Dr B's Musings & Living Beyond ADHD Podcast
As you may have heard me say before, you don’t have to have a diagnosis or even suspect ADHD to have underdeveloped EF skills.
The developmental energy that was intended for strengthening them could have gotten derailed by depression, anxiety, addictions, traumas, illnesses and more. All of the...
Have you spent years wishing you could win at being an adult with ADHD?
Perhaps you’re like my student, Mario:
"I spent 50 years wondering what was wrong with me? Why I’m not like my other friends; am I broken?”
Life as an adult with ADHD, or undiagnosed ADHD, is fraught with self-doubt, anxiety...
If you’re an active listener to my “Living Beyond ADHD” podcast, you’ve often heard me say: “There are no skills in pills!” And while that statement is true, I don’t want to imply in any way that I’m for or against ADHD medications. These medications are intended for helping to treat the three core ...
What if we're doing it all backwards and wrong?
People start identifying that they have ADHD and they want to fix it. Or people start identifying they have underdeveloped executive function skills and they want to fix it. And everything is oriented towards fixing something that's deemed to b...
There’s a difference between what you say you want and what you say you intend to have. One is “desire” and the other is “it will happen.” When we set our intention, we are willing to go to any lengths for it to happen. We are willing to become a better or upgraded version of ourselves; to t...
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about the Access to Work Grant (ATW). This UK-program grant comes under the Government Department of Pensions. It is specifically designed to offer assistance if you have a ‘disability’ or ‘health condition’ that hinders your effectiveness at work. This grant ca...
Let’s jump straight to what’s important here. You definitely need certain capabilities to succeed in life. These capabilities help you to get and keep a job, provide appropriate care for children, manage a household and contribute meaningfully to your community. They also enable you having a...
First, the Facts about Adult ADHD...
Did you know that ADHD diagnoses among U.S. adults are growing four times faster than are ADHD diagnoses among children (26.4% increase among children compared to 123.3% among adults.) (1)
Also, according to some sources fewer than 20% of adults with ADHD are c...
I spend a lot of time talking with people about the changes they want to see in their lives and about the person that they’re trying to become someday. So much time is wasted on the idea of ‘someday this or someday that” in our lives. For most, “someday” is no day at all in the future.
I usually e...
Are you on the Information List for the ADDventures In Achievement Program? If you are, then you've been receiving some exclusive emails this week. As I was reviewing the emails you've been receiving again, I was thinking about how easy it would be for you to not believe what I'm saying in the ...
