Do You Matter?

That’s a serious question. After Robin Williams’s death earlier this week, there has a been a lot of talk about depression, suicide, and mental health in general. Those of us who suffer from depression know how hard it can be to escape. Judging from the reactions, Robin Williams touched thousands of lives and mattered to […]

ADD and Subtract from Your Diet

When I say ADD – a play on ADHD and the word add – and subtract, I’m talking about food. Better nutrition means better brain health which leads to fewer ADHD symptoms or at least more manageable ones. Here are 5 foods to add to your diet:   Wild caught salmon which has beneficial Omega […]

Tired? It Could be Your ADHD

Note: this post includes an affiliate link. Do you feel tired and worn out much of the time? Do you find it hard to get up in the morning because you’re still exhausted? Do you hit your stride after dinner, working into the late night hours? I always thought that those traits were just part […]

5 Ways to Lower Your Stress Level

As ADD women, we are familiar with stress. I think most women are, but when you add in ADHD, it seems to multiply it’s effect. Add some anxiety and overwhelm in there for good measure – thank you ADHD – and it’s easy to see why we are feeling so tense. Now before I get […]

Who is Managing Your Time?

How well do you manage your time? Or is someone else managing it for you? Those of us with ADHD often have trouble managing our time. We can lose big chunks of it when we get interested in something – that’s called hyperfocus – and it can seem to drag on forever when we’re bored. […]

How to Be Super Woman

OK. You know that you can’t really be Superwoman, right? And yet we all try to be just that for our friends, co-workers, and family. And in doing so, we put ourselves last. No. Strike that. There is no place on our list of to dos that says “take care of me”. But there should […]