Posts Written By: Holly Oberacker

Michael Jordan and Visualization Techniques

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” — Michael Jordan Ask your child if they are familiar with  Michael Jordan. He credits much of his success to the power of visualization…
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Boost Your Child’s Success: Executive Functioning Tools for ADHD Parenting

Visualization, drawing, movement, and mindfulness share a powerful commonality: they can all serve as effective tools for combating forgetfulness. These strategies go beyond traditional methods, offering dynamic ways to help children with ADHD improve their…
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The Art of Happiness — and Self-Esteem

  Anyone feeling overwhelmed?  The extremes of ADHD can cause confusion, frustration, and can cause self doubt for both the person experiencing ADHD and for parents and caregivers. That is why educating yourself about the…
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Ultimate Positive Parenting: Help your Child LOVE Their ADHD Brain

Understanding ADHD: Embracing Extremes and Empowering Your Child ADHD is a condition of extremes. Extreme focus and lack of attention, intense emotions, strong likes and dislikes, and fluctuating energy levels are just a few examples.…
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Consistency Matters—we know this is true.

Being a consistent parent means creating predictable daily routines, following through on consequences and reinforcing strategies. We know we need to be consistent, but the big question is how can we be consistent? It is…
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Reset anyone?

  Anyone feeling like they need a reset? Like an emotional, intellectual, or physical one? Maybe all three?   We know you are sick of hearing the whole “you can’t take care of others if…
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Teaching Unknowns

Unknowns can bring us fun and excitement or sadness, frustration, and anxiety.   What a combination! Unknowns are similar to the natural extremes the ADHD brain experiences everyday. They are confusing and how we react…
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Holiday Stress Part II

Do you ever feel like the days are moving so quickly that you haven’t stopped to even notice how you or your child are really doing? We all pay attention to big emotions, our own…
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Holiday Stress Part 1!

The holidays bring us excitement, memories, and unfortunately– too often for families impacted by ADHD–stress and frustration.   With an understanding of why the holidays can wreak such havoc for a child with ADHD and a…
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Constant motion?

One of the top five things children that are fidgety tell us is that when you say or yell “Stop!” they just can’t. They want to stop but they literally can’t. Lots of times children…
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