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ADHD Coach Talk #1 in Self Help

My Internet radio show ADHD Coach Talk is the most popular Self Help Show on Blog Talk Radio. If you have missed any of the episodes you can listen to them in the ADHD Coach Talk  archives and on iTunes. I will be taking a couple of weeks off from ADHD Coach Talk because I'm going to be on vacation and then attending the Learning Disabilities of America Conference. I will be back with new shows in March!

Do you have any suggestions for topics or guests for ADHD Coach Talk?

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!

Is your ADHD interfering in your life? Do you have trouble getting through your ADHD reading list? Are you ready to take the next step to better manage your life?

Then it's time to do something different!

Join ADHD Coach Cindy Giardina, as we read a helpful book about Adult ADD / ADHD each month. We will discuss the reading and how it helps and supports you as an Adult with ADD / ADHD. This program will help you follow through with your reading, while deepening your understanding of ADD/ADHD.

Just like in-person book clubs, our "book club" Telephone calls are interactive. We open up the conversation for YOU to learn from each other's experiences and have your questions answered by an ADHD expert and your peers. While discussing the reading Cindy will share simple and effective strategies for living with ADHD.

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ADD / ADHD and Internet Addiction

This Wednesday at 2:00 pm EST I will be joined on ADHD Coach Talk by Kevin Roberts. He and I will be talking about ADD/ADHD and Internet Addiction. I'm really excited to have Kevin on ADHD Coach Talk and am sure this will be an excellent show. You can listen to us live at 2:00 pm EST or if you can't make the live show you will be able listen to it in the ADHD Coach Talk archives or via iTunes.

What a Busy Week in my ADD World!

Wow, what a busy week we've had at ADDClasses.com. I've been really busy behind the scenes!! We re-launched the ADD Parents Club! The ADD Action Club is going strong and the members love the new and more interactive format. The Adult ADD DeClutter Action Group started today!! The ADD Coaching Club has been going strong! We are actually going to be closing out new membership tomorrow for the ADD Coaching Club too.

Now I know why I was so tired today!!! I have been doing a lot of work this week!!!

Are You Keeping up?

We are more than a week into 2010 and like many people I have some goals for the new year. I don't really make "Resolutions" anymore (you can read more about my thoughts on New Years Resolutions over on ADHD Allies) but I use the new year to come up with new goals and reevaluate previous goals. One of my goals this year is to practice being more positive. 

I don't think I'm really a negative person but I can sometimes get sucked into focusing too much on negative things. These negative things can be stimulating to my brain too and can take me away from the things I really want and need to be doing. 

I have to tell you - Practicing Positivity has been really challenging for me this week!! It's been really hard not telling people off and moving away from negative thoughts. 

So what about you? If you set new goals or made New Years Resolutions how are you doing with yours? 

Happy New Year!

Wow, I can't believe 2010 is here! I want to wish all of my blog readers a very happy New Year. I hope that 2010 is a great year for everybody!! On Tuesday January 5th I will be leading a free ADDClasses.com Teleseminar called Success Strategies for the New Year. I hope you will join me!

Attack Your Clutter in 2010

Wow, I can't believe that there are just a few more days left in 2009!! I'm sitting in my office right now looking at all of my clutter trying to finish some end of the year work related to ADDClasses.com. Ironically one of the items on my list is to let people know that the $100 off early bird rate for the next Adult ADD Declutter Group ends on 12/31. If you too would like to Attack your Clutter in 2010 then check out the Adult ADD Declutter Group.

Coaching Helps You Slow Down

I'm still surprised at the number of people who begin ADHD Coaching with the assumption that an ADHD Coach will tell them exactly what they need to do. While some ADHD Life Skills Coaching programs like Adult ADD Bootcamp offer a step by step process, the role of an ADHD Coach is not the tell the client what to do. An ADHD Coach works with the client to help him or her develop individual systems and strategies.

ADHD Coaches use a number of different methods, strategies, and tools with ADHD Coaching Clients. One common strategy that ADHD Coaches help their clients with is to slow down. This is often one of the most important skills for people with ADHD to develop. After a person with ADHD gets in the habit of slowing down he or she can then start to pay better attention to things, develop better systems, and practice effective self talk. 

If slowing down is something that you have a challenge with now might be a good time to begin working with an ADHD Coach.

Be Careful on Facebook

As many of my readers know I'm on Facebook. For the most part I think Facebook is a great tool to connect with people. As I pointed out in my post The Evils of Facebook it can also be very time consuming and has numerous way to distract people.

People also need to be very careful what they do and put on Facebook too. It's also very important to understand how Facebook works and its privacy settings. For example many people don't realize that other people can tag them in photos. When a person is tagged in photo all of the person's friends can see that photo. I believe this is the default setting.

Earlier this year my mother posted and tagged a photo of me holding my niece on Christmas morning. At the time my Facebook settings allowed all of my "friends" to see tagged photos of me. I was little upset because I did not want my hundreds of Facebook Friends too see what I looked like first thing in the morning after only a few hours of sleep.

I've since changed my Facebook settings so that I am the only person who can see tagged photos of myself. I can't control what other people add to their Facebook accounts. I now do have some control who get to see photos of me though.

Do you understand and have control over your Facebook settings?

Gratitude and ADHD

There's no question that being affected by ADHD can bring challenges into our lives. Some of us are more negatively impacted by ADHD than others. It's only natural to focus on the negative or what we would like to improve in our lives when we are affected by ADHD. It is very important for those of us with ADHD to find ways of managing our ADHD challenges and to thrive.

Sometimes we get so caught up with the things that stress us out and hold us back that we forget to look at the positive parts of our lives. I have been guilty of this too and for me it wasn't until I was pretty much "hit over the head" that I really began to pay attention and appreciate what I do have in my own life.

For a lot of us is does take a major live event to wake us up and force us to pay attention to the people and the things in our lives that we value. However, sometimes it is just as simple as stopping for a moment and asking ourselves some questions.

• Who are the important people in your life?
• What are things in your life that you really value?
• What are you thankful for in your life at this moment?

During this hectic time of year it so important to find time to stop and reflect on what it is you are thankful for in your own life.