So as I wrote in this post, I usually get pretty stressed out this time of year. I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. I want everything to be beautiful and smell really good. But somehow the idea of getting my house together and socializing is too...
You might feel like the idea of a building happier life with ADHD seems out of reach. Sorta like the size four jeans I wore in high school. The word happy is misunderstood in our culture. We think we should feel good all the time and never have any negative emotions...
I recently stumbled upon another annoying ADHD symptom I hadn’t notice before. It started during a fight with my mother. "Maybe I should tell YOUR friends about you." The statement hung in the air. The absurdity of it wasn't lost on me. Forty-one years old, and my...
I didn't set out to write a guide about meal planning. If we're being honest I don't even like cooking. But you don't have to like cooking to feed your family. This is where I tell you a story. My aunt and I were working to clean out my grandparents house when I got...
Here's the first of my confessions of an ADHD housewife: I don't even like homemaking. I get no satisfaction out of cooking, cleaning, organizing or decorating. Culturally, we've put a lot of pressure on stay-at-home moms and homemakers. If you don't aspire to...
I made a detailed house cleaning schedule during the last few weeks of my pregnancy. No joke, I thought I could just write it down and when the baby was born he would slide right into my cleaning schedule. I could get the house clean and the meals prepped while my...
How to win the day (and let go of perfect) with ADHD. I've had ADHD since 1992. Waaaay before it was cool, and also way before most adolescent girls were being diagnosed. My son also has ADHD, as well as Aspergers. I treated my ADHD with meds throughout college, but...
Life with the ADHD housewife is never dull. I'll admit that. But*** I firmly believe that my homemaking skills aren't much different from my non-ADHD counterparts. Think about it -Your home looks different when you know nobody is going to see it. Neurotypical people...
Believe it or not you can overcome perfectionism with ADHD. I've done a startling amount of research on ADHD in women, and I'm particularly interested in how we can better manage our emotions. This started out as a review of Dr. Jane Bluestein’s book, The...
Getting Things Done with ADHD will never be easy. However, you can develop strategies to help yourself do more of the things that really matter to you. In the spring if this year I bought Dr Russ Ramsay's new book Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn...
