One client says the hardest thing about parenting with ADHD is that the symptoms are invisible. Other people think she’s just a bad parent.

We all make choices in life. If you have ADHD, one of your choices is deciding if you’re going to view the condition as a liability—or as an asset.

Many women come into my office feeling anxious. That’s because life is complicated, and complications provoke anxieties. From social relationships to work obligations to effective parenting, it’s all hard.

“I want to change.” People say it all the time, but these same people often find themselves repeating the same loop over and over. Why? Nothing about tomorrow will make change come easier.

We’re finding our footing in a new world—a world of walls we didn’t expect to see all day every day. A world with children underfoot who make it hard to hit the high bar we set for our careers. A world in which not getting bored requires an excessive amount of work. 

There’s a lot of talk right now about building up immunity to the coronavirus. That’s not in your control, but what you can do is build up is your mental immunity. Your emotional health is important. Here are a few things you can do to feel like your best self.

Everyone’s talking about self-care, but what does that actually mean? Find time every single day to do something that makes you feel good. Even five minutes spent not thinking about COVID-19 can do wonders. Here are a few ways you can practice self-care.

A long time ago I started a newsletter and it was going well. When a good friend told me how much it meant to her each time she got a copy, I stopped. It scared me to think my voice had power. For years I’ve been reconsidering the idea of sharing my knowledge with others. And now I’m doing it.

People dealing with anxiety and depressive disorders often experience significant reduction in symptoms through mindfulness therapy. Mindfulness techniques are also used to decrease anxiety over future events, providing a break from stressful thoughts and allowing mental space for gaining perspective.

Mindfulness has made the leap from millenniums-old Buddhist concept to mainstream psychotherapy technique, emerging as an evidence-based phenomenon. Mindfulness can relieve stress, lower blood pressure, improve sleep, alleviate addictive or undesirable behaviors and much more.

The transition from child to adult evokes a different set of feelings in parents than it does in children who are leaving the nest. Parents are learning to let go while young adults are learning to navigate a new world. Even the best-adjusted young adults can be apprehensive.

Women experience the loss of pregnancy far more often than many people realize—about 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. You never know when you will meet a sister who shares your pain. In reality, you meet them all the time.

College students with ADHD often struggle to balance schoolwork with social life and self-care, but with a thoughtful approach that includes careful time management and a little support from the college resource center, students with ADHD can thrive.

Anxiety is a common reason people seek support. There are many ways to approach treatment, including therapeutic exercises like visualization, mindful breathing, autogenic training, progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery.

Let’s stop letting anxiety dictate our days and instead, take steps to bring it under our control. Here are my favorite strategies for mitigating anxiety, in hopes one or two will speak to you.

There’s a reason they say “practice mindfulness” and not just “be mindful.” Focusing on today is hard. It takes work to stay in the present. So stop doing whatever it is you’re doing right now and take three deep, slow breaths in.

It’s hard to operate in today’s society and not be affected by all the entities vying for our attention. Easily losing focus is a well-known symptom of Adult ADHD, but there are others. Let’s take a look at another symptom that may require treatment.

Mothers, am I right? We all have one. And while many of us enjoy the relationship we have with our own mothers, just as many of us, even as adults, continue to experience tense moments with mom.

No matter what age their children have grown to, mothers still have the highest hopes for their sons and daughters—and hang on to their concerns.

Remember the days when the experts predicted children raised by single mothers would be disciplinary nightmares and grow up to be dysfunctional adults? They got it wrong.