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December 28, 2023
Two Options
Quote of the WeekSituation: family discussion, where parents are not on the same page about what should happen next. Kids are 15 and 17. Dad offers one approach. Mom another.
“You are lucky that you have 2 options to consider and to learn from.”
- Mom who didn’t wish to seem to condone a next step that didn’t fit her values but also didn’t want to put her husband’s idea down
Two OptionsSome families can manage to show a united front to their kids, no matter what. But when you are in a neurodivergent relationship, you may each come up with solutions to the latest family crisis that simply don’t resonate with the other partner. It might be because you hold different values, or it might simply be that you think differently and have different approaches.
For some couples, this results in arguing in front of the kids, or one partner dismissing the other’s approach as not valid.
But there is another way, and that is to openly and non-judgmentally share both partner’s approaches. I love how this mom handled this situation! She held to her values, respected her partner’s approach, and helped her teens by recognizing that they need to be given the space to think for themselves.
Could this approach help your family?
REGISTRATION OPEN:
➤ ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Next live seminar starts Feb 13. It is the only one I will be giving live in the first half of 2024.
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My premier, highly acclaimed 9-session zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. Registration is open for seminar starting February 2024. (There will be NO spring seminar in 2024.)
Non ADHD Partner Support Group (few spots remaining) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group (now full)- Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
Social Media: - follow us for tips and resources
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
© 2024 Melissa Orlov
Your Personal Journey
Quote of the WeekToday’s tip is a poem. See below.
Your Personal Journey
The Journey, Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice—
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do—
determined to save
the only life you could save.
Happy New Year! Cheers to new beginnings.
You probably have accomplished more than you think in the past year. Acknowledging these accomplishments can help you set realistic goals for 2024 and allow you to be optimistic about your ability to reach next targets. Read my suggestions on how to prepare for the New Year.
REGISTRATION OPEN:
➤ ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Starting February 2024.
➤ [image error] Non ADHD Partner Support Group - Only three groups remaining. Meet with others who have been living a similar experience to your own. Together - with others who get what you've been going through, and with a talented moderator - you explore what works and what doesn't and develop strategies alongside others who traverse this complicated life.
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My premier, highly acclaimed 9-session zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. Registration is open for seminar starting February 2024. The next LIVE seminar will start in Fall 2024. (There will be NO spring seminar in 2024.)
Non ADHD Partner Support Group (few spots remaining) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group (now full)- Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
Social Media: - follow us for tips and resources
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
December 2, 2023
Is It ADHD or Something Else?
I'm putting a caveat right up front here - it's never a great idea to self-diagnose. That said, I do get a lot of questions about what is ADHD and what might be something else.
One of my consultants recently introduced me to a wonderful resource for a top-level way to sort this out. Misdiagnosis Mondays, put together by Dr. Megan Anna Neff, is a series of Venn diagrams for ADHD and Autism symptoms and behaviors as they relate to other disorders. While charts don't replace talking with your medical specialist, they can at least help you think through the questions you might have.
Tags: bipolar disorder, autism, Venn diagrams, co-existing conditionsNovember 20, 2023
Attacked by a Bear
Quote of the Week“Imagine you were attacked by a bear (and survived). Your body would involuntarily go into a state of vigilance (that would make it harder to focus on other things). Now, imagine you were attacked by a bear again. You would likely go into a state called hyper-vigilance. Hyper-vigilance is where you really struggle for focus because so much of your brain is scanning for risk."
- Johann Hari, “Stolen Focus”
Attacked by a BearMost people with ADHD I have encountered are hyper-vigilant. As kids they may have been bullied, told they were lazy or bad, struggled with things that seem easy to others. They may have had an alcoholic parent, or a chronically distracted parent unable to help them feel fully loved. They may have been smart but unable to focus academically. Kids with ADHD are often the victims of criticism, anger and heartbreak. And, yes, they struggle to focus.
The resulting hyper-vigilance (or hyper-arousal) results in being easily overwhelmed by emotion. If every little thing seems as if it might be a threat, and your brain creates lots of emotions (as ADHD brains do), it’s easy for the emotions to take over. Fast.
It would be easy to suggest that partners of those with ADHD should make it their job to create a ‘safe’ environment to calm ADHD hyper-vigilance. But that would be too simplistic and does not get at the fact that not only is hyper-vigilance about input, but also that hyper-vigilance comes from inside, and is caused by trauma.
Until you can start to heal that trauma, it’s hard to address the triggering. One of the best ways to deal with trauma is EMDR therapy, as well as EFT. But even if those modes of therapy aren’t available, a professional that can help you explore the emotional injuries that you carry around can be a big help.
Would you consider therapy to heal your inner trauma?
EVENTS:
➤ For those who celebrate, I wish you a peaceful and loving Hanukkah.
➤ [image error] Non ADHD Partner Support Group - Registration is open. Five of the ten groups are full. Develop strategies for finding satisfaction and happiness.
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My highly acclaimed 9-session Zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. Registration open for seminar starting February 2024.
Non ADHD Partner Support Group (registration open) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group (now full)- Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
Social Media: - follow us for tips and resources
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
Value Creation and ADHD-Impacted Relationships
Quote of the Week“Virtually all of our accomplishments occur through value creation and virtually all our failures owe to devaluing (value destruction). Consider who is more likely to maintain healthy weight: the person who values health or the one who devalues her body?"
- Steven Stosny, PhD
Value Creation and ADHD-Impacted RelationshipsConsider your relationships. Which are happiest and which are hardest? In which ones are you most likely to devalue the other person…or be devalued by the other person (most likely, both)?
Then think about your hardest interactions. Criticism, venting, correcting – these are all forms of devaluing the efforts of another, or even that other person herself.
Now think about the reward-focused, ADHD brain. It is a brain that is hard-wired through the attention and reward system to respond to positive feedback.
I don’t want to delve too deeply into specific examples here. Rather, I ask you to take a few minutes to just think about this question: How might overtly trying to create value in my interactions with my partner, and stop devaluing my partner, change how we are as a couple? And, in tandem, what do I need from my partner that would make me feel more valued?
SUPPORT GROUPS:
➤ [image error] Non-ADHD SUPPORT GROUPS: - Meet with others who have been living a similar experience to your own. Together - with others who get what you've been going through, and with a talented moderator - you explore what works and what doesn't and develop strategies alongside others who traverse this complicated life.
➤ [image error] FOUNDATIONS IN HABIT DEVELOPMENT - This special series is for ADHD partners who have completed The ADHD Effect Couples' Seminar with Melissa Orlov.
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My highly acclaimed 9-session Zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. Registration Open. Starts February 2024.
Non ADHD Partner Support Group (registration open) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group (registration open) - Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
- Please follow us for tips and resources.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
Detaching
Quote of the Week“For each of us there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing control. Gain control of yourself and your responsibilities. Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free."
- Melody Beatty, in Co-Dependent No More
DetachingBeatty is not talking about separation or divorce here. She is talking about letting go of the illusion of control, and setting strong boundaries around what is our own responsibility vs. what is our partner’s responsibility. Many couples impacted by ADHD don’t have great boundaries – in fact, it’s quite possible you have the parent/child dynamic going in your relationship. That’s an excellent example of disordered boundaries.
The idea of freeing others to be who they are is particularly scary for many non-ADHD partners, who may fear that their ADHD partner is not capable of adequately managing ADHD…and for some (certainly not all) this is the case. So non-ADHD partners tend to spend too much time trying to control their situation - and their partner - in an effort to affect change and move that partner closer to what the non-ADHD partner hopes for. Sadly, the most likely ADHD partner response to that pushing or parenting behavior (sometimes called codependence) is defiance, escape, and digging in. Sometimes depression, anxiety or chronic anger may set in, too. The most likely outcome for the non-ADHD partner is frustration, anger and hopelessness.
The healthier and more effective approach would be for both partners to take control only of their own issues, and support the other partner’s efforts to rise to their potential. In other words, dramatically improve their boundaries. Life will still have ups and downs, but your relationship will be significantly healthier with better boundaries in place.
Focusing on your own needs, and better enacting your own boundaries, can free you both to love each other based upon who you both truly are. Or, once you are viewing each other based upon accepting your amazing parts as well as your imperfections, you may discover that you aren’t as good a fit as you thought you were. In which case it frees you to move away from a relationship that ultimately wasn’t going to work well for you.
News and Events:
➤ [image error] Registration for the non-ADHD partner support groups opens up Dec 5 and dates and times of the groups are already posted. NOTE: these fill up very quickly!
➤ [image error] International Conference on ADHD - Top ADHD experts. My virtual presentation: Communication Techniques that Work for ADHD-Impacted Couples - December 6, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
In-Person: November 30–December 2
Online: December 5–December 6
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My highly acclaimed 9-session Zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships.
Non ADHD Partner Support Group (registration opens Dec 5th) and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group - Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
- Please follow us for tips and resources.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
Fear and the Present Moment
Quote of the Week“Fear is always future-based. We fear what might happen later. The past is gone, so there’s no point in being afraid of it. If past traumas cause fear in us, it is only because we fear that the traumatic event will reoccur. That’s what trauma is—wounding caused by a past event that makes us chronically fearful about the future and so queasy in the present. But the future doesn’t exist now, in the present, the only moment in which we are ever alive. So, though our fear may be visceral, it is based on a misconception, that the future is somehow now. It’s not."
- From Tricycle, the Buddhist Review, Norman Fischer
Fear and the Present MomentLast summer I learned the power of staying in the present moment vs. fearing what might happen. I was fearing I might run into two people who had traumatized me whom I really didn’t wish to see. The anxiety I felt as I contemplated that fear really made me feel horrible. Turns out there is some neuroscience at work here. When we ruminate about a fear of a possible future event, our brain responds as if we are actually living that traumatic potential event in the present moment! It doesn’t differentiate between the feared event and the actual event. In other words, by living in a state of anxiety about a potential trauma we further traumatize ourselves and add to our injury even though the dreaded event may not ever happen.
Wow!
I think about all the partners I know who spend so much of their time anticipating a difficult future interaction – one that is difficult because of past traumas - and I am blown away by the fact that any of us are still standing!
There is a way out. In my case, I prepared a way to calmly respond should the dreaded encounter actually happen. Then I promised myself that the last person I should be hurting is myself by being anxious and living an event in my mind that might not happen. I was able to let go of my fear of future interactions and live the present moment as it came to me. Applying this approach generally to anxious feelings has been, quite literally, life changing.
In a relationship, it takes two people to make the changes that make a relationship more stable and less anxiety-provoking for both partners. But a good starting point is moving oneself away from letting a future that may or may not happen add to our trauma.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and your family. May all the good things of life be yours, not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year.
➤ [image error] Can you relate to this Thanksgiving sentiment? My Community is a safe place where people living with ADHD share questions, confusion, pain, ideas and experiences with others who face the same sorts of issues as you do. Join us. You are not alone!Happy Thanksgiving Excitement is building as we approach the highly anticipated #adhd2023
➤ [image error] International Conference on ADHD - Benefit from well-known speakers and authors and also from conversations with fellow attendees. My virtual presentation: Communication Techniques that Work for ADHD-Impacted Couples - Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. Register here.
In-Person Conference: Thursday, November 30–Saturday, December 2
Online Conference: Tuesday, December 5–Wednesday, December 6
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My highly acclaimed 9-session Zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships. The next live Seminar starts February 13, 2024.
Non ADHD Partner Support Group and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group - Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
- Please follow us for tips and resources.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
November 6, 2023
ADHD Couples Palooza
The ADHD Couples Palooza starts THIS WEEK! November 10-12, 2023.
All presentations are FREE and given by experts in the field. My interview Friday, November 10, 2023: "Will this relationship ever get better?" Be sure to register.
Each session was thoughtfully designed with your greatest challenges in mind. You’ll walk away with deep insights and tangible actions to practice right away.
If you’re ready to strengthen the connection and collaboration with your significant other, tuning into the ADHD Couples’ Palooza is a great step forward. The ADHD Couples’ Palooza is the first of its kind – three days of sessions focused on romantic relationships.
Whether you’re currently in a relationship or hope to be, there is plenty to glean from this deep dive into partnering with neurodivergent people.
Tags: couples counselingOctober 24, 2023
How to Get More and Better Sleep
Sleep can be elusive. Use this science-based checklist to find out what you should definitely be doing to ensure the best sleep, and other things you might choose to do if they make sense for you.
The Bedroom EnvironmentDefinitely do:
Cool temperature Comfortable bedding – for some who are restless, this might included a weighted blanket Very dark room (or use comfortable eye shades) – minimize charger, computer, electronic lights. No blue or green lights (cover light indicator with black electrical tape if on a charger, etc.) No reading with electronic blue light (computers, tablets, etc.- use a blue light filter such as comes on your device or the app Twilight if you must use them)Consider:
Allergy reduction (particularly dust mites) White noise machine or calming noise Noise masking sleep buds, such as Bose to block out snoring, traffic, etc.Calming Your Mind and BodyDefinitely do:
Set a ‘window’ for getting to bed 85% of time (ex: 10:00-10:30pm)* Be as consistent as possible so your body learns the rhythm. Understand your transition. How long does it take you from the time you decide to go to bed before you actually get into it? Leave enough time for this routine. Take 2 minutes slow, deep breathing (focus on breath going in and out of your body) with feet on floor, eyes closed before getting into bed. This helps move your body into “rest and digest’ mode. Exercise, but not in the evening close to bedtime. (Rigorous daytime exercise aids sleep.) Make sure ADHD medications aren’t keeping you up (move latest dose earlier in day if they are) Keep a notepad and pen on your nightstand to capture ideas so anxiety about what needs to be done doesn’t keep you up Limit stimulating TV shows right before bed (also, light of TV suppresses melatonin)…turn TV off completely at least 45 minutes before lights out
Consider:
Developing a short mindfulness meditation practice Listening to calming music or noises Doing a progressive muscle relaxation exercise (moving from toes to top of head, visualize relaxing one muscle at a time – eyes closed.) Visualizing a place you find relaxing. Taking 20 minutes before you start your going to bed routine to plan out the next day and lessen anxiety about it. If you take magnesium supplements, consider taking them before bed, as they can aid in sleep
*One way to determine what window is optimal for sleep is to track the quality of your sleep with an app or Fitbit over several weeks. It will likely show you a timeframe within which you get good quality sleep and the most of it. It will also likely show you the benefits of exercise for sleep if you are also tracking that. I have found this useful in learning that I sleep better if I have lights out by 10:15pm than if I turn them out after 11pm. With the former I tend to get more REM and deep sleep minutes
Falling Asleep / Staying AsleepDefinitely do:
Drink less alcohol, and not after 8pm (digests as sugar and wakes you up) Eat lighter dinners, and not after 8pm A few minutes of whatever slows your mind down (soft music, crosswords, reading a few pages – NOT online media – something non-anxiety producing and non-stimulating!) Use the power of cuddling and relaxing in your partner’s arms – touch can be a good soother. If you wake up in the middle of the night it may be a circadian rhythm issue (rather than really needing a bathroom break). Deep breathing before bed might help with this. Deep breathing when you wake up can also be helpful. In addition, one reason people can’t get back to sleep if they wake up in the middle of the night is anxiety about falling back to sleep. Instead of worrying about “oh, no, I might not be able to get back to sleep again!”, just relax into it and think, “this will pass.” Address a partner’s snoring. Ask your partner to try to lessen it (ex: sleep on side instead of back; drink less; get an evaluation for sleep apnea; use snore strips; get a formed pillow that holds the neck in a better position) and consider ear plugs, white noise machines or even moving to another room during snore fests. If you are moving your bedtime earlier, do it in increments of 10-15 minutes at a time. More than that and your body may have trouble successfully adjusting to the change. If you or your partner thinks you might have a diagnosable sleep issue, such as sleep apnea, go get a sleep evaluation. If you do have sleep apnea (which many with ADHD do have) you will find that the current machines are not only less intrusive but can make a huge difference in diminishing ADHD type symptoms and in your daily lifeConsider:
Taking 3-5 mg of Melatonin (or up to 10. Talk with your doctor on this) Limiting afternoon caffeine (definitely do this if you think it’s keeping you awake!) Managing stimulant medications so that they don’t interfere with sleep – time your latest dose in the day so it wears off before 8:30pm Avoiding afternoon naps A stress management program if the level of stress in your life is keeping you awake at nightMaking Your Body Healthier for Sleep
Definitely do:
Eat a healthy, veggie/lean protein diet with lots of fiber and probiotics to support good gut health (connected to good sleep) Lower your stress levels overall – stress hormones interrupt sleep Choose a bedtime that allows you to wake up without an alarm. If you can’t do that, you should seek an earlier bedtime. Tags: sleep, sleep apnea, stimulants, snoringOctober 19, 2023
Does Everything Hurt?
Quote of the Week“Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed and strange,
But only when everything hurts
May everything change."
- Amanda Gorman
Does Everything Hurt?Hurt can be a motivator of change. Call it ‘hitting rock bottom,’ ‘hitting the wall,’ or simply having had enough, there comes a time when you may think “I can’t do this anymore!”
What ‘this’ is varies from situation to situation. Maybe it’s too many responsibilities. Maybe it’s repetitive and angry conversations. Maybe it’s sexual intimacy with a partner who does not make you feel safe. Maybe it’s staying in your relationship at all.
While it feels hard, and the hurt is great, hitting the wall can actually be a new beginning for you and, possibly, for your relationship. An excellent example is the discovery of an affair that leads some couples to finally double down and seriously engage with fixing their issues. The basic question, as I see it, is when you hit the wall, will you choose leaving/escape or try to rebuild something new?
The first step to figuring out which it will be is, I believe, a conversation with yourself. How important is this thing that you’ve had enough of? Is it a relationship deal breaker for you, or something else? If it’s a relationship deal breaker – something you MUST have in order to stay with your partner, then it’s time for a completely honest conversation with him/her/them. “I can no longer do X. Here is what hurts. We will either need to change X radically or I will need to leave the relationship.”
If you decide that your hurt is not a deal breaker, but still really important, then work on what you yourself can change and what you need your partner’s engagement for. Once you have your own plan in place it is easier to go to a partner and also ask for radical change.
All said, pain is pain, and feeling the deep hurts that Gorman writes about is never fun. But it doesn’t always need to indicate the end of a relationship. Sometimes coming to terms with that pain can motivate substantial change.
STARTING TOMORROW:
➤ [image error] ADHD Couples Palooza Nov 10-12. FREE resource by top experts. My interview "Will this relationship ever get better?" airs Friday, November 10, 2023. Register for free There is plenty to glean from this deep dive into partnering with neurodivergent people.
Resources For those in relationships impacted by ADHD
SEMINARS, GROUPS:
ADHD Effect In-Depth Couples' Seminar - Is your relationship in trouble? My highly acclaimed 9-session Zoom seminar has helped many couples thrive in healthier, happier relationships.
Non ADHD Partner Support Group and ADHD New Habit Coaching Group - Be part of a community exploring similar issues, successes and struggles and find new, effective ways to be your best self in your relationship.
New: ADHD & Marriage Professional Training Program - an integrated team of experts dedicated to supporting the needs of couples and adults impacted by ADHD.
FREE RESOURCES:
How to Optimize Treatment for Adult ADHD;
Downloadable chapters of my books;
A community forum with other couples facing similar issues;
A large number of blog posts on various topics;
ADULT ADHD CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP. ADHDmarriage.com can literally change your life!
Question? Contact Melissa.
- Please follow us for tips and resources.
© 2023 Melissa Orlov
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