Springboard Clinic

This week on the blog, we share three ADHD-friendly tips, so you can stay on track while still avoiding your biggest fear: BOREDOM.  

Springboard’s Laura MacNiven recently wrote a guest blog for Totally ADD. In this piece, she shares her journey of self-discovery as it relates to attention issues. Her story inspires us to dig deep within ourselves to find our own unique pathways of moving forward.

As we approach Mother’s Day, we are thinking, in particular, about the tireless moms we work with at the clinic - both those with ADHD and those parenting children with ADHD.

Sometimes mental health and mood challenges can be extremely complicated. Sometimes, lifting your mood can be done with simple habits and rituals. Part of your answer may be in making tweaks that are within your grasp and control.

Last year, we shared our favourite functional tips for spring cleaning with ADHD. This year, we are suggesting an “emotional” spring cleaning. It is powerful to let go of baggage and nagging thoughts so you can spring forward with new energy and focus.

We are constantly working with clients, who, with the best of intentions, take on the responsibility of other people’s emotions. They would rather say “yes”, even if it gets in the way of their own personal health in order to avoid disappointing someone else.

The problem with focusing on the wants and needs of others is that it pulls you away from being present and prioritizing what is best for you in the long run.