Category: Inspiration
-
Sabbatical
We are going on the vacation of a lifetime, Princess cruise line From Singapore to Japan, with 6 countries and 8 stops on the Cruise line! Anyway, if I have missed any emails or communications, please forgive me and send another reminder. We will generally have WiFi and cell phone…
-
Masking? WHO ME??
What is masking? Who me? In my picture today, I’m covering my face with my hands. Is the masking we are talking about on the outside? No of course not. Masking for Neurospicy, neurodivergent people can be as simple, for instance as a person with dyslexia, or cognitive challenges pretending…
-
PMDD and ADHD Woman are different than men…. WOW! who knew?
Premenstruel Dyphoric Disorder, those pesky mood swings with the Menstruel cycles, and also premenopausal, menopausal changes that woman so often suffer. Once when I was teaching nurses like 20 years ago, a young lady walked up to me and said ( poking her finger in my chest from her 5…
-
Neurospiciness yay
What does Neurospiciness mean? YaY?!! Another terminiology we can add to our vocaculary. When I was training to become an ADHD coach, it was a battle to give up my training as a Nurse and Family Practice Nurse Practitioner. EVERYTHING needed an accurate diagnosis and a specific plan of action,…
-
ADHD, DEI and Compentency
Happy New year. Hoping everyone had a good holiday time. Do we as ADHD people, neurospicy, neuorodivergent fall under DEI? Diversion, Equity and Inclusion is such a complex, yet simple Paradigm, is it not? A paradigm is almost a quarter….. How does competency fit into the DEI paradigm? Who is…
-
Scientific FACT!, Science Fiction and the Scientific Method and ADHD
Have you ever been in a conversation or argument and someone adamently says, “It’s a Scientific FACT! that ……….. covid is caused by aliens …. or ADHD medications are too dangerous and really don’t work ….. or Food dyes cause Alzheimers ….. or Vaccines cause Autism….. or the list is…
-
ADHD Burnout, Winter Solstice a Time of Rest and Renewal
I have attached an article about ADHD burnout. How many of us can relate to “Burnout”? ADDers seem to have a different take on all parts of life, don’t we? Burnout is a human condition, that’s for sure. Like many other things in life, ADHD burnout is a bit different.…
-
Is it Too Late to Avoid Holiday Conflicts?
Well, Thanksgiving is over now. Is it too late to avoid Holiday Conflicts? I’m attaching an an article from Oprah Winfrey online. the author is Niro Feliciano, LCSW). Oprah of course is always correct and connects with good advise. Just like good old Uncle Joe, right? Uncle Joe is fictional, but do…
-
What Happened to Good Manners?
In this picture the mouse is traversing the obstacle course on the rafters, saying, “Why Didn’t I think of this before”? This is a great metaphor for the topic today, What happened to good manners? There was a time when thank you cards were expected, answering with an RSVP for…
-
What is FUN?
I recently had a discussion with some ADHD folks about, what is fun? For me it was fascinating to discover that the most mundane things can be fun. How does your ADHD brain respond to fun? Do we mistake some of the mundane things and chores as tedious? What if…