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ADHD and Friendships: Are You Tending To Yours?
ByMarla Cummins August 9, 2012June 15, 2025 ADHD Communication, Blog

We all know that you need to tend to your garden, if you want your plants to thrive. You need to water, weed, remove some if they are crowded, etc. And it is no different with relationships. If you want to have thriving, healthy relationships, you need to be mindful and tend to those that are important to you. You already know this. And maybe this is what you want. But you may not have the quality or quantity of relationships that you want. In all likelihood your ADHD symptoms may be part of your challenge in cultivating connections. You can change this. ADHD and Connections Dr. Edward Hallowell notes that for adults with ADHD connections with others are critical to our well being. It…

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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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Entrepreneurs and ADD: Are Your Business Relationships Working?
ByMarla Cummins September 11, 2009May 14, 2025 ADHD Communication, Blog

When you are a small business owner / entrepreneur with ADD the way in which your ADD symptoms manifest themselves can absolutely have a positive effect on your relationships with others. You may be outgoing and able to talk to many different people, for example. This ability allows you to easily integrate into a variety of social and business situations which may serve you well in building and sustaining your business. However, many of you recognize that, depending on the context, your ADD symptoms may also prove to be a challenge in creating the types of quality relationships upon which the success of your business rest. While the degree to which you can choose with whom you want to create business relationships varies depending on…

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