Starting Off a New Year:2019

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It’s Almost 2019! In just a few days, 2018 will be over and we will be starting off a new year. Was 2018 good to you? I think that overall, it was for me; certainly better than the year before. A Time for Reflection The end of the year – or the end of anything […]

Surviving Social Situations

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“Tis the Season Now is probably the busiest time of year for social interactions, whether that means office Christmas parties, a cookie exchange at a friend’s house, or meeting a few people for dinner. And if you ask me, they’re all hell. There needs to be a way to survive social situations easily. Call me […]

Is There a Ferrari in Your Head?

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You Know What a Ferrari Is, Right? It’s a really fast sports car. Do you feel like you have one in your head? Maybe not an actual Ferrari, but something that goes really fast? Like all of those thoughts spinning around in your head? You can barely finish one before there are 3 more popping […]

I Need a USB in My Brain

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Imagine if You Had Extra Storage for Your Brain What if we could install a USB port in our brain and then stick a thumb drive in there and download a bunch of stuff onto it? Like when you’re still awake at 2:00 a.m. and your mind is going in a thousand different directions. You […]

The Attention Problem (and How to Fix It)

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The Goldfish Myth Those of us with ADHD have a problem with attention. You may have read (in many different places) that today the average American has an attention span of 8 seconds – shorter than that of a goldfish. This “theory” is from a 2015 study done by Microsoft, and it’s since been challenged […]

Are You Acting or Reacting?

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Acting or Reacting? What’s the Difference? Just for clarity’s sake, let’s define these two ideas: Reacting is simply that. You respond to whatever is happening around you without any forethought. Your phone beeps or vibrates; you have a new message, so you check it immediately. Acting is behaving in a manner that shows some thought […]