Renaming ADD
I have decided that Attention Deficit Disorder is not exactly descriptive of how we experience life. We pay plenty of attention. That’s actually part of the problem – we pay attention to everything all at once. The real problem is not attention; it’s action, or lack thereof. ADD should stand for Action Deficit Disorder, not […]
Organizing Inspiration
As ADDers, we have some challenges when it comes to organizing. If we put it away, we sometimes forget about it (and buy another one). And if we leave it out in plain sight so we’ll remember (our favorite plan, not to mention so easy!) it gets covered by the 473,981 things we left out […]
Love Who You Are
A lot of people, especially women, I think, feel bad about themselves because they have ADHD. They see themselves as not good enough, not measuring up to what they think they should be. Low self esteem and ADHD seem to happen together to a lot of ADDers. It starts when you’re a kid and in […]
Women and ADHD
I read an interesting article today about women and ADHD at Help 4 ADHD. Although most of it wasn’t news to me, I still found it worth sharing. Here is one of my favorite parts of the article: Some women seek treatment for AD/HD because their lives are out of control — their finances may […]
Winter Blues and ADHD
The winter solstice – the shortest day of the year – is about a week away. Shorter days mean darker days. Where I live – not too far from Chicago – it has been getting dark at about 4:30 each day. For a lot of us with Attention Deficit Disorder, the arrival of winter also […]
From My Heart
Dear Friends, The video below tells a story that comes from my heart. For a few days now, it has been on my mind to share it with you. I wanted you to hear it directly from me – my own voice – and originally intended to record it. At the last minute, I decided […]