
“Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults” with Caroline Maguire
You’ve been calling them friends before they’ve earned it — and that’s where the hurt comes from. Caroline Maguire is here to rewrite the whole friendship map.

You’ve been calling them friends before they’ve earned it — and that’s where the hurt comes from. Caroline Maguire is here to rewrite the whole friendship map.
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That’s right, we wrote a book! We’re incredibly proud of it and what it represents of our experience working with—and living with—ADHD. Our hope is that you find yourself on these pages, and that your reflections as you read it lead you down a path of joy, insight, discovery, and structure as you continue to refine how you plan for the most important things in your life.

You’ve been calling them friends before they’ve earned it — and that’s where the hurt comes from. Caroline Maguire is here to rewrite the whole friendship map.

You’ve been masking so long it doesn’t feel like a choice anymore — it just feels like the day.

It’s not the fights that wear a relationship down — it’s the million quiet moments where you keep missing each other. Dr. Dodge Rea returns to explore why shame calcifies faster in ADHD relationships, and what it takes to stay both intact and in touch.

Over-apologizing doesn’t just wear you down — it can turn your guilt into someone else’s emotional labor. This week, Nikki and Pete break down the difference between an apology and a repair, and share a framework for making things right without losing yourself in the process.