Your Brain on ADHD

Your brain on ADHD might not be the most interesting topic to read about, but it is an important one. Learning about your brain and how it functions can help you to understand your ADHD better and show you that it’s not you, it’s your brain. Executive function is a series of mental processes that […]

Stop Focusing on the Deficit

When we think and talk about ADHD, we tend to focus on the deficit, and then we wonder why we have poor self esteem. You know that I’m always talking about saying good things about yourself and to yourself. And I remind you how the primitive part of your brain believes everything you tell it and […]

The Planner Chronicles: Part 5

Back in May, I updated my Planner Chronicles series by letting you know that I was still using my Martha Stewart Arc planner from Staples. Well, it’s November and I’m happy to say that I am still using the same planner. I love the size – about 8.5 x 5 – and I love the […]

The Magic of 15

31 Day Challenge: Day 25 I had my first two children while I was attending college full time. They were 16 months apart. Yes. We will not discuss my planning skills at this time. What those years taught me was to use every second of time that I had available. They taught me to love […]

Bring Order to Your Day

31 Day Challenge: Day 14 Did you ever read a tip, and then see the same tip over and over again and still not quite get it? That happened to me today. It’s a concept that I’ve actually written about myself and a tip that I’ve seen over and over. It’s even one that I […]

Setting an Order to Things

31 Day Challenge: Day 11 One of the more challenging aspects of ADHD is setting priorities or setting an order to things. It’s hard for us to decide which thing is more important than the other. You would think it would be simple, but many times it isn’t. We might find that we have a […]