ADHD Coaching

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ADHD is becoming more and more recognized and accepted!

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Newer understanding of ADHD!

Understanding the Nuances of ADHD | Michael Manos, PhD Kids and adults who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder often struggle to pay attention to just one thing – they demonstrate symptoms of inattentio...

"I've been married twenty five years, have three great kids, and had a decent career as a journalist, but I just got fired because I couldn't prioritise and keep up with my work." This scenario is very typical for an ADHD who is not yet diagnosed. Sarah had never been fired before. After completing college, she took a job as a staff writer for a weekly newspaper, where her output of news and feature stories won her recognition as a talented and productive journalist. [ 1,020 more word ]

Sara’s ADHD “I’ve been married twenty five years, have three great kids, and had a decent career as a journalist, but I just got fired because I couldn’t prioritise and keep up with my work.&…

Emotions, and struggles with and between various emotions, play a central role in the daily life of all children, adolescents, and adults. Emotions guide what we notice and what we ignore, what we focus on intently and what we carefully avoid. Conflicting emotions can cause us to disrupt engagement with a task we want to accomplish, or lead us repeatedly to do what we consciously intend never to do again. [ 541 more words ]

ADHD and the emotional brain Emotions, and struggles with and between various emotions, play a central role in the daily life of all children, adolescents, and adults. Emotions guide what we notice and what we ignore, what we …

Maria, a working mother of three young children, reaches the end of her day with lots left to do. Again, she didn't get the laundry put away or the files sorted in her office. She beats herself up, calling herself a procrastinator, yet she's confused about how she'll ever be able to get it all done when so much happens each day that's out of her control. She plans carefully, but kid's illness, changes at the daycare, and both her and her husband's travel for work always seem to necessitate a change in her plans and delays on some tasks.

Strategies For Change:

My initial strategy for change is for you to begin to categorize in your own mind which delays in your life are procrastination. These are the delays that you want to something about. Knowing this difference is a good place to start.
As you begin to identify which delays are truly voluntary delays that undermine your performance and well-being, you may see a pattern emerge. These tasks, projects, or intended actions may have something in common. For example, you may find that these tasks, projects, or intended actions elicit common feelings.
On a separate piece of paper, or on your computer, or simply as a thought of experiment, list those tasks, projects, activities, or "things" in your life on which you tend to procrastinate. Next to each, jot down what emotions and thoughts come to mind when you think of each of these moments of procrastination. Do not overthink this. It could be, for example, that you are uncertain about what to do to complete a task.
When you have finished your list, look for patterns in the emotions or thoughts involved.

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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com TED Talks Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.