Memories on Memorial Day
Gardening as ADHD therapy
Most important of all, gardening is good for the soul. It literally GROUNDS you. Sinking your fingers into the damp earth reconnects you to the earth and that, in turn, reconnects you to YOU.
Mindfulness for ADDivas
Ultimate ADDiva quirk
Treadmill desk is perfect for ADD
Carbs and focus – the connection
“I’ve been gaining weight since I turned 50 and I can’t stay away from the carbs!” a midlife ADDiva told me last week by phone. I can relate. Oh, I can definitely relate.
Yesterday, I picked up my PostIt-filled copy of Mastering the Zone by Barry Sears – the place I turn when I am finally ready to return to a more sane eating pattern. There, on page 37, was a chart that simplified the connection between focus and carbohydrates.
Keeping ADHD meds in perspective
know it’s heresy for an ADHD coach to say this, but I semi-agree with her. Study after study shows that addiction rates actually fall dramatically when ADHD meds are prescribed and administered appropriately (e.g. a drop from 81% drug abuse to 23% which is near the rate for the general population).
But when your ADD has kept you up all night and you have to go to work, it’s awfully easy to pop an extra stimulant to wake up
Commitment vs ADHD
‘ve made a lot of commitments in my life. Lose weight. Get in shape. Write my book. Walk the dogs more often. Put money in savings. Go to bed early. Finish one project before I start another. You can see how my ADHD brain might rebel, or at least argue with, commitments like these.
To me, a commitment has always been BIG and SERIOUS and RIGID. Especially rigid.