Confessions of an ADHD Blogger After a year and a half of sharing my life, I suddenly realized that I have never explained where A Dose of Healthy Distraction came from. So this is the story of a blog. Can we say, ADHD? I should have written this post ages ago....
I am pretty intense about meal planning, living within your means, and feeding a family. Since getting married and having my son I have been on a constant quest to feed my family as well as I can, while enjoying my life and staying within my budget. Only in the last...
*Updated 11/3/16 From what I am reading and hearing, some adults diagnosed with ADD/ADHD have money issues. Actually, errrbody seems to have money problems these days. But when your executive functioning is impaired it is tough to plan ahead, which can lead to...
This was not a sponsored post - but I did receive two free copies of Raising Human Beings. I will be doing a giveaway with my second copy. As I began reading this book I was dreading the review. Not because I didn’t enjoy the book, but because I thought it was...
Funny. And Scary. And true. For the longest time I thought it was my imagination. I had the thought in the back of my mind but I refused to voice it. Over time it has become clear that my early suspicion was correct. Most of the time my son’s biting one-liners are...
Women with ADHD have a complicated relationship with food. Actually, most of the women I know have a complicated relationship with food. Sharing my story is part of my attempt to heal and be honest about my personal history. My Struggle With Weight, Body Image and...
Disclosure: This post is not sponsored but it does include Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. Purchases made through these links directly support healthyadhd.com. Today I have a guest post for you! This was written by my friend and co-mommy Lee-Anne. In case...
As you are aware, I don't often write stories. This was kinda therapeutic actually. Maybe I should do it more often. Let me know what you think. a day in the life of a mom struggling with ADHD Chapter 1 BEEP BEEP BEEP! My husband’s alarm goes off with an...
…a child, more than all other gifts, That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts, And stirrings of inquietude, when they By tendency of nature needs must fail. -Wordsworth, “ Michael” I first read an excerpt of...
For most of you this review will come as no surprise. I talked about this book in my post on overcoming perfectionism. This book, by Dr. Jane Bluestein is the reason I became interested in the topic of perfectionism as it applies to the ADHD community, particularly...
