Let's talk about what respect really means for neurodivergent brains So, respect. We throw this word around constantly, don't we? "Show...

Credit: Thinkstock For people with ADHD, success can feel like a trap. If you have ADHD, you probably know this story. You finally start getting things right, your routines are working, your job is going smoothly, you’re speaking up more confidently. And for once, your inner voice is actually cheering you on: “Look at you go. You’re finally getting your life together.” Then...bam. You say the wrong thing. You were trying to add balance, not start a war but now it’s landed bad

A Surprise Discovery While procrastinating the inevitable task of wrapping Christmas presents this year, I stumbled upon something I had forgotten about. ..my late mother’s journals. As a lifelong, intermittent journal writer, she chronicled much of her life, and I can’t even begin to express how grateful I am for that now. Reading her words allowed me to connect with a version of her I hadn’t fully understood before. It’s almost like I’m getting to know her better than I ev

Why is it so bad to let a people be themselves? Why is it that when we hit middle-age we are often on a mission to find ourselves? Wouldn’t it be awesome if from childhood we were encouraged to actually be ourselves and not some perfect, often unattainable version of a child that someone, somewhere decided was the right way to be? I feel one of the reasons for the huge number of middle-aged women being diagnosed with ADHD is because we have suddenly come to a point in our liv

This has been my mantra for the last few years because it is so simple yet means so much. Before I was diagnosed with ADHD I thought I...

Parenting is hard… in fact it sucks… We have to not only try and navigate our own lives, but also be adults and try to keep our kids on...