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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
The aim was never to stop needing the aids. It is to find ways round the parts that do not work well, and then to keep using them.
People tend to treat the alarms, the lists, the whiteboard by the door as scaffolding they ought to take down eventually. That is usually why it all…
Everyone has something about themselves they wish were different, and something they cannot do reliably however much they mean to. Yours has a name and a good deal of research behind it, which is not the same as being uniquely broken.
Say this carefully, because there is a careless version that does real damage. Everyone is a bit ADHD is not what is meant, and it leaves a person…
When you fall off task, restart without the pile-on. Talk to yourself like a good coach, not a critic.
The lost hour is gone; the next one is not. Skip the self-attack and just begin again.
It rarely stays a matter of attention. The difficulties shape what you come to believe about yourself, that colours how you are with the people closest to you, and their responses feed straight back into the original trouble.
Discouraging to read, and genuinely useful, because it means there are three places to work and they are not equally stuck. The wiring is the hardest…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.
There is a difference between having ADHD and being ADHD. It sounds like word games until you notice which one you are living in.
Being it means the condition runs everything and explains everything, and there is a quiet relief in that which is hard to give up. Having it means…