Being an Adult with ADHD. Struggles for Adults with ADHD and how to cope with having ADHD and parenting ADHD kids.
Inside a dark cave in Agrabah, I find the golden lamp. Gently rubbing its side, a stream of dark purple smoke begins to pour from its spout. Glancing up to an all-powerful genie, ready to grant me any wish of my choosing! “You get three wishes, what will your first one be?” His loud booming …
Sleep? What is Sleep? I wish I could just get some sleep. The truth is past motherhood, age 25 and home life responsibilities does anyone have a clue what sleep is? Much less how well-rested sleep feels anymore? Is anyone out there able to get some sleep? Ever? I will only say this once, but …
9 Easy Tricks To Calm your Mind and Help you Get Some Sleep Read More »
Finally learn to be on time, most of the time. If you have ADHD, timeliness is either a significant struggle for you or you hyperfocus on it and can be on time for everything in your life. In fact, you might even be early. I am not the latter of these two. It took me …
Drawing a blank on what to ask your doctor about your ADHD diagnosis? Not to fear, I’ve written out nine questions you may or may not want to ask your psychologist, psychiatrist or neurologist, before you leave your appointment. Whether you’ve known for a while, you have ADHD or have received a formal ADHD diagnosis …
9 ADHD Diagnosis Questions You Don’t Want to Forget Read More »
Struggling to follow through on your goals is something I am well versed and could likely write a book about. “How to not finish anything…ever.” could be the title and it could walk you through how I’ve started and stopped at least half a dozen projects in my seeming short life. But in learning why …
How to Follow Through on Your Goals When You Have Mental Illness Read More »
Delayed Gratification? What is that?! As an ADHDer, we really don’t know. It’s October now and looking back at January of this year fills you with regret and self-doubt. You began the year with great intentions, planning to finally have the body, life or financial status you wanted and now…It’s almost Halloween and if you …
ADHD & Unmet Goals for 2018? How To Crush them in the Last 12 Weeks of the Year Read More »
Why We Fail to Achieve Our Goals and How to Stop Why we fail to achieve our goals is beyond our understanding. Meaning, we are such creatures of crummy habit we don’t always see what derails us. That is until we are so far off course we can’t turn around and see the path we …
7 Reasons You Are Failing Your Goals and How to Stop Read More »
Comparison is the thief of Joy. You’ve likely been told this, but have you actually applied the thought behind the mantra?As a mother, I find myself continually sizing myself up to some invisible competition. The Mom who is wealthy. Or the Stay-At-Home-Mom. Perhaps the mom that wasn’t 19 when she had her first child or …
The One Thing That Will Always Rob You Of Your Happiness Read More »
The woman I used to be put up with a lot of shit from a lot of people for the last ten years. Know the feeling? It seemed like every good idea I had was shot down by a pessimistic friend or relative. Spouse even. There was no way I could have the success for …
Living with ADHD comes with some fantastic strengths and life-defining weaknesses. Symptoms such as impulsiveness, lack of ability to focus and short-term memory problems can wreak havoc on our lives, especially as parents. Over the last year, I have honed in on a few out-of-the-norm ways I overcome my ADHD symptoms and the lovely chaos they bring. …
