November 28, 2023
My ADHD: What Does it Feel Like?
What does it feel like to live with ADHD? Step into my mind and I’ll try to explain.
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November 28, 2023
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November 11, 2020
School During COVID-19: Not What We Expected
I was as disappointed as Isabella that she was starting her first year of high school- Grade 7(!)- during COVID-19. We are cautious over paranoid, so it wasn’t fear that was getting to us. And both my daughter and I were aware the precautions existed for good reason (shoutout to Dr. Tam for keeping us informed!). So it wasn’t that.…
March 24, 2020
Our Fave Resources to Better Understand ADHD
My daughter has recently been diagnosed with ADHD. It presents differently in girls, so is often wrongly diagnosed as…
May 14, 2019
The Best Way to Describe ADHD
I was listening to the Tilt Parenting Podcast (Episode TPP 144) and heard psychotherapist Dr. Sharon Saline describe ADHD in a way I could finally understand:
April 9, 2019
ADHD & Renovations
Although I’m the one that’s home during most of the noise, it seems to affect Isabella the most. Her ADHD is so high since the renovations began. She speed talks, speaks compulsively and more constantly…..
March 5, 2019
Tearing Up My Life
Time to tear up our life! We are about to start a basement renovation…..
February 12, 2019
My Child is 2E: Now What?
I remember thinking, at the first feeding in the hospital, “This child is going to be a lot. This girl is going to need another level of love, parenting and attention.” I remember sighing after that thought, but I had forgotten about it until we recently got the 2E diagnosis. When…
February 11, 2019
February 9, 2019
An Open Letter to Friends About Our Daughter’s ADHD & Giftedness Diagnosis
The past year has been a whirlwind of “secret” appointments for our family. Why? We were getting Isabella assessed,