How Self-Portraits Brought My Messy, Honest, Beautiful Self into Focus

You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass. So do your best to breathe when negativity surrounds you today.

Embrace who you are, and revel in it.Sometimes we try to show the world we’re flawless in hopes that we will be liked and accepted by everyone. But we can’t please everyone and we shouldn’t try. Take this to heart.

“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast—you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” ~Eddie Cantor

Important note: This article discusses suicide and mental health. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call or text 988 in the U.S. to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also use these resources to get help right away.Many people today struggle with thoughts of taking their own lives.

Every relationship has its ups and downs. In the beginning of a relationship, it often feels effortless to be close and share excitement with your partner. Over time, life gets in the way.

“Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is to ask for help.” ~Unknown

Puberty is a hurricane of emotional, physical, behavioral, and social changes — and ADHD is the undercurrent that fuels its strength and intensity.Already prone to impulsivity and intense emotional reactions, teens with ADHD experience higher highs and lower lows while their brains continue to develop in puberty. Hormonal changes in boys and girls, we now know, can significantly alter ADHD symptoms and responses to treatment, creating a perfect storm that demands specialized understanding and support.Puberty is powered by a complex interplay of biological and environmental factors.Major Hormonal Changes: Hormonal pathways activate the production of estrogen and progesterone in females, and testosterone in males.

Successful people love to help beginners. They have an incredible work ethic and rarely complain. As a result, others naturally look up to them and want to follow in their footsteps.But here’s the truth: there’s no success without sacrifice.

Not available November 20? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Many children with ADHD endure misunderstanding, criticism, or unfair treatment from family members, teachers, siblings, and/or peers who don’t fully grasp the roots of their behaviors.

October 22, 2025Stephen Faraone, Ph.D., author, researcher, and architect of The ADHD Evidence Project, whose mission is to evaluate and translate the latest scientific findings about ADHD, is setting the tone for how ADHD is understood and treated worldwide. Here, Faraone shares the insights, discoveries, and challenges most likely to impact ADHD care in the coming years.For decades, we thought that genes played a central role in causing ADHD because ADHD runs in families.

Earlier today, I was sitting on a neighborhood park bench eating a sandwich when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the radio. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, and opened the door for the woman.

In the end, more than anything else, we regret the little things we wish we’d done differently.“If only…” Those two words paired together create one of the saddest phrases in the English language.Here are ten choices in life that ultimately lead to that phrase of regret, and how to avoid them on the average day:If the face you always show the world is a mask, someday there will be nothing beneath it. Because when you spend too much time focusing on everyone else’s perception of you, or who everyone else wants you to be, you eventually forget who you really are. So don’t fear the judgments of others; you know in your heart who you are and what’s true to you.

“I was constantly seeking a balance between mourning what’s already been lost, making space for the time and moments we still had left, and making sense of this complicated process that felt like my heart was split between two contrasting realities: hope and heartbreak.” ~Liz Newman

Hypermobility is a condition in which the joints have an unusually large range of motion. Curiously, studies have shown that neurodivergent individuals are more likely to experience hypermobility than the general population.1 What’s more, hypermobility may be a common thread binding neurodivergence to a range of physical health problems.“Joint hypermobility is actually a red herring,” said Jessica Eccles, Ph.D., a researcher at the Department of Neuroscience at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, in an ADDitude webinar. “It is the product of a difference in the cling film in our body — the connective tissue, which is everywhere — which means that joints can move further than they normally should.”Hypermobility doesn’t cause problems for most people.

As an autistic woman with ADHD, the horrific recent narratives around autism have left me bereft. I am exhausted, terrified, overstimulated, and vulnerable. My justice sensitivity is through the roof, and I feel uncertain and unsafe.When my passion is ignited and my emotions are triggered, writing is my tried-and-true release.

October 20, 2025Autism diagnosed in early childhood is genetically distinct from autism diagnosed after age 10, according to a new study that identified two unique genetic profiles in early- and later-diagnosed autistic individuals. The study, published in Nature, found that later-diagnosed autism had a more significant genetic correlation to ADHD, as well as mental health conditions including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

“Finally, I realized that I was never asking too much. I was just asking the wrong person.” ~ Unknown

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie DillardAre you willing to spend a little time every day like most people won’t, so you can spend the better part of your life like most people can’t?Think about that question for a moment. Let it sink in.

Thanksgiving will soon be here and although many mainly focus on family there are also friends that are very important.Plenty of people celebrate Friendsgiving these days to show appreciation and love for the people who choose to be in our lives, the ones that are there on tough days to listen and make us laugh and sometimes maybe understand us better than family would.So in today’s post I want to share 85 of the most positive, meaningful and funny Thanksgiving quotes for friends.Use them to express your gratitude, to share a couple of laughs together and to have a happy and fun holiday.“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson“The capacity for friendship is God’s way of apologizing for our families.” – Jay McInerney“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” – Maya Angelou“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” – Dalai Lama“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” – William Blake“I am happy because I’m grateful.