The mind, body, and brain explained—with heart
I translate complex neuroscience into tools that fit real life–so you can stop fighting your wiring and start working with it.
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10 Quick Tools to Calm Your Nervous System—Backed by Science
Slow the spin, reset your system, and reconnect your mind, body, and brain.
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Empathy, ADHD tools, and community for the overloaded, the overthinkers, and the doing-my-best-with-what-I’ve-got crew.
HI, I’M DR. JEN WOLKIN, PHD, MFA
I’m a neurodivergent, Harvard-trained neuropsychologist, health psychologist, and MFA-trained poet whose work bridges neuroscience, psychology, and creativity.
I help people and organizations understand how the mind, body, and brain work together—so they can move from overload and executive-function friction to clarity, connection, and self-trust.
My approach blends scientific precision with poetic warmth, and is wide enough to hold everything from ADHD to complex trauma to women’s health transitions.
sur·thrive (verb)
Pronounced: sur-THRIVE
Etymology: blend of survive + thrive
Doing our best to heal, build, and grow—even in the midst of real-life messiness. It’s the art of becoming—while also being in progress.
LATEST BOOK
Find your ADHD blueprint. Build what fits.
My forthcoming book (Tarcher, 2026) explores how executive functions, dopamine, and motivation shape daily life, and why understanding these systems is the key to meaningful change—what I like to call surthriving.
Grounded in neuroscience and compassion, it will guide you to uncover your unique ADHD blueprint, and create a personalized toolbox that truly fits your brain.
Nothing like it has ever been published by a neurodivergent neuropsychologist.
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SPEAKING & BRAND COLLABORATIONS
Where science meets story
I help people understand the interconnected systems that drive how we think, feel, and show up, and how to work with those systems instead of against them.
Blending clarity, compassion, and humor to help audiences move from survival mode to “surthrival,” I’m available to speak at conferences, podcasts, and other media appearances.