“Embrace who you are and your divine purpose.”  — Germany Kent   I think this picture speaks loud and clear for many of us. My friend Kay, who also has ADHD, and I were in Colorado on our way to… so many places. We gathered everything we could think of for our...

To Call Out:To confront one about one's misdeeds or unpleasant behavior. — The Free Dictionary by Farlex My ADHD clients all too often set themselves up for failure. I know, because I did the same thing — until one day in my late 40s when I began to question why I...

One struggle my clients consistently come up with is reading and recalling what they read. Instead of relaxing and reading, as so many do, they become frustrated and give up because their minds keep wandering. They can’t focus or sustain attention, making it hard for...

I have to return a call to the insurance company about a claim I filed. But I need my paper work to talk intelligently to them. And, here we go again. “Where is it? I’ve looked in every pile of paper I have and I just had it in my hands yesterday.”

A marriage is a precious union. But when one spouse or partner struggles with ADHD, they both struggle with ADHD. Research shows us that when you don’t understand or manage your ADHD effectively, it can be draining on a marriage often leading to separation and divorce.

By the time I was 35, I must have had 18 jobs, maybe more. I should have known something was amiss but I never considered that I had a problem that was causing my job odyssey, my sojourn through the pursuit of “other options.” But I did. And it took me until I was 50 to discover what it was.

I wanted to be just like “them.” And for the many decades I tried, it never worked out very well. I kept asking myself over and over again: “Why?” I assumed I wasn’t trying hard enough. At least that’s what so many people told me. They also told me to relax and just be myself. But what did that mean?

Executive functions are necessary to achieve goals, big or small. For example: Let’s say you work up a plan to complete a basic project such as clean out the car, or clear the clutter in an area of your home. To make that plan work for you, you must use these skills.