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TIPS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION IN ADHD RELATIONSHIPS
Posted on August 15, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Relationships.Often I have ADHD individuals come in for counseling and one issue that frequently comes up is communication difficulties in relationships. This isn’t to say that people with ADHD are bad at relationships, it just means that their areas of difficulty can present slightly differently than others. Communication breakdowns are frequently the sore spot which […]
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ADHD and Hormonal Changes in Women
Posted on August 11, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD Women & Girls.From monthly menstrual cycles that can leave you feeling exhausted, achy, and irritable to the hot flashes and mood swings brought on by menopause, many challenges and discomforts women experience can be blamed partially on hormones. Hormonal changes can present difficulties for all women, but for those with ADHD, it can be even more challenging. Read […]
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How to Manage an Employee With ADHD
Posted on August 8, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD in the Workplace.The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 lists attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a cognitive (mental health) disability. It requires that employers don’t discriminate against employees with ADHD. You may find that some of your employees with ADHD are falling short of certain expectations, aren’t being productive, or aren’t feeling fulfilled at their jobs […]
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What Happens With Your Brain When You Make a Decision?
Posted on August 1, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD & Focus.We’ve all been there: we wish to be more creative, more productive, just to find ourselves sometimes doing the complete opposite… thus feeling overwhelmed, stressed, trying to implement a new daily habit, and punishing ourselves for our ‘laziness’. The good news is: changing our habits is hard not because we are lazy, but because our brains […]
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ADHD Symptom Spotlight: Overstimulation
Posted on July 29, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, ADHD & Overstimulation.Overstimulation is what happens when there’s too much sensory input for your brain to handle. It can make you feel overwhelmed, irritable, and uncomfortable. Because the ADHD brain isn’t as equipped to filter out sensory input, you’re more likely to have a lower threshold for the amount of stimuli you can tolerate before becoming overstimulated. Read the full […]
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ADHD Symptom Spotlight: Indecision
Posted on July 25, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & Brain, Adult ADD/ADHD.We all have to make thousands of decisions every day. Most of these will be small things like what to eat for breakfast or whether or not to bring an umbrella with you when you leave the house. Some of them will change the course of your life, like whether to apply for that dream job […]
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Avoid Impulsive Spending with ADHD
Posted on July 21, 2022 by CoachRudy in Money Management & ADHD.For many people with ADHD, it is hard to resist impulsive spending. Impulsivity is one of the major symptoms of ADHD, so it is not uncommon for those with ADHD to buy first and think later. Sure, impulsive spending may leave you with the challenge of storing all of your new purchases. But the real issue is […]
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Five detailed ways to design an office for neurodiversity
Posted on July 18, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD in the Workplace, Adult ADD/ADHD.Workplace leaders, listen up: It’s time to ditch the one-size-fits-all-brains approach to office design. The human brain works in all manner of ways, as reflected in today’s neurodiverse workforce—and the workplace needs to step up to the job, too. Understanding neurodiversity starts with recognizing that a range of cognition exists, including autism spectrum condition, ADHD, […]
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Shopping is a nightmare’: how ADHD affects people’s spending habits
Posted on July 14, 2022 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD, Money Management & ADHD.For most of us, popping to the supermarket is a mundane chore but for Hannah Crawford it’s a task that can fill her with dread. “A supermarket is a nightmare,” says the 24-year-old, who describes going to buy food as “like being a three-year-old in a sweet shop”. Crawford says it can be an overwhelming, […]
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What Happens When ADHD Goes to College?
Posted on July 11, 2022 by CoachRudy in ADHD & School, ADHD Children, Teens & Students.Facing College With ADHD: It Is More Than Just the Classroom Our program’s early experiences with college students with ADHD also shed light on the college transition being as much if not more of a test of students’ time management and organizational skills as it was about knowledge and intellect. Unfortunately, difficulties with the former often undermine […]
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