The path to friendship takes, time, participation, practice, and a mindset to understand that we build trust, connection and friendship over time. Caroline Maguire will lead participants through how to reframe and shift your friendship mindset and approach in ways that works with your ADHD neurology so you can find authentic connection rather than masking, people pleasing and burning out.
Walk away with a new mindset about friendship that can end a lifetime of pain and open doors to a new outlook. Caroline will offer concrete scripts, role-play style examples, and step-by-step strategies to help you pace new relationships, notice red and green flags earlier, and recover after awkward moments without spiraling. She’ll also talk about how to put parts of friendship on “autopilot” by using reminders, routines, and templates so it takes less executive function to keep connections alive. You’ll leave with a kinder lens on yourself and a realistic plan to create friendships that fit your brain, your energy, and your life, whether you are rebuilding a social world after burnout or cautiously ready to try again.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify Social Patterns (oversharing, underinvesting, overinvesting, scarcity thinking, and all-or-nothing friendship expectations) and how to sidestep them; and understand how traits like boredom, hyperfocus, emotional intensity, forgetfulness, and disorganization affect friendships and how to work with those traits instead of against them
- Learn to Use the 3 P’s (Participation, Practice, and Perspective) as a step-by-step framework to slowly build trust and connection over time, and pace new friendships so you don’t rush in, overshare, or burn out, while still getting the closeness you crave
- Create Realistic ADHD Friendly Habits (check-ins, follow-ups, “flavors” of friendship, low-pressure contact) that keep relationships going without overwhelming your executive function or emotional bandwidth
Who: Caroline Maguire ACCG, PCC, M.Ed.
Biography
Caroline Maguire, ACCG, PCC, M.Ed., is an award-winning author, coach, teacher, and keynote speaker whose work sparks conversations about social skills, friendship, and belonging. She earned her undergraduate degree at Trinity College and her Master of Education and Early Childhood Development degrees at Lesley University, specializing in social emotional learning and executive functioning. Caroline has supported thousands struggling to make friends, with her unique approach recognized internationally. She speaks worldwide at conferences, institutions, and corporations. Her award-winning book Why Will No One Play With Me? paved the way for her next book Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults, coming April 2026.
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Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults: A Guide for the Anxious, Uniquely Wired, and Easily Distracted
Friendship can be hard for many Neurodivergent adults. There is an assumption that good, worthwhile friendships “should” come easy. However, for Neurodivergent adults, there are brain-based reasons why friendship can feel less intuitive. From differences in the parts of the brain that are vital to managing the logistics of a fulfilling social life to difficulty with self-regulation, the way neurodiverse individuals experience social bonding and connection can feel unintuitive. Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults is a guide to navigate these differences. By the end of this book, readers will feel less alone and have the tools to understand the unique way neurodiverse individual can approach friendship.
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