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Begin Again
I have been thinking about what it means to begin again, to notice where we are and take up where we left off and start over with love and compassion for ourselves. I’ve been feeling like I need to...
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Getting Unstuck
“Be not afraid of moving slowly but only of standing still.” I practice a loving kindness meditation as often as I can. Rather than focusing on my breath I focus my attention on the following mantras:...
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Not My Dishes
At my support group for women with ADHD the topic of doing the dishes came up and everybody had something to say about that. Unless you use paper plates and plastic utensils or eat with your hands and...
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Fix This
As an ADHD I get phone calls from parents, grandparents and partners of people with ADHD. They want to know if I can fix their child, grandchild, husband or wife who has ADHD and how quickly I can do...
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Tolerations
My Border Collie Bubba has a big basket of toys in my living room. Bubba is really good at taking all of his toys out of the basket and scattering them around the floor and though he is really smart,...
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Handling Mail the OHIO Way
I opened my mailbox and there were two magazines, five catalogues, a few offers to save money on my car insurance, four political ads, two bills, a bank statement and a notice for jury duty. Paper...
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The Road to Overwhelm
People with ADHD often describe themselves as being overwhelmed. What goes into feeling overwhelmed? The two main ingredients are avoidance and time. Most everyone goes to work or school, has places...
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The Power of Words
Words are important. They can hurt us or heal us, create conflict or promote peace and understanding. Words can support us in our darkest hours or hurl us into dark despair. Words have the power to...
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Bag of Tricks
“Felix the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat, Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks.” That’s the theme song to a cartoon I loved to watch as a kid. Felix the cat was always...
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Baby Steps
When I was a kid we used to play a game called, “Mother May I?” One kid would be the mother and a bunch of kids would stand several feet back in a line and one by one would ask the “mother” may I take...
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Tune In, Turn Off and Drop In
Back in the 1960s, Timothy Leary, a counter culture guru, advised my generation to tune in, turn on, and drop out. It was a catchy phrase and many of us took it to heart but in hindsight it was not...
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Trusting Yourself
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. –...
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Back to Basics
Sometimes we forget to do the things that help us successfully manage our ADHD. When we are taking our meds, exercising, drinking enough water, meditating, eating healthy food, getting professional...
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Planning With a Planner
If you have ADHD, using a planner is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It will help you manage your executive functioning deficits by allowing you to see your time more clearly and...
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Avoidance
Many of us with ADHD tend to use avoidance as a coping mechanism. If we think of a task as too hard, stupid, boring or scary, we will avoid it like the plague. Unfortunately, the things we find the...
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Leaving a Trail
In the famous fairy tale, brother and sister, Hansel and Gretel overhear their parents planning to abandon them deep in the forest because they are eating too much food and the family is starving....
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Dealing with Disappointment
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Everybody has to deal with disappointment at one time or another. Sometimes we are disappointed with...
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3 Tips for a Stress – Free Tax Season
This is a guest blog written by Julie Morris. Julie Morris used to have a successful career in finance but has since chosen to be a life and career coach to help others live their best lives. To read...
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ADD and Shame
Like any good girl raised in a Catholic home, I have a talent for guilt. The ideal of moral perfection is elusive, as is admittedly true for everyone, but the greatest guilt – really, my greatest...
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Notivation
Notivation is not a typo that is meant to read motivation. Notivation is my made up word for a common problem among those of us who have ADHD. We are not as motivated as most folks. It is easy for us...
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