# Body Doubling URL: https://okayrelax.com/services/personal/adhd-support/body-doubling/ Published: 2026-05-26 Modified: 2026-11-06 --- ADHD support # Body doubling for the tasks only you can do. Your assistant does most of the list without you. For the part only you can do, they work alongside you by video, phone or text. [Book a discovery call →](/book-call/?inquiry=body-doubling) [See all personal services](/services/personal/) Free. About 20 minutes. At a glance - **Hand off what doesn’t need you.** Your assistant takes it on. Body doubling is for the rest. - **Silent or chatty**, your call. Some sessions are pure quiet presence. Others have light check-ins. - **Recurring or one-off**. Weekly cadence, or a single session when something needs doing. By video, phone or text. - **One dedicated assistant.** The second session feels like the seventh. You know the work. The pile of forms. The job applications you keep meaning to send. The expense report. The folder of receipts. The thing that takes 40 minutes if you start it and 40 days if you don’t. Your assistant takes every part that doesn’t need you. For the part that does, you can have **someone there while you do it**. That’s body doubling. Your assistant joins you by video, phone or text while you work. Some sessions are silent. Some have light check-ins (“how’s it going?”, “what’s next?”, “want me to keep an eye on the timer?”). **One dedicated assistant**, so the second session feels like the seventh. It’s practical help from a real person, not therapy or coaching. > …she’s on the phone with me, acting as a body double to ensure I finish the task. Tvisha Shah, OkayRelax client, in [ADDitude Magazine](https://www.additudemag.com/virtual-assistant-adhd-benefits/) What we handle ## How a session actually runs. - **Scheduled sessions** on your cadence: weekly, biweekly, or ad-hoc when something has to get done - **Video, phone or text**, your choice. Camera on or off, headphones in, however it works for you - **Silent presence or light check-ins**, depending on what helps. Tell us before the call, change your mind during it - **One dedicated assistant**, so you’re not re-explaining context, the project, or how you work - **Common use cases**: the email you keep avoiding, the call you keep putting off, an inbox that’s got out of hand, forms only you can fill in, expense reports, applying to jobs or schools, sorting and organizing, the long-overdue thing on the list, and anything else that needs you Top 0.1% Of applicants accepted onto our team. Multi-stage screening, real work as the audition, references called. Checked Identity-verified and background-checked. You choose what access to give, and you can remove it any time. Days From intake call to your match. Then an assistant on your work. Pricing **Included on Relaxed and Serene, from $279/mo.** Body doubling works best with one dedicated assistant, and Relaxed and Serene come with one. Month to month, with no long-term contract. Questions ## Still circling? What does a session look like? At the time you’ve set, your assistant joins you by video, phone or text. They say hi, ask what you’re working on (or skip ahead if you’ve told them already), then settle in. From there it’s whatever helps: silence, the occasional check-in, a “how’s it going” at the halfway point, a quick reset if you’ve drifted. At the end you wrap up, note what’s left for next time, and you’re done. How long are sessions? Anywhere from 25 minutes to two hours. Most people land somewhere around 45 to 60 minutes (one focused chunk, one short break, one more chunk). Tell your account manager what works and we’ll book the cadence around it. Can the assistant do the work, or just be present? Both. Most of what you send, your assistant does on their own, no session needed. A session is for the parts only you can do. Some are quiet company. Others are working sessions where you hand things back and forth. Your choice, session by session. What if I need this only sometimes? That’s fine. You can book recurring sessions, one-off sessions, a mix, or none. They use the same hours your plan already gives you, so there’s no separate menu to handle. Is this clinical or therapy? No. Not therapy, not coaching, not clinical support of any kind. We aren’t licensed to do that and we won’t pretend otherwise. This is practical help with tasks, from a real person. If you need clinical or therapeutic support, please reach out to a licensed provider, that’s a different (and important) thing. Can I give body doubling as a gift? Yes. Body doubling is included on Relaxed and Serene, and a gift covers one, three, six or twelve months. [See gift options](/gifts/), or read our guide to [gifts for someone with ADHD](/blog/gifts-for-someone-with-adhd/). ![An OkayRelax account manager.](/wp-content/themes/theme/assets/images/va-2.webp) Your account manager ## A dedicated account manager. The person you actually call. Every account has its own account manager, separate from your assistant. They run the kickoff, own the match, and are the person you reach if something needs to be rematched, escalated, or just sanity-checked. Every assignment has a quality bar. You aren't the one chasing it. **One dedicated match.** No round-robin queue, no rotating contacts. If your assistant ever needs to change, we run the handover. From people who hired one of us ## They came back for the next year. "They've saved me a lot of time dealing with a variety of tasks: canceling and scheduling appointments, booking work trips and vacations, researching, etc. It is really nice having a dedicated assistant and my assistant Anas has exceeded my expectations!" Roy · OkayRelax client · review on VirtualAssistantAssistant.com, August 2018 "She checks in about details and keeps me on task, which is quite a tall order. … Love this service, my ADHD makes it impossible to keep up on all my adulting without it!" Erin Jones · OkayRelax client · Trustpilot, August 2023 ## Tell us what’s on your list. Add your name and email, then pick a time. About 20 minutes, free. Leave this field emptyFirst Name *Email *Phone number *Anything we should know? (optional)How did you find us? (optional)Select oneGoogle searchAn AI assistant like ChatGPTRedditFacebook or InstagramA podcast or articleA friend or clientOtherI don't rememberWho referred you? 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