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ADHD Experts Podcast

274- "My Partner Has ADHD?!" 5 Strategies for Living Happily After a Diagnosis

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

An ADHD diagnosis can explain, finally, all those struggles over household chores and daily misunderstandings. Melissa Orlov elucidates why there's so much frustration and anger, and offers communication strategies that can tame it.

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Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

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Hey everyone good afternoon. It's Susan Kaufman. I'm here with Attitude magazine's ADHD experts webinar broadcast. This week we are so pleased to welcome guest speaker Melissa Orloff,

0:26.1

the founder of ADHD marriage.com and one of the foremost experts in the country on the topic of how

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ADHD affects relationships.

0:33.7

Melissa will be talking about the impact of attention deficit disorder on relationships

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and how to develop strategies to make peace with your partner's diagnosis,

0:43.8

communicate better, more clearly, and you now realize that your partner is more than a diagnosis

0:49.2

or a set of symptoms.

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Melissa is not only the founder of ADHD marriage.com but she's also the author of two

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award-winning books on the impact of ADHD on relationships. One is called the

1:01.0

ADHD effect on marriage from that's from 2010, and then more recently the

1:05.1

Couples Guide to Thriving with ADHD.

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I recommend both of those books if you're interested in this topic. She is a marriage consultant who helps ADHD affected couples

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around the world to rebalance their relationships and thrive and through seminars

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consulting in her books and she also teaches marriage counselors

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and other professionals how to, about effective marriage

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therapy for couples with affected by ADHD.

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Melissa Orloff is a graduate of Harvard College and we are very very

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happy to have her today. Thank you again for joining us today. I also would like to thank the sponsor of today's webinar and it is Niba Health.

1:47.0

Niba Health's brain booster dietary supplement is packed with great tasting optimal ratios of omega-3 patiasses to

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support brain health in both kids and adults. So for more information please

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visit NEBA Health.com to learn more. We are always grateful to our sponsors. They have no impact on our

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