Category: Information
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ADHD and Marriage, YAY
My wife and I are reading from today’s recommended book, The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov. It has been refreshing to review a different topic 5-10 minutes per day. This book is comprehenive and covers so many topics. Are the spouse or partner of someone with ADHD? Does…
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Public Speaking, OH NO! Toastmasters to the Rescue
How many of us either freeze or over share in public speaking? How many of us have trouble interacting with co workers, friends or family? How can we develop better communication strategies? Do we have trouble, “reading the room?” Toastmasters to the rescue. No more burnt toast! No wait a…
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A Useful Resource
My friend Chris is currently completing his studies to become a mental health therapist. Working in a mental health office, he found that people struggled with easily finding helpful websites. He has developed this comprehensive, interactive web site and application to guide clients towards community and professional resources. This is…
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ADHD in the Geriatic Community
Wow, today I am attaching five articles regarding ADHD in the Geriatic community. I wonder how many of us have looked into the nuances of diagnosis, treatment and coaching in the older population? Are stimulant medications safe and effective for Geriatric clients? What other comorbid conditions might affect ADHD? Is…
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Perspective
Have you ever heard the expression, it’s all a matter of perspective? Last week, I certainly experienced this with a new found friend. Have you ever had an opinion or perspective? Sometimes we can be rightously correct and completely wrong in the same space and time. Wow, what does that…
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Self Esteem and ADHD
How has our life experience with ADHD affected our self esteem? What other conditions affect self esteem? Is ADHD a simple construct? As usual, I pose a few questions. Todays study from the National Library of Science is a metanalysis of ADHD and self esteem. Most of us know that…
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How Diverse is Neurospiciness?
As an ADHD coach, I often tell people the labels are not important, our goal is to find coping strategies for a better, more balanced life. Speaking with Megan Jones from CBIRT ( CBIRT The Center for Brain Injury and Training) this week, we asked the question, how similar are…
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The Culture of ADHD
How does culture, race and family background affect ADHD? Todays’s article points out what we may seem to know what is the “hidden” obvious. Which cultrual family background best fits your background? European born? Born in the USA? First Nation? Nuclear family? Single Family? City Person? Country person? Hispanic? Black?…
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Stigma and ADHD
Stigma and ADHD. Wait a minute, isn’t stigma similar to predudice? The definition of stigma is judging based health, mental health or physical characteristics. So yes they are similar, but slightly different….. We all see predudice and stigma if we watch the evening news. Can you think of some examples?…
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Dysphoria of time
Whether on a busy street, at the office or workplace, in the garden or going fishing or other hobby, how many of us suffer from Time Blindness (Time Dyphoria)? My thinking is that no matter what the circumstances we all have limited time and unlimited choices for our activities. Should…