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EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 4 MIN

The science of small wins

from The ADHD habits podcast · host Monique Suidgeest

Progress for children living with ADHD rarely looks like progress. It does not follow a straight line and it does not look the way we expect it to. This episode looks at what the research says about small wins, why the brain responds to them in a way that is neurologically significant for children living with ADHD, and why breaking habits down smaller than you think you need to is not giving up on ambition. It is working with the brain instead of against it.Be Everything You Are! OrganiserSCIENCE REFERENCESFogg, B. J. (2019). Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Schultz, W. (1998). Predictive reward signal of dopamine neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 80(1), 1 to 27.Amabile, T., & Kramer, S. (2011). The Progress Principle. Harvard Business Review Press.Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits. Penguin Random House.

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Progress for children living with ADHD rarely looks like progress. It does not follow a straight line and it does not look the way we expect it to. This episode looks at what the research says about small wins, why the brain responds to them in a...

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