Chromebook is so much less hassle

Fast and cheep, no boring waits to load!

ADHD gadgets

ADHD means starting over and over

If ADHD we find it even harder to maintain habits than to start them

Being ADHD

ADHD trouble with to-do lists

I'm not a fan of "to-do lists”. They represent tasks without commitment, calendars are best.

ADHD strategies

When will Google do my tax return?

I am still waiting on robots to do the dishes and AI to do all of my admin

Out of the box

Fidget to Focus – Rotz & Wright

Many teachers enforce a no fiddle or fidget rule, yet these activities actually improve focus

Book reviews

Healing ADD – Thom Hartmann

Problems of ADHD are two-fold, the unexpected issues from the ADHD and the psychological injuries from them. Healing in needed

Book reviews

The Gift of Adult ADD – Laura Honos-Webb

ADHD brings problems but it can bring strengths too. A guide to finding alignment with interests and strengths

Book reviews

Survival Tips for Women with ADHD – Terry Matlen

Helpful strategies for anyone with ADHD

Book reviews

Disorganized Mind: Coaching Your ADHD Brain – Ratey

A very practical guide to helping yourself with you ADHD from the very first ever ADHD coach

Book reviews

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life – Kolberg & Nadeau

Still my top ADHD guide to managing you issues and not just organising either, plenty of life advice too

Book reviews

10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD – Sarkis

Some helpful, direct strategies to manage your ADHD

Book reviews

The Now Habit – Neil Fiore

Excellent advice for taking action. Very relevant indeed as procrastination is #1 issue for ADHD adults

Book reviews

Do It Tomorrow – Mark Forster

Some very ADHD-like advice in this awesome short book Mark Forster offers advice on time management that is amazingly tuned to the traits of ADHD. It seems that Forster does not realise that many of the people with the disorganised issues he mentions are most likely ADHD – struggling with weak executive functions of poor motivation, […]

Book reviews

Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People – Eikleberry

Helpful career advice for right-brained people

Book reviews

The War of Art – Steven Pressfield

A guide to overcoming procrastination from a screen writer's personal experience

Book reviews

I Know What I Want, But It’s Not This – Julie Jansen

A career coach takes you through a series of exercises to help you find what you want (and don't) from work

Book reviews

The Creative Habit – Twyla Tharp

A brilliant guide to mastering the uncontrollable creative habit

Book reviews

Help for an ADHD student

Spending time with someone with ADHD in planning, in breaking tasks down, in being a buddy can really help

ADHD strategies

5. Paying attention to the wrong things

Focusing on the negative Interview with David Giwerc, President ADD Coaching Academy Andrew: Do we pay attention to the wrong things? As ADHD adults we seem better at paying attention to our problems, our issues and we take for granted the positives. We skip straight past successes and focus on the smallest issues. If we have a perfect […]

Interview on hope

7. ADHD self-awareness

Making lasting change Interview with David Giwerc, President ADD Coaching Academy Andrew: When we coach an adult client usually a lot starts to change in their lives. But sadly the usual ADHD life time experience is that when attempts are made to changes behaviours, they often don’t last. Making lasting change is difficult, new routines are interrupted and […]

Interview on hope

8. Sustaining change

Sticking to the program Interview with David Giwerc, President ADD Coaching Academy Andrew: Something becomes habitual after 40 days, is that right? It becomes easy because it becomes an automatic process? David: But habitual can also be negative. ADDers have a very difficult time embracing success because they’re not used to it. I work with a lot […]

Interview on hope