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PLANNING YOUR LIFE WITH ADHD

Today we have a guest blog post written for us by Dr. Lesley Cook, licensed clinical psychologist specializing in treating and supporting clients with ADHD, autism and learning disabilities. Why do ADHD’ers hate planners? The answer is….they don’t. They hate systems that “should” work but result in yet another perceived failure. This is a message I deliver on a weekly basis to clients and friends and social media followers. When a new adult client comes to see me after years of struggle, the first questions I ask are: If you had a planning system that worked for you what would it look like if money was not a factor? What would it feel like to use it? I routinely get the...

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