When my ADD has me running in circles, trying to find the beginning or the end or even a middle, there is nothing quite so grounding - literally - than getting out to my garden and thrusting my fingers into the sun-warmed soil. This week, it’s time to plant fall crops - broccoli and cauliflower.

Those precious little transplant leaves, quivering with possibility, ready to flourish with only a small push from me….pretty heady stuff for a farmer’s-daughter-turned organic-gardener like me.

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I juggle a lot of "stuff" in my life - projects, relationships, households, pets, clients, travel and much more. So when I added the "go green" thing to my life, it was just about the straw that pushed me over the edge. Almost. Read the rest of this entry »

As I poured the boiling water over just the right amount of sugar to make more nectar for our flock of hummingbirds, I was struck again by the similiarities between hummers and those of us with ADHD.

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I wept when I finished reading this email from Brenda, an associate. And though it isn’t about an adult woman with ADD, it does show the determination and steel tenacity of the mom of an ADDiva-in-training. I hope it touches you as much as it did me ….

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Well, I’m always on the lookout for possible ADHD "solutions" — or more accurately, products and ideas that will support ADHD in a positive and encouraging light. So, I was de-LIGHTed to find a product that blocks the blue LIGHT waves that can suppress melatonin production, which in turn can make it difficult to go to sleep at night.

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A striking young woman read my name tag at the ACO (ADHD Coaches’ Organization) conference last weekend and did a double take. "You’re Linda Roggli?" she exclaimed. "You’re the reason I’m here," she said. I looked puzzled for a moment, then she explained.

"I had almost decided not to come to the conference. I’m still in training, I’m not a coach yet, I didn’t need to be there and on and on," she said. "But then I got your postcard and I knew I was supposed to be here!" Ah, those inspirational e-cards I send out at irregular intervals to the women on my ADDiva list. I got it now. But which ONE so inspired her to action?

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It has been my experience - both personally and professionally - that there are three distinct stages of ADD and ADHD recognition and acceptance for women.

Stage One: Nuts and Bolts – OMIGOSH, I have ADD! When women are diagnosed with ADD, there is often sigh of relief ("Ah, so THAT’s what it is. Thank goodness it has a name!") followed by a dig-in-and-fix-it determination ("Let me try everything and see what works").

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OK, so it was just a tagline at the end of a car commercial. What made it wry for me was that the car was a Ford FOCUS.Can you believe the ADD perfection in that? Just had to share it with ya.

Hugs

Linda

I began my life as an undercover ADDiva with my first tube of Maybelline mascara that I bought with furtively saved allowance, away from the disapproving eye of my mother (whom I later tutored in the fine art of not poking out an eye when applying the jet black lash builder). At the time, I thought I was merely transitioning to adulthood. But it was more than that.

A thin veneer of foundation, blusher, eyeliner and Bonne Belle lip gloss became my mask of normalcy. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever get "The Look" when you casually mention ADD or ADHD to a friend or colleague? It’s that poor-you-for-buying-into-the-hype cover-up smile that implies you are sadly mistaken about the validity of ADHD.

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