As a parent of a child with ADHD, one of your biggest challenges might be the question of how to motivate your child to get things done. It might start in the morning with an unwillingness to get dressed...

Chris is in high school, and he enjoys learning. It’s not always easy because of his ADHD, but he is curious about many different fields and wants to know more. College sounds like a great idea to him, especially since he is fantasizing about becoming an architect in the future.  

Sleep doesn’t often come easily when you have ADHD. Starting in puberty (around the age of 12), many people experience difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep or they wake up too early and feel chronically exhausted.

I know quite a lot about perfectionism. Sometimes it shows up in my projects, such as writing an article. I'll sit in front of an empty document knowing roughly what I want to say, but get stuck trying to find exactly the right opening sentence. I write something, delete it, try again and suddenly half an hour has passed and I have almost nothing to show for it. But perfectionism also appears in much more mundane parts of my life. Take cleaning up a room. You might think this is a fairly straightforward task: pick things up, put them where they belong, get rid of what you no longer need.

The need to find your passion or purpose in life is something you might hear often these days – especially if you are in the process of choosing a college program or what type of job to apply to.

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to make ambitious plans and how much harder it is to keep them? Maybe you've decided that this is the week you'll finally start studying every day. Or perhaps you've promised yourself you'll exercise regularly, keep your home organized, learn a new language, or stop leaving everything until the last minute. For a few days, everything goes beautifully. You're motivated. You have a color-coded schedule.