6 days.
19 sessions.
30+ experts.
MD
Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells is a board-certified adolescent medicine physician and a leading voice in the ADHD community. As a physician with ADHD herself, she combines clinical expertise with lived experience to empower teens and young adults to better understand their brains and thrive with neurodivergence.
CMPSS
Suzanne Sophos is the President-Elect of CHADD, a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CMPSS), and a longtime advocate for neurodivergent individuals and families. As an AuDHD/2e adult and parent, she blends lived experience with professional training to lead inclusive peer support spaces and mentor others in building community. Her work focuses on helping people feel seen, supported, and empowered.
Author & Creator
Meredith Carder is the Author of "It All Makes Sense Now" and a creator who helps neurodivergent individuals understand themselves with compassion and curiosity. Diagnosed as an adult, Meredith blends lived experience with professional expertise, offering practical, relatable tools for emotional regulation and executive function.
Biomedical Engineering Student
Maruko Kong is a biomedical engineering student and the creator behind @adhdgardenfairy, where she shares science-informed study systems, executive function strategies, and emotional support for ambitious ADHD students and overwhelmed high achievers. After being diagnosed with ADHD and navigating the gap between academic potential and real-life follow-through, she began creating content to help neurodivergent students build systems that support focus, task initiation, consistency, and self-trust without shame. Her work combines lived experience, academic ambition, and practical tools for students who want to make progress in a way that actually works for their brain.
ADHD Advocate & Creator
Kyrus Keenan Westcott (Ky) is a mental health advocate, content creator, and viral voice in the ADHD space. After being diagnosed with ADHD later in life, Kyrus began sharing his journey online, blending humor, vulnerability, and education to build a safe space for neurodivergent individuals.
PsyD, Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Priyanka Rao is a licensed psychologist and executive coach and the founder of Asha Coaching & Consulting. She works with late-diagnosed ADHD adults, especially professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders, helping them build systems and self-trust that fit how they think. Diagnosed with ADHD in her thirties, she combines clinical expertise with her own lived experience and a neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based approach. As the eldest daughter of Indian immigrants, she also brings a deep commitment to multicultural inclusion to her work.
Co-founder of Shelpful
Sharon Pope is the co-founder of Shelpful, an accountability and support service designed to help people with ADHD follow through on daily tasks. She’s dedicated to creating compassionate systems that make progress feel possible.
Ph.D, Educator, & Author
Dr. Alan Graham, Ph.D., brings over 30 years of experience as a therapist, educator, author, and ADHD coach. He’s trained thousands of professionals, led groundbreaking programs, and helped individuals and families build resilience and structure in their lives. As Dean of the ADHD Coach Training Program at MentorCoach and co-creator of ADDvisor.com, he’s a leader in shaping how we understand and support ADHD.
Founder of Clutterbug
Cassandra Aarssen is a bestselling author, ADHD advocate, and the founder of Clutterbug®. Known for her relatable, judgment-free approach to organization, she has helped millions of people around the world discover their organizing style and create homes that are easier to manage. Her practical strategies have been featured on television, in bestselling books, and through her popular YouTube channel and podcast.
Co-founder & CEO of Shimmer
Co-founder & CEO of Shimmer, the leading coaching platform for teens and adults with ADHD. She was recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc. Female Founders honoree.
Author & Creator
Trina Haynes is an ADHD advocate and longtime leader in the ADHD community who brings deep personal insight to her work. With over 20 years of experience in marketing and a passion for helping creative, entrepreneurial minds, she supports people facing burnout, overwhelm, and chaos. Trina helps others find balance by turning their ADHD strengths into momentum.
PhD, Neuropsychologist
Dr. Jen Wolkin is a Harvard-trained neuropsychologist, speaker, and writer whose work focuses on ADHD, trauma, and the ways hormones shape the brain. Much of it centers on how perimenopause and menopause can amplify or reveal ADHD in women, and why the answer is compassion and real support rather than willpower. She explains the science of estrogen, dopamine, and executive function in plain language, and she is a strong advocate for better, more holistic healthcare for women in midlife. She pairs clinical depth with a clear understanding of what these transitions actually feel like.
PsyD, MDA
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA is a psychologist, international presenter, author, and ADHD thought leader. He has given more than 850 presentations and podcast interviews and routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complicated information understandable and useful. He is the author of five books, including his newest, The ADHD Productivity Manual. A popular expert and advocate, he has been widely quoted in national media such as The New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, and Boston Globe, and serves as an expert advisor for the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, Understood.org, InsightTimer, and CHADD's media team.
ADHD & Autism Creator
Savant is a 33 year old Disability & Neurodivergence Advocate, Spiritual Practitioner, and currently in studies to become a Neurodivergence and Divinity Integration Coach. Amongst being diagnosed with AuDHD, he also journeys with Sensorimotor OCD, Dyslexia as well as Savant Syndrome.
PsyD, ADHD-CCSP
Dr. Sharon Saline is a licensed clinical psychologist and leading ADHD expert with over 30 years of experience working with children, teens, adults, and families. She is the author of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew and is known for her compassionate, practical approach to managing ADHD with insight, connection, and real-world strategies.
Gary Ware is the founder of Breakthrough Play and author of the influential book, Playful Rebellion: Maximize Workplace Success Through The Power of Play, and is a standout corporate facilitator and keynote speaker.
MSc Neuroscience & Cognition
Anna Charitonos holds an MSc in Neuroscience and Cognition from Utrecht University, with a specialization in science communication. She runs @an.nalogy, an Instagram community of more than 90,000 followers, where she shares science-informed insights and her own lived experience with ADHD, productivity, mental health, and personal growth. Her work turns complex neuroscience into accessible, practical tools for everyday life, drawing on original research, including a study on breathing patterns and attention, and on her background in multimedia storytelling and health communication. She joins the summit to share science, strategies, and stories for studying and living well with ADHD.
MCC, CPCC
Elaine Taylor-Klaus is a Master Certified Coach, author, and one of the leading voices in parenting and neurodiversity. She co-founded ImpactParents, the first global coaching organization for parents raising children with ADHD, anxiety, and other complex needs, where she has educated tens of thousands of parents and certified hundreds of professionals around the world. She is the author of several books, including The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety and More, and she co-hosts the Parenting with Impact podcast. Diagnosed with ADHD and learning differences herself at 40, Elaine is also the mom in a big ADHD family, and she brings that lived experience to everything she teaches.
ADHD Advocate
Geraldine Kostrewa, known online as @cherry.adhd, is a speech and language therapist, toddler mum, and ADHD advocate who brings personal and professional insight to everything she shares. Diagnosed in childhood but only truly informed in adulthood, she now works to raise awareness around how ADHD shows up in adults, especially women. Her content focuses on relatable experiences, practical strategies, and holistic tools that support mental health and everyday life.
ADHD Entrepreneur
Ari Scott is a creator, entrepreneur, and unapologetic voice for ADHD-led businesses. After getting expelled from school and fired from five jobs, she turned her ADHD diagnosis into a launchpad and built a business from $57 into a full-time career. Now she helps other ADHD entrepreneurs build brain-aligned businesses with practical, no-fluff strategies that actually work.
Creator & ADHD Advocate
Marius Reger is the fitness coach behind The ADHD Fitness Guy, where he helps adults with ADHD get fitter, healthier, and more consistent without burning out. He has built an audience of more than 175,000 followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube by sharing realistic, ADHD-friendly approaches to movement and habit-building. His work focuses on helping overwhelmed ADHDers find a sustainable way to stay active instead of bouncing between all-or-nothing cycles.
MS, Founder of Nutrimind Lab
Annika Angelo holds a master's in health psychology and is one of the leading voices in ADHD nutrition research. Through Nutrimind Lab, she turns dense scientific studies into clear, practical strategies that help ADHD adults support their focus, energy, and mood through food. She breaks down the latest research on topics like protein, omega-3s, and how ADHD brains process nutrients, and she reaches a large community across her newsletter, podcast, and social channels. Her work is evidence-based and judgment-free, meeting people where they are instead of pushing restriction or diets.
MBA, FCIPD, FCIArb
Xenia Angevin is the Principal Coaching Psychologist at Shimmer, where she leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of coaching programs for adults with ADHD. With expertise spanning psychology, technology, and cross-cultural leadership, her work is grounded in both academic research and lived experience. Xenia brings deep insight into cognitive diversity, digital strategy, and human development, shaping how ADHD care is delivered at scale.
Fitness Creator
Anjali Vittal is a competitive powerlifter and fitness creator who shares her training and her life with an audience of nearly 70,000 across Instagram and TikTok. She lifts with the UMass Amherst Powerlifting Team and studied neuroscience, bringing a curiosity about how the brain works to how she talks about strength and consistency. Her content is built on honesty about the real ups and downs behind staying committed, which has made her a relatable voice for people who want fitness to feel human rather than perfect.
Author & Creator
Jesse J. Anderson is a writer, speaker, and ADHD advocate known for making ADHD relatable, clear, and a little funny. He’s the author of Extra Focus, host of the ADHD Nerds podcast, and creator of a weekly newsletter with over 60,000 readers. Diagnosed at 36, Jesse shares honest stories and practical tips to help others feel less alone and more empowered.
PhD
Dr. Anil Chacko is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at NYU, with an additional appointment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His research focuses on developing engaging, effective, and sustainable prevention, intervention, and service delivery models for youth at-risk for or affected with disruptive behavior disorders, including ADHD. His work is grounded in ongoing clinical practice with families and close collaboration with community service providers.
Podcaster & Creator
Stephen Robles is a tech podcaster and content creator who covers Apple and consumer technology. He hosts the top 100 tech news podcast Primary Technology and has appeared on The Vergecast and MacBreak Weekly.
PsyD, LP
Dr. Hogan is an AuDHD, Chickasaw, queer, chronically ill, and hard-of-hearing psychologist with over a decade of experience in Autism and ADHD assessment. She specializes in identifying Autism in women, trans and non-binary folks, and marginalized communities, and founded Neuron & Rose and The Divergent Clinician. She speaks internationally on neurodiversity-affirming assessment and late identification.
The top voices in ADHD
Coaches, clinicians, and creators at the front of the ADHD world, each one giving you the strategies they have actually seen work. This is the kind of inside knowledge you usually only get in a private session, and these talks happen live and only inside Shimmer.
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Two weeks of sessions you can't get anywhere else
Every session is live, and once the summit wraps the talks stay inside Shimmer for members only. This is where our guests get specific about what actually works for ADHD, and most of it you won't hear anywhere else. New sessions get added as guests confirm, so it keeps growing right up to August.
Getting diagnosed as an adult with ADHD feels like the moment everything is supposed to click. But for most people, it doesn't, not right away. There's a gap between finally having a name for what's been happening in your brain and your life actually shifting in any meaningful way, and almost nobody talks about what that gap looks and feels like. In this session, Ky draws from his own late diagnosis experience to explore why the period after diagnosis can feel just as disorienting as before it, what gets in the way of real change, and what it actually takes to start moving forward with your neurology instead of against it.
Finding out you have ADHD as an adult can explain a lot and stir up a lot at the same time. In this panel, three creators who were all diagnosed later in life talk about what that was like for them. Trina Haynes of My Lady ADHD, Meredith Carder, author of It All Makes Sense Now, and Jesse Anderson, author of Extra Focus, share how their diagnosis changed the way they see their past, what surprised them, and what actually helped once they had a name for it. Expect an honest conversation about the messy middle between getting diagnosed and figuring out what comes next.
Being both autistic and ADHD comes with its own mix of strengths and struggles, and the two can pull against each other in ways that are hard to explain. This panel brings together people who live it and work in it. Dr. Jess Hogan, an AuDHD clinical psychologist and founder of The Divergent Clinician, is joined by creator Savant De'Shawn Devereaux and Suzanne Sophos for an open conversation about what AuDHD actually feels like day to day. They talk about the overlap between autism and ADHD, the parts that often get missed, and small things that make life easier when your brain runs on both.
Movement helps a lot of people with ADHD, but building a routine that lasts is the hard part. In this panel, Anjali Vittal and Marius Reger talk about how they train, stay consistent, and use exercise to feel steadier day to day. They get into why working out can be hard to start and keep going with ADHD, how to build a routine that survives low-motivation days, and simple ways to make movement something you actually look forward to. You will leave with a down-to-earth way to think about fitness that holds up on low-energy days.
Plenty of ADHD adults end up in urgency mode even when they genuinely don't want to be. This session walks through the ADHD Pattern Loop (overwhelm → avoidance → urgency → crash) and connects it to the Interest-Based Nervous System, so you understand why urgency became your default on-ramp in the first place. From there you map one stuck task to the specific INBS lever that's missing, so you leave with something you can actually use.
Have you tried every organizing system, planner, and productivity hack, only to find that nothing seems to stick? The problem isn't you—it's that you've been trying to organize in a way that doesn't match how your brain naturally works.
In this empowering and practical session, organizing expert Cassandra Aarssen will help you discover your unique organizing style and understand why traditional organizing advice often fails people with ADHD. You'll learn ADHD-friendly organizing systems designed to work with your natural habits instead of against them, along with simple, realistic solutions that reduce overwhelm and make it easier to maintain an organized home.
Whether you're chronically cluttered, constantly losing things, or struggling to stay on top of daily tasks, you'll leave with a personalized roadmap for creating organizing systems that fit your life, your brain, and your home.
ADHD often comes with a loud inner critic. This session looks at where that self-criticism comes from and how it feeds social anxiety, so you leave feeling steadier around other people. Dr. Sharon Saline covers rejection sensitivity, the perfectionism and imposter feelings that often ride along with it, and practical ways to build real self-confidence. You will walk away with a clearer sense of why these patterns show up and small steps to quiet the criticism and trust yourself more.
Every couple needs to negotiate different desires and ways of doing things. ADHD doesn't create new relationship challenges, but it may give you more to negotiate. So let's discuss how partners who are wired differently can learn to live well together. The goal here is to avoid the resentment that erodes relationship happiness. This means balancing each of your needs and handling those difficult conversations in a way that promotes understanding, builds empathy, and actually leads to an agreement that can be followed.
Plenty of people with ADHD are high achievers who still feel like they are running on empty or one step from things falling apart. Dr. Alan Graham draws on more than 30 years of coaching and teaching to look at what actually drives success for ambitious adults with ADHD, and how to keep it going without burning out. Expect practical strategies for turning drive into steady progress, protecting your energy, and building on your strengths.
What happens when you stop trying to fit into a system that was never built for your brain — and start building your own?
Join creator and entrepreneur Ari Scott for a no-fluff conversation about running a business with ADHD on purpose. From getting expelled and fired to growing a full-time business from just $57, Ari has turned her lived experience into a mission: to help build 100,000 ADHD-owned businesses and empower others to create brain-aligned ventures that actually work for them.
If you've ever felt like you have to "mask" to succeed or hustle your way to burnout, this session is your permission to do things differently. Get ready for real talk, practical strategies, and a fresh perspective on what ADHD-led success can truly look like.
Studying with ADHD can feel like a fight with your own focus, whether you are in school, taking a course, or learning something new on your own. In this panel, Anna Charitonos, known as an.nalogy, and Maruko Chan share the study habits and tricks that actually work for them. They talk about getting started when your brain resists, holding focus without burning out, and setting up a study routine you can keep. Expect practical ideas you can try the next time you sit down to learn something.
What attendees said last year
"I felt heard, even though my mic was muted, and seen even with my camera off! I was very impressed with the diversity of subjects and speakers, much more than I've seen in any other Summit I've attended. It gave me answers I desperately needed and validation in my efforts. It was just what I needed when I needed it most."
Noelle Rodgers
"The content was fantastic. It covered a wide range of topics, and when I couldn't join live from the UK, I knew I could catch up on the recording. I don't know any adults with ADHD, so I have no one to speak to who gets it. It was amazing to not feel alone for a few hours each evening."
Gayle Ogilvie
"The parenting session with Anil Chacko was incredibly valuable. I consume a lot of parenting content already and was skeptical I'd learn anything new, but his presentation was structured so well that I came away with something tangible to apply at home."
Contessa
"The founders sessions and the AuDHD session resonated with me most. I learned a lot and now see the value in signing up for coaching. Truly, thank you for all the hard work. It was amazing!"
Holly Peng
"The talks were excellent. The best ones were packed with information. I especially loved the talk where Chris spoke about her journey to co-found Shimmer."
Art Altman
"I found going back to re-watch a bunch of them. The Critical Thinking for Decision Making examples were easy to connect with, and the ADHD medications session had so much information I didn't know and was really valuable."
Bryce L.
"These seminars give some really good insights. You learn something new from each lecture. It's allowed me to feel included in a community with people like me."
Daniel Calderon
"I learned something in every session. Just the feeling that I wasn't alone made me want to learn more. I've just started using Shimmer but it's worth every penny. Such a great community for me."
Chris W
Last year's lineup
Join Shimmer and you can watch every one of these talks from last year, on top of everything happening this August.
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