10 Ways Untreated ADHD Can Destroy Your Marriage

Untreated ADHD doesn’t just affect work or parenting, it can quietly (or not so quietly) erode your marriage. What often looks like laziness, irresponsibility, or lack of care is actually ADHD brain wiring. Without support, the cycle of misunderstanding, frustration, and resentment can feel impossible to break.

Girls and Women with ADHD: Signs Parents Often Miss 

If you picture ADHD, what comes to mind? For many, it’s a boy bouncing around the classroom, unable to sit still, interrupting his teacher, and constantly losing things. But what about the girl sitting quietly at her desk, staring out of the window, or scribbling in her notebook while trying not to cry after being called “too sensitive”? 

ADHD and Motivation: Why Rewards Don’t Always Work (and What Does) 

As a parent, have you ever set up a sticker chart or promised extra screen time if your child finished homework, only to watch the system collapse within a week, or maybe even days?

At first, it seems magical: the stickers go up, the homework gets done, and you feel hopeful. Then suddenly, the motivation vanishes. Your child shrugs at the rewards, meltdowns return, and you’re left wondering if you’ve failed or if your child is simply unmotivated.

Here’s the truth: it’s not you, and it’s definitely not laziness. The problem lies in how the ADHD brain is wired.

ADHD and Cold Therapy: Hope or Hype? What the Science Actually Says

If you spend any time in ADHD forums, TikTok, or biohacking podcasts, you’ve probably noticed the icy trend that’s making waves: cold water therapy.

ADHD Time Blindness: “Now vs. Not Now”

Maybe this sounds familiar, you ask your child to brush their teeth, and 15 minutes later you find them deep in Lego Land. Or maybe you’ve told yourself, “I’ll answer that email in five minutes,” only to look up two hours later with the email still untouched.

The Secret We Don’t Talk About: ADHD and Self-Medication

This is one of those conversations that usually happens behind closed doors, whispered in moments of shame. But I want to bring it into the light because silence only fuels the problem.

4 Keys to Prevent Back-to-School Meltdowns and Help Your Child with ADHD Start Strong

The first weeks of a new school year can set the tone for the months ahead. For children with ADHD, this transition is often filled with excitement as well as extra challenges. New routines, unfamiliar teachers, and shifting expectations can trigger overwhelm, forgetfulness, or behavior struggles. But don’t dispair, with thoughtful preparation, you can make those first weeks smoother and more successful.

How To Reset Your Child’s Sleep Schedule After the Holidays

School is just around the corner and for many families, that means one thing, time to undo the “holiday sleep drift”. Later bedtimes, lazy mornings, and extra screen time are lovely while they last but they can make the first week back at school a rough one, especially for children with ADHD or other neurodevelopment needs.

The good news? With a few consistent habits, you can get your child’s sleep back on track in time for the new term!

When Love Becomes Logistics: How Neurodivergence Can Quietly Erode Your Relationship

And why reconnecting starts with seeing the full picture

You sleep in the same bed.
You raise the same children.
You juggle the same schedules, school meetings, routines, and meltdowns.

“Look at Me Too”: Why Your Whole Family Needs Support Not Just the Child with the Diagnosis

You don’t hear much about the other child.
The one without the diagnosis.
The one who doesn’t get the therapy appointments, the special allowances, the one-on-one time.

You Don’t Need More Information, You Need Transformation

Why your family is stuck despite doing all the "right" things

You’ve read the books.
You’ve tried the routines.
You’ve worked with therapists, maybe even multiple.
You’ve done everything you’re supposed to do… and yet, your home still doesn’t feel calm. You’re still walking on eggshells. Your child is still struggling. You and your partner are disconnected and you’re exhausted.

ADHD and Relationships: 8 Patterns That Sabotage Love and How to Rebuild Connection

You fell for their energy, their spontaneity, their passion. But now, the very things that once made your partner light up a room might be driving a wedge between you. If this sounds familiar, it’s not just you, many couples impacted by ADHD find themselves stuck in cycles of miscommunication, resentment, and emotional exhaustion.

What I Wish I Knew Sooner: 5 Aha Moments That Transformed How I Parent My Child with ADHD

If you're reading this, chances are you're trying to figure out why parenting feels harder than it’s supposed to. Why all the well-meaning advice from friends and family doesn’t seem to work with your child. And whether you’re doing something wrong.

Should My Child Take a Medication Holiday This Summer?

As summer arrives and school routines shift, many parents of children with ADHD begin to wonder whether they should take a break from medication. These “medication holidays,” often scheduled over weekends or long school breaks, are usually motivated by concerns about side effects, especially the widespread belief that stimulants negatively impact appetite and growth.

But what does the latest research actually say? And what are the real consequences of pausing ADHD medication during the summer months?

Rant about Gabor Maté's Book: Shattered Minds

Yes, I've Read Scattered Minds and Here is Why It Makes Me Furious

At least once a week, sometimes more, a parent calls me or sits across from me in my office, wide-eyed, hopeful, and says: "Have you read Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté? It changed my life." And I take a deep breath. Because what I want to say is: Yes. I’ve read it. And it makes me furious! Let me explain.

Overwhelmed, Stretched, and Second-Guessing Everything? Read This.
The 3 Beliefs Draining the Confidence of ADHD Parents

A few weeks ago, I led a workshop with 45 parents of children diagnosed with ADHD, Autism and other learning differences. I asked them to start by writing down one word that described how they felt about their parenting experience. The responses were eye opening but not surprising.

Words like:
Overwhelmed. Lonely. Anxious. Insecure. Defeated. Exhausted. Worried. Frazzled. Uncertain. Stretched. Challenged. Clueless. Confused. Lost.

When our children showed signs of ADHD, my partner and I did what many parents in our situation do, we sought a professional ADHD assessment. Given the strong genetic link associated with ADHD, it made sense to look at the whole family picture as the signs were certainly there.  

I could see many of the same signs and symptoms in my partner’s behaviour and suggested he be evaluated. He felt I also showed some of the symptoms as well and so we decided to both be assessed.  After a full evaluation, I didn’t receive a diagnosis, my partner, on the other hand, did. 

ADHD and Delayed Gratification: Why It's So Hard and So Important

If you’ve ever watched your ADHD child spend their entire allowance five minutes after receiving it, or if you've done that yourself, you’ll understand how hard delayed gratification can be. One of the core challenges of ADHD is difficulty with delayed gratification: the ability to resist the temptation of an immediate reward in favor of a bigger or better one down the road.

It’s not just about patience. Delayed gratification is a building block of impulse control and it plays a huge role in long-term success with everything from school and finances to relationships and health.

Today I spoke with a family who, like so many others I work with, is caught in a constant cycle of conflict.

It’s not that they don’t love each other. It’s not that they’re not trying.

It’s that they keep missing each other’s signals.

A simple reminder about brushing teeth turns into a meltdown.

A request to “just put your shoes on” spirals into yelling, tears, and slammed doors.

And every time, the parents are left wondering:
“Why is everything such a battle?”

If you’ve ever found yourself staring at your bank account thinking “Where did it all go?”, only to feel a wave of shame and frustration you’re not alone.

For many with ADHD, managing money can feel like trying to hold onto water. You set goals, you start budgets, you try to stick to them… but somehow, it always feels like you’re falling short.

It’s not because you’re bad with money.
It’s not because you’re irresponsible.
And it’s definitely not because you don’t care.

It’s because traditional money advice was never designed for your brain.