ADHD Life Support
by Susan McGinnis of ADHD Impact Coaching
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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.
Using Sensory Awareness to Access the Present Moment
Tune into your senses to help you manage your attention.
Learning to Be Here Now
Imagining the future is an important and useful ability, but bypassing the present moment in impatience shortchanges the real future that you are creating in each moment.
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.
Re-Name to Re-Frame the Task
Do you intend to do something, but it doesn’t happen? It may be how you are thinking about it.
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!
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?
Shifting Focus for Big Goals
Long-term v. short term goals need different strategies. How to shift your focus according to the nature of your goal, using a story of swimming across Lake Tahoe.