Susan McGinnis 1/31/22 Susan McGinnis 1/31/22

New Year Message: Turn Experience Into Learning

Learning doesn’t just happen, and judging gets in the way of learning. Try a more compassionate and helpful approach:

Susan McGinnis 11/22/21 Susan McGinnis 11/22/21

How to Set Expectations for More Success

How can you set yourself up for feelings of success? By spending more attention and cognition developing expectations that are do-able and address your personal needs.

Susan McGinnis 10/24/21 Susan McGinnis 10/24/21

How to Flex Your Thinking to Activate Doing

Here’s a scary thought: ideals can just be obstacles for people with ADHD. Flexible thinking can help you define goals that get you in action.

Susan McGinnis 10/8/21 Susan McGinnis 10/8/21

Be the Manager You Want

Are you micro-managing yourself? A look at self-management using the lens of how you like to be managed.

Susan McGinnis 10/5/21 Susan McGinnis 10/5/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 8/9/21 Susan McGinnis 8/9/21

ADHD Diagnosis in Adulthood

How to recognize ADHD in adulthood: NYT resources. An ADHD diagnosis and treatment can mend damaged self-esteem and mark the beginning of new personal growth, self-leadership, and self-advocacy.

Susan McGinnis 7/12/21 Susan McGinnis 7/12/21

Inattentive ADHD Webinar

Thomas E. Brown PhD presentation on inattentive ADHD from ADDitude

Susan McGinnis 7/10/21 Susan McGinnis 7/10/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 6/17/21 Susan McGinnis 6/17/21

Using Sensory Awareness to Access the Present Moment

Tune into your senses to help you manage your attention.

Susan McGinnis 5/7/21 Susan McGinnis 5/7/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 4/29/21 Susan McGinnis 4/29/21

Responding from Overwhelm

Use your awareness of feeling overwhelmed to respond in a way that will not sabotage your goals.

Susan McGinnis 4/22/21 Susan McGinnis 4/22/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 4/20/21 Susan McGinnis 4/20/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 4/14/21 Susan McGinnis 4/14/21

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.

Susan McGinnis 4/4/21 Susan McGinnis 4/4/21

Tools to Support ADHD

So many tools that you can use as virtual assistants! Here are a few ideas to make life easier!

Susan McGinnis 3/22/21 Susan McGinnis 3/22/21

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.