Insights and Perspectives
Fresh Start For A Successful School Year
Every year our children have the chance to start the new school year with a fresh start. Parents have the same opportunity - a fresh start. How will this school year be different? What tips and strategies will you use this school year? For most families, schedules...
Is Everything Related to ADD/ADHD, Anxiety or Depression
Maybe. This might not be the answer you want to hear. ADD/ADHD, Anxiety or Depression manifest in different ways. There's no definite and absolute answer when working with children and adolescents. However, what I will say that is absolute, is the love you have for...
Make Your ADD/ADHD Work For You
Any one of these ADD/ADHD Strategies can positively impact the lives of anyone living with ADD/ADHD. Start Small Starting small and experiencing success is vital. Every inch of your accomplishments becomes an inch of actual emotional growth. You're building mental...
Activate Your ADHD Brain and Conquer Your “..IT’s”
The parents of children with ADHD are all-too-familiar with phrases like “It’s boring” or “It’s too hard” or “I don’t like it." As adults, these same children come to realize that society will unflinchingly demand certain tasks of us, and slightly modify their...
Impulsivity, Poor Planning & Procrastinating Working For You?
Are you like the millions of other adults who have a full schedule and are regularly challenged by symptoms of ADHD? If so, then constant distraction, procrastination, and poor time management are among the obstacles you face daily. While one area of your life...
What Derails You From Your Goals
Are You Conscious About What You're Doing Recently I've been very interested in reading and learning about "mindfulness". How does understanding mindfulness help you reach your goals? I looked up the definition (just to make sure my first interpretation was...
Coaching Is A Process
I’m always being asked, “What is ADHD coaching? Is it therapy?” And more often than not, I find myself repeating that coaching is NOT a replacement for psychotherapy. Most psychotherapy can only move as fast as it takes for the patient to deal with the source/origin...
Improve Your Family Relationships
Improve Your Family Relationships Do you find yourself dealing with sibling arguments and fights? Or deciding whose turn it is to do the dishes? Trying to get the children to bed and figuring out how much allowance your kids should get? Have a Family Meeting!The...
Engage With Others Through Curiosity
What’s behind the painting, the picture or the person? As the years go by and I coach children, adolescents, college students and adults, at times it is easy for me to jump to conclusions or assumptions on areas where I can see a clear answer before them. Then, I...
Get Evaluated – ADHD or Not
You think you may have ADHD because you're having challenges in different areas of your life. Some of the trouble you’re experiencing appears as: your inability to keep your attention for a long period of times you have difficulty getting started your relationship is...