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Feeling Uncomfortable? Maybe It’s Time For Growth. Jan 07, 2022

Do you ever feel closed in, like your life just isn’t happening the way you expected?

Maybe you wonder about the missed opportunities in life or whether you can still chart a new course for yourself.

Perhaps now is the perfect time to explore whether your job is the right fit or if it’s time to st...

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Announcing 30 Days of Gifts & Gratitude! Dec 31, 2021

This time of year, no matter what holidays you celebrate (if you do), can often be filled with stress and overwhelm. As a thank you for being a part of our community, I've compiled 30 Days of Gifts and Gratitude with tips to help you reduce stress and navigate the season with a bit more ease. My hop...

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ADHD is NOT a Gift Unless You Leverage It - 092 Dec 20, 2021
 

Hearing that ADHD is a gift is hurtful and confusing to many adults.  In my Facebook group, whenever we create a post about ADHD being a gift, many members are angry because they don’t experience their ADHD as a gift at all. And, they are right.  Without well-developed Executive Functions skill...

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Work Life with ADHD and Underdeveloped Executive Function Skills Dec 17, 2021

Work life with ADHD and underdeveloped Executive Function skills is chaotic and challenging enough, but what if you found yourself putting everyone else’s needs above your own?  Saying ‘yes’ to everything…

What if your employer didn’t know how to make room for your ADHD superpowers?  

Does this so...

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Developing EF Skills Is Easy & What A Difference It Can Make! - 091 Dec 06, 2021
 

I have something a little different for you today.  I did a live video last Friday, and people said it was great, so I turned it into a podcast episode so you all could benefit as well.

As you may have heard me say before, you don’t have to have a diagnosis or even suspect ADHD to have under-d...

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🪧 UK Residents Opportunity! 🪧 Nov 28, 2021

ATTENTION UK Residents:  

One of my UK students alerted me to a wonderful government grant program that made it possible for her to join ADDventures In Achievement and get the Executive Function help she needed. 

Like her, you may be eligible to get financial support for programs such as the ADDve...

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Goal Setting Can Be Detrimental to Your Success - 090 Nov 15, 2021
 

It’s true – goal setting can be detrimental to your success…if you set goals the way most of us have been taught to set them.  If you’re intrigued, stay tuned.

Goal setting is typically an external process, where you are targeting something outside of yourself that you want to achieve or chang...

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Who Runs Your Day? Oct 05, 2021

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”  Jim Rohn 

I was fortunate enough to study with Jim Rohn in the 80s. He was a remarkable human being who insisted that “change begins with choice.” 

Everyday we are faced with choices from the tiniest ones, like when to get out of bed, to bigger ones,...

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Set Your Goal SO Big That You Have to Grow to Achieve It - 089 Sep 27, 2021
 

When you set a goal, you are setting a direction for yourself.  And setting a direction can change the course of your life; it depends on the goal that you set.

In my 50s, I wrote a goal on my flipchart one day that I wanted to have a positive impact on the lives of at least a million people i...

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All Brains Need Training Sep 24, 2021

Recently someone asked me if I considered ADHD a disorder, and to what extent is ADHD a disorder based on how our society is structured. 

Meaning, if culture were different, would it be better suited to ADHD? 

Well, this is an interesting question to consider. 

According to the Diagnostic and S...

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