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

Hey everyone I'm Susan Kaufman I'm here for Attitude magazine and you're listening to Attitudes ADHD experts.

Our topic today is survival strategies for moms of ADHD and our speaker is

Ellen Littman PhD. Dr Littman will be giving us strategies for stopping the blame and

guilt that so many ADHD moms live with as well as in response to your

questions providing tips to help you survive and even thrive with this

adult disorder. Dr. Lippman is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist.

She's worked in a field of attention disorders for almost 30 years.

She specializes in identifying and treating complex presentations of ADHD with specific expertise in issues affecting women and girls,

which as many of you know can be quite different from those affecting men.

Dr. Livingston's the author or co-author of numerous books including Understanding Girls with ADHD,

understanding women with ADHD, gender differences in ADHD and many others.

Please visit her website Dr. Ellen litman, L LIT-T-M-A-N- dot com for more information.

Thank you so much for joining us today, Dr. Littman.

There's a huge number of women out there looking forward to hearing from you,

and we're so grateful for your time.

I'm really happy to be here and I want to give as much information as I can.

The first thing that I want to talk about is just letting you know that being a mom is challenging for every woman and I don't think there are any exceptions to that.

And it is even more difficult if you're a mom with ADHD. As my

friend sari Solden has said this is really the job from hell in that everything

that you need to do in terms of organizing and prioritizing and time

management and balancing organizing and

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