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Taming Your Inner Control Freak!
When life gets crazy in ADHD families, the natural tendency for some of us is to jump…
My ADHD Brain: I Don’t Always Do What I Know I Should Do
I Know I Should… It’s not that I don’t know better. I know I should plan ahead…
Reducing Clutter Struggles With Kids With ADHD
A Blessing In Disguise Growing up as the inattentive ADHD child of a non-ADHD mother, I learned…
Parent Self Care: Aristotle Says Go Out and Play
Note this Wisdom of the Ages: As a parent, you have a right — actually, a responsibility…
An Easy Way to Keep Psychiatric Medical History Records
Okay, y’all, I REALLY wish I’d known about this about a dozen years ago to keep medical…
It All Starts with Sleep
Somehow it’s still amazing to me how often I wind up talking about the importance of sleep…
Find a Real Problem to Fix
Some people are “problem-solvers,” and they love to find solutions to puzzles. They tend to be great…
How Can Systems Help Your Kid’s ADHD Brain?
Like Day and Night Imagine someone shows you a card with a picture of the sun and…
How to Plan Your Day…Week…LIFE! Simple Structures to Leverage the Power of Planning
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And…
Is a Gap Year a Good Fit for Your Child?
Can you imagine nearly 13 years of daily challenges, frustrations, obstacles, struggles, and frequent failures that seem…
Over Packing as ADHD Management
I like to over-pack. I can go away overnight with 4 pairs of shoes without blinking an…
No More Excuses: Own Your One-More-Thing-Itis
I Have a Confession I suffer from “one-more-thing-itis,” a minor ailment marked by a tendency to run…
