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Do You Know This Step by Step Process For Streamlining Your Email and Preventing Overwhelm?
ByMarla Cummins September 21, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Organization, Blog

I have been getting a lot questions lately about email. So, I decided to put this together for you. Of course, having a system for processing email will save you time. But having a system is about more than just saving time! By adopting a routine you will increase your chances of acting on what is important to you. screen out what is not important, so that you can spend your time in ways that you value. respond in a timely manner so that you can take advantage of opportunities. be seen as a reliable and professional, if that is what you want.

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Making the Right Choices: Are You Clear in Your Heart and Your Head?
ByMarla Cummins September 15, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Communication, ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, Blog

This past week, I was given some unsolicited parenting advice from someone that I do not know well. Now you may think that this post is going to be about my response to this person. And in years past that may have been the case. Not this time… What surprised and delighted me was that I didn’t respond. Rather, I just smiled and went on my way to deal with my daughter. Now I am not being smug about this. It is not that I don’t relish opportunities to improve my parenting. It is not that I don’t think other people have valuable advice. It just happens that in this particular case, I knew in my heart and in my head what was best for…

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ADD and Authenticity: Did You Hear This?
ByMarla Cummins September 10, 2010June 26, 2025 Blog

Teri Sica of 95.9 WATD radio interviewed me last week for her show, Discovering Authenticity. We spoke generally about ADD and more specifically about ADD Coaching. It was really fun to do. I hope that you enjoy listening to it and find it informative, as well. As always, I appreciate your comments in whatever way you choose to send them (online or offline).

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Do You Know How to Manage Your Impulsiveness…and Actually Get What You Want?
ByMarla Cummins August 30, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Communication, ADHD Organization, ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, Blog

Usually I reserve book recommendations for the recommendation section. But William Ury’s book, The Power of a Positive No : How to Say No and Still Get to Yes, is potentially so transformative that I wanted to share with you a bit of what I distilled after reading it and using the suggested strategies. The step by step process he sets out can help you set your boundaries (say NO) based on your values and needs, while still retaining your relationships. If you have ADD and impulsiveness is a challenge for you, then you likely have experienced the effects of communicating in a way that not only damages your relationships, but does not get you what you want. You may know what you want…

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ADD and Transitions: Do You Know How to Make the Ride Smoother?
ByMarla Cummins August 26, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Organization, ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, Blog

Transitions of any type can be challenging for many with ADD. On a micro level, the challenge is shifting focus from one task to another. With the onset of Fall, a different type of transition came to mind for me. This type of change comes with a significant occurrence in one’s life, like moving, starting a new job, beginning a new relationship or starting school. Just this past weekend, I was talking to another mom whose daughter was about to start college over a thousand miles away. It was clearly a life altering event for both daughter and mother.

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If You Have ADD and Maintaining Relationships Is Hard, It Can Be Easier
ByMarla Cummins August 19, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Communication, Blog

(If you have not already, I suggest you read my previous post, ADD – ADHD: Have You Forgotten How Much You Need This?, where I covered the importance of maintaining connections, before reading this one) One of the challenges in nurturing relationships is making the time and space to connect with others. Unless we are intentional in our choices, and attend to our relationships, we can actually forget to do this. Even when it is important to us. Recently, I was talking to a friend, explaining how I often do not want to go out. This surprised her because, as she noted, I appear to do so well and be so at ease in social situations. When she said this, the phrase, fake it…

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Who Else Wants to be Productive?
ByMarla Cummins August 11, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD in the Workplace, ADHD Organization, ADHD Time Management, Blog

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 daughter is one of my highest priorities. So, when the reason for putting aside my work is to step into the role of parenting, it is generally easier for me to stop working. Lack of structure Now that I have literally no parenting responsibilities, other than writing letters to my daughter. I really lack structure and, honestly was a bit adrift for a few days. I could do anything! As…

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ADD- ADHD: Have You Forgotten How Much You Need This?
ByMarla Cummins August 11, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

It has been quite some time since I have thought about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It came to mind as I was thinking about Dr. Hallowell and his writings about the importance of connection in treating ADD. Then I started thinking about my own need to for connection. Recharging vs. Connecting I began questioning my need to connect with others two weeks ago, when I spent a wonderful weekend with old friends from my time in Israel. I had really been looking forward to this weekend. I thought, how could I not want to spend every minute with my friends?!? We were together on and off for 5 days. At one point we were together for 48 hours straight. As much as I was…

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ADD – ADHD: See How You Can Exit the Frustration Highway Quicker!
ByMarla Cummins July 26, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Organization, ADHD Symptoms & Diagnosis, Blog

The other day my daughter and I were at Target shopping for her camp supplies. I had my list, and was fairly certain that a behemoth store like Target would have most of what was on my list. Frustration! So, imagine my surprise when a clerk told me that the store did not carry tooth brush holders or soap containers. I thought, “impossible Target must have these items!” So, I asked another clerk, who sent us off to the household department. I must not have made myself clear because all we saw were items for the bathroom. So, I asked the next clerk, “where would I find travel toothbrush holders and soap containers.” “Yes, that is by the toothbrushes, “ he said. That was the…

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Who Else Wants to Make their Personal and Professional Life Easier?
ByMarla Cummins May 28, 2010May 14, 2025 ADHD Treatment Options, Blog

Do you ever have the sense of wanting to go it alone? Whether you are self-employed or working for others, you may resist asking for help. Going It Alone Perhaps, you have an entrepreneurial spirit and love the adrenalin rush of doing your own thing. You can put your creative ideas into action quickly. It can be truly exciting being the captain of your own ship. You may want to see your idea executed exactly the way you envisioned it. Maybe you don’t trust the advice of the people who you are currently consulting. You don’t think you can afford to hire someone to help you. You don’t think it is worth the investment of time. After all you have a lot to do. The…

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