ADHD Coach Casey Dixon wrote this ADDitude Magazine article exploring the ins and outs of multi-tasking, its impact on ADHD, and how to refocus your energy to get back on track. Just Tired - Or Tired of Work? starts with one reader's question about how to get a handle on their tendency to multi-task - both at home and at their job - and the negative impact it has on the quality of their work. Though the reader mainly asks for tips and strategies on how to stop their habit of

Newly diagnosed? Or, trying to get a better handle on an old diagnosis? Looking for ways to alleviate ADHD symptoms beyond medication? Mindfulness might be the answer you’re looking for to help reduce ADHD symptoms. What is mindfulness? Let’s start first with the basics… what does mindfulness even mean? Mindfulness is paying attention to right now and noticing the thoughts, feelings, and sensations that emerge this moment. Mindfulness can happen anytime, anywhere. It is not n

Are you disappointed in yourself for not getting tasks on your to-do list completed, or even started? For procrastinating or missing deadlines? For not following your plan? Sound familiar? Most adults with ADHD or Executive Function challenges are in the same boat: too much to do, falling behind, disappointing themselves, and not managing their time. These issues are the result of problematic executive functions like getting started, following through, organizing, making deci

Recently Dr. Thomas E. Brown gave a free ADDitude Magazine Expert Webinar: The ADHD-Executive Function Connection. The webinar promised to provide strategies for helping improve skills in each of Dr. Brown’s six areas of executive function (EF) impairment that are common to ADHD. While Dr. Brown does an excellent job of explaining executive functions and how they are expressed for people with ADHD, this webinar was limited to his solutions for “getting the chemistry straight”