Lies You Tell Yourself

Come on, admit it. You lie to yourself all the time. In fact, you treat yourself worse than you would probably treat your worst enemy. I’m fat. I’m so dumb. I’m disorganized and lazy. I can’t pay attention for two seconds. I’m worthless. Do you know what thoughts like these are doing to you? They’re […]

Tough Times

There are times in every ADD Moms life when things get really tough. It might be because of outside situations beyond your control or it might be because of your ADHD symptoms. Usually it’s a combination of both. When something unexpected happens – a loved one gets ill, a job layoff, some unexpected repairs or […]

Take a Moment

You know those Twix commercials where the person gets caught in an awkward moment and takes a bite of the candy to have a moment to think? Well, it turns out that taking a moment is a good idea sometimes. Those of us with ADHD have times when we could use a moment or two. […]

Breathing for ADHD

Kind of sounds like a charity event doesn’t it? Instead of running a 5K race to raise awareness about ADHD, we’re just going to breathe instead. Well, no. Thats not exactly what I mean. Deep controlled breathing can actually help your ADHD symptoms. You can control your anxiety, improve your focus, and begin to relax. […]

Driving with ADHD

When you have ADHD driving can be dangerous. I was reminded of this today as I was driving home from the store. A car two cars in front of me had those televisions installed for the kids in the back seat. It looked like they were on but not showing anything so all I saw […]

Getting Dressed with ADHD

Way too many years ago the Bangles had a song called “Manic Monday”. One of my favorite lyrics was: Got to be to work by nine And if I had an air-o-plane I still couldn’t make it on time ‘Cause it takes me so long Just to figure out what I’m gonna wear Boy, I […]