Support for navigating work challenges with ADHD — including focus, communication, performance, and workplace relationships.
You walk out of a meeting confident that you have all the information you need. Then later that day or days later you look at your notes. You wonder: What was I supposed to do? What does that mean? What did Joe say about that project? You just can’t remember. Yes, it is that wonky…
When faced with a problem, it is all too easy to focus on what is wrong. After all it is a problem! And for many adults with ADHD focusing on the problem may lead to endless non-productive ruminating. Can you think of an example in your own life when a problem seemingly hijacked your brain?…
Of course, everyone has challenges at work. However, as an adult with ADHD, you may have greater struggles than your colleagues with issues, like: details and instructions communication follow-through getting places on time stopping and starting tasks There are steps I have outlined below that you can take to address these challenges and create…
Sometimes I find myself sitting at my desk with no particular objective in mind. It is what I call, Seat Time O’Rama. You know. It is when you are just kinda hanging out because you feel you should be working, but you are not really getting anything done. When I catch myself, I stop,…
Last week my daughter started 3 weeks of overnight camp. As I am self employed, caring for my daughter is one of the few activities that put boundaries around my work. If you have read any of my writing before, you know that I work hard at making values based decisions. And caring for my…
I was at a meeting where the discussion turned to whether or not people with AD/HD should disclose to people at work that they have AD/HD. I came away thinking that, well, it depends. Sorry, but this is an area that does not lend itself to easy answers. Using the following will help you, as…
As an adult with ADD and a former teacher, I feel comfortable sharing the letter below. My intent is in keeping with what I believe is the intent of the author, a good laugh! As you know from my previous post, laughter is healthy as long as it is not meant to demean anyone. As…
In my last blog entry I wrote about making the decision of whether to disclose to your boss and/or colleagues that you have ADHD. In this article, I am looking at an alternative to disclosing. Of course, you may apply these suggestions to disclosing to anyone, such as teachers/professors, friends and extended family members. Rather…
On many occasions, my clients ask me how to manage interruptions when they are trying to do work, either in a home office or in a work place. As staying on task for adults with ADHD is often challenging, having outside interruptions can prove to be “the straw that breaks the camel’s back.” There…