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How to Boldly Advocate with Success for Your ADHD Brain Now
What if the key to success is aligning with how your brain works best, not forcing it to fit the mold? It’s time to shift from blending in to speaking up for what helps you thrive and advocating for yourself in school, at work, and in your relationships.

ADHD Coach vs. Therapy: How to Secure the Right Support
Feeling overwhelmed trying to find the right support for your ADHD? You’re not alone. You don’t have to figure it all out by yourself. Whether you’re considering an ADHD coach or a therapist, knowing the difference can help you get the support you need, without being told to “just try harder.” Learn how to choose someone who works with your brain, not against it.

How to Conquer Email Overwhelm for More Peace with ADHD
Email can often lead to reduced efficiency and increased stress for many of us. When you live with ADHD, email offers instant gratification and can be a dopamine rush, but it can also be a major source of overwhelm, distraction, avoidance, and lack of follow-through. Here are four ways to conquer email overwhelm so you can have more peace living with ADHD.

Three Promising Ways to Accomplish Multiple Tasks Every Day with ADHD
When you live with ADHD, multiple daily transitions are tough to accomplish, such as getting ready for work, moving from one situation or place to another, starting a project, or stopping an activity you love so you can do something you have to do. Here are three ways to accomplish multiple tasks, known as task switching, so that you can celebrate what’s most important to you when you live with ADHD.

Discouraged Over Technology Use with ADHD? Take these Steps!
When living with ADHD, impulsivity, distractibility, difficulty focusing, and restlessness are common symptoms that can impact the over-use of technology. With consistent interruptions and bouncing between devices, each media-related task gets partial attention. In a world where we crave human connection, we feel drained, cheated, and frustrated. Here are three strategies to help you address technology overuse when living with ADHD.

How to Crush Screen Overuse with ADHD
Many adults and parents living with ADHD are anxious and concerned about their experience with a magnetic attraction to the internet, mobile technology, and videogames. Here are four strategies you can put into place to monitor and curb screen time when living with ADHD.

Go To Bed, Stay In Bed
“I just want to tell you one more thing before I go to bed!” “Can I have a banana? I’m hungry!” “I need to cuddle the dog one more time.” “I barely got any screen time!” Settling down to bed, staying there, and surrendering to sleep can be challenging for our kids with ADHD.