Sometimes I get a bit blue around New Year’s Day. With everybody making promises about things they want to change or do differently, I feel pressured instead of motivated, pressured to make another resolution about fixing some aspect of my life that could go better. … Continue reading Learn how to Genuinely Live Free & Shine Your light with ADHD in 2023 Without Pressure or Promises
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4 New Ways to Create ADHD-Friendly Family Traditions
For many of us, this is the first holiday season we get to spend with friends and family after the past few years learning how to live a “new normal” during the pandemic. Although it made gathering difficult, it helped us realize the importance of … Continue reading 4 New Ways to Create ADHD-Friendly Family Traditions
How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed During the Holiday Season
Are you starting to feel stressed about the holidays? I am. This weekend as I was out doing errands, the Christmas music was loudly blaring in every store while people rushed around with lists in hand and frantic expressions. I wondered quietly why we put … Continue reading How to Avoid Being Overwhelmed During the Holiday Season
ADHD Tips for Kids & Adults: Improve Brain Focus & Productivity
. Can you relate to this scenario? You’re in the kitchen at 6 p.m. trying to prepare dinner while talking on the phone using your earpods and looking at texts periodically when a notification appears. Meanwhile, your teenage son watches television while doing math homework … Continue reading ADHD Tips for Kids & Adults: Improve Brain Focus & Productivity
The Best 5 Tips for Managing a Disappointing Report Card with Your Child
.It’s that time of year when parents and kids anxiously await their first report card. School is often the toughest area of functioning for neurodivergent kids and teens because academic performance requires using all of the executive functioning skills with which they struggle. For neurodivergent … Continue reading The Best 5 Tips for Managing a Disappointing Report Card with Your Child
Keys to better productivity with ADHD: How you can improve the 4 types of focus
Recently, one of my clients Kaya, with adult ADHD made an astonishing discovery. She read an article in the New York Times about brown noise, and wondered if it could help her focus on the unpleasant but necessary tasks. Like doing her taxes, writing proposals for … Continue reading Keys to better productivity with ADHD: How you can improve the 4 types of focus
4 Eye-Opening Reasons Why Kids Say “I Hate School!”
Now that the school year is in full swing, I’ve noticed that more parents are sharing how much their kids with ADHD dislike school. Neurodivergent children and teens with ADHD, ASD, a learning disability, or other mental health issues work hard to hold it together … Continue reading 4 Eye-Opening Reasons Why Kids Say “I Hate School!”
Youth & Technology: How Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Children with ADHD
Let’s face it: screens are a defining feature in the lives of both children and adolescents. Whether it’s social media apps (i.e. Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat or Discord), YouTube videos, gaming, television, texting, listening to music or buying material goods, kids today are extremely … Continue reading Youth & Technology: How Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Children with ADHD
Summer Vacations with ADHD: 5 Beat The Heat Tips for Families
Aah, the thrill of family vacations! Everyone piles in the car, bus or plane for a fun-filled week of togetherness and Hollywood happily-ever after endings, right? Family vacations often start with high hopes. Everyone imagines bubbly laughter, good food and happy connections. You are excited … Continue reading Summer Vacations with ADHD: 5 Beat The Heat Tips for Families
Smoother Conversations with ADHD: Tips for managing attention, memory, impulsivity and anxiety while socializing
Conversations can be tough for folks with ADHD, ASD or LD. It can be difficult to track the conversation flow and stay focused on a subject. You might talk about a topic that seems relevant and related to you but tangential to others. Then, there’s … Continue reading Smoother Conversations with ADHD: Tips for managing attention, memory, impulsivity and anxiety while socializing
