A No Stress Guide to Thanksgiving

Why didn’t anyone tell me that Thanksgiving is next week???? I just found out today. I thought I had 2 more weeks to get ready! Now maybe you’re lucky and don’t have to cook on that day, or you only have to bring one dish. But at my house, I cook everything. And I do […]

Reiki for ADHD

Have you ever heard of Reiki? (It’s pronounced ray key.) Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing. The practitioner connects your energy to Divine energy (whatever your definition of that is) and helps to rebalance and realign the energy in your body. I know. It sounds very woo woo, but really it isn’t. It’s […]

Fitting In?

Do you ever try to fit in with everyone else? Does it work? It really never did for me, especially when I was young. When I was a kid, we moved a lot. By the time I was 10 years old, we had moved 10 times and I had attended 3 different elementary schools in […]

Are You All Ears?

No, I don’t mean like Dumbo. 😉 I guess what I really mean to ask is if you are a good listener. I’ve always thought that I was a good listener, and some people have even commented on it. I often find that people tell me things that they wouldn’t tell anyone else. But on […]

Do You Know Where Your Body Is?

Must be a trick question, right? Of course you know where your body is. It’s right there, with you. That’s not quite the case, though. You see, people with ADHD have poor spatial awareness; they have trouble understanding how their body fits into their environment. Have you ever seen a teenager who has suddenly experienced […]

Hormones and ADHD

There are very few times in your life when hormones won’t play a part. They come into play in adolescence as we begin to mature. That whole process can last for quite a while as I’m sure you know. Your monthly cycles will cause a fluctuation in your hormone levels, as will pregnancy and the […]