Self Regulation

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What’s the Most Important Thing to Pay Attention To?

Everyone gets distracted sometimes.  ADHD, anxiety and stress often make it even harder to pay...
ADHD / Anxiety / Articles / Mindfulness / Self Regulation / Stress
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9 Ways to Tame Hyperactivity and Impulsivity

Hyperactivity and impulsivity are the hallmark symptoms of the hyperactive/impulsive type of ADHD. Children, teens...
ADHD / Articles / Business/Workplace / Mindfulness / Neurofeedback / Parenting / Self Regulation
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Mindfulness Skills for Kids Card Deck

Mindfulness Skills for Kids: Card Deck and 3 Card Games. The card deck provides 52...
ADHD / Anxiety / Mindfulness / Parenting / Products / Self Regulation / Stress
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Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD

Get focused, the mindful way! In Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD, Debra Burdick, an award-winning,...
ADHD / Mindfulness / Self Regulation
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Wohoo! My ADHD book won the GOLD!

I am sooo excited and delighted that my book, ADHD: Non-medication Treatments & Skills for...
ADHD / Articles / Mindfulness / Neurofeedback / Parenting / Products / Psychotherapy / Self Regulation / Sleep
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What Are You Practicing? Stress, Anxiety or Contentment?

As I have been studying and practicing mindfulness over the past 30 years I have...
Anxiety / Articles / Mindfulness / Peak Performance / Self Regulation / Stress / Success
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Is Technology Impacting Your Productivity and Happiness?

Is screen time impacting your productivity and happiness? Everywhere you look today you see evidence...
ADHD / Business/Workplace / Mindfulness / Peak Performance / Self Regulation / Stress / Success
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7 Ways to Help “Screen” Addiction

Last month I wrote about how to tell if your child or teen is addicted...
Addiction / ADHD / Anxiety / Articles / Depression / Mindfulness / Parenting / Self Regulation
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Is Your Child or Teen Addicted to “Screens”?

Is your child addiction to screens? Since I was a child, I have loved to...
ADHD / Anxiety / Depression / Mindfulness / Parenting / Self Regulation
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What If You Change the Way You Look at Things?

How do you see the world? Are you a glass half empty of glass half...
ADHD / Anxiety / Business/Workplace / Chronic Illness / Depression / Fear / Mindfulness / Pain / Parenting / Self Regulation / Stress
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Why We Should Teach Mindfulness to Kids

Why should we teach mindfulness skills to kids? Mindfulness can directly improve the lives of...
ADHD / Articles / Autism / Mindfulness / Parenting / Self Regulation
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4 Ways to Focus Your Concentration

We live in a very distracting world with so many things vying for our attention...
ADHD / Anxiety / Articles / Depression / Peak Performance / Self Regulation / Stress

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