It’s Leap Year so the ADHD Women’s Palooza is ‘leaping’ back for its 5th year of information and inspiration exclusively for and about women with ADHD. Clear the week of February 24 – February 29, 2020 for an amazing collection of experts and fresh new topics. Hosted...

This posting is the first of twenty-four in a series focusing on the VIA Character Strengths from viacharacter.org. Each human being has all twenty-four of the strengths identified by the VIA Institute of Character, but the twenty-four show up in each of us in unique...

Obesity is a risk for everyone in our country today, but children and adults with ADHD appear to have a much higher than average risk.  One study in 2015 looked at the research done in this area and concluded that the prevalence of obesity was increased by 70% in...

Don't Overlook Sleep Problems in Children with ADHD   by Dr. David Rabiner, Research Professor, Duke University Problems with sleep are common in children with ADHD; in fact, past studies indicate that sleep problems occur in between 70 and 85%. Because of this, the...

October is ADHD Awareness Month! You’ll see a ton of information about ADHD everywhere. But who knows what’s accurate and what’s not?  ADDA knows! That’s why ADDA created the TADD Talk program. As an adult with ADHD, you need reliable, science-based information....

Breathing. It is always with us. As long as we are alive, we are breathing. No equipment is required for most of us to steadily, dependably breathe. We don’t even think about taking the next essential breath. Our bodies just breathe. A couple of thoughts about...

I’ve found a solution that works beautifully for me and my husband, clients, and colleagues. We’ve lost weight and are keeping it off! It’s called Intermittent Fasting or IF. You may have heard of it, since there have been a lot of books and articles written about it in recent years. My husband and I first started using it in 2012 and it worked amazingly well for us. Now we have decided to live an IF lifestyle. Both of us weigh around what we weighted in high school (though I think I actually weigh less now!). 

Settling in to college is challenging for many students, and can be especially difficult for those with ADHD. It is thus especially problematic that those who may benefit from medication often fail to use it in ways that would be most helpful to them.

You are invited to subscribe to a free service that offers you a positive thought with which to start every weekday, Monday through Friday. The positive thoughts are called “Your Daily PAT.” PAT is an acronym for Positive ADHD Thought.

The English poet Alexander Pope wrote: “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”