My 2020 Vision
As the New Year dawns, we are reminded of this important lesson: “True healing emerges only through the process of reminding yourself that people don’t need fixing.”
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Guest Blogs
“What I’ve Learned In the Year Since My ADHD Diagnosis”
“The first time I took Adderall, I realized how much extra and dangerous noise had been occupying my...
Emotions & Shame
Melancholy and My Infinite ADHD Sadness
“Everyone has regrets. Everyone gets sad. Everyone ruminates. But when you have ADHD, emotions set in...
Guest Blogs
On Becoming the Wife I Felt My Husband Always Deserved
“There’s a lingering ache — mostly low-level but sometimes almost unbearable — for how things might...
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Shame: The Devil on My Shoulder
Rejection sensitive dysphoria causes feelings of guilt, shame, and rejection. This on top of your...
Parenting
I Had No Safe Place. Can I Build One for My Son?
Like so many talkative, smart, socially awkward girls in the ‘80s and ‘90s, my ADHD was overlooked...
ADHD Myths & Facts
“It Stops with Me:” The End of ADHD Stigma and Cruelty
A stigma is unjust and evil. But stewing about it won’t help. Banding together with other moms and...
Guest Blogs
Welcome to Mothering With ADHD (The Water’s Fine)
I was going to be a Mom! This was outstanding — and terrifically terrifying — news. Would I be good...