ADHD Coaching Blog

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Interest, Stimulation and ADHD (V)

ADHD is first and foremost a challenge of brain stimulation.

Boring, mundane tasks are difficult, if not impossible, for a person with ADHD to focus on. On the other hand, areas of interest are a good place to start. If you want to find out what a person with ADHD can pay attention to, and sustain their focus, find their favorite task, subject or topic and watch what happens.



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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Introduction: ADHD Coaching

Hello my name is David Giwerc. I am the Founder and President of the ADD Coach Academy, http://www.addca.com.  Since becoming a coach in 1994, I have been privileged and honored to witness thousands of adults and families with AD/HD take amazing leaps and bounds to become more fulfilled human beings.

This only can begin to happen when you become educated about your own ADHD. I don’t mean a general, textbook education of ADHD with medical language about the brain and the corresponding imbalance of neurochemicals. Unfortunately, that is how most health care professionals may have explained ADHD to you.

The kind of education that will empower people with ADHD to move forward is the kind of customized, individualized education that encourages you to explore and discover the specific situations where your own impairing challenges (inattention, impulsivity and hyper activity) of ADHD have impeded your ability to move forward.

To find out how you can get educated about your own ADHD in powerful proven ways, please go to Simply ADHD Program

Monday, December 14, 2009

Awaken Your Buried Treasure

Successful, fulfilling events in your life have brought you great joy and strengthened your self confidence. Although you know these experiences exist, you have not been able to conjure them for a long time. You have the ability to bring back these events, about yourself at any time, but the knowledge of how to do so is buried in the depths of your subconscious; you have been totally unaware of its existence.

This knowledge is your personal buried treasure. It can provide you with powerful wisdom and experience you can create again and again. Knowing that there is an available, internal source of success will provide you with a stronger sense of confidence and encourage you to take action when you are entering unknown territory. After you discover your inner knowing and learn how to use it, you will find you have an empowering resource, of knowledge, that reminds you of your strengths, personal triumphs and successful strategies you can incorporate into your life. This knowledge also includes hidden values that once motivated you to pursue important goals. How many experiences do you know of that can give you the confidence to take action and ignite those special sparks inside you?

Discovering and revisiting your buried treasure can be the impetus that will empower you to act on important goals. Your inner knowing reminds you of past successes that can be recreated, possibly with better results. What good will personal strength and knowledge do for you if they remain buried and concealed from your world? The following questions can be very helpful in beginning the process of discovering your buried knowledge: What experiences in your personal, academic, family, professional, or business life have consistently: Made you feel good about yourself? Given you a strong sense of accomplishment? Been fulfilling? Brought you instant joy? What is the first step you can to take to look for your buried treasure? When you do find your buried treasure of “knowledge,” what elements do you need to identify and integrate into your life?

When you discover your inner knowing, you can identify specific reminders that you can use, i.e. imagery, a quotation, a word, a song, anything that will stand out in your mind and remind you to focus on your knowledge. If you don’t pay attention to your buried treasure, it will stay concealed. It will remain your biggest barrier to opportunities for success. Don’t deny what you have already successfully created and know. You have the antidote to stagnation and procrastination, inside you, waiting to be rediscovered so that you can become your true self!