ADHD Life Support
by Susan McGinnis of ADHD Impact Coaching
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Awareness as an Executive Function in ADHD Management
Bringing awareness into the category of skills for ADHD management is the value of ADHD coaching for adults.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
ADHD Productivity: Creating Structure as a Game
Framing objectives as a game is a way of increasing engagement, creating support and accountability for your performance.
Diagnosing Low Mood : Depression, Anxiety, or ADHD?
Is depression or anxiety the right diagnosis, or could it be ADHD? Feelings of general unhappiness, anxiety, or hopelessness are cause to investigate for ADHD.
