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Mindfulness And Self-Compassion: Living With ADHD
With Mark BertinManaging ADHD well asks a lot of people, whether it's staying on top of medications, building healthier habits, or keeping up with therapy. Plans and aspirations far too easily fall apart when someone is exhausted, stressed, and buried in self-blame. Mindfulness and self-compassion aren't add-ons to ADHD care; they're a foundation. That is because until someone truly understands how ADHD has been shaping their life and can meet that experience with kindness, practical strategies are difficult to understand and to integrate. When people feel steadier, less reactive, and less tangled in shame, they're in a completely different position to follow through on all the rest that ADHD requires of them. This class covers the full picture of evidence-based ADHD care, built on the understanding that nothing works as well without a compassionate, clear-sighted view of ADHD - and yourself.
Build from the ground up: emotional regulation and self-compassion support every part of ADHD care.
About this course
Managing ADHD well asks a lot of people, whether it's staying on top of medications, building healthier habits, or keeping up with therapy. Plans and aspirations far too easily fall apart when someone is exhausted, stressed, and buried in self-blame. Mindfulness and self-compassion aren't add-ons to ADHD care; they're a foundation. That is because until someone truly understands how ADHD has been shaping their life and can meet that experience with kindness, practical strategies are difficult to understand and to integrate. When people feel steadier, less reactive, and less tangled in shame, they're in a completely different position to follow through on all the rest that ADHD requires of them. This class covers the full picture of evidence-based ADHD care, built on the understanding that nothing works as well without a compassionate, clear-sighted view of ADHD - and yourself.
Meet your Teacher
Mark Bertin is a developmental pediatrician, speaker, and author, and one of the first healthcare providers to introduce mindfulness into ADHD care. His books integrate mindfulness into evidence-based pediatric interventions, including How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD, and Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD. He has served on advisory boards for Apsard, the professional ADHD group, Common Sense Media, Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, Reach Out and Read, and Understood.org. For more information, please visit www.developmentaldoctor.com.