Discovering Your ADHD at Midlife

Discovering Your ADHD at Midlife

How many midlife crises have you had? Most people have more than one.  I’ve had three.  Being diagnosed over forty with ÅDHD can certainly be experienced as a midlife crisis. Although I would argue that ‘crisis’ is a misnomer. The fabled phenomenon of the...
Live Fast…?

Live Fast…?

In a clinical paper entitled Live Fast, Die Young? A Review on the Developmental Trajectories of ADHD Across the Lifespan, I was struck by the following assertion: Scaffolding and support for people with ADHD is complex and specialized. One of the problems is that...
Coaching Young Women with ADHD

Coaching Young Women with ADHD

In recent years I have discovered that I have a knack for helping young women cultivate the means to take charge of their lives and thrive with ADHD. Currently, my youngest client in this demographic started with me at the age of 19. A parent will contact me and...
High Stakes

High Stakes

Did you know people with ADHD function better under pressure than neurotypical folk?  This is according to studies cited in what seems to be a very well-referenced article. Upon reading the statement: “ ..the intense emotions that can end up disrupting cognitive...