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Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD : Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its.
Title:
Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD : Beyond Piles, Palms, & Post-its.
Author:
Matlen, Terry.
ISBN:
9781886941809
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (366 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Sari Solden, M.S., LMFT -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 From Me to You: Validating Your Experiences -- 2 Carry That Weight: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You -- 3 Here, There, and Everywhere: Specifics of Organizing Your House -- Organizing the Kitchen -- Closets, Shelves, and All the Stuff Inside! -- Kids and Their Clutter -- Paper -- Organizing in General -- 4 Strawberry Fields: Meals and Entertaining -- Grocery Shopping -- Cooking -- Meal Planning -- Entertaining -- 5 Fixing a Hole: How to Delegate, Eliminate, and Simplify Household Chores -- Laundry -- Cleaning and Decluttering -- Dishes -- Errands -- Miscellaneous Chores -- 6 She's a Woman: Personal Tips on Clothes Shopping, Health, Hypersensitivities, and Leisure Time -- Clothes: Shopping and Dressing -- Health -- Hypersensitivities -- Sleep -- Miscellaneous -- Travel -- Leisure Time -- Setting Goals and Completing Projects -- 7 I Should Have Known Better: School and Studying -- Study Strategies -- Academic Difficulties -- 8 A Hard Day's Night: Thriving on the Job -- Careers -- Reminders -- Organizing Tasks -- Minimizing Distractions -- Scheduling -- Clutter -- General Tips -- 9 Any Time at All: Time and Data Management -- Data Management -- Planners -- Capturing Ideas -- Timers -- General Time Management Advice -- 10 We Can Work it Out: Relationships and Social Skills -- General Advice -- Support -- Communication Skills -- 11 Come Together: Parenting and Family -- Behavior and Discipline -- Traveling with Kids -- Sleep -- Minimizing Distractions -- Chores -- Balancing Family Time with Self-regeneration -- Connecting -- 12 Money: Managing Finances -- Paying Bills -- Saving Money -- 13 I've Just Seen a Face (But I Can't for the Life of Me Remember the Name): Memory Tips -- Capturing Ideas -- Keeping Track of Things.

Physiology of Memory -- Miscellaneous Memory Tips -- Math -- Names -- Directions -- Reminders -- Timers -- 14 Revolution: Technology -- Creative Ways to Use a Palm Pilot -- Internet, Computers, and Cell Phones -- 15 With a Little Help from My Friends: Humor for the Soul -- You Know You Have AD/HD When . . . -- Stories to Tickle the Funny Bone -- Kitchen Chaos -- 10 Things to Never Do in the Kitchen (with no appologies to David Letterman) -- 16 Help: Tips from Coaches and Professional Organizers -- Tips from Professional Coaches -- Tips from Professional Organizers -- 17 …Speaking Words of Wisdom: Top AD/HD Experts Share Their Stories -- 18 Savoy Truffle: SOS Recipes -- 19 Do You Want to Know a Secret? Books, Tapes, Web sites, Newsletters, and More -- Books and Video Tapes -- Media: Web sites, Newsletters, Mailing Lists Magazines, and Catalogs -- Support -- Products -- References -- Appendix -- Month-of-Meals System -- How to Keep a Kitchen Clean -- Prioritizing Chart -- Affirmation List -- Record Your Own Tips -- Back Cover -- Index.
Abstract:
Women with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Offering a collection of practical solutions to seemingly simple daily problems, this book will help to relieve the guilt and anxiety so many women have when they feel they don't measure up to the norms of today's society. These proven gems of wisdom, submitted by hundreds of women with AD/HD from all over the world, will help the reader painlessly get through the piles of laundry on her floor and stacks of paper on her desk. Written to accommodate readers with AD/HD who often have difficulty reading a book from cover to cover, this guide is designed like a manual, allowing them to flip through to areas of interest without having to read the entire book to find what they need. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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