Learning what to do with your negative thoughts and feelings and treating your ADHD go hand in hand. I know you want to learn how to work with your ADHD so you can leverage your strengths and manage the ADHD symptoms that get in your way. And sometimes you need to exert control to do…
You want to know how ADHD coaching helps adults. Maybe you’ve decided you want to work with a coach to treat your ADHD. Alternatively, you might just be curious as you begin considering your options for treatment. In either case, you want to know the specific benefits you will receive if you take this route,…
Treating adult ADHD with therapy can be a critical component of a ADHD treatment plan. Yet, if you are considering therapy, you may be unsure what criteria to use. It can be overwhelming trying to choose the right therapist, for sure. And I know you want to find someone who is a good fit. Because…
Trying to decide whether you need therapy or ADHD Coaching? Maybe your ADHD diagnosis is recent and you’re curious about what support is available. Alternatively, maybe you’ve known about your ADHD for quite a while and have just reached your tipping point. That is, you’ve gotten by using whatever compensating strategies you have in your…
I know you’re curious as to what will help ADHD adults execute better. But have you ever wondered what doesn’t motivate ADHD adults? Recently I was talking to a client about adopting more helpful self-talk when faced with starting a task that was not intrinsically interesting to her. She commented that it sounded a little…
All ADHD adults need and deserve validation — a sense of being heard and seen. But you may feel shame when you don’t get as much as your non-ADHD peers. You may also feel shame because you’ve internalized the common wisdom that you shouldn’t need to look to others for validation. But you do,…
Recently, a subscriber asked me about “managing emotional dysregulation in ADHD adults” in response to my query: “What is the topic about ADHD that most interest you right now? And, like many ADHD adults, this topic may be of great interest to you, too. As the inability to regulate emotions can have pernicious results…
“How am I going to get all this work done?!” If you are reading this article, I’m sure that’s a question you often ask yourself. Yet, there is a better question you could be asking. And that is, “How is all the work I’m responsible for completing going to get done?” Asking the question this…
Often well-known productivity methods assume everyone has the skills needed to use the strategies. For example, David Allen, creator of Getting Things Done, assumes you already know how to plan and get started. But, of course, that’s not necessarily true for adults with ADHD. And these assumptions result in a lot of frustration for ADHD…
Thank you again to Healthline for nominating me as one of the best ADHD blogs for 2019. I truly appreciate the recognition. Now back to writing!