One of the analogies i like to give my clients with ADHD, or ADHD symptoms, is that you are a high-performance vehicle stuck in a suburb. Everyone around you is a Toyota Corolla. You can pour sugar into their gas tank and they'll still run (they'll just smell like...
I recently completed my Master's degree after a break of almost 10 years. After sharing my success story, I received several inquiries from other people with ADHD who are currently in university (and their parents), wanting to learn more about what worked for me, so I...
ADHD is a child who was never taught how to be in the world. A creative who is too big for this world. ADHD is disappointment that it's not possible to do everything, that our mind is bigger than the universe. ADHD is being misunderstood, it's wasted potential, it's...
In business: 20% of my clients give me 80% of my headache. Interestingly enough, these are usually also the ones who paid me the least and gave me the most grief over the cost. So a great way to filter them out is to raise prices! 80% of a great looking website can be...
My biggest fear is other people's suffering. It was the first day of processing during my Ayahuasca ceremony, realizing that all that pain I was feeling was in response to other people, but not actually other people. This gave me some control back, these were still my...
A few months ago I first entertained the thought that I had ADHD. I hadn't considered it earlier because the name is so very misleading. One of the biggest disservices to ADHD is the associations the name gives us - a hyperactive kid who can't sit still and is given...
I have long known that I exist within a contradictory dichotomy: an attraction to both freedom and safety. (I use safety and structure interchangeably here, because to me structure creates a feeling of safety) I think others may relate to this as well, but I’ve always...
I have been practicing caring for my inner child for many months now, focusing on providing it with the basic emotional needs I knew it needed but had never gotten. A sense of being held, of being ok, of feeling contained in compassion, of validation and safety. As I...
I’d like to list the features of an amazingly powerful and easy to use assessment tool that can increase efficiency and work satisfaction. The PDP is 22 page report generated by answering a series of this or that questions that seem completely pointless and unrelated....
They say that 90% of success is showing up. I try to live by that principle. Whether it's quieting the voice in my head that says "thousands of people have already tried that", or getting myself to take small, seemingly inconsequential steps towards a goal. I like to...
I recently discovered a personal productivity app called Fabulous and have actually used it to improve my life. Fabulous (I cannot say the word without envisioning a fabulous gay person) brands itself as a digital life coach and is based on the premise that the best...
Don’t feel like doing what you’re really supposed to be doing? Fine. We all experience this, sometimes multiple times a day. Often it’s the most important task, and therefore the most weight, that we feel the least compelled to do. Why this happens is a topic...
I don’t really believe in top 10 lists (that's why this list has 9). They are entertaining, and make great lists of fails or lolcats. But if you are actually trying to grow or get inspired, it usually represents information overload – the exact opposite of what you...
There is a surprising technique used by hypnotists to put their subjects into a deeper trance. It involves taking people out of trance, briefly. You instruct your subject to open their eyes for a second, and to then close them and sink deeper into trance. And it...