When I became a mother, in addition to juggling my professional life is when I really began to feel overwhelmed. On the outside it appeared I had it all. I had a wonderful husband, a beautiful family and a fulfilling career in the medical field. On the inside I was the complete opposite! I was so overwhelmed and exhausted as prior strategies I had put in place for I were no longer working. I knew something just wasn’t right but, I just couldn’t put my finger on it. If I was living the American dream, why wasn’t I happy and feeling fulfilled? I could see that what seemed to be easy for other women, like simple everyday tasks and social behaviors; such as time management, goal-setting, problem-solving and simple organization were becoming problematic.

I was determined to understand why everything was so much harder for I than it should be. As my kids grew older and began their own struggles, I felt as though everyday, I was putting out fires everywhere and triaging household chaos. Something had to give, so I decided to go back to school in my quest to try to understand the challenges we were facing as a family.

I consulted numerous experts on both the medical side and the psychological side, including therapists and teachers. I exhaustively and thoroughly began researching every aspect of this new life hurdle we were experiencing in order to try to fully understand it, so we, as a family, could address it head-on. It was during this journey, that I received my ADHD diagnosis which was my “Aha” moment at tender age 49! So, Now what?