Kourosh Dini, MD
    Mind, Music, & Mastery

    From overwhelmed to engaged.
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    • ADHD Expert
    • Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

    Break Free From Force-Based Work

    Whether you have a strong creative spirit, ADHD, or just want to be on top of it all, consider moving away from force-based methods of getting work done - anxiety, shame, and anger and other negative emotions can eat us away into exhaustion. Instead, start with a simple “visit.”


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    Find a Calmer Flow

    What would life be like without having to force your focus?

    What if you could move at your pace, get to the things you want and still take care of the things that need doing? Could that even be possible? It is. And sometimes even enjoyably so. Play, the right kind of play, is key to meaningful productivity. That might sound odd, if not ridiculous. But kids know it, while adults often lose touch.

    As a psychoanalyst, physician, and author, I’ve seen it time and again. Practicing play and agency can help not just ease distraction or worry, but foster mastery, meaningful work, and relationships.

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    The Rhythms of Focus Podcast

    For Wandering Minds, ADHD, and Beyond

    Rhythms of Focus is a mindfulness-based productivity podcast for those with wandering minds, ADHD, and beyond who seek a gentler approach to mastery and meaningful work.

    Blog

    Tripwires and “Sticky Decor Decay”

    Dec 19, 2025

    We can’t do everything at the same time. The options are many, but the actions are singular. We need to take out the garbage, but something just fell to the floor. We need to remember to move a thing to the garage, but we’re doing the dishes. We need to...

    A Wandering Mind Can Be a Powerful Mind

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    Waves of Focus: Guiding the Wandering Mind is an online course and community that helps those who struggle with their focus regardless of system. Sometimes, it’s just not about a system. It’s about how to manage the natural rhythms within. Some engage deeply and lose sight of the world around them. Some fall into scatter. Others, struggle with lists, overflowing inboxes, and a cascade of unfinished projects falling off of every horizontal surface nearby. 

    70+ and building bite-sized video+ lessons An interactive community of peers Live Q&A group sessions with Kourosh Forum exercises, and more
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    Publications

    Over the years, I’ve written five main works on productivity. Sign up for the Weekly Wind Down newsletter to get free previews.

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    Who is Kourosh Dini?

    Kourosh Dini, MD, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, helps creatives, the anxious, the depressed, the ADHD, and more by looking beyond the symptoms to the person and meaning behind them, to untangle the play and care that ultimately lead to a meaningful life.

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