ADHD and Mindfulness Training For adults dealing with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), it often seems that you’re spending a lot of time chasing down the magic “solution”. Should you try medication? Are vitamin supplements helpful or harmful? Could cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) be useful in your case? Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a magic solution, and something … [Read more...]
ADHD-Friendly Habits: 12 Tips To Healthy Sustainable Behaviors
ADHD-Friendly Habits: 12 Tips To Healthy Sustainable Behaviors ADHD-Friendly habits can be hard to establish. However new behaviors help you build healthy habits. And when you are thinking about building sustainable habits, you need to involve a complex series of decisions, commitments, boundaries, and strategies. Each can be challenging with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). … [Read more...]
How Coping With An Adult ADHD Diagnosis Mirrors Stages of Grief – Infographic
How Coping With An Adult ADHD Diagnosis Mirrors Stages of Grief Adult ADHD Stages of Grief Infographic If you’re coping with a new adult ADHD Diagnosis, you may be grieving. Although a diagnosis can be helpful and informative, you will do well to take your time as you move through the coping process. No one person copes with a new adult ADHD diagnosis the same way. In fact, people pass … [Read more...]
How Coping With An Adult ADHD Diagnosis Mirrors Stages of Grief
How Coping With An Adult ADHD Diagnosis Mirrors Stages of Grief If you’re coping with a new adult ADHD Diagnosis, you may be grieving. Before we begin, let's review the Stages of Grief and their origin. A Swiss psychiatrist, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross first introduced her five-stage grief model in her book On Death and Dying. Kübler-Ross’ Model was developed while working with terminally ill … [Read more...]
17 Tips to Handle a New Adult ADHD Diagnosis Infographic
How to Handle a New Adult ADHD Infographic If you’ve recently received an adult ADHD diagnosis, you may feel surprised, shocked, or disbelief. Or you may feel relief and validation. Some people even report a sense of 'knowing all along it was something.' As a matter of fact, when many of my clients have received an adult ADHD diagnosis, they've unequivocally exclaimed that the diagnosis makes … [Read more...]