2026

Sometimes the thing we're trying to fix isn't actually the problem.

We call it procrastination. Disorganisation. Poor time management. Being inconsistent.

But those are descriptions of what’s happening. They don't necessarily tell us why.

Something can be difficult because there are too many steps. Because you can't see the thing you need to remember. Because your energy has gone. Because there are too many decisions involved. Because you don't know where to start. Because everybody else's needs have swallowed the capacity you thought you had.

And if we don't understand that bit, it's very easy to keep trying solutions that don't solve the actual problem.

That's one of the biggest shifts understanding my ADHD has given me:

Less “What's wrong with me?”
More “What's making this difficult?”

I've gone deeper into this in this week's blog, including three questions you can use to start spotting the friction.

👉 “I've Tried Everything”: Why ADHD Advice Often Fails Women in Midlife
[LINK IN COMMENTS]

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿?

Clare x

01/10/2026

October is ADHD Awareness Month. 🧡

And over the next month I want to talk about ADHD in a way that goes a little further than lists of symptoms.

Because awareness matters.

But so does understanding what ADHD can actually look like in the life of a woman who's spent decades being capable, coping, compensating — and perhaps wondering why some things seem to take so much bloody effort.

We'll talk about ADHD in women. Midlife and hormones. Overwhelm, energy and everyday life. The things we tell ourselves when we don't understand why something is difficult. What genuinely helps. And the difference it can make when you're surrounded by people who get it.

This year's ADHD Awareness Month theme is A Community of Support — and that feels rather appropriate for FAN. ❤️

So let's spend October understanding ourselves — and each other — a little better.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻?

Clare x

29/09/2026

Finding it harder to get your act together in midlife?

For years, when something wasn't working, my answer was usually to try something else.

Another way of organising myself.
Another system.
Another strategy.

Basically... throw some more jelly at the wall and see if this bit sticks. 😂

And when that didn't work?

I rarely questioned the solution.

I questioned myself.

But something I've learned since understanding my ADHD is that the thing we think we need to fix isn't always the thing that's actually causing the difficulty.

“I need to manage my time better” might actually be I've planned more than I have the capacity for.

“I need to stop procrastinating” might actually be I can't work out where to start.

“I need to get more organised” might actually be if I can't see it, I'm going to forget it exists.

So these days I'm much more interested in a different question:

What's actually making this difficult for me?

Because once you understand the friction, you've got a much better chance of finding support that actually fits.

And I'm curious...

What's one everyday thing that seems to take you far more effort than it should?

That's what I'm exploring in this week's blog:

👉 “I've Tried Everything”: Why ADHD Advice Often Fails Women in Midlife

[Link Comments]

Clare x

Address

Bradford
BD20

Telephone

+447976629021

Website

http://www.femaleadhdnetwork.com/, https://mapquiz.femaleadhdnetwork.com/, https://femaleadhdnetwork.com/blog, https://f

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Female ADHD Network posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Female ADHD Network:

Want your business to be the top-listed health & beauty business in Bradford?

Female ADHD Network

14/10/2026

09/10/2026

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

04/10/2026

03/10/2026

03/10/2026

01/10/2026

01/10/2026

29/09/2026

Address

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Contact The Business

Shortcuts

Share

Listing takedown request