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What is Success? by Guest Blogger Janna Willard
I was at a conference with a friend when the speaker said something about success. I commented to my friend that I wasn’t very successful (or maybe she poked me and said I was, and I looked surprised; either way it came out that I didn’t think I was a successful...
Nature or Nurture and ADHD
It’s been three centuries and a decision still has not been reached! Being part of the ADHD tribe we know that making decisions can be challenging, however taking over three hundred years to decide an answer makes our prioritization challenges look pretty minor in...
How Good of a “Relaxer” are You?
Ok, I’ll admit it…I don’t relax very well. In fact the thought of not “doing” something is a bit terrifying to me. If I had to use a metaphor to describe myself, I would say I am like that big pink Energizer Bunny. It is the perfect example of how I go through life...
It’s Time To Celebrate!
Let’s Celebrate! Every year, the Succeed with ADHD Telesummit is our biggest event (and celebration) here at Coaching for ADHD. I hope you were able to join us as we spent the week with 20 of the world’s best ADHD experts who shared with us some of their best...
Myths About Being a Strong Person with ADHD
Recently, many of you in my ADHD tribe were with me when I rushed to my son’s side as he recovered from a very serious car crash. For 10 days I alternated between sitting next to his hospital bed holding his restrained hands, watching as fluid dripped into his body...
ADHD Medication Vacation?
Summertime is just around the corner, and Lynn is wondering what to do about her son’s ADHD meds. “He really needs them for school, and the medication has calmed him down a lot, but some people have told me they take their kids off medication in the summer. I‘m not...
ADHD Dreams, Purpose Hunting and Passion
Day-in and day-out, I talk to people living with ADHD who want to find their life purpose. The reason, goal or motivation that will be the answer to them experiencing a fulfilling and satisfying life. It’s universal to want to have a sense of meaning in our lives and...
Typing on Stilts and Other Things We with ADHD Tolerate
This past month I made a big mistake. During a routine manicure, I impulsively had the technician apply acrylic nails. You know, those long unbreakable nails that seem so elegant on someone else? Well, ever since, it’s like I have been typing on stilts. It’s amazing...
Don’t Get Distracted by the Name Game
It’s easy to get caught up in the name game and spend too much time worrying about coming up with the perfect domain and business name. As a quick reality check, don’t expect your domain name to be so amazing that just seeing it will inspire a prospective client to...
How to Not Have an Irresponsible, Helpless, and Failing ADHD College Student
When your child is a college bound senior, you want him to be prepared so when he enters college, he is part of the 50% that eventually graduates with a degree. You’ve spent years helping him with study skills, taught him right from wrong, and worked tirelessly to...
My Five New Year’s ADHD Revolutions
When I sat down to write my New Year’s resolutions, I was instantly bored. But then I accidentally typed: “New Year’s Revolutions 2016.” I saw the typo, started to correct it, then stopped. The clumsiness of my fingers had actually created a much better title;...
Adult ADHD: Getting a Handle on the Holiday Havoc
I can’t help looking at my calendar during December and notice that familiar pressure as the holidays approach. A lot of the holidays are not very ADD-friendly. It seems there are more deadlines to be met, expectations to reach, and a lot more chaos to filter out....
Serving Pro Bono Clients While Keeping it Professional
For many new coaches, the focus is on getting coaching experience… period. We want to use our skills, perfect them and become confident. An option emerging coaches often take is to agree to coach clients without charging for their services. This is what we call pro...
How ADHD Medications Work
ADHD is a medical condition where the brain is not producing enough of the neurotransmitter Dopamine. The brain is no different than other organs of our body, such as our heart, lungs, kidneys or pancreas. In fact a good analogy to help understand how ADHD medications...
An ADHD Story
Hi! And welcome to the IACTCenter website. I am glad you are here. Let me tell you a little about my story. Nearly fifteen years ago, I was a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner by day and the mother of a seven-year-old son newly diagnosed with ADHD by...
Five Successful Tips to Improving Your Child’s Behavior
The holidays often mean fancy outfits with scratchy tags and stiff shoes, long family sit down dinners and stressful exhausting social schedules…a recipe for ADHD related disasters. While we long to have gratitude and good tidings in our hearts, during this time of...
Don’t Apologize! Guest Post by Ariel Davis
Being your own advocate means finding the resources that are out there to support you. Sound too arduous? Consider the following strategies for getting accommodations, and more. Plan ahead. If you will soon be starting a new job or just got accepted to a...
Change of Any Sort Requires Courage
I am a creature of habit. I like predictability, security, a place for everything and everything in its place. Except…every once in a while there is a part of me that wakes up and roars like a lion. It longs for adventure, new learning and growth and only a...
Mindfulness and ADHD-Guest Blogger Liz Ahmann
Mindfulness is a hot topic everywhere … and for everyone, it seems! Mindfulness has been shown to help with pain, stress, depression, and more! And, did you know that research shows that mindfulness is also beneficial for managing ADHD? What is mindfulness? Simply...
Changing the Way We See Our ADHD Child’s Behavior-Guest Bloggers The Jennettes
Each year, we take our son to have a vision examination. Every year, for the past three years, he has needed a change of lenses. His vision has changed, and the glasses just weren’t working for him anymore. Parents of children with ADHD and trauma often feel as though...
Managing Circus Life with ADHD-Guest Blogger Elaine Taylor-Klaus of ImpactADHD
A home with ADHD is a lot like a three-ring circus. There’s constant activity in every direction, with emotions running high and low, all over the place. There’s always someone vying to be the center of attention, and others trying to impress and amaze. And then...
To Bope Or Not To Bope-Featured Contributor Michael Schuler
To Be Or Not To Be (Shakespeare) And For Me To Bope Or Not To Bope ….. we live in a biper world i have spent the majority of my life trying to bipe i can bipe no longer i am a boper and i love to bope ….. This Is A Short Telling Of A Long Story Of Discovery Telling Of...
ADHD Coach Certification and Training
I love mentoring and training emerging coaches how to be great ADHD coaches and create their profitable and sustainable coaching business. Having been a coach for over 12 years, I know how much coaching can make a positive difference in people’s lives and I want to do...
Finding the Time for Coaching-Guest Blogger Roxanne Fouché
Joe was stuck. He was overwhelmed. He was worried about keeping his job. And he was tired. He worked hard all day, barely taking time for lunch at his desk, and got to the end of the day with only a fraction of his work completed. He thought he had a handle on...
The Care and Breeding of Perfection-Guest Blogger Rachel Dale Howard
“I don’t want to be perfect, I just want to be really good at something”. D.T., 13 year old teenage male Me too. We are conditioned to lean toward perfection. There’s the old adage “if you are going to do it, then do it right”. It’s not that big a leap to go from...
Summer Learning is Crucial by Cheryl Gedzelman
Did you know that taking a full break from academics in the summer can result in two to three months of learning loss? This is especially true for students with learning disabilities and ADHD. Therefore, while students certainly need and deserve a break from...
You Are Not the Boss of Me … or Are You? How to Shift the “Attitude” and Have More Fun In Your Job ~ Guest Blogger Shell Mendelson
In my twenties I worked for a big corporation as a legal secretary. Now imagine an off-the-chart ADDer doing this job in the first place. After being shuffled around the legal department to various attorneys who the company thought I could work with, I ended up with a...
Want Better Attention? – Wake Up Your Brain with the Gross and Sexy Factor!
I am excited to introduce you to Dr. Kari Miller, ADHD coach and educational therapist, who is one of the 2015 ADHD Awareness Book Project contributors. She is one of our Featured Contributors and Guest Bloggers at CoachingforADHD.com. Dr. Kari will be sharing more...
How Do I Find an ADHD Coach?
Recently I had the following question asked by someone who follows me on my Facebook page and I thought the answer might be useful to many of you. What is the best way to find an ADHD coach? There are a couple of ways to find a trained ADHD coach who understands the...
It is Your Eyes that Realize
The following Guest Blog was written by Dr. Billi Bittan of AttentionB.com, a contributor to the ADHD Awareness Book Project: Wacky Ways to Succeed with ADHD. Visualization is a technique used to imagine yourself doing something that you have not yet physically done....
Are You an Ambivert?
Are you an ambivert? Sounds like some sort of odd green, warted, mythical creature slithering out of the primordial muck, doesn't it? Thank goodness it’s not…because I think I might be one. And you might be too. Let me explain… Ambivert is a term I recently stumbled...
Wacky Ways Featured Contributor Patricia Corbett
We are thrilled to introduce you to Patricia Corbett, one of our contributors to this year’s ADHD Awareness Book Project: Wacky Ways to Succeed with ADHD! Pat is a mother of two awesome young men in their 20’s (both with alphabet soup diagnoses including ADHD and...
The Most Powerful Tool You Have But Are Not Using by Carlene Bauwens
The following Guest Blog was written by Carlene Bauwens, a contributor to the ADHD Awareness Book Project: Wacky Ways to Succeed with ADHD. You have the best of intentions. You try. You don’t know what keeps getting in your way. You just can’t do it. You feel like a...
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