Queen of Distraction by Solden, Sari -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction What the Heck Is ADHD, Anyway?

The Nuts and Bolts of ADHD Introducing the ADHD Subtype Trio Is ADHD a Disease, a Condition, or a New Cable Channel?

My Life Is Buried Under One of These Piles

What Does My Brain Have to Do with My Messy House? What Emotional Buttons Does Clutter Push? 911 for Mess Distress! Use the Wisdom of the Body to Help You Prioritize The Launching Pad and Survival Kit Plan to Succeed There’s a Reason It’s Called Paperwork And There’s a Reason It’s Called Housework Is Clutter Really So Bad?

Newsflash! Woman Has Meltdown in Frozen Foods Aisle!

Meal Prep: The Latest in Extreme Sports The Grand Finale: Cleanup Entertaining: Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You Tips for Surviving Kitchen Duty Food Storage Tips Whiz-Bang Cooking Tips for Cleanup Tips for Entertaining

Tick-Tock…Trouble!

Running, Running, I’m So Tired of Running…Late When Your “Working” Memory Isn’t Working What Results from These Cognitive Challenges? Taking the “Sting” Out of Time Management Practice Planning and Prioritizing Flipping the “Off” Switch on Procrastination It’s Time to Be on Time Outta Sight, Outta My Mind! Visual Cues as Memory Joggers Managing Your Relationship with Time from the Inside Out Deeper Solutions to Procrastination

Clothing Loathing

Clothing: The “X Files” for Women with ADHD Dressing for Success Getting in the Shopping Groove Beating the Laundry Blues

When Mommy Has ADHD

Do as I Say, Not as I Do Making Life Easier: There Is Hope! If Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy

Stop…in the Name of Love

Stage 1: Getting to Know You Stage 2: Getting Serious Stage 3: The Honeymoon Is Over Stage 4: Mature Love Stage 1 Solutions: Getting to Know You Stage 2 Solutions: Getting Serious Stage 3 Solutions: The Honeymoon Is Over Stage 4 Solutions: Mature Love

So I’m Sensitive. Sue Me!

NOISE! The Skin You’re In In the Eye of the Beholder Scent-sitivity Empathy, Sympathy, and Overreactivity Supports for the Sensory Sensitive Soul How to Turn Your Sensual Sensitivity into a Win-Win Put on Your Rose-Colored Glasses The Sweet Smell of Success So I Cry at Movies—Big Deal! Overall Solutions for Hypersensitivities

Hormonal Humps, Bumps, and Flashes

Puberty Ain’t Always Purty PMS: Pretty Miserable State Stretch Marks on the Brain: Pregnancy and Childbirth Perimenopause, Be Gone! She’s Homicidal, Weepy, and Sweaty: Don’t Mess with Her You Are More than Your Hormones! Support for Tweens ‘n’ Teens PMS: Potentially Manageable Symptoms! Pregnancy and Childbirth Perimenopause: Creeping Toward “The Change” Menopause: You Can Switch from “Pause” to “Play”

Working Hard at Working

The Usual Suspects: ADHD Symptoms and Work Playing Career “Twister” Whom Do You Tell? The Art of Disclosure To Be…or Not to Be…an Entrepreneur Just Keep Swimming… No Longer a Slave to Time! Spinning the Career Bottle Tap Your Resources Tell the Half-Truth and Nothing but the Half-Truth, so Help Me, God If I Were Queen…

Putting the Jigsaw Together

Terry’s Notes Overcommitment = Over the Cliff The Secret to Avoiding Overcommitment Smart Foods Balancing Your Zip with Your Z-z-z-z-z Sweet Dreams Get Support Taking Your Internal Temperature

References