An ADHD Strategy I Cannot Live Without
Recently I gave a talk about ADHD for the Centre for Diverse Learners. Knowing that people can be recalcitrant about asking questions around a mental health issue, the organizers gave…
7 Ways To Explain ADHD
What exactly is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? What does it feel like to have it? How does it appear to other people? I’ve put those questions to countless ADHD specialists and…
How I Deal With Worry & Ruminating
Anxiety and rumination are common with ADHD. Why? And what can be done about it? Simply put, we have problems with controlling our focus. So when we’re enthused about something,…
How ADHD Stole My Life
There is a tragic cost to ADHD that no one talks about. So I will. These days, social media bombards us with courses, apps, and products that promise to make…
ADHD Strategies for Everyone
There’s a dilemma with ADHD: the ‘symptoms’ are issues that everybody faces. The things we struggle to do, or to stop doing, are not weird, unique, or out of the…
Things that bug people with ADHD #2 – Too much noise
A big challenge with ADHD is managing my focus by ignoring distractions. The distractions can include my own thoughts, a neargby conversation, visual distractions (Oh, look, cows!) and background noises….
Things that bug people with ADHD #1 – sand, shoelaces
You won’t find Sensory Overwhelm in the Diagnostic Manual of ADHD symptoms, but many of us have trouble with sensory input. ADHD is more than just an inability to manage…