Focus and Setting Goals

Focus is a big word for ADDers, mainly because we struggle with maintaining it. We’re easily distracted, remember? Carrie Wilkerson (the person I want to be when I grow up) wrote a really wonderful series of blog posts last year around the theme of focus. Carrie, aka The Barefoot Executive, writes mostly for women who […]

Getting It Done

Maybe I should have called this post “Not Getting It Done”, but then you probably wouldn’t have read it 🙂 You know I’ve been on an organizing thing lately. Cleaning up and de-cluttering and rearranging in case we might need to sell our house and move. (Mark is laid off and there is a possibility […]

Does Your Child Qualify for Free Tutoring?

I was recently contacted by Connie Stack, founder and co-creator of Free NCLB Tutoring, Inc. She asked me to help her inform parents of the free tutoring benefit that is part of the No Child Left Behind Act. Connie says that while over 4 million kids were eligible to participate in the program in the […]

What Is Your Problem?

I’m not trying to get in your face – I really want to know. If you have Attention Deficit Disorder, there must be one symptom above all the others that gives you the most trouble. Do you know what it is? What would it take for that not to be an issue anymore? Do you […]

Welcome to ADD Moms!

I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Brenda Nicholson, and ADD Moms is my site. I am an ADHD Coach and an ADD mom. For me, that means that I have ADHD and so do all of my kids – Sarah 25, Andy 24, and Caitlin 21. My husband Mark has ADD, too. This […]

Cool Resource for Getting Organized

Lately I’ve been on a big organizing kick – clearing out cupboards and closets and getting rid of clutter. Part of the inspiration, I’m sure, is the spring like weather we’ve been having lately. There’s another reason, though, that’s a little more stressful. Most of you know that my husband is laid off (he works […]