“I wish I could stay focused, but I can’t.” “It doesn’t matter what I do, I can’t concentrate for more than X minutes at a time.” “I’m so frustrated by my distractibility. Why can’t I focus throughout the workday like everyone else?” These are some of the most common thoughts I hear from my clients
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As a mindset coach for ADHDers, I spend a lot of time thinking about our thoughts. (How meta.) I think about how they make us feel. I explore the way our feelings translate into our actions. And I’m fascinated by how our thoughts ultimately shape our results each day. In short, our thoughts and words
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Have you ever caught yourself scrolling social media but didn’t remember picking up your phone? Do you ever feel the impulse to “quickly check email” when you have a much more important project sitting in front of you? Do you ever have the urge to buy the clearance item simply because it’s on sale, or
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Time is a rather nebulous thing when you think about it. You can’t see it. You can’t hold it. And in fact, it doesn’t actually exist. It’s a concept we humans made up and collectively agreed upon. We decided to think about time in the division of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months. In other
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“All we want are the facts, ma’am” – Sgt. Joe Friday Whenever I find myself slipping into overwhelm or feeling particularly stressed out… Or when I notice myself spinning out in “what ifs” and living in worst case scenarios… I remember the famous phrase from Sgt. Joe Friday in the 1950s TV show Dragnet: “All
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Procrastination: the action of delaying or postponing something. We’ve all been there before, right? I know I have. But why do we do it? What causes us to delay or postpone things? Why is it that, even when we genuinely want to do something, we occasionally find ourselves procrastinating? And perhaps more importantly, what can
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Do you struggle with following your calendar? You diligently plan out your week. Perhaps you even time block your day. But no matter what planner you use or productivity hack you try, you can’t seem to get everything done. Time somehow slips through the cracks and by the end of the day you’ve made it
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When you sit down to work each day, does your brain sound a bit like this? “Don’t forget about the project that’s due next week.” “Have you responded to that email yet?” “Oh, shoot! I forgot about the dentist appointment this afternoon.” “I can’t forget to schedule that meeting.” Meanwhile, you haven’t started on the
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Breaking news, friends. We are not robots; we are humans. And do you know what that means? It means that sometimes we won’t stick to our schedule. It means that sometimes we experience negative emotions. And it means sometimes things don’t go perfectly as planned. And it’s not because we’ve messed something up. It’s not
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