ADHD Life Support
by Susan McGinnis of ADHD Impact Coaching
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Creating Emotions
What do you pay attention to, to cultivate your emotional state? Lesson on emotion management from actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in an interview about his show, Mr. Corman.
Podcast Recommendation: Ezra Klein Show on Anxiety as a Habit
Is feeling anxious a mental habit that you can break? This concept is a valuable lens for understanding the relationship of anxiety and ADHD.
Responding from Overwhelm
Use your awareness of feeling overwhelmed to respond in a way that will not sabotage your goals.
Executive Function and Self-Regulation Resources
Links to a mini-course on executive function and how it develops, with videos and downloadable practice resources for all ages.
Anxiety and Time Thinking with ADHD
When time is unstructured, overwhelm, uncertainty, and anxiety creep in. Consider using more specific language to improve how you think about time.
Tools to Support ADHD
So many tools that you can use as virtual assistants! Here are a few ideas to make life easier!
Self-Generated Deadlines Teach Planning Skills
The structure of school trains us in an outcome-oriented approach that emphasizes end results over process. That we didn’t learn how to plan a project, work on it on a regular basis over time, and deliver as promised? Not even on the radar.
ADHD Shortcut: “Should" v. “Could”
Using “shoulds” to set goals and make plans may be quick and easy, but when it comes to action, “should” is a shortcut to ADHD Stuck.
Managing Boundaries for Good Relationships
Resources linked for creating healthy personal boundaries. Good boundaries make good relationships!
Podcast Recommendation: “Hidden Brain” on Creating Yourself Through Habits
Get consistently good results by setting yourself up for success; linked to a Hidden Brain podcast episode about creating and breaking habits.
Ten ADHD Truths
10 Lessons of the pandemic. “What happens at home is ‘real life,’ and those relationships must be carefully tended.”
Using Choice in Your Productivity Strategy: Choice Boards for ADHD
A “choice board” is a set of equal activities to choose among — a way to incorporate freedom and choice into your planning process.
Carrots, or Sticks? Motivation, or Looking Forward
What do you enjoy, that you can put out in front of yourself to make it more rewarding to move through your day?
Is It About Time, or Energy?
Your thoughts about how you will feel and how long things will take have an impact on how you feel and how much energy you have. You can’t control your feelings directly, but you can work with your expectations to change how you feel.
Do You Make Your Bed?
Making the bed fits into an important message for self-regulation, of “just doing” the things that create order and calm the mind. Links to a podcast featuring Seth Perler’s story.
ADHD and Emotions: New Research and Resources
A 2020 study supports emotional dysregulation as a diagnostic characterization of ADHD. This post includes a link to a podcast episode on emotions and ADHD by Dr. Ari Tucker and Jeff Copper with an important conversation around emotions in relationships and handling other people’s feelings.
Building Your Platform Each Day
Why routines and habits? Creating a supportive platform for yourself gets you through the hard times and keeps you going.
How to Support People Working from Home in the Pandemic
For people trying to work from home in the time of quarantine, work has lost its structure, rhythms, comraderie, and accountability. This is particularly challenging for people with ADHD.
Try a Guided Meditation
This post shares a guided “body awareness” meditation that I think you’ll like. A meditation practice is part of self-care for ADHD because it is calming, centering, and builds awareness and tolerance.
Tips for Managing Email with ADHD
Let’s talk about why managing email is hard: noticing it; reading it; responding to it; sending it.