by Don Baker, Founder | May 26, 2020 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
We’re all pretty familiar with the concept of user manuals. You buy a new cool gadget, have zero clue how to use it, so you pull out the most boring read of your life. AKA… the beloved user manual. Some of you daredevils love to bypass that user manual. You want...
by Don Baker, Founder | Feb 11, 2019 | Seattle Classes
Your brain is unique. When you gain an understanding of how you’re wired, you can get more of what you want out of life. It starts with awareness, becomes active, and builds momentum toward a life of your choosing. That’s TRACTION. My insurance-eligible...
by Don Baker, Founder | May 1, 2017 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
Looking to add a new tool to your ever expanding ADHD toolbox? Give “green time” a try. Green time is simply time spent in a “green” area: a city park, a remote rural setting, or totally off the grid in a wilderness area. It’s important to remember...
by Don Baker, Founder | Mar 13, 2017 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
How often do you act on impulse? Say something without thinking? Take a risk? Jump in without a plan? Impulsivity is common for those of us wired with ADHD traits. Our biology makes it hard for us not to act impulsively. The executive skill called response...
by Don Baker, Founder | Jan 16, 2017 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
What does UnpackingADHD mean? If you live with ADHD traits, developing an awareness and understanding of your unique brain wiring is incredibly valuable. “Unpacking” ADHD is a personal process of learning about ADHD, sorting myths from realities, and...
by Don Baker, Founder | Oct 24, 2016 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
Whether or not to try adult ADHD medication is a big question for many of my clients. It’s a very personal choice, but it’s also a choice that’s loaded. Most adults come to the question of ADHD medication with strong leanings in one direction or the other....
by Don Baker, Founder | Oct 21, 2016 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
Why does ADHD Awareness Month matter? Why do we need to raise awareness? And what does this month mean for those of us who already know we live with ADHD traits? I believe it’s about breaking down shame and ignorance. There are so many myths about ADHD,...
by Don Baker, Founder | Oct 13, 2016 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
In my 18 years as an Adult ADHD specialist, most of my clients have also struggled with anxiety. ADHD and anxiety are considered separate diagnoses, but let’s step back for a minute and acknowledge how intricately connected they are. It makes perfect sense that...
by Don Baker, Founder | Oct 2, 2016 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
Most of my clients report some form of sleep issue and some are challenged in epic ways. Bill Dodson, MD has written a lot of great stuff about sleep disturbances related to ADHD. He really gets into the way that sleep issues are a result of the unique traits of ADHD....
by Don Baker, Founder | Sep 1, 2016 | Adult ADHD Toolkit
What We Can Learn from “Phelps Face” The image above of Michael Phelps at the recent Olympics in Rio stuck with me. That’s him on the left (photo from USA Today). I wondered what he was listening to and why the frown? Were his headphones a strategy...