On being spacey. Actually, ADHD.
The world looks very different from my little asteroid.
As a little girl, looking to the stars and dreaming of being an astronaut, I imagined myself seated on an asteroid, watching the world from there. A shelter from the world, to which no one had access but me. Sitting on…
Discovering ADHD Magic
Her image filled me; little me at age eight, clinging tightly to the railing from the outer side of the footbridge, high above the road.
My eyes focused on the screen again, blinding in its whiteness.
My little self moved her right leg, and nearly missed her next step by…
How I stopped fighting ADHD and began to love it
“ADHD fantasy?” said the man, “I don’t think that’s an Amazon category.”
Well. Fitting existing categories has never been my super-power.
“Why can’t you be like everyone else just for once!”
“But what’s the point of being me, if I’m just like everyone else?”
This snippet from my book makes…
ADHD AWARENESS MONTH
Thinking. I think
ADHD Awareness Month
Running against the wind
I’m a philosopher. I mean author. Homeschooling mom.
To enter my mind, you need to cross the barriers. All of them. But you just asked the question, and the alarm still sounds in my mind; all openings sealed, and I’m trapped inside.
You smile. We just met. You’ve no idea…
An ADHD-indie author’s journey: A real-life ADHD Fantasy, chapter two
A new author’s quest to unravel the secrets of success
My ventures into the Indie world, writing ADHD fantasy while living ADHD reality, are told here through the fictional Ondine Spark, whose name is a literal translation of my own, Hebrew one.
A true story of determination (some would say, stubbornness), self-belief (sometimes called delusions), and success. …
An ADHD-indie author’s journey: A real-life ADHD fantasy, chapter one
A new author’s quest to unravel the secrets of success
My ventures into the Indie world, writing ADHD fantasy while living ADHD reality, are told here through the fictional Ondine Spark, whose name is a literal translation of my own, Hebrew one.
A true story of determination (some would say, stubbornness), self-belief (sometimes called delusions), and success. …
Staying productive — and sane — working from home
I am writing this post seated at my desk, which is the family’s living-room table, with eight more family members going around their business nearby. Four of them make all sorts of human fuss; two more bark, and the remaining two…
New year’s resolutions? I have a better idea
Finally, the break of a new year, which always smells of a fresh start. Even in the midst of a pandemic. This is probably why the concept of a “new year’s resolution” is so popular. Also, why it often doesn’t work.
Adva Shaviv, PhD
Philosophy PhD ☆ Everything ADHD ☆ Homeschooling mom of three ☆ ADHD fantasy author: https://added.kessem.com
