ADHD + Motherhood from Amy Marie Hann

ADHD + Motherhood from Amy Marie Hann

From job-hopper to published author—what changed?

Learning to follow through when you have ADHD.

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Amy Marie Hann
Sep 30, 2025
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For years, I believed the lie that I could never stick to anything.

When I look back, it’s easy to see the pattern: bouncing between hobbies, careers, and interests. As a kid, I’d get just good enough at a sport to feel confident and then I’d get bored and want to try something else.

In my twenties, I job-hopped every few years, often taking a pay cut when my current job became too easy or too boring.

My interests, energy, and attention felt so inconsistent. The idea of mastering anything—or climbing any kind of career ladder—felt totally out of reach.

I hear this same belief from so many of the women I work with. It’s become a whisper that haunts ADHD brains:

“I just can’t stick to anything.”

But I’m here to tell you: that belief is a lie.

Here's a photo of me after opening the box of my new book fifteen months after signing the initial book contract.

Order Master the Mundane

But here’s the truth:

✅ I wrote a book.

✅ I reworked that book.

✅ I edited it.

✅ Then I edited it again.

✅ And then in July, I edited it one last time—and sent it off to the publisher.

✅ My book is now officially available for purchase everywhere books are sold.

Not only that, but I’ve been coaching ADHD moms for over three years now. I launched my course Master the Mundane in May 2022, and I've been doing this work longer than I ever stayed in a traditional job.

And get this? Right now, I'm currently bursting with ideas of all the ways I want to continue to help and serve moms with ADHD.

I'm not giving up.

I'm not burning out.I'm not losing interest.

In fact, I’m more fired up than ever to support, encourage, and equip women like YOU.

You know what changed?

I stopped trying to fix myself—and started building a life and business that work with my ADHD brain.

I gave myself permission to keep trying, to explore, to pivot, and to tinker until I found what really lights me up.

I hear from so many women who carry deep guilt about being "that person" who can’t stick with anything. The shame keeps them trapped in a cycle of forcing themselves to keep going—even when something clearly isn’t working.

But what if the problem isn’t you?

What if you just haven’t found your how or your what yet?

Instead of spending your precious energy trying to become someone who finishes everything… what if you focused that energy on uncovering the environments, systems, and ideas that naturally keep your attention?

What helps me get there?

  1. I adopted what I call the “Creative Genius Mindset”

  2. I gave myself permission to tinker.

  3. I found my unique zone of genius.

  4. I leaned in to what feels natural.

  5. I found a subject area that I feel deeply about.

Let me elaborate ⤵️

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