Being a Professional with ADHD: When Your Brain Forgets to Proofread (Even Though You Used To Be A Proofreader…)
If you’re a professional with ADHD, you probably know the feeling - you triple-check something in your head, hit send, and then realize you just informed everyone that your office will be closed for Easter… in July. Or you address a student as “Michael” when their name is definitely not Michael. (Apologies to all the […]
The ADHD-Entertainer Connection: A Family Legacy
Some families pass down jewellery or recipes - mine passes down the performer's spark. My great-great-grandfather, Patrick James Duffy, founded Duffy's Circus in Ireland in 1775. My grandparents defied gravity as trapeze artists, bareback riders, and jugglers, performing at the London Palladium. Today, my uncles are talented performers and musicians, and their kids? One is […]
Call of the Wild
When life's challenges become overwhelming, I yearn for the calm, peace and beauty of the great outdoors. Problems have a magical way of shrinking, if not disappearing altogether for a little while. The focus changes from modern-life challenges to the visceral; avoiding puddles, not losing the dog, finding your way when the map lets you […]
Reward Dysphoria & ADHD: When Success Feels… Meh
You know that feeling when you finally achieve something big, and instead of feeling like a champion, you just... stare at the wall? Yeah, same. I spent 12 years working toward my MSc in therapy - twelve years of studying, juggling demands of a young family, sacrificing, voluntary hours, essay and case study writing, six […]
The 12 Week Year: A Game-Changer for ADHD Brains (and Anyone Who Gets Bored Easily)
If you, like me, have ADHD, traditional yearly goal setting probably feels like a cruel joke. Set a goal in January? Forget about it by March. Revisit it in December? Don't be ridiculous. That’s why I was interested in the idea of The 12 Week Year, a book by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. […]
The important balance of challenge and support in therapy
Many learning experiences incorporate a balance between challenge and support. The Theory of Challenge and Support, developed by Nevitt Sanford in 1966, states that “for growth to occur, a person needs a balanced amount of challenge and support as appropriate for the task. “In addition, a person must be ready, physically and psychologically, in order to grow”. Sanford 1966 […]
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