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The Gift of ADHD

How to Transform Problems into Strengths

Parenting
The Neuroscience of Nurturing

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on July 7, 2023

Shape your child's future with positive parenting. Learn how nurturing practices can shield your child's brain from stress.

Shape your child's future with positive parenting. Learn how nurturing practices can shield your child's brain from stress.

Parenting
A Novel Method: The Parenting 'Drip Campaign'

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on January 31, 2023

Parenting is similar to marketing. You have to keep doing what’s working and continue to invent creative and adaptable methods of communication that improve your relationship.

Parenting is similar to marketing. You have to keep doing what’s working and continue to invent creative and adaptable methods of communication that improve your relationship.

ADHD
Parents With ADHD Children Need Emotional Support Too

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on September 9, 2022

Mindfulness tools, breathing, and positive expectations can help parents of children with ADHD regulate their emotions and create a stronger connection with their kids.

Mindfulness tools, breathing, and positive expectations can help parents of children with ADHD regulate their emotions and create a stronger connection with their kids.

Health
Protect Mental Health in Your College Search

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on June 25, 2019

Is the loss of perspective in the college search contributing to mental health crises on campus? Looking at the risk factors of stress on the brain can guide your decision making.

Is the loss of perspective in the college search contributing to mental health crises on campus? Looking at the risk factors of stress on the brain can guide your decision making.

Mindfulness
Rate Your Level of Craving

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on December 12, 2018

Rating a craving is a form of mindfulness. You are observing the craving rather than “being” the craving.

Rating a craving is a form of mindfulness. You are observing the craving rather than “being” the craving.

ADHD
ADHD and the Rock Star Gene

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on April 15, 2016

Adam Levine, will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, and Solange Knowles have spoken publicly about their ADHD. Can ADHD be a gift?

Adam Levine, will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, and Solange Knowles have spoken publicly about their ADHD. Can ADHD be a gift?

ADHD
Han Solo has ADHD

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on December 28, 2015

Han is the epitome of the signature approach of ADHD “Fire! Ready! Aim!”

Han is the epitome of the signature approach of ADHD “Fire! Ready! Aim!”

ADHD
Top 10 Tips for Loving ADD Women

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on December 3, 2015

There is a whole art and science to using persuasion rather than directives. The key is to shift to the person’s own motivation for what you are asking.

There is a whole art and science to using persuasion rather than directives. The key is to shift to the person’s own motivation for what you are asking.

ADHD
Be an ADHD World Changer

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on September 2, 2015

You can use feelings of shame or of being different to help you discover where your creative contributions lie.

You can use feelings of shame or of being different to help you discover where your creative contributions lie.

ADHD
Bounce Back From ADHD

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on September 1, 2015

People with ADHD may fail more than inhibited people because inhibition is in the service of avoiding failure

People with ADHD may fail more than inhibited people because inhibition is in the service of avoiding failure

ADHD
Rocket Science for Space Cadets

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on April 21, 2015

If you take your "unrealistic" ideas and remind yourself the stakes are high for following through and focus on completion, you can make your own reality. Stop shooting yourself in the foot by pretending the stakes are not high.

If you take your "unrealistic" ideas and remind yourself the stakes are high for following through and focus on completion, you can make your own reality. Stop shooting yourself in the foot by pretending the stakes are not high.

ADHD
Finding Clarity When You Feel Stuck

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on November 3, 2014

Think of your question and instead of straining toward an answer take a deep breath and say to yourself, “I don’t know.”

Think of your question and instead of straining toward an answer take a deep breath and say to yourself, “I don’t know.”

Friends
Dos and Don’ts in Your Friendship With ADD Adults

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on October 21, 2014

The challenge of being friends with someone who is diagnosed with ADHD is that if you take his or her behavior personally, the relationship may be hard to sustain.

The challenge of being friends with someone who is diagnosed with ADHD is that if you take his or her behavior personally, the relationship may be hard to sustain.