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138: ADHD-It’s not a Temper Tantrum, It’s Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
The thing that ADHD parents in my private practice were most concerned about was their child’s temper tantrums. I agree that these displays of anger were sometimes scary and some parents were thinking their child’s...
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137: ADHD-What if Summer was the Best Therapy Your ADHD Child Never Had?
Last week we discussed summer as a time of some trials and tribulation when your child could totally fall out of all those patterns of behavior that took so long to establish during the school year.I’ m going to...
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136 ADHD-No School, No Structure, Parenting Through Summer
Summer causes a lot of questions and difficulties for ADHD parents. Just when you’ve got a routine established with school, now school is ending and you have to establish a new routine. In the next few episodes I’ll...
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135 ADHD-Why Willpower Doesn’t Work
ADHDers, both parents and adults with ADHD will frequently blame lack of willpower when they have any difficulties secondary to ADHD. When they procrastinate, when they forget about doing something, when they fail to...
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My Experience with ADHD Strengths
We members of the ADHDer world are used to spending most of our time and energy with the negatives of ADHD-the temper tantrums, the “lost”homework, the “I forgots”, the dreaded morning getting ready for school on time...
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133-ADHD-To Neurotypical Spouses
If you are a neurotypical married to a spouse with ADHD, this show is for you. Be married to an ADHDer requires a special kind of patience and acceptance. I have been married for over 50 years and only recently has my...
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132 ADHD- 3 Important Skills for Parents
Parents of ADHD children need to have 3 very important skills-resilience, Intention and self awareness. Resilience makes it possible for you to come back after a bad day and learn from it. Intention so you can plan...
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131 ADHD-an Explanation Not an Excuse
It’s not easy having a child with ADHD, it’s not easy being a person with ADHD. How successfully we adapt to ADHD has to do with our attitude towards our situation. You have to accept that it’s up to you to adapt and...
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130 Why Coaching is Better for ADHD
Coaching is a system. Of helping people improve their performance that is particularly effective for ADHD. It is action-oriented and oriented to improving performance immediately. It is not involved in analyzing the...
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129 ADHD-Lifetime Employment for ADHD
After several sessions governing various aspects of employment throughout life for ADHDers. This is for parents of ADHDers and adult ADHDers trying to figure out where to focus their efforts in terms of getting...
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128 ADHD-Best Jobs-Structured, Detailed
Another in our series on the best jobs for people with ADHD. This time we’re discussing Jobs that help and ADHDer generate more dopamine because they are so detail-oriented and so structured. This means that mistakes...
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127 ADHD-Best Jobs-Naturally Intensive
In this episode in our series on the best jobs for ADHDers, we’re covering jobs that demand attention and boost dopamine because they are naturally intense. These are jobs that don’t allow for slow reaction time or...
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