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The 6 Steps ADHD Adults Use to Solve Just About Any Problem
ByMarla Cummins December 21, 2017June 18, 2025 Blog

Problem-solving is hard for ADHD adults. Not exactly rainbows and unicorns. I know. And you may be tempted to stop reading this article right now. But, if you want to become better at handling adversity, I hope you’ll hang in there with me a bit longer. I thought of writing this article while reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson. Ordinarily, I would bypass a book with this title. Because, well, it’s probably not serious enough and worthy of my time. But, as is often true when I judge a book by its cover and jump to conclusions, I was wrong. And, as I was reading Manson’s book, I thought of the myriad of ways problem-solving is hard for…

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What You Need to Know About Diagnosing ADHD in Women
ByMarla Cummins December 5, 2017 ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, Blog

ADHD diagnosis in women is complicated… It’s not uncommon for both men and women I work with to first receive their ADHD diagnosis as an adult. Sometimes they call me after a very recent diagnosis. And, as we talk about this late diagnosis, the conversation often touches on their feelings about having ADHD and finding out so late in life. They may experience both sadness and relief when they first find out. They feel relief because they can put their past into context — they have a better understanding of their challenges. But they may also feel grief that it took so long to find out. However, women are often more surprised at their diagnosis than men. Which Type of ADHD Do Women Have? Like…

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ADHD Emotional Regulation | Blog

Are You Ready to Change How You Think About Your ADHD?
ByMarla Cummins November 22, 2017June 18, 2025 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

What might be holding you back from achieving what you want right now is your frustration about your ADHD challenges. If it is, your thinking might be something along the lines of, “This isn’t fair! I shouldn’t have to deal with this!” So, maybe you neither accept what is or effectively work toward making a change. Rather, you stay stuck in this mindset, wanting things to be different than they are, but unable to move forward. The antidote to this predicament is accepting the mindset of Dr. Edward Hallowell’s adaptation of the Serenity Prayer. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The insight to prioritize wisely what I want to change; The patience to resist trying to control everything I…

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ADHD in the Workplace | Blog

Are You in the Right Job for an ADHD Adult?
ByMarla Cummins October 27, 2017June 27, 2025 ADHD in the Workplace, Blog

We all want to be in a job we enjoy. And, if you are not dissatisfied with your current job, the following questions probably keep swirling about in your head: “Am I in the wrong career?” “Is this just the wrong job for me?” “Are there careers that are a good fit for adults with ADHD?” “Are there jobs that would work for me?” Then, if you googled “ADHD friendly jobs” or “best careers for adults with ADHD,” you found articles proclaiming: “There are dream jobs for people like you, who are creative and easily bored.” “Quit your job if you have one of these 10 worst jobs.” “Sales, entrepreneur, medical professional, teaching, etc. are the best jobs for adults with ADHD.” And so, after…

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Discover the Secret Sauce ADHD Adults Use to Create Routines
ByMarla Cummins September 1, 2017 Blog

It feels great when you can easily start and follow through on a task or activity that is important to you, right? But contrast that with those times that it feels like you are wading through quicksand, due in part to the challenges that come with your ADHD symptoms. It can be frustrating, to say the least. And I know you may be hard-pressed to come up solutions. While I write about many ways to make this journey easier for you, the one strategy that stands out in terms of helping to mitigate the challenges you may experience is creating habits. Borrowing liberally from Mini Habits by Stephen Guise and The Power of Habits by Charles Duhigg I’ll explore below the ins and outs…

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The 4 Best Ways to Tackle Boring Work When You Have ADHD
ByMarla Cummins August 16, 2017 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

Are you ever in a meeting or talking to someone 1-1 and just zone out, missing what they were saying? And, when you realize this, you’re at a loss as to how to find out what you missed. Then maybe you are angry at the person for going on so long or embarrassed you didn’t pay attention. Other times, when you’re working solo on a work or home project, do you find yourself so far off course from your original intention with no idea how you got there? Maybe even hours have passed since you started down the rabbit hole. Then there are the times you feel an incredible sense of restlessness, but can’t decide what to do. So, maybe you end up flitting…

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ADHD Tools & Strategies | Blog

Stop Being Overwhelmed by Your To-Do List. Use These 6 Tips
ByMarla Cummins August 4, 2017 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

The wrong kind of task list can overwhelm adults with ADHD, rather than helping them. How about you? Do you have a task list? Is it helping you follow through? As is true for many of my clients when I first start working with them, you may have several lists — a sticky over here, a piece of paper over there, notes from your last meeting, etc. In the moment, you think writing it down somewhere — anywhere — will help you remember to do it, right? But are your lists helping you execute? If you are not following through on many of your tasks, your list(s) might be partly to blame. And you might have so many open loops it is making your head…

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Are You Allowing Interruptions at Work to Run Your Day?
ByMarla Cummins July 20, 2017July 7, 2025 ADHD in the Workplace, Blog

You’re in the middle of working on a report at work, and one of your colleagues comes into your office and launches into a conversation. Then you get back to work and see emails piling up in your inbox you feel you need to respond to right away. Happens, right? Yet, you may get frustrated or even angry when you have to stop and switch gears. While interruptions can be annoying, for sure, you may wonder why you respond the way you do. Read on to learn why interruptions may be so frustrating for you and what you can do to manage them. Why Interruptions at Work Are a Challenge for ADHD Adults First, it is important to understand that transitions — stopping, starting, and…

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Are Your Emotions Steering Your Life? Time to Take Back The Wheel!
ByMarla Cummins July 19, 2017 ADHD Emotional Regulation, Blog

Think back to the last time you did something when you felt angry, hurt or frustrated and later thought, “I wish I wouldn’t have done that!!” If you have ever thought that, it may be, like many Adults with ADHD, you have difficulty regulating your emotions. It is not that you have different feelings than others or that your feelings are wrong. Rather, the challenge for you is that because of your ADHD you may get triggered quickly, stew for long periods of time and act on your feelings before you’ve had a chance to think. Sure, feelings are feelings. But you don’t need to let them run the show, right? If you want, you can learn how to decrease the number of times you…

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How ADHD Adults Fix Their Love-Hate Relationship with Routines
ByMarla Cummins July 10, 2017June 18, 2025 ADHD Tools & Strategies, Blog

You’ve probably heard time and time again that adding structure to your life can help you manage your ADHD and keep you from floundering — doing whatever catches your attention in the moment. It’s true. Yet, if you are like many adults with ADHD, when you think of adding structure to your life you probably think, “I definitely need to do that! And I’ve tried… It just always seems to fall part.” So, you resist doing so because, well, it is just too hard and never seems to work. And you continue to waver between wanting structure and resisting it. Makes sense. Read on below to learn more about structure and how you can successfully add just enough to help you work with your…

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