Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Inattentive 0 Comments
The past few weeks I've been hearing a lot about schedule transitions. Educators back to school schedule; kids back to school schedule. I've also been hearing a lot of high expectations about the beginning of fall. It's as though we think we should have gotten our entire lives clean and spiffy, in new outfits, and […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Inattentive, Sleep 0 Comments
Today's (and the final) sleep question: Why is it so hard for people with ADHD (aka ADD) to get up in the morning? Let me answer this from the predominantly inattentive point of view. First things first: I forget I'm sitting – lying- in bed, and meaning to get up. Seriously. The brain is […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Inattentive 0 Comments
I think I've talked about this in various forms here, but the other day a friend mentioned it to me in an aptly worded fashion. I went away to see family for five days about a week and a half ago. We left on Saturday and returned on Wednesday. This turned out to work really […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Inattentive 0 Comments
Here's my holiday wish for you: I would like you to stop fighting to be better at something that isn't your strength. You'll have more energy to use for good. Can the "resolutions." Make your life easier, so you can make life better. I once had a client who had finally found out why she […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Executive Function, Inattentive, Mommy, Music 3 Comments
The comedy to me is that I forgot that it was time to put the baby down for a nap. This makes me laugh because it was kind of the answer to all of my problems this morning. See, at the moment i have a different type of schedule each day; some days I have […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Baby, Executive Function, Inattentive 0 Comments
It's one of those days that I wake up thinking I want to go do a bunch of errands! and I'm excited about it! and I start the morning frantically trying to decide which one and oh! That is actually a pretty good sign that I am too tired to set foot near any of […]