Like many of you, I’ve embraced focus words and vision boards to keep me anchored to my goals, desires, beliefs, and motivations for the upcoming year. (For the record, I’m not a firm believer in New Years Resolutions. But I am a firm believer in goal setting, planning …
Traditionally I put the Christmas decorations away on New Years Eve, but I’m feeling the itch to get it done a little earlier this year. I’m not sure if it has something to do with how early Thanksgiving was this year (the weekend I generally decorate), so I …
Where did 2018 go?! The realization hit me that 2019 is right around the corner when clients wanted to start booking into January . . . yikes! Fortunately, I’d purchased my 2019 planner and was up and running, but the realization of how quickly we will be in …
Communication: “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior” — Merriam-Webster Communication is: Collective: We can’t do it on our own. Communication is not a one-way street. Constant: We are ALWAYS communicating whether we are aware of it …
“I’ve never been able to do that, why even try?” “I’ll never get that job, why apply?” “I can’t do anything right.” “No one wants to spend time with me.” “I’m never going to be as fun (pretty, smart, successful, etc.) as my friends are.” Every thought we …
“You mean I’m not lazy, stupid or crazy?”* You are also NOT: Unmotivated. Unwilling to apply yourself or try hard enough. Uninterested. Unconcerned about others. Unable to focus. Your ADHD symptoms. Who your parents/teachers/friends/relatives may have told you you are. You DO have a non-neurotypical brain that reacts …
Today. Tomorrow. Next week. Next month. Now. Never. Time Blindness: The lack of awareness of the passing of time. Although I work primarily with clients that struggle with ADHD, almost everyone has struggled with time blindness at some point. In this 7:38 video about ADHD and time blindness, …
Our family just held our annual family reunion. It was an amazing 3-day event with up to 60 people participating in the main event on Saturday. Participants ranged from 7-months to 86-years old. Pulling off an event of this magnitude with such a varying age range can be …
I come from a family of swimmers. At a point in time, all five of the siblings in my family were on swim teams. I was the youngest at the age of six with my oldest brother being 14. I can’t imagine the scheduling chaos in our family …
Sometimes making progress is really, really hard. Even when we have a very clear idea of where we want to end up, we just can’t seem to make it through the decision-making and execution process. Why is that? There are too many options. The scope is ambiguous. We …