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Empowering College Students For Today’s Workforce
Are you a parent of a college student? As your child enters college, a variety of skills are needed in the transition. They need to organize their week with a schedule of classes, get to classes on time, complete the assignments, and plan for long-term projects and...
What’s The Shift
One of the hallmarks of August for many is the change from the laid-back, relaxed days of summer to a busier agenda in the season of fall. This is not just true for kids returning to school but everyone in one or more aspects of life. Summer in and of itself can bring...
People-Focused Ways to Ensure a Great Semester
We’ve all heard about miracle planners or specific highlighter colors that can *magically* build executive function skills, but they often get left behind by ADHDers when the novelty wears off. As a coach, I find college students have greater success when they...
Back to School: Stop Chasing the New Shiny
“Back to School” sales are upon us. Stores on every corner are offering you the latest new shiny items to attract you to make lots of impulse purchases. We, the citizens of ADHD-Land, love sales and shiny new things. However, it comes at a cost. Our homes are filled...
Shame: What’s the deal, and how do we deal with it?
As ADHDers, we often have patterns of mistakes that haunt us. For some, it’s ghosting someone we want to be talking to. For others, it’s showing up late or missing meetings. Whatever it is, a single incident can catapult us into a spiral of despair and bad behaviors....
Finding Balance
Finding balance in the midst of juggling family, work, and personal responsibilities can be quite a challenge, especially when you also have to consider the impact of ADHD. So, what exactly does balance mean? It means effectively managing our time and energy to meet...
What to Do When Life Gets Hard
Have you ever noticed there are those folks who weather the ups and downs of life better than most? Does it make you wonder what their secret sauce is? Well, here are a few ideas acquired from resilient and optimistic people I admire. And if you don’t have any folks...
The Power of Acceptance
A colleague and mentor once told me, “Having ADHD is hard; it’s not your job to make everyone else’s life easier. You’ve got to do things how you do them and make your life easier.” This is good advice! But how do we become aware enough to understand how to do things...
Changing Tracks on Your Random Brain Thought Train – Tips for Cognitive Transitions
“YOU WEREN’T LISTENING” is the response I get after I ask a question I can only assume is something that has already been addressed. Shoot! I think. I did it again - more like I didn’t do it. Ugh - listening. Auditory processing is HARD. Processing… That’s it! I was...
Diaries of an A.D.D. Mom of Three
Well over a year ago, I documented the “joys” of my third pregnancy in the only way I knew how: brutal honesty. If you are interested in reading the Diary of a Pregnant ADHDer, click this link. The little embryo is now a happy, red-headed one-year-old this month, and...
Job Search Strategies for Career Starters
While new college graduates are facing an uncertain job market, there is some good news to share. According to the 2023 Guide To Kickstart Your Career published by LinkedIn, while many have lost jobs in the post-pandemic workforce, there has been a robust bounce back...
The Awesome Ways of Being You With ADHD
You have likely heard a similar version of this quote attributed to Albert Einstein: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” The question I have for you at this point of...