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Changing Habits for Someone with ADHD

ADHD and Executive Function Disorder in adults adds a different level of challenge to achieving new habits. Here's a few ways to help you change a habit.   What's behind habit formation and how to change a habit? As Atomic Habits author James Clear writes:      ...

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Techniques to Help Athletes with Anxiety

One Thing Athletes Do NOT Want To Talk About Anxious, Me? - Never. "I Don’t Get Anxiety Before Games" - Every Athlete. Athletes Don’t Experience Anxiety - Right Oh the dreaded seven letter word: ANXIETY. The one thing we don’t want to talk about as athletes. The thing...

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Athletes with Mental Illness

WHAT's happening in the mind of an athlete?     ask yourself "Have I had these thoughts?" I’m an Athlete and I’m Not Okay Athletes are Perfect Human Beings Right? Can you Spell Athlete without Mental Health? Athletes and Mental Health, Who Cares? What’s...

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My Child Was Diagnosed with ADHD – What Now?

Where Do I Begin After An ADHD Diagnosis?   Your child is newly diagnosed with ADHD.  What now? Start small.  Begin by identifying your expectations. Learn about your child’s strengths.  This gives you the advantage. You're ready to help your child and set them...

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Be The 8% To Reach Your New Year Goal

Science Says 92% Of Us Will Not Reach Our Goal             As the New Year begins, a lot of us are thinking about our 2017 resolutions. There is something about a fresh calendar and the start of a brand-new year that often gives us a jolt...

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Training and Activating The ADD or ADHD Brain

Activating The ADD or ADHD Brain For a person living with ADD/ADHD, life can have its exciting moments as well as its challenging moments. In particular, a person who has ADD/ADHD finds difficulty with executive functioning skills. Executive functioning occurs in the...

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Five Summertime Tips for ADHD Adults

Struggling With Executive Functioning Skills? Summertime presents challenges for anyone with ADD or ADHD. Although summertime is filled with fun, playtime and vacations and ..... there are strategies to help you have less stress or anxiety and more fun. 1. Planning...

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