Giving Yourself What You Need

As women and/or moms, we are really good at putting our needs last. And when our ADHD complicates and confuses our lives further, it becomes even easier to let our needs go. That’s not good. It’s not good for us nor is it good for our families and the people who surround us. And when […]

You Are Not a Deficit or a Disorder

Having ADHD makes us feel bad about ourselves. We always seem to focus on the things we can’t do instead of the things we can. Instead of living in a tightly constricted box where everything is neat and orderly, we choose to live outside the box freely and with abandon. That is, we could if […]

One Thing at a Time

That’s how you’re supposed to do things, right? You start a project and you work on it until it’s done. You never start one thing without finishing the other thing before it. Ha. Are you kidding me? Right now I bet we have 3,674,765 projects going. Or something close to that. I bet you do […]

Money and ADHD

Managing money (and managing it well) can be extremely difficult when you have ADHD. And by managing money, I don’t mean retirement funds and stock options. I mean plain old day to day keeping track of the money so the bills get paid on time and there’s some left at the end of the month. […]

Entertaining with ADHD

This post is a part of BlogHer’s Life Well Lived – Getting Organized series. Join the discussion here and enter to win the sweepstakes here. Question: What is your best tip for hosting a gathering, get-together or party that is enjoyable and stress-free for both the host and guests? Entertaining can be so difficult for […]

5 Tips to Manage Your Time More Effectively

Do you ever get to the end of the day and wonder what you did with all of the hours between? I know I have. It’s hard to believe that 12 or more hours have passed and the things that you can think of that you did take up only a few. Where does our […]