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Jan 2025
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535- Conquering ADHD Procrastination and...

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J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., explains why the ADHD brain excels at procrastination and shares tactics to make dreaded tasks feel more doable.

This special episode is a feature article from the Winter 2024 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive our Spring 2025 issue hot off the presses — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.

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