Setting Goals

Setting goals is the most effective way of achieving what you want in life. We all know that, right? So why do so many of us ADDers seem to flounder and drift through our days with not much to show for them? For a long time, I thought that setting goals was a left brained […]

Get Organized: Start with Your Head

I love Lorie Marrero’s site, The Clutter Diet. She has a ton of information to share (really – you’ll be amazed at how much is on her site) and she always has good advice to share. Today on her blog, Lorie shared a post that she did for the Connections for Women site about how […]

Anxiety: My Secret Weapons

Anxiety is one of the many gifts that you may receive along with Attention Deficit Disorder. And like ADHD, it may be mild or severe, depending on variables like your general health and the environment around you. My daughter Caitlin suffers from acute anxiety; my anxiety is far milder yet seems to be present far […]

Ever Changing ADHD

Have you noticed that your ADHD symptoms can change from day to day or even hour to hour? Or maybe you’ve noticed the long term changes; things that used to challenge you don’t anymore, but you have other ones that do. One of the reasons that medications for ADHD work as well as they do […]

Peppermint and ADHD

What does peppermint have to do with ADHD? More than you might think. Besides freshening your breath and soothing your tummy, peppermint can be used in several different ways for ADHD. Peppermint can increase your mental clarity and improve your concentration. You can use peppermint candy for this, or peppermint gum, or you can use […]

The Power of Magical Thinking

When it comes to parenting, we could all use some extra help, don’t you think? When ADHD is part of the picture, it can be harder to parent consistently and to make sure the values and messages that you want to impart to your children are communicated. Trenna Daniels has come up with a series […]