Marriage & Partner Relationships

How much should we help a spouse with ADHD?

Last week, I wrote about ADHD, failure, and resilience. The week before, I wrote about letting go of all my life’s could-have-beens. But what about the person right beside us — our life’s co-pilot? What if we’re married to someone who has ADHD, too? Living in a dual-ADHD marriage is complicated. Where does my success […]

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Organizing Task Management

Does having ADHD mean I can’t succeed?

People often ask me about getting organized with ADHD. I like chatting about organizing at home, too. Recently, my husband said something interesting. He told me, “But these [strategies] don’t work for me — that’s what ADHD is.” But is it? There are scores of apps and organizational systems out there. Does having ADHD mean we’re […]

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Essays Job & Career

Me & my ADHD: Letting go of the careers that could’ve been.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been sure of my path. Each year, I’ve thought, this is what I’m meant to do. And each year has found me doing something different. By ninth grade, I’d picked my future college: Berklee College of Music in Boston. I’d never visited, but I loved Boston. My future as […]

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