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Hello, Brains! A Life Spent Helping Others Understand A.D.H.D. Online
Posted on March 1, 2021 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD.Jessica McCabe, creator of the YouTube channel “How to A.D.H.D.,” is not a doctor or medical professional. At 38, she’s had a variety of professions including stand-up comedian, actor and restaurant server. Through all those years, she has been learning about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which she was diagnosed with at the age of 12. […]
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People With ADHD Focus Better While Exercising
Posted on February 25, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Exercise.By Neil Petersen For people with ADHD, moving the mind and moving the body seem to be related. I’ve talked before about how fidgeting helps people with ADHD concentrate, which is why telling someone with ADHD to “sit still and pay attention” is often a contradiction. But what if we go further than just fidgeting – does […]
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How to Form Good Habits with Adult ADHD
Posted on February 22, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD Self Management, Adult ADD/ADHD.By Additude Editors It takes someone about three months to form a habit, whether they have ADHD or not. The best way to form a habit is to create a “ritual” – an activity or set of activities that you keep doing the same way. Say you’re always losing your keys in your house because you put […]
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The Scientific Case for “Focused-Attention Meditation”
Posted on February 4, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD & Exercise, Mindfulness and ADHD.There are innumerable forms of meditation. Only some come with long traditions, and even fewer have been carefully scientifically studied. Of the ones that have been studied, we’ll take a look at the differences between these two: Focused-Attention and Mindfulness (aka Open Monitoring). Focused-Attention Meditation (FAM) is exactly what it sounds like, participants are asked […]
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What’s the Best Exercise to Manage ADHD Symptoms?
Posted on February 1, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Exercise.You may have already heard that regular exercise can give your mood a boost. If you have ADHD, a workout does more than make you feel good. It can help control your symptoms, too. Even a single session of moving your body can make you more motivated for mental tasks, increase your brainpower, give you energy, and help […]
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Hoarding 10: When does clutter shift to hoarding?
Posted on January 28, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Mental Health, Adult ADD/ADHD.Here is a thumbnail outline of the criteria for Hoarding Disorder (and all three must be present even to a minimal degree): Excessive accumulation and failure to discard proportionately (things and/or animals). Activities of daily life are impaired by spaces which cannot be used for the intended purpose. Distress or impairment in functioning to the […]
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Adult ADHD, Perfectionism, and Procrastination
Posted on January 25, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD Procrastination, Adult ADD/ADHD.An interesting finding to emerge from the study of the mindsets of clinic-referred adults with ADHD was that perfectionism was the most frequently endorsed cognitive distortion.1 Perfectionism is typically associated with holding unrealistic performance standards that result in frustration when they are not met, at times being self-defeating, such as being late with a school assignment or […]
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What it’s like parenting with ADHD symptoms: ‘It felt like my head was going to explode’
Posted on January 21, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD Parenting, ADHD Women & Girls.Jewelz Tucker, a Northern California mother of four, had an epiphany as she sat with her husband filling out the form to get one of her sons screened for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. As she went through the checklist, she wondered aloud to her husband, “Is this me?” “The world often thinks of ADHD as a young, […]
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Why Having Well-Connected Brain Hubs Matters
Posted on January 18, 2021 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain.By Christopher Bergland Poorly-connected brain hubs and childhood developmental disorders often go hand in hand, according to a new state-of-the-art brain mapping study from the University of Cambridge. The findings (Siugzdaite et al., 2020) were published on February 27 in the journal Current Biology. “The purpose of this study was to take a transdiagnostic approach to establish how brain […]
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Seminar Series – ADHD Tools for Success
Posted on January 15, 2021 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD.ADHD Tools for Success seminar series Start the year off right with these tools for a successful 2021! Jan 26 & Feb 2 – FOUR (1-hour) SEMINARS We’re offering two, 1-hour seminars each night with a 15-minute break between sessions. Pay $25 for each seminar or register for the package of all four and pay […]
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