Your Go-to Guide for Living with Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Jennifer Koretsky, SCAC is the Managing Partner of the ADD Management Group, LLC and Chief Executive Officer of ADHDmanagement.com. She is a Senior Certified ADHD Coach, and the author of Odd One Out: The Maverick's Guide to Adult ADD.
ADHD presents itself differently in everyone who has it. But one consistent factor that I’ve noticed in my work as a coach is that adults with ADHD are chronically overwhelmed with everyday life.You wake up feeling like you’re behind on life, and you spend your whole day either trying to catch up, or feeling guilty [...]
Before you pounce on me, let me just say that, as one of the first people to receive the Senior Certified ADHD Coach designation, I obviously do believe in the value and effectiveness of ADHD coaching. I’ve been both an ADHD coach and an ADHD coaching client, and I am a big fan of coaching. [...]
As we head into the weekend, here’s what’s going on around the web in the world of ADHD! Melissa Orlov offers some great advice about how to suggest to your spouse that s/he may have ADHD. Bryan Hutchinson asks, Who are the Famous, Successful Women with ADHD? ADDitude Magazine readers share their doctors’ most helpful [...]
Our guest on the latest ADHDmanagement.com Podcast is Dr. Ari Tuckman, who talks to us about ADHD and Executive Functions. Take a listen to: Find out what executive functions are Discover the specific executive functions weaknesses that adults with ADHD deal with Pick up some helpful tips and strategies for managing adult ADHD that take [...]
Did you remember Valentine’s Day, or did you get yourself in trouble with your significant other? Perhaps your ADHD forgetfulness has you in the doghouse? I totally screwed up this year. In my defense, we’re not even 2 full months into 2012 and it’s already been a doozy of a year. Life has been moving [...]
Adults with ADHD are both gifted and cursed with the power to hyperfocus. Hyperfocus is a unique ability that we have to focus so intensely that the rest of the world temporarily disappears. It’s the opposite of boredom. Instead of having difficulty concentrating or getting started, the hyperfocused ADHDer has trouble shifting focus away from [...]
The biggest mistake that I see adults with ADHD make is that they try to do things just like everyone else. But when you’re wired differently than the vast majority of the people around you, trying to be like everyone else just doesn’t work. The people around you–your friends, your coworkers, and certainly many members [...]
Is your glass half full, or half empty? Are you a positive thinker, or a negative thinker? Unfortunately, it’s very common for an adult with ADHD to get caught up in destructive negative thinking patterns. ADHD symptoms like overwhelm, difficulty with organization and time management, lack of focus, and the resulting frustrations often lead to [...]
I admit it. I’m high maintenance. I like to be in control of the radio while in the car, and the remote while watching TV. I have systems set up all over the house that no one is allowed to screw with. I hate to be interrupted when I’m concentrating. And you don’t want to [...]
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