Category: Motivation
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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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The Crooked Path
The Crooked Path is a famous book by Keldon pointing towards communion with Nature, witchcraft and spiritual paths as the themes. See attached for a copy. I wonder if maybe we as neurospicy people are really on a different path, a crooked path? I know, why am I asking AGAIN…
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Vigilante Justice, Where does it START and STOP?
BATMAN is a good guy, protecting the citizens of the world, he can’t be a bad guy? But, wait, isn’t Batman a vigilante hero? Punishing the under prosecuted, corrupt criminals? Where does hatred start? Where does hatred stop? Why, you ask are you comparing vigilantism to how people are treated…
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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…
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Time Blindness
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…
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ADHD and Spirituality, It’s an Open Book
What is spirituality? Do I have to have a priest, guru, church, or any form of structured “Religion”? Are all religeous people spiritual and visa versa? How can we integrate spirituality if we are Gnostic (a seeker of truth) Agnostic, (knows there is a God, but not sure) or atheist…
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Self Compassion and ADHD
As coaches and mentors, we are often faced with a dilemma. If someone is not ready and not motivated, we will refer them to a marriage counselor or other professional. How can we be compassionate when people are very resistant to change? How can we disconnect with compassion? I must…
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Andropause and ADHD, Myth, Legend or Fact?
We all know, Women and Men are different, correct? Women present with ADHD differently. Looking at my own life now at 70 years old, I wonder how male hormonal changes have affected me throughout my life, did I suffer without recognizing the root causes? Certainly my life has been affected…