Archive for Relationships and ADHD

Effects of Positive Attitude on ADHD

Nov 21, 2008 No Comments

ADHD adults who adopt a more positive attitude and who surround themselves with positive forces in their lives, tend to improve their success rate.

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Survey Says… Adult ADHD Affects Work and Home

Oct 16, 2008 2 Comments

A national survey of 1000 adults with ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder) was conducted recently in the US. What they found did not surprise me since they are the very issues my clients and I often coach around. What they found was staggering.

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Improving ADHD Performance Starts With YOU Management

Sep 11, 2008 No Comments

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The biggest complaints I get from new clients is about their performance at work, problems with relationships as they fail to live up to their commitments with others, their tendency to procrastinate and wait until the last minute to get stuff done, and feeling that they don’t live up to their full potential because [...]

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The ADDA Conference: Making Connections

Jul 22, 2008 5 Comments

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I just returned from the 13th ADDA Conference (http://www.add.org) called Adult ADHD: People, Purpose and Passion, and what a blast!
For adults with ADHD, this conference provides access to resource people (experts in numerous fields) and resources such as books, programs, and tools. Access to information through the numerous breakout sessions and motivation from the [...]

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Managing Communication at Work with ADHD

Mar 28, 2008 No Comments

Here’s what one ADHD adult wrote about managing her communication skills at work: 
I have a hard time communicating at work.  Most people don’t understand me.  I process information differently than most people do, I get bored with repetition.  I have trouble communicating even though I know what I want to say but when I begin speaking [...]

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