Adults with ADHD know that voice….You want to start a workout routine, but every time you think about it you are reminded of the last five times you tried and failed. Let’s talk about a technique my clients have used to quiet that voice…

“Should” implies a comparison, usually a comparison with what other people are doing, usually people who don’t have ADHD or it involves holding oneself up to an unrealistic ideal. In coaching we don’t talk about how things “should” be, we talk about what we want, what we could do, what we would like to do.

“I have lists and notes lying around everywhere... on post-its, scraps of paper, a notebook in my car... I just wish I had everything in one place!”