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Let’s Adopt the Bloggess!
Used with permission from The Bloggess herself. (Thanks, Jenny). Like a lot of women with ADHD, I felt my whole life that I didn’t fit in. It turns out, there are some great fellow female bloggers out...
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ADHD: Stop Chasing the New and Start Embracing the New
Embracing the new with ADHD. Snowdrops in spring. It’s spring. I don’t know about you, but spring has found me starting lots of new projects and activities. I’ve joined a Speechcraft course, hosted by...
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ADHD: It’s Not All Good
It’s spring (aka, roofing season). It’s time to tackle the last major job on my new house (I hope). One contractor suggested it would be cheaper and faster to cover over the old roof tiles. Then...
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Are You the ADHD Tortoise or the ADHD Hare?
Jack Wolf via Compfight Imagine how excited I was when I first learned about the slow food movement. Being as slow in the kitchen as I’ve always been, I’d always thought I had a deficit. When all...
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Spanking Hurts ADHD Kids More Than You Think, Part I
D. Sharon Pruitt via Compfight Recently, I read Parenting a Child With ADHD – Is Spanking Helpful? by ADHD expert Keath Low. Low does a good job of explaining why it’s difficult to parent a child with...
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Spanking Hurts ADHD Kids More Than You Think, Part II
Vinoth Chandar via Compfight In Spanking Hurts ADHD Kids More Than You Think, Part I, we considered the first 2 of 7 critical factors that suggest that spanking may be especially detrimental to ADHD...
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ADHD and Self-Awareness: Polishing the Mirror
Tambako The Jaguar via Compfight Don’t panic! I’m not talking about housework. I’m talking about a Buddhist expression, “polishing your mirror.” It means clearing up your personal inner gunk, so you...
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Mother’s Day and ADHD – Parenting ADHD Kids
t horizontal.integration via Compfight It appears that my little rant on spanking has struck a mighty chord. In addition to readers and comments here at my blog, I’ve received a lot of input on my...
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Webinar – Mother’s Day with ADHD: How to Keep It Happy!
Lisa Aro and husband Mark I’m happy to report that our Mother’s Day with ADHD: How to Keep It Happy! webinar went off (almost) without a hitch. On a personal note, I was terrified before we started....
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7 Signs Your ADHD Treatment is Working
Ibrahim Iujaz via Compfight Life was so messy and topsy-turvy before my ADHD diagnosis, these days I make a conscious effort to notice how (and when) things have changed for the better. Otherwise, I...
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What’s Up Doc? ADHD at the Doctor’s Office
As an adult with ADHD, I’ve never been at a loss for questions and this is especially true when I’ve given someone tacit permission to poke, prod, x-ray, and provide potent chemical substances meant...
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Top ADHD Tip: Find Work You Love! Here’s How
Lord shoot me now… Often, those of us with ADHD are told that to realize our full potential we need to find work that we’re passionate about; work that suits our ADHD-ness to a tee. But how? I haven’t...
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ADHD and Attachment – The Aha! Approach
Ahd Photography via Compfight ADHD doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Which is a darn shame, because if it did, we could just throw out the bag and be done with it. But no. Sadly, ADHD symptoms are another...
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On ADHD and Being Different
Photo by ©Zoë Kessler, June 2010 My friend Elaine just moved into a new apartment. While we were visiting, she mentioned that her landlord had dropped by to make a repair. Sam (not his real name) was...
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Am I Ready for My Closeup, Mr. DeMille? ADHD and Fame
It’s often said that acting is a great career for people with ADHD. After all, it’s a job with constant change: costumes, locations, and roles. Anything but boring, right? (and we all know that people...
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ADHD and Looking For Memory Lane
Corie Howell via Compfight My friend (we’ll call her Cathy) met up with some of her old pals in the city where she used to live. I could tell by the look on her face the visit hadn’t been completely...
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Zoë’s Christmas Turkey
Seriously, how hard can this be? I was heading into the Christmas season calm, cool, and collected. Note that I said, “was.” So how did things go so terribly wrong? Let me tell you. Through a simple...
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Yoga and ADHD Treatment – Part I
Jaybird via Compfight Last year, I stepped up my commitment to yoga practice. For inspiration, I picked up a book called The Yoga of the Yogi, written by Kausthub Desikachar. Desikachar’s book fuelled...
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Yoga and ADHD Treatment – Part II
Conner Downey via Compfight In Yoga and ADHD Treatment – Part I, I talked about some similarities between the discipline of yoga and ADHD treatment. Today, I’ll cover some specific yoga components...
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ADHD Management: When Enough is Enough
bark via Compfight I’ve been noticing a growing anxiety over the past few months, especially when I open my email. It wasn’t until I got away from my desk to a quiet, contemplative place (also known as...
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