The Gift of ADHD

Creativity

Creative Pairs: Genius Is the Other

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on August 5, 2014

It is easy to imagine that Josh’s book will launch the next big thing, the search for a creative partner, even a website where members can select potential partners…

It is easy to imagine that Josh’s book will launch the next big thing, the search for a creative partner, even a website where members can select potential partners…

Our real goal is to have our children develop ambition that comes from inside.

Teamwork

One Minute Read: Try This Experiment to Turn Your Kid Around

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on March 4, 2014

You will be astonished at the turn around you see in your kids from this one change of limiting disapproval, hostility and finding fault with your child.

You will be astonished at the turn around you see in your kids from this one change of limiting disapproval, hostility and finding fault with your child.

ADHD

When New Year’s Resolutions Go Bad

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on December 31, 2013

How not to use your New Year’s Resolution as a way to criticize yourself.

How not to use your New Year’s Resolution as a way to criticize yourself.

Cognition

Genius, Unrecognized

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on September 16, 2013

Many people are stopped in pursing their sweet spot by thinking, “How can I take myself seriously if I don’t have any awards or the right degree?” Sometimes it is this one thought that stands between you and the life of your dreams.

Many people are stopped in pursing their sweet spot by thinking, “How can I take myself seriously if I don’t have any awards or the right degree?” Sometimes it is this one thought that stands between you and the life of your dreams.

A person with ADD may be more interested in shaping his environment than being shaped by it.

You can be super successful even if you don't want to be an accountant or a lawyer.

ADHD

The Gift of ADHD Controversy

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on March 18, 2013

The "Gift of ADHD" is an intervention; by finding and focusing on gifts, people change in positive noticeable ways. They feel better because of improved confidence and motivation.

The "Gift of ADHD" is an intervention; by finding and focusing on gifts, people change in positive noticeable ways. They feel better because of improved confidence and motivation.

Sleep

Screen Time Recommendations Are Not Easy to Do

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on March 1, 2013

You may not feel like listening to your teenager whine when you take away his cell phone and laptop at 9:00 pm. But screen time disrupts sleep.

You may not feel like listening to your teenager whine when you take away his cell phone and laptop at 9:00 pm. But screen time disrupts sleep.

Playing in the field of your Sweet Spot will put you in your jet stream and energize every other area of life.

ADHD

The Imaginative Gifts of ADHD: How Fantasy Creates Reality

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on February 11, 2013

A few milliseconds of encouragement created a dream that became a reality. How a teacher planted a seed by calling me "Doctor."

A few milliseconds of encouragement created a dream that became a reality. How a teacher planted a seed by calling me "Doctor."

The key point of diagnosis is to rule out alternative explanations and to determine that a “clinically significant impairment in functioning” exists.

Career

Don't Eat at the Gas Station Quick Mart

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on January 26, 2013

Some people get a vague idea of what they want and they go after it in the easiest, most convenient way possible. What if you got really precise about what you wanted and took the time to create a plan to go after it?

Some people get a vague idea of what they want and they go after it in the easiest, most convenient way possible. What if you got really precise about what you wanted and took the time to create a plan to go after it?

Relationships

Program Your GPS: Where Do I Find My Sweet Spot?

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on January 24, 2013

Your Sweet Spot is where your passion meets your purpose. It’s the thing that you love to do that comes easy to you. It’s where your biggest gifts are. Sometimes our biggest gifts are those things that come as easy to us as falling off a log.

Your Sweet Spot is where your passion meets your purpose. It’s the thing that you love to do that comes easy to you. It’s where your biggest gifts are. Sometimes our biggest gifts are those things that come as easy to us as falling off a log.

Relationships

Find Your Gifts: Command Your Future

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on January 23, 2013

Pushing against your jet stream – described by your unique gifts and acquired talents – takes its toll on your energy, productivity, health, and relationships

Pushing against your jet stream – described by your unique gifts and acquired talents – takes its toll on your energy, productivity, health, and relationships

ADHD

Your Electrifying Creative Destiny

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on January 22, 2013

Following your passion and your purpose may be risky but not following it is brutal to your soul.

Following your passion and your purpose may be risky but not following it is brutal to your soul.

Motivation

Top Five Instant Motivation Boosters

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on December 5, 2011

It's too easy to doubt yourself. You can choose to receive love and define yourself by those experiences in which you were cared for and appreciated.

It's too easy to doubt yourself. You can choose to receive love and define yourself by those experiences in which you were cared for and appreciated.

ADHD

Knowing Awe Is Better Than Knowing It All

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on November 30, 2011

Living a life with the purpose of outsmarting others is not really that smart. You are selling yourself short if you believe that your purpose is only to be better than others.

Living a life with the purpose of outsmarting others is not really that smart. You are selling yourself short if you believe that your purpose is only to be better than others.

Most of us understand that in deciding to stay in a relationship, the most important thing to consider is going to be the Core Essence of a person.

Creativity

Life Is Messy with an ADD Partner

Lara Honos-Webb Ph.D. on November 27, 2011

Translate symptoms into needs to save your relationship

Translate symptoms into needs to save your relationship