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So What if It’s Important?

Guess what’s one of the things that most frustrates someone without ADHD about their loved one with it? The fact that something is important is not usually enough to get into action. I’m not talking about important …

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Loses Attention: Passion vs Boredom

“Loses attention”; individuals with ADHD do have a noticeably different way of attending than do people who haven’t the diagnosis. I guess, to some who do not understand ADHD, it may seem that the inattentive …

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Combining Distraction

Combining Distraction with Love

Kelly Babcock lives as he writes, combining distraction with love in real life as well as his Psych Central columns, A Man of Distraction and Today I Love.   Listen, as we talk about his …

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How to Create a Calm Stress Free ADHD Family

How to create a stress free ADHD family can seem elusive at times. Listen and learn how it’s possible. But Madeleine Davis has created a system and structure so even the most chaotic homes can create calm. …

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Bad Habits & Boredom With The ADD Couple

Bad Habits & Boredom With The ADD Couple

Presented for your listening pleasure: an episode of another podcast that I do twice a week called The ADD Couple, with my friend and fellow ADHD Coach, Brett Thornhill.   He and I discuss everything and …

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Attention, Interest, and Influence

Did you know there’s a connection between what interests you versus what captures your attention and whether or not you will become influenced by interest or influence via attention? I know it seems like a …

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Enhance Attention by Thinking Ahead

At times, we all struggle to keep our mind on the task at hand. What is it that gets in your way of paying attention? Are you hungry? Did you get enough sleep? Are you …

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Let Your Intention Help Focus Your Attention

Don’t believe it? I’ve had clients tell me that it doesn’t necessarily matter what they intend to do on any given day, sometimes their attention gets focused on something else, and the day is wasted …

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Discover What’s Interesting About Attention in ADHD

One thing most people with ADHD can agree upon is that ADHD is not so much about not paying enough attention to something but rather too much attention…to everything! Why is that? Well, for starters, …

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With ADHD, Clarity May Seem Elusive

clarity [klar-i-tee] Spell Syllables noun 1. Clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity. (dictionary.reference.com)   Having a set, clear, focus about what we’re doing isn’t as easy as it sounds. …

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