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Neurodivergent Happiness is Hard, But So Healthy: ADHD Essay I am not neurotypical. I want to be, though. Goodness I want to be neurotypical so, so badly. I want to be able to see that a school assignment is worth a whole

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How to Talk to Kids about ADHD and Other Complex Issues Welcome to Tea & Tips, where we respond to burning questions from parents and educators – taking aim on one topic at a time, guiding you to improve commun

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A New Look at Finding What Works with ADHD When I was a kid I taught my mom to yell and scream at me. “This room is a pig sty, clean it up right now!” Feeling bad, I'd pick up a sweater, fold it and

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Why Do I Feel Different? How ADHD Distinguishes Me I’ve always felt different — and it wasn’t a good feeling. I didn’t know exactly how I was different, so I couldn’t change myself to fit the mold. I w

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A Fresh Start With A New Focus Letting Go and Starting Fresh There is something absolutely liberating about the beginning of the year. We get to let go of baggage and other old stuff, setting

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How I stopped fixing what wasn’t broken. The Story Behind My Story – ADDA It’s hard to believe that before ADDA, I never had a genuine connection with another person. I knew I didn’t fit in at school. I knew I didn’t fit in at

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Christmas Stresses and ADHD: My Yearly Holiday Meltdown I know I’m not the only person who experiences Christmas stress and holiday meltdowns. I’m looking at you, fellow ADHD brains. Every year, I tell myself I w

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The Christmas Meltdown – ADDA By Jolanda Keida Every year, I promise I will be diligent. I’ll get everything done on time. Tree, lights, cards, presents. Last year it was two out of four

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Make Your Own Happy Holidays: Prepare for January 2 Ah, the holidays! For years, I felt that my family never saw the best of me because I was always so stressed and overwhelmed. I took on too much, wanting everyt

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How My ADHD Self-Awareness Improved: An Impulsive Friend The most difficult thing about having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) isn’t the procrastination, time blindness, or disorganization. It

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ADHD Blogs: Top Posts of 2021 1. “ADHD Self-Doubt, Shame & Gaslighting: My Anything-But-Perfect Storm” “I am vulnerable to gaslighting. I have experienced it, and I have been accus

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Can Parents Get a Break During School Vacation? When School Vacation Meets Holiday Stress When kids hop off the bus on the last day of school before holiday vacation, it's like the world opens up for them! Th

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Mindful Planning: End the Year (Calmly) with ADHD December comes around and, suddenly, it feels like I am riding a rollercoaster. The family visits, parties, traveling, shopping, school concerts and extra coach

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What Parents Can Do When an ADHD Report Card Isn’t So Hot You know the look. It's the look your kid gives when they come home from school and you ask for the report card. Before you even look at the report card, you ha

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Holiday “Gift-Obsession” and Managing Expectations The holidays tend to magnify everything: the streets and houses get more beautiful with lights and decorations; neighbors get cheerier; lattes get spicier… th

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Special Needs Friendly Santa Tips for Parents By (special needs friendly) Santa Claus (with support from Elaine Taylor-Klaus) A Christmas Surprise I had a rare treat, recently, when I shared a hotel with a

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How I Feed Off the Energy Every morning, I take a tablet that makes the average person feel like they’re on co***ne. Then I have an espresso for breakfast to properly wake me up (and b

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Deal Them In: Using Playing Cards for Social Skills Do you know how valuable a deck of playing cards, or my personal old school favorite, UNO, can be? Many kids struggle with various social skills including sport

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3 Productivity Tips for ADHD Teens Teens with ADHD are often mistakenly labeled unmotivated, lazy, or apathetic. But the truth is that most of my teen clients want desperately to understand what

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I climbed the iceberg of adhd. The story behind my story – ADDA Growing up, I was always told I was bright. I could pull out the good marks when needed, but as I got older it got harder. Deadlines got closer together, the wo

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Small Talk 101 for Adults with ADHD – ADDA By Caroline Maguire, PCC, M.ed. Making small talk can feel dreadful, wasting time talking about topics no one cares about just to be polite. Perhaps your conver

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How to Find Your Passion? Follow Your Hyperfocus “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” — Sir Winston Churchill This Churchill quote is particularly apt for people

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Undiagnosed ADHD Sabotaged My Life for 34 Years If you told me seven years ago that I would be writing this article, I never would have believed you. That’s because I was broke, divorced, and earning minimu

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How Teen Jobs Build Budgeting Skills: Money in ADHD Hands The beautiful thing about my kids getting old enough to have jobs? Now they can afford to pay for their own mistakes. Ever since the kids were little, Laurie an

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Helping Siblings in a Family with ADHD Siblings fight – we wish it didn’t happen, but sometimes there’s nothing we can do. Or is there? This week, Guest Expert Roya Kravetz shares some of the b

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Do You Need To Take A Breath Before Making Your Next Decision? Coaching with Marla was very useful, and also essential. I do not know what I would have done w/o the Sunday night periods of going over the past week, looking

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What Are You Going To Do If…? Coaching with Marla was very useful, and also essential. I do not know what I would have done w/o the Sunday night periods of going over the past week, looking

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Does My Child Have ADHD? First Signs, Suspicions The path to an ADHD diagnosis is rarely a straight, neat line. But it does start with someone — an attentive doctor, an observant teacher, a caring friend, or