Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Systems 3 Comments
I haven't used to do lists much lately. To be clear, I haven't had much use for complex to do lists. When you don't have ongoing complex projects, systems for keeping track can be a little bit of overkill; they are more work than they are help. Right now, I have stuff written down that's […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Hyperfocus, Learning 2 Comments
and not absorbing. A client recently asked me if it is an ADHD thing to not absorb stuff while you're reading- in other words to read a whole bunch but then have to keep starting over because you realize you don't know what you just read. YES this is totally an ADHD thing. Here's the […]
I've been thinking a lot about self-talk lately. Self-talk is one of those coachy terms we use so much I get bored with it and forget about it sometimes. Yet it is also something I forget to use with myself- though a lot less often than I used to. Maybe what I'm really thinking about […]
Here's my last post for now on what I've been calling "uninterrupted parenting." A few things have made uninterrupted parenting a bit more sane for me. I've discovered that I have different coping strategies when I don't have a relief partner on hand. For example, normally, I don't do chores and cleanup after dinner. If […]
I left off last time by saying, "I feel fortunate that not only can I handle more than I thought, but to know what it looks like when it gets to be much. " I'd like to add that perhaps most crucially, I know that I can handle that too. Some of the ways I […]