Procrastination and ADHD, with Sean McCormick

In this episode of The Vibe With Ky Podcast, executive function coach Sean McCormick explains why ADHD procrastination is a signal that a task needs a different person, not more willpower. This one is for you if you have been called lazy your whole life and always suspected that word never quite fit what was actually happening. Sean McCormick, M.Ed., is a credentialed education specialist who taught public school special education before he understood his own ADHD. He founded Executive Function Specialists for students, built the Executive Function Coaching Academy to train educators, and co-founded an adult coaching practice called UpSkill Specialists. He joined me for this conversation after we spent three days together at NeuroDiversion 2026. The shift in this episode is small and it changes a lot. Executive function is not a measure of effort, it is a set of brain-based skills involving working memory, self-regulation, and task initiation. Once that lands, the question stops being why can I not make myself do this and starts being what does this task actually need. Here is what comes out of the conversation: \- Procrastination often points to a task that needs a different person, which Sean calls who not how. \- Constraints create real freedom, and Sean explains the fixed non-negotiables he keeps in every week. \- One full unscheduled day, phone off, does more for an ADHD brain than another productivity system. \- Sean shares what five years of sobriety did for his focus, decision making, and follow-through. CONNECT WITH SEAN MCCORMICK UpSkill Specialists, his adult executive function coaching practice: https://www.upskillspecialists.com/ For educators thinking about coaching, the Executive Function Coaching Academy: https://www.executivefunctioncoachingacademy.com/ CONNECT WITH KY Website: https://thevibewithky.com/ Patreon, for the ADHD Deep Dive Library, exclusive neurodivergent content, and the Reverse The Mic segment that is not available anywhere else online: https://www.patreon.com/thevibewithky Facebook subscription, for the ADHD Deep Dive Library, exclusive neurodivergent content, and the Reverse The Mic segment that is not available anywhere else online: https://www.facebook.com/thevibewithky/subscribe/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevibewithky TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@thevibewithky The ADHD Vibe Store: https://thevibewithky.podia.com/ This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional.