I cannot recall how I first found this book by Dr. Ross Greene. I ordered it a while back but just opened it a few weeks ago. I ended up reading it over a couple of days. You see, I live with an “Explosive Child”. Well, sort of. We go in an almost cyclical pattern […]
My Struggle with Weight, Body Image and ADHD
Women with ADHD have a complicated relationship with food. Actually, most of the women I know have a complicated relationship with food. Sharing my story is part of my attempt to heal and be honest about my personal history. My Struggle With Weight, Body Image and ADHD I was in college and away from home, […]
10 Expert Tips To Get Out The Door Without Screaming
Disclosure: This post is not sponsored but it does include Amazon affiliate links for your convenience. Purchases made through these links directly support healthyadhd.com. Today I have a guest post for you! This was written by my friend and co-mommy Lee-Anne. In case you hadn’t noticed Lee-Anne is also one of the admin for our […]
The 5 Friends Every Married Woman Should Have
This is going to be a corny post, I just want to be up front about that. I have wanted to write about the talented, wonderful women in my life for some time. Though I do a very poor job of demonstrating it, my friends are some of the most important people in my life. […]
A Day In The Life Of A Mom Struggling With ADHD
As you are aware, I don’t often write stories. This was kinda therapeutic actually. Maybe I should do it more often. Let me know what you think. a day in the life of a mom struggling with ADHD Chapter 1 BEEP BEEP BEEP! My husband’s alarm goes off with an ear-piercing sound every morning […]
Book Review: The Anti-Romantic Child
…a child, more than all other gifts, That earth can offer to declining man, Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts, And stirrings of inquietude, when they By tendency of nature needs must fail. -Wordsworth, “ Michael” I first read an excerpt of Priscilla Gilman’s parenting memoir on the Quiet Rev website. I knew instantly […]
Book Review: The Perfection Deception
For most of you this review will come as no surprise. I talked about this book in my post on overcoming perfectionism. This book, by Dr. Jane Bluestein is the reason I became interested in the topic of perfectionism as it applies to the ADHD community, particularly women. Perfectionism is so pervasive in women with […]
3 Compelling Reasons You Need to Start Reading
This is a public service announcement. I will admit this is not my best article ever, nor is it 100% relevant to the rest of this website. It’s just something I have been thinking about as of late. So anyway, we all should be reading. Women/men/adults in general. And when I say reading I […]
Book Review: Super-Parenting for ADD
Ok, gotta admit I have been totally slacking with the book reviews. Not because I am not reading, but because I am not writing about what I am reading. I have no explanation. Sorry. So today I want to talk about Super- Parenting for ADD, written by Edward Hallowell, MD and Peter Jensen, MD. I […]
The Queen of Distraction – Book Review
One of my goals with this blog is to do the research for you so that you can more easily hone in on the information that is relevant to your life. I will periodically post book reviews on this blog as a way to bring attention to the writers, psychologists and other specialists that have […]