Therapeutic Mentor Connection

Tip #1: SIT WITH IT — That's the first in a series of tips from Anthony on ways to create structure when working from home or home schooling in the COVID era.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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“ADHD makes it harder for folks to disengage with the present moment and instead work toward future goals.” (Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., CST)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A. Give yourself unstructured time periodically throughout the day. If you finish a task, or even just need a break, make some time to simply SIT AND LET YOUR MIND PINBALL through various thoughts. If you have an impulse to check something on your phone, write it down and go back to it after your spacey, daydream period is over. This is a process of pruning all of the chaotic mentalness that will overwhelm and distract you. Eventually you will come back to a sound mind that REMEMBERS YOUR PRIORITIES.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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B. Focus on bringing the FEELING of a certain future into the present. If you can imagine how the accomplishment would feel, you’ll experience motivation to start or continue the project.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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C. You may also benefit from talking to someone* about what it is you want to accomplish, and solidify the feeling of what that will be like. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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*You may have noticed this asterisk. It will be featured in most of my posts because I gleaned the benefit of "talking to someone" from personal experience with ADHD, and with my clients. In our COVID-sequestered world, we only have our housemates as our someones; consider opening a video call with a different someone and just checking-in every once-in-a-while. I'm looking forward to returning to in-person co-working sessions with friends in coffee shops, co-work with my clients, organizing study groups, and creating perfect playlists because it helps. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Check out this resource on healthy habits for ADHD: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/healthy-habits-adhd/
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ADHD quarantine resources! Webinars and articles to help parents with ADHD teens, as well as helpful tips for adults with ADHD!
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Get up around the same time each day.

Take your medications and/or supplements.

Get dressed and shower regularly.

Schedule your meals and set a reminder to tell you to eat (and eat at a table).

Find ways to move your body at least once an hour.

Drink plenty of water.

Set specific work times.

Go outside at least once a day.

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Many people with ADHD find that they are clear-headed and resilient in a crisis — able to tune out the static and hyperfocus on what needs to be done. But what happens when the crisis tells you to stay at home — cooped up with all that energy and all those ideas — for the foreseeable future? Here are a few tips for thriving and getting things done in the midst of the current pandemic.
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Excerpts from an article written in
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High-protein breakfasts are essential for focus and attention. ADDitude has published a list of great recipes! (Read more...link in bio)
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Pro tip : time your breakfast with taking stimulant medication so that your med doesn’t suppress your appetite before you have a chance to eat!
Pro tip 2: time your breakfast with your stimulant medication, so that the med doesn’t suppress your apprentice before you eat!...
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https://youtu.be/RfoYyG8eJXQ

Child: “Do trees tell each other stories?”

Technology: “I don’t have an answer for that.”

Father: “Let’s go find out.”

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This father demonstrates quintessential mentoring. The posture of our mentors is also “Let’s find out.”

What questions are you asking about life?

”Can I make it on my own?”

”Will technology, alcohol, and depression ever not overwhelm me?”

…let’s find out.

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