Becca Colao ADHD, Executive Function, Inattentive, Thinking, Tips ADD, ADHD, hyperthink, inattentive, quiet your mind, thinking 3 Comments
A lot of people talk to me about how their minds are flooded with fast thinking, and then want to know how to make it all just chill out up there. It's just tiring and there's too much going on. Here are some ideas: 1. Occupy your mind intensely. 2. Change your physical state. 3. […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Systems, Tips ADHD, lists, paper, planning, productivity 501, systems 0 Comments
Over at Productivity 501, I just read a post about why you should use paper to do your planning, instead of, or before, working on the computer. If you've been reading my blog, you probably have figured out part of my response: some things work for some people, other things work for other people. At […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Music, Tips ADD coaching, ADHD, ADHD coaching, attention, distraction, Executive Function, focus, ipod, music 0 Comments
By special request (Terry M.), more about how I use my iPod to survive. And before we even go there, let me point out that it doesn't need to be an ipod. Or even an mp3 player. You can use a portable cd player. They sell them pretty cheap even at some drugstores. As I […]
Becca Colao ADHD ADHD, hypersensitivity, noise, sensory 2 Comments
I just found this lovely piece AD/HD and Hypersensitivities that Terry Matlan posted on her new site, Moms with ADD/ADHD. It, and some of the comments readers posted in response, inspired me to start writing about dealing with supermarkets when you are overwhelmed by the lighting or other aspects of the store. Unfortunately, at the […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Current Affairs, Inattentive, PMS/PMDD ADD, ADHD, anxiety, cnn, depression, inattentive, menopause, pms, women with adhd 0 Comments
I love that this article about women and adhd made it into the mainstream (cnn) press. It has some good things to offer, and a few things lacking that I'd like to point out. Good:"When adult ADD (or ADHD: the H is for hyperactivity) goes untreated for years, women may end up plagued by anxiety, […]
Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Systems, Tips ADD coaching, ADHD, ADHD coaching, Flylady, Organizing 0 Comments
There's a pretty powerful free online resource over at flylady.net that I hear recommended fairly often on forums and group coaching calls and the like. I wanted to check it out again because I'm always curious about solutions that work really well for some. In my last post I talked about my general take on […]