Do You Remember?

My daughter is here visiting for a few days. She’s staying with us and attending a concert in Chicago while she’s here. This morning we were chatting, and more than once I would say something to her (or ask her a question) and she would say “We talked about this last night mom. Don’t you […]

5 Time Management Tips

I once showed up at the hair salon on the right day (Wednesday) and at the right time (2:00 pm) but in the wrong week. I was exactly a week early for my appointment! Embarrassing, inefficient – yeah. After that day, I decided I had to really find a system to manage my time that […]

Divorce and ADHD

There was an excellent article today in the Monterey County Herald about divorce rates among parents of children who have ADHD. A recent study done by Brian Wymbs and William Pelham and published in The Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology found that the divorce rate of parents with an ADHD child was 22.7% versus […]

ADHD: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

The other day, I was on Twitter when a friend sent me a message: she said someone had asked her about the symptoms of ADHD, and she said that ADHD was different for everyone. There is no one size fits all when it comes to Attention Deficit Disorder. While my friend was right – we […]

ADHD or Lack of Attention?

I read an article recently on Health that discussed adult ADHD. The article was called “Attention Sappers: 5 Reasons You Can’t Concentrate”. The article pointed out that the lifestyle of many adults these days is contributing to their forgetfulness and lack of attention. Things like technology, lack of sleep, not enough exercise, stress, and job […]

ADHD & Time

This morning I came downstairs to a dirty kitchen. Don’t you just hate that? It makes you feel like you’re already behind. The bad part was, I did it to myself. Last night after dinner I was too lazy to wash the pans. I didn’t want to take the time; I just wanted to relax. […]