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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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Harness "Conscious Focusing" as Your Superpower! - 088 Sep 13, 2021
 

If you could get yourself to focus when and where you need to AND could shift your state or feelings so you feel like doing things you’ve planned, when it’s time to take action, would having those skills change your life?  If you’re like other adults I’ve asked over the years, the answer is a r...

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Does Everyone Who Gets a Diagnosis Do Better in Life Because of It - 087 Aug 30, 2021
 

I pursued an ADHD diagnosis with many professionals, only to be refused an assessment with two and granted an assessment with one who decided there was nothing significantly amiss with me – just a little anxiety.

Seriously?!  The two that turned me away said it would be a waste of time (whose ...

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Putting the Brakes on Negative Self-Talk - 086 Aug 23, 2021
 

You may not know if being free of negative self-talk is going to be right for you.  You may not know if you’re going to be SO happy with your new-found freedom that you’ll have to email me and tell me about it.  You may not know if this transformation is going to be really fun and exciting. 

A...

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