ADHD Help: Passion and Strong Emotion Lately I am learning much about myself and about ADHD (or VAST) as I examine my behavior. (Even us therapists have to do this…and sometimes especially us therapists have to do this!) It’s rather widely know that Creatives like you...
This one’s a vulnerable post, but you’ve been duly warned. I wanted to take at least one post and discuss the tendency for those of us with ADHD to be emotionally sensitive. It’s a well-documented fact about us, and it makes sense to me. I think our sensitivity is...
When counselors and psychologists talk about anxiety that stems from a traumatic experience, it is common for us to use an example about sticks and snakes. This blog post will examine what post-traumatic stress is, a few ways it impacts us, and how you may be able to...
I love working with young people who are beginning to set foot into the wide world of work and higher education. Whether they are finishing high school or college or changing careers later in life, this kind of counseling is some of my favorite work to do. There’s so...
“Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.” Don’t overthink it. Don’t take things personally. Two of the most common problems that I see develop in the lives of people with ADHD and anxiety (myself included) are overthinking and taking things...
In 1991, famed comedian John Cleese (Monty Python, Shrek, Clue, Harry Potter) gave a speech to entertainment industry managers on the topic of Creativity. Cleese had established his own entertainment company, VideoArts, and took this opportunity to teach other...
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