Have you ever heard of RSD? What is it all about? Cleveland clinic describes RSD as “a severe emotional pain caused by failure or feeling rejected.” Even though RSD is not in the DSM 5, this strong, painful experience, is something many people with ADHD experience. Emotional regulation was probably the most difficult aspect of […]
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Struggling with emotional regulation? Working memory issues? How is it connected? Memory, is something I have a complicated relationship with. I can remember my 3rd Grade teacher’s name and my land line phone number from before cell phones BUT I can read an entire page of a book and forget what I just read. Lately
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I have blood sugar stability issues. Or so I thought? What was actually happening, was that, I was ignoring my hunger until the point of feeling sick. Why do we ignore our needs? I know for me it had a lot to do with comparing. Comparing my body with others, my plate with others, my
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In order to know what our non-negotiables are, we need to first know and understand ourselves. We need to know our strengths and weaknesses. I like to focus on strengths first. I remember watching a commercial that said ‘if you have a daughter that is struggling with maths but loves and excels at ballet, instead
Does your relationship need a reset? Falling in love can be described as euphoria or intense happiness but it is completely normal for it not to last. As time passes our love can evolve and mature. Relationships take time and effort to last long term. Sometimes we need a full-on reset. The first way we
Psychologytoday.com explains “The word “trauma” literally means wound, shock, or injury. Psychological trauma is a person’s experience of emotional distress resulting from an event that overwhelms the capacity to emotionally digest it. The thing is, that we are all so different, we have different families, beliefs, values, and memories. So how each person defines what
How to be happier As a burnout recovery coach, I have often wondered what the opposite of burnout is? Is it contentment? Success? Happiness? Peace? All of the above? Gretchen Rubin explains in her podcast Happier how a very normal moment in which she realised she was at a greater risk for losing her sight,
It has been seven months since we arrived in California. In that time so much has changed. Read more about our move here We said goodbye to my grandma (my last grandparent). My sister launched her book and then ended up in hospital. My dad had surgery. I celebrated my 40th birthday. My mom celebrated
I have decided to mark this day with positives about getting older. Let’s start changing the conversation about aging. Yes, aging is inevitable. All of us are going to get older. And even while that is a fact, society still focuses on youth and how to cling onto it. The truth is there are so
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