by Rahti | Mar 23, 2023 | adhd, blog, lifecoach, success
Boredom – it’s like kryptonite to someone with ADHD…or it can certainly feel that way. Here are some ways to counter the anxiety and lethargy (usually both simultaneously) generated by boredom: Bribe yourself. Got something you treat yourself to every day? A...
by Rahti | Mar 16, 2023 | adhd, blog, lifecoach, success
While ADHD is considered a ‘mental disorder’ in the DSM5, it can be a superpower. Hyperfocus, impulsivity, creativity, keeping several projects moving forward simultaneously, energy levels, and the ability to hyperfocus can all lead to incredible success in...
by Rahti | Mar 9, 2023 | adhd, blog
If you have ADHD, managing “flash emotions” can be especially challenging. For example, the sudden intensity of rage can be overwhelming and hard to manage. Without tools, it is far too easy to undo a relationship or career opportunity in under a nano-second before...
by Rahti | Feb 20, 2023 | blog
It can be comforting to label ourselves. At best, a medical diagnosis of ADHD creates a sense of separation between what you perceive as your faults and who you really are. For example there is a relief when you realize that you’re “not just lazy”. An ADHD diagnosis...
by Rahti | Feb 10, 2023 | blog
DISCLAIMER: This post does not apply to the severely visually impaired, who probably have developed compensatory superpowers. When I was a very young woman, I had a super-power. I could walk into any public space, a bar, a restaurant, a park…and if I saw someone...
by Rahti | Feb 3, 2023 | blog
There’s a new acronym afoot in the ADHD lexicon: ICNU It stands for Interest, Challenge, Novelty, Urgency, and it pretty neatly describes the operating system of the ADHD brain. Neurotypcal brains operate via ISIR: Importance, Secondary importance (what someone else...
by Rahti | Jan 19, 2023 | blog
The best resolution, whether it’s a New Year’s Resolution or otherwise, is to keep resolving. A resolution is a firm determination to do or not do something. And the reason I think we should keep resolving is because consistency is not about staying on track,...
by Rahti | Jan 11, 2023 | blog
What do you want by the end of 2023? There are people who refuse to answer that question, because they’ve come up empty at the end of so many years past. For these folks, setting goals for the new year feels like a recipe for not accomplishing them. If you...
by Rahti | Dec 23, 2022 | blog
As an ADHD coach, I hear about seasonal depression a lot, also known as SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder. Neurodivergent people, having been aware of our ‘otherness’ in terms of the way we think, are acutely sensitized to the things that impact our psyches, such as...
by Rahti | Dec 15, 2022 | blog
Doom scroll much? Welcome to the club. I don’t care who you are, if you have a mobile phone, ADHD or no ADHD, chances are you fall along a universal spectrum of social media addiction. Heck, we all know now that these ‘devises of mass distraction’,...
