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How Can a Coffee Filter Help Your Child Manage Impulsivity?

Occasionally, we get letters from our clients that are brilliant stories of their successes. The coach-approach in…

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Who Needs to Watch Their Language, Parents or Kids?

“Are you doing this on purpose?” That was my least favorite phrase growing up. It hurt every…

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Stay Calm

How to Stay Calm

3 Things That Disturb The Peace Do You Want More Calm in Your Life? God, grant me…

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True or False: ADHD Kids Can’t Focus

Have you ever seen a normal, everyday person suddenly turn into Perry Mason or Matlock right in…

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How to Get Your ADHD Child's Attention

How to Get Your ADHD Child’s Attention

Communication Barriers As different as we all are, there are certain fundamental things most families have in…

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ADHD Kid

Life With An ADHD Kid: It Is What It Is…

Digging Deep For A Lesson I love to garden. Scratch that. I love to get dirty and…

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Teach Your Kids to Stop Asking Questions

Teach your kids to stop asking questions… Sounds crazy, right? I mean, we’re always telling our kids…

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Never Parent When you are Angry

Angry Parents: Handle Stressful Times with a Pause

Sometimes, everyday life is just much more stressful than you ever expect it to be. You end…

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What Does it Mean to “Treat” ADHD?

“Acceptance is not submission. It is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation, and then deciding what…

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What Story Are You Telling Yourself? (podcast #16)

Often, we prophesize about every facet of our life — for ourselves, our children, and even others….

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Anxiety and ADHD

Combat Your Anxiety and ADHD

Practice 20 Seconds of Bravery I saw in a movie that you only need “20 seconds of…

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ADHD child

2 Questions to Stop Asking About Your ADHD Child

When working with parents of children with ADHD I often get asked two questions that I put…

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