Best Practices

Struggling with Less Structure? Getting Things Done in the Age of Coronavirus

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In a 24-hour period last week I had two clients not show up for their Zoom appointments.  This isn’t a regular occurrence.  The first emailed later stating, “… I don’t even know what day it is because they’ve all started to blur into one. “  The second, shared waking up that morning thinking it was a totally different day of the week.  I might be annoyed, if I didn’t totally get where they were coming from.  Days … Read More

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Three Steps to Pulling the Plug on Pinball Mind

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When I was in junior high school a friend had an old fashioned pinball machine in her basement. Almost forty years later, I still recall how exciting it was to keep that tiny metal ball in play.  I’d thwack it with the flippers and watch it ricochet off the bumpers and thwack at it again.  All the while, I was rewarded with bells, flashing lights and points!  Keeping that shiny silver sphere in play was so much … Read More

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Were You Lucky Enough to Wake Up Twice this Morning?

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I was lucky enough to wake up twice this morning.  The first time, when the alarm went off and the second around 6:30 AM when I completed a short but impactful mindfulness meditation. No, I’m not someone who diligently practices mindfulness every morning. (If you are, I have a great deal of regard for you and the amazing self-care you’re demonstrating.)  Instead I am someone who has read a lot about benefits of mindfulness, never really developed … Read More

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Do You Need a Productivity Break?

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I’ve written before about paying attention to your productivity time preferences, and how knowing whenyou’re most productive and using those hours for your most important work can yield increased productivity.  But sometimes, even though we’ve factored in our time preferences, we still find ourselves in need of a productivity boost.  That happened to me this morning. It’s been a busy month at our house with out of town guests and kids returning home from college, going back to college, … Read More

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What are Your Productivity Time Preferences?

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When do you do your best thinking?  Your most productive thinking?  The thinking that yields the most AH-HA!!! moments? When do you have the most energy?  When are you most ready to take on the world?  Morning, afternoon, evening, or after everyone else has gone to bed? Which day of the week do you get the most done?  Are you a hit-the-ground-running-on-Monday-morning person or do you need Monday to ramp up so you can knock it out … Read More

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Tools for Getting Clearer on Your Goals

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I spent some time with my vision board this past weekend, with the intention of getting clearer on my goals for 2015. I last wrote about my vision board a couple of years ago.  Here is a little of what I shared about a vision board then: A vision board is a collection of visual images pasted or pinned to a board that represents things that you want to bring into your life.   A vision board uses the … Read More

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Overcoming the Overwhelm: Dinner Time Angst

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Dinner time in my home has always been challenging, just ask my husband who for many years walked in the door each evening never sure if there would be dinner available or not. My informal surveys of moms, both ADHD & non-ADHD alike, about dinner-time struggles yielded some common challenges.  Many of these challenges can be overcome with a little creativity: Challenge: Meal planning is tough – Difficulty stems from it being considered a thankless job  and/or … Read More

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Increase Productivity by Hatching, Nesting & Releasing Ideas

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Many of us with ADHD are virtual idea factories.  My husband can attest to how many of these so-called “great” ideas I come up with in a given week, day or even hour.  In the not too distant past, impulsiveness would often result in me taking actual steps to push forward new ideas within minutes of hatching them.  As you can imagine, or as you might experience yourself, I often overburdened myself with too many hatchlings and … Read More

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My Best Tip for ADHD: Best Practices

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Not long ago I was featured as a guest ADHD expert on Ellen Delap’s Blog.  It was an honor to appear and Ellen asked some fantastic questions, one of which was “What is your best tip for ADHD?”  My response… When you learn something that works for you, it’s important to find a way to remind yourself of it, so you can continue to use it to support you.  Unfortunately ADHD often results in us forgetting what … Read More

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Best Practices: What they are and how they can help…

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I just spent the past few minutes reviewing my best practices.  I actually have a “best practice” of reviewing my best practices each morning before I get out of bed.  I find that it helps center and ground me by reminding me of what’s most important for a good day. What exactly is a best practice  you ask? Well, Wikipedia defines a best practice as, “a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with … Read More

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