Here’s the first of my confessions of an ADHD housewife: I don’t even like homemaking. I get no satisfaction out of cooking, cleaning, organizing or decorating. Culturally, we’ve put a lot of pressure on stay-at-home moms and homemakers. If you don’t aspire to domestic bliss you aren’t a good woman. Here are some stats […]
A Stress Free House Cleaning Schedule
I made a detailed house cleaning schedule during the last few weeks of my pregnancy. No joke, I thought I could just write it down and when the baby was born he would slide right into my cleaning schedule. I could get the house clean and the meals prepped while my sweet baby napped. Can […]
Win The Day With ADHD
How to win the day (and let go of perfect) with ADHD. I’ve had ADHD since 1992. Waaaay before it was cool, and also way before most adolescent girls were being diagnosed. My son also has ADHD, as well as Aspergers. I treated my ADHD with meds throughout college, but then stopped taking them in […]
An Inside Look At Life With The ADHD Housewife
Life with the ADHD housewife is never dull. I’ll admit that. But*** I firmly believe that my homemaking skills aren’t much different from my non-ADHD counterparts. Think about it -Your home looks different when you know nobody is going to see it. Neurotypical people rush around to get ready for guests, too. So on a […]
How To Overcome Perfectionism With ADHD
Believe it or not you can overcome perfectionism with ADHD. I’ve done a startling amount of research on ADHD in women, and I’m particularly interested in how we can better manage our emotions. This started out as a review of Dr. Jane Bluestein’s book, The Perfection Deception. I had a chance to hear Dr. […]
Getting Things Done With ADHD
Getting Things Done with ADHD will never be easy. However, you can develop strategies to help yourself do more of the things that really matter to you. In the spring if this year I bought Dr Russ Ramsay’s new book Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn Intentions Into Actions. (affiliate link. See my full disclosure) As […]
Support for ADHD Women and Mothers
ADHD women and mothers need support. It’s easy to say that, but not so easy to figure out a solution. In the spring of 2015 I was spending the majority of my time in yoga pants, only leaving the house to go to the gym or buy groceries. I had left my teaching job, and […]
Classy Comebacks To Comments About ADHD
No matter where you turn, people are making rude comments about ADHD. If you’re parent to a child with ADHD you’ve heard something along the lines of, “He just needs a whoopin.” Or better yet, “He needs a foot up his a$$!” Perhaps your parents were given this advice about you! (I know mine were.) […]
The Truth About ADHD and Self-Trust
This is the truth about ADHD and self-trust: it doesn’t exist. ADHD adults don’t trust themselves at all. In fact, our self-concept begins to erode pretty early in life. I struggled to do my calculus homework every day of my junior year. I’d stare at lines of notes in my own handwriting as if another […]
ADHD and Fear
There is a connection between ADHD and fear of…EVERYTHING. “You have a real fear of cancer, don’t you?” My husband asks me as I follow him around the house reciting the survivability rates of various cancers. We’d just returned from the gym where I’d been running on the treadmill listening to a medical podcast. My […]
