The Frequency

Stories for people who were never built for average.

A man in sunglasses and a plaid jacket looks down at his phone while standing in a busy city crosswalk, seen through a blurred picture-frame prop in the foreground
Distraction: Stop Fighting Your Brain. Learn When It Works Best.
Same brain, wildly different results depending on interest, energy, and timing. Why fighting distraction is the wrong goal — and what to do instead. Read more...
A man in a black hoodie, backpack, and cap walks with his head down past a concrete wall, with a dark swirling ink-smoke shape rising beside him
Rejection Sensitivity: When One Comment Takes Over Everything
Ten wins, nine compliments, one negative comment — and somehow that's the only thing your brain wants to think about. A closer look at rejection sensitivity. Read more...
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Find Your Passion
"Find your passion" sounds simple until someone asks what it actually is. Why it might not be one thing — and what ADHD taught me about paying attention to the... Read more...
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External Memory
My phone camera is my second brain. Why outsourcing memory beats trying to force your ADHD brain to hold everything. Read more...
Four friends taking a selfie together at night in front of a wall spray-painted with FIND YOUR FREQUENCY and a WLU tag, lit in warm orange and purple tones
Find Your People
You're either on the same frequency as someone, or you're not. Why finding your people matters more than finding a system. Read more...
You Thought You Were Lazy. You Weren't.
You Thought You Were Lazy. You Weren't.
What looks like laziness can sometimes be friction between your brain and the systems you're trying to use. Read more...
The Fam — illustrated family portrait showing who in the family has ADHD
Why I Created Wired Like Us
Wired Like Us started with one simple realization: I wasn't the only one. I spent most of my life navigating ADHD without understanding why my brain worked the way it... Read more...
Voices from the Next Generation: My Son on ADHD
Voices from the Next Generation: My Son on ADHD
My son is 16 and was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 6. I asked him three questions and let him answer however he wanted — no edits, no cleanup,... Read more...
Chaos Meets Calendar book cover — a husband and wife sit at a cluttered desk surrounded by notes, calendars, and reminders, illustrating life with ADHD
Why I Wrote Chaos Meets Calendar
For years, I thought I had a calendar problem. I bought planners. Downloaded productivity apps. Started over every Monday. None of it lasted. Eventually I realized the calendar was never... Read more...
Exit 42 — highway sign showing Distraction and Hyperfocus as two exits
Exit 42
As a salesperson, I spend a lot of my life behind the wheel. Driving between meetings. Picking up my kids. Running errands. Some of my best ideas have come from... Read more...
Three framed red subway posters reading Find Your Frequency
Find Your Frequency
People walk the same route every day. Head down. Going to work. Going home. Lost in thought. Distracted. Running on autopilot. Life has a way of pulling us away from... Read more...
The Signal — Wired Like Us logo
The Story Behind The Signal
When I started building Wired Like Us, I knew it needed more than a logo. It needed a symbol. A quiet way for people like us to recognize one another.... Read more...