ND Hive is a productivity hub built for ADHD and neurodivergent adults who struggle with starting, follow-through, and overwhelm. Instead of just giving you another planner, it combines live body doubling, coaching, community, and flexible daily planning tools like Good/Better/Best day support to help people move from intention to action.
Was there a specific user story or experience that convinced you this concept would work?
@rebekah_bingell My own. I made my Dev team stay on Skype calls with me for hours so I could get work done. Then we ALL found that we got more done when we did calls together and it became our daily ritual.
@danielleralstonndhive I love this! Me and my best friend would call/ or facetime each other while we cleaned or did work before we even knew what body double was lol!
@rebekah_bingell I did this with friends and my husband for years but didnt even realize it at first.
I see Planned Emotions and Energy. Is it better set intentions early in the day, or should I track myself throughout?
@jamie_damico Honestly it depends on how you self evaluate. I personally I do in the morning and then check back at the end of the day to see how well I did in predicting my day and the reality of it.
@danielleralstonndhive ah, thanks! This is helpful. I just might track periodically throughout the day.
@jamie_damico Awesome glad that helps!
How do we handle things out of control because of ADHD?
@shayejen
That “out of control” feeling is usually overwhelm + too many decisions hitting at once.
So instead of trying to manage everything, we:
→ pick one small thing
→ start with someone else (body doubling helps a lot)
→ and build momentum from there
It’s less about control… more about reducing friction.
What made you confident that body doubling could work at scale online?
@rebekah_bingell It wasn’t just a belief... it was a pattern we kept seeing across coaching, community, and behavior data.
People weren’t failing because they didn’t know what to do.
They were failing at the moment of starting… especially in isolation.
And when we introduced even light forms of body doubling, follow-through increased almost immediately.
From a market perspective, that told us two things:
This is a widespread, repeatable problem (not niche)
The solution doesn’t require complexity, it requires presence
Once we understood that the value was in shared environment, not physical location, scaling it online became the obvious next step.
What did you see that made you want to create an app like this instead of what everyone else is doing?
@allison_steinke Even with what we have there are a million apps that track mood, energy, emotions, and tasks. But things rarely combine together to be all in one place and then take into account capacity for productivity. Not to mention there is no support in the taking action in traditional apps. That is where we are vastly different we offer the support to take that action.
@allison_steinke That question gets to the heart of why ND Hive exists.
In my research and professional work within Industrial Organizational Psychology and Information Systems, I kept seeing the same pattern: tools were being designed around assumptions of how people “should” work, linear, consistent, self-directed, rather than how people actually function, especially within Neurodiversity.
At the same time, my research on workplace stigma and invisible disabilities showed that many neurodivergent individuals weren’t just struggling with tasks, they were navigating environments that lacked psychological safety, understanding, and adaptive support.
So instead of asking, “How do we get people to fit the tool?” We asked,
“What would it look like to build something that actually fits the person?”
What we saw missing, and what pushed us to create ND Hive was:
Tools that integrate community with productivity
Systems that support task initiation, not just task tracking
Environments that normalize asking for help and accountability
And design rooted in both research and lived experience
Most platforms focus on output. ND Hive focuses on humans first, because the research is clear: when people feel supported, understood, and connected, performance follows.
So this isn’t about doing what everyone else is doing, it’s about doing what research, and our lived experiences, have been telling us is needed all along 💛
Finally, a place that just gets it.
I’ve been part of this community for close to a year now, and it’s genuinely been one of the best things I’ve done for my ADHD journey. For so long I felt like I was navigating everything alone, trying to explain myself to people who just don’t get what it’s like. This app changed that.
What’s stood out most is how understood I feel here. No judgment, no “just make a list” advice - just real people who actually know what it’s like to lose your keys, forget a deadline, or spiral at 2am. That alone has been worth it.
But beyond the emotional side, I’ve picked up so many practical strategies I actually use in my daily life, things that work with how my brain operates, not against it. The community is genuinely generous with sharing what works for them.
@thetravelbee Reading this… this is exactly why we built ND Hive.
That feeling of not having to explain yourself, not having to translate your experience for people who don’t get it... that’s huge.
And I love that you named both sides of it:
being understood and actually learning strategies that work for your brain.
That combination is what changes things.
I’m really glad you’re here, and that you stayed. That means more than you know.
jared.so
How does the body doubling feature work in practice, is it live video or more of a shared timer setup? Congrats on the launch!
@mcarmonas We meet live from 10+ hours a day on zoom with real human coaches to help support guide and help you get started. We check in every 30 minutes to help people stay on task.