I’m in the middle of a bad day – something that happens to many people in general, but possibly more often to people with ADHD due to our dysregulation of dopamine. I describe down days as passing phases (usually a day or two) in which you are sucked into illogical feelings of depression, inadequacy, loneliness, […]
Have you ever finished your day and found just a few things off your to-do list – and do you know you’ve been walking around like a crazy woman all day? Where has the day gone With all you’ve done, how can your to-do list be so full? Let me introduce you to your invisible […]
As a child, I split my time between mom and dad – a typical arrangement for children of divorced parents in the 80s and 90s. I assumed that my parents’ divorce was due to a classic case of cultural overlap. How would they know that marriage expectations imprinted on their psyche from very different cultures […]
Die lang anhaltende Pandemie hat alle Facetten der Bildung durcheinander gebracht. Aber der Bereich der frühen Kindheit ist besonders verwüstet. In den letzten 16 Monaten haben kleine Kinder Lernrückschläge und weniger soziale Erfahrungen erlebt, während ihre Erzieherinnen verschlechterte Arbeitsbedingungen, Stress durch Arbeitsunsicherheit und eine Verschlechterung der psychischen Gesundheit ertragen mussten. Über diese Auswirkungen wurde viel […]
