by Harper West | Feb 27, 2026 | ADHD
This thorough article on Psyche on How to Reclaim Your Attention is for those who struggle with distractibility, poor focus and low productivity. As someone who began my adult life with manual typewriters and landline phones, I’ve watched the digital age be born...
by Harper West | Jan 19, 2021 | ADHD, Parenting, Trauma
I’m sharing this fascinating article on a study about the impact of a father’s trauma history on a child’s mental health. “New research from Romania has demonstrated a clear correlation between adverse childhood experiences in fathers’ lives...
by Harper West | Aug 25, 2018 | ADHD, Self-Acceptance
I have had several requests lately for information on how Self-Acceptance Psychology reframes emotional and behavioral problems. Rather than using the false “disease model” of “mental disorders” advocated for decades by psychiatrists and the...
by Harper West | Oct 27, 2017 | ADHD
“The wildest colts make the best horses.” — Themistocles (524?-460? BC) Children only act out from a place of stress, anxiety and fear. When a child is hyperactive, easily distracted, lacks focus, is disobedient or enraged, these are signals that he feels unsafe. He...
by Harper West | Jun 6, 2017 | ADHD
I just spent the last therapy session educating a parent that ADHD is not a disease, medical illness or brain defect. And then this article headlined Researchers Reveal Misconceptions About ADHD showed up in my inbox confirming all of what I had told her. In addition...
by Harper West | Sep 27, 2016 | ADHD, Parenting
I am once again sharing an article by Hather Forbes, who is one of my favorite parenting experts. Her “love-based” parenting directly addresses the fear (“fight-or-flight”) responses that so many traumatized kids experience. This perfectly...
