FREE Build Your ADHD End-of-Year Survival Plan Workshop Nov 17, Want in? Just subscribe to Heretic on Substack for free and you're in. We're going LIVE on Tuesday, November 17 at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. One Click Gets You In 👇🏽 buffyfermino.com/subscribe Already a subscriber? You're all set. Put November 17 at 12:00 PM ET in your calendar now, before your brain files it under "later." Now, on with the show 🎙️ If your brain needs a long walk before it will say anything useful, you're in very good company. While Charles Dickens was writing A Christmas Carol in the fall of 1843, he told a friend he'd been walking fifteen and twenty miles through the back streets of London at night, long after everyone sensible had gone to bed, turning the story over in his head. In Part Two of the Victorian Ghost series, Buffy picks up where Episode 7 left off. If your ADHD leans inattentive, your attention moves like a Victorian ghost: she takes the stairs at her own pace and wants a proper warm-up before she settles. This episode looks at how the Victorians built days that gave her that room, how three waves of speed took it away, and how to bring some of it back into the life you're living now. In this episode: Why Dickens needed his night walks to write one of the most famous ghost stories ever told Afternoon tea, "at home" days, and calling cards: how the Victorians built pauses into the day Why built-in pauses work as resets for an inattentive brain, while unplanned drifting feels like failure The three great thefts of slow time: the factory clock, the internet, and AI Why most of us can't live like Darwin at Down House (family money and household staff help) Five rituals to borrow: count the warm-up as work, walk before you decide, write letters, keep "at home" hours, and protect your four hours Try this: Grab your journal and ask, "If my attention were a Victorian ghost, what would she need this week to feel at home in my house? Where can I give her a walk, a letter, or a proper cup of tea?" Choose one answer and do it this week. Free workshop: Join me for the Build Your End-of-Year ADHD Survival Plan Workshop, LIVE on Substack on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. It's free. Just subscribe to Heretic, my publication on Substack, for free and you're in: buffyfermino.com/subscribe Books mentioned: Mason Currey, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work; Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less; Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol; Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species. Buffy Fermino is a licensed therapist and ADHD coach. Any information shared publicly by Buffy, including Slay ADHD, other podcasts, social media, Heretic, and on Substack is for education purposes only. This content is not therapy, counseling, or medical advice, and it does not constitute a therapist–client relationship. By consuming, you agree to these statements. If you're in crisis in the U.S., call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Outside the U.S., search local help here https://findahelpline.com/ Get full access to Buffy Fermino ⟡ Heretic 🔮✨ at www.buffyfermino.com/subscribe
