Let's figure out what's making life harder than it needs to be.
Make Life Work is for moms who are carrying too much, forgetting too much, and quietly wondering why everyday life takes so much effort. Not another list of things to do — a way to make the things you already do easier.
The program runs in small groups, so joining starts with the waitlist. Add your name and I'll let you know when the next group opens.
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This is for you if…
- You know what you need to do, but you can't get yourself to start.
- Everyday tasks feel harder than they should.
- You're forgetting things constantly.
- You're carrying far too much information around in your head.
- Schedules, appointments, meals, housework and parenting have stopped fitting.
- You're reacting all day instead of feeling intentional.
- Planners, routines and productivity advice haven't stuck.
- You have ADHD — or you're starting to wonder whether it's affecting everyday life.
- Everything seems to have too many steps.
- Time, starting, prioritising and following through are all hard.
- You're tired of being handed MORE to do when you're already overwhelmed.
You're not failing at this. It's just harder than it needs to be.
One focused thing a day, for 21 days.
Make Life Work is a guided 21-day program designed to help overwhelmed and ADHD moms make small, realistic changes to everyday life. Each day introduces ONE tool, concept or strategy — nothing more.
The goal is not to overhaul your entire life in 21 days. The goal is to change a few of the things that are quietly costing you the most.
Across the 21 days, you'll:
- Identify what's actually getting in the way
- Understand why something isn't working
- Reduce friction
- Try practical strategies
- Make strategies fit your own life
- Spot what could get in the way
- Adjust when something needs adjusting
- Keep what works
- Let go of what doesn't
- Build systems that fit your actual brain and life
Kelsey Carroll, Occupational Therapist + Mom of Two
I've spent more than 12 years as an occupational therapist. My work has always been about the same thing: working out what gets in the way of everyday life, and finding practical strategies that make everyday activities more manageable.
I was also diagnosed with ADHD myself at 37. I had managed for years — but as work, parenting, schedules, the house and the mental load of motherhood all got bigger, the challenges became much harder to miss.
That experience, alongside my OT background, is a big part of why Make Life Work exists.
This isn't another list of productivity hacks.
Make Life Work takes an evidence-informed approach. The strategies are grounded in established ways of supporting areas such as:
- executive functioning
- behaviour change
- environmental modification
- external supports
- routines
- task initiation
- reducing cognitive load
- reducing unnecessary friction
- planning and organisation
Rather than telling you what you "should" do, Make Life Work helps you work out why something isn't working — and then choose a strategy that addresses that particular barrier.
What members get
21 Days of Guided Lessons
Short, focused lessons that lead to one realistic action at a time instead of burying you in information.
Daily Email
A simple daily email reminding you what you're focusing on, so it's easy to come back to the program.
Group Support + Questions
A group where you can ask questions, share what you're trying, troubleshoot strategies and get support.
Today's Three
A way to intentionally choose up to three things that matter most today, instead of treating everything as equally urgent.
To-Do List
A straightforward place to keep track of tasks — no complicated productivity system to learn.
Brain Dump
Somewhere to get things out of your head, and somewhere you can actually find them again.
Simple Calendar
A simple calendar for appointments, commitments and the general shape of your day. It isn't trying to replace your full calendar app.
My Plan
One place to see the strategies you're working on, and track what you're Trying, Adjusting or find is Working.
Resource Library
Optional extra learning, resources and printable tools if you want to go deeper. Entirely optional — you never have to read everything to finish the program.
Realistic, everyday differences
- less mental clutter
- fewer things living only in your head
- easier task initiation
- fewer unnecessary steps
- less decision fatigue
- routines that take less effort
- better awareness of time
- ways to remember the things that matter
- a clearer sense of what gets in your way
- knowing what to change when something isn't working
- feeling more intentional instead of constantly reacting
- systems that fit your life
Make Life Work is not medical treatment and does not treat or cure ADHD. It's a practical program, and what changes is different for everyone.
Make Life Work runs in small groups.
I'm introducing the program through small groups so I can actually be there for questions. Add your name and I'll let you know when the next opportunity opens.
Current members
Head straight back into your program — your lessons, My Plan, Today's Three, To-Do List, Brain Dump and Resource Library are all where you left them.
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