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What I Learned About Women’s Hormones & ADHD

This is what I learned about women's hormones and ADHD: A woman's hormones are as individual as the ADHD diagnosis itself. Turning 40 is no joke. I should know, because I recently visited my obgyn where we discussed not only my impending mammogram, but also my...

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Connection Heals: ADHD and PTSD

ADHD and PTSD together are showing up more and more in my work with the ADHD community. My entire business is based on creating connection, so obviously I want to learn how to better serve my clients, and educate people on the connection between the two diagnoses. So...

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How To Be A Stay-At-Home Mom (With ADHD)

Stay-at-home-moms with ADHD are not the same as a neurotypical SAHM. In the summer of 2010, I was very pregnant, and very much looking forward to being a stay-at-home-mom. But I was not acknowledging my ADHD so I had no idea what was in store for me. You all know...

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Shame Is Not Your Story

At the end of my conversation with Dania Chebib I asked her how we should end our recording. And she said, "Shame is not your story." It was perfect, so I made it the title of episode 304. Dania Chebib is a psychotherapist practicing out of Kelowna, British Columbia....

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How To Stock Your Pantry

I am opinionated about a few things, so I'm gonna be honest and tell you that food, and how you should stock your pantry - is definitely one of them. When I say I am opinionated about food, it's not just because I am living with ADHD. I am writing about stocking a...

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ADHD men struggle too

I usually write about ADHD women, but as I have branched out into this podcast I've had the opportunity to meet more people. And I've started to notice that ADHD men struggle, too. We just aren't talking about it. Until I got to know Marc Almodovar, I had not even...

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The Naked Truth About How ADHD Affects Women At Home

ADHD women at home don't have it easy. We have very high standards for ourselves and we are often left feeling like a failure. I hated being a stay at home mom. In fact I wrote an article about it for Huffington Post a while back. While I stand by what I wrote in that...

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The One Man (ADHD) Sideshow

David Darwin is the one man ADHD sideshow. He's an entertainer, magician, husband and father as well. Darwin stopped by and we discussed getting through public education, parenting, and sword-swallowing as a metaphor for ADHD. Because really, you cannot prove...

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Authoritative Parenting When Mom Has ADHD Too

I was not raised in an authoritative parenting environment. As I have mentioned my mom was a single parent, and she didn't have much help. As a teenager I was grounded fairly often. Usually because I was unmotivated or behaving impulsively or just ignoring my parents...

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From Chaos To Calm Even With ADHD

Episode 301 of the See in ADHD podcast gives you 5 simple (but not easy) tips to go from chaos to calm even with ADHD. For more info on increasing self-awareness, see this post. See this post on Emotional Management. The five strategies discussed include include:...

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