Ennui and ADD
For those of you who didn’t take French in college, here is Dictionary.com’s definition: en·nui ? ?/?n?wi, ??nwi; Fr. ???nwi/ Show Spelled[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; Fr. ahn-nwee] Show IPA –noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui. Can you see why I […]
Anxiety and Decision Making
A recent study has shown that people who have anxiety – which is a lot of those of us with ADHD – can also have difficulty making decisions, especially when you are anxious. As I understand it, when you are anxious, it triggers neurons in your brain that block other neurons from being able to […]
FREE Call: Back to Basics – Managing Life with ADHD
I know this is short notice, but I wanted to let you know that I am doing a FREE call on Monday, September 13 all about getting back to basics and learning to manage our lives with ADHD. I will be covering things like keeping the house clean, managing paperwork, managing your time, organizing and […]
Breaking Your Child’s Bad Homework Habits: Four Tips Proven to Help the Procrastinator
There are many students who put off work until the last minute. Although their reasons vary, one thing is for sure – procrastinators underestimate the time it will take to complete their work and overestimate how much time is available to do it. When procrastination impacts academics, students need parental intervention in order to change […]
ADHD and Your Health
As women with ADHD, it’s easy for us to neglect our health. We forget appointments and important self care, and we procrastinate about going to the doctor. We can’t afford to be this casual about our health. A couple of weeks ago my 22 year old daughter Caitlin found out that the cyst removed from […]
You’ve Got to Move It, Move It
Yesterday my husband Mark taught me a valuable lesson. (Shhh….don’t tell him I said so.) Yesterday Mark had a vacation day and even though it was his vacation, he was gone a good part of the day. He got some work done on the car, ran some errands, and mowed the lawn. He even grilled […]