From Distraction - is Archive: Back 8 week Real Solutions for MenWith Adult ADD/ADHD8-Week Online CourseInstructor: Don Baker, MA, LMHC This course is now underwayRegistration Open Through 8 November, 2016This is the last time this course will be offered at TPI University What's Going On?.
Archive: Back From Distraction - 8 week Real Solutions for MenWith Adult ADD/ADHD8-Week Online CourseInstructor: Don Baker, MA, LMHC This course is now underwayRegistration Open Through 8 November, 2016This is the last time this course will be offered at TPI University What's Going On?
you is Have ever sensed there’s something special about you – a difference that is unique, creative, and powerful – yet you’ve never identified what it is or known how to deliberately access it?.
Have you ever sensed there’s something special about you – a difference that is unique, creative, and powerful – yet you’ve never identified what it is or known how to deliberately access it?
This special quality of yours, is this difference, appears and dazzles others (including you at times!) in short bursts..
This special quality of yours, this difference, appears and dazzles others (including you at times!) in short bursts.
Truth is is, it’s nearly impossible to slow your brain down long enough to reflect..
Truth is, it’s nearly impossible to slow your brain down long enough to reflect.
something, is Somehow some thought, some feeling, distracts you from following the thread..
Somehow something, some thought, some feeling, distracts you from following the thread.
it is What if were possible to slow your brain down long enough to focus on this difference / quality of yours, to own it, leverage it, and begin to gain traction using and growing it?.
What if it were possible to slow your brain down long enough to focus on this difference / quality of yours, to own it, leverage it, and begin to gain traction using and growing it?
a way Back From Distraction? is What if there was.
What if there was a way Back From Distraction?
This is Is You?.
Is This You?
You is have brilliant ideas..
You have brilliant ideas.
You is intuitively understand complex concepts..
You intuitively understand complex concepts.
You is easily make connections others don’t..
You easily make connections others don’t.
You is get laid off, fired from jobs?.
You get laid off, fired from jobs?
You is suffer from aptitudinal underachievement (perhaps academically or by not reaching “potential” in other arenas). You’re irritable, impatient, inconsistent, and impulsive..
You suffer from aptitudinal underachievement (perhaps academically or by not reaching “potential” in other arenas). You’re irritable, impatient, inconsistent, and impulsive.
You is have diminished tolerance for boredom..
You have diminished tolerance for boredom.
Your relationships is just don’t last..
Your relationships just don’t last.
You is feel misunderstood..
You feel misunderstood.
You is require last-minute cramming on things that don’t get done without the pressure of a deadline..
You require last-minute cramming on things that don’t get done without the pressure of a deadline.
You is feel demoralized and often anxious..
You feel demoralized and often anxious.
You is have trouble focusing on something boring..
You have trouble focusing on something boring.
You is find yourself avoiding, even self-isolating..
You find yourself avoiding, even self-isolating.
You’re is ashamed..
You’re ashamed.
Your traits is subside when something is interesting..
Your traits subside when something is interesting.
a short ADD test online Back From Distraction (BFD) With BFD, is Take you become a “technologist” – traditionally defined as a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems..
Take a short ADD test online Back From Distraction (BFD) With BFD, you become a “technologist” – traditionally defined as a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
your lack of understanding is Consider this: of your unique brain wiring has been a large chunk of what’s been in the way, of why you may not be moving forward at the pace you’d imagined..
Consider this: your lack of understanding of your unique brain wiring has been a large chunk of what’s been in the way, of why you may not be moving forward at the pace you’d imagined.
you is Or why aren’t living the life you’d imagined..
Or why you aren’t living the life you’d imagined.
The key is is becoming acutely aware of the facets of your “brand,” the way your brain is wired..
The key is becoming acutely aware of the facets of your “brand,” the way your brain is wired.
Neurodiversity is is a relatively new concept that accounts for how different people process information differently..
Neurodiversity is a relatively new concept that accounts for how different people process information differently.
neurodiversity is Increasingly, is seen as important to the heath of the human race like biodiversity is to the health of an ecosystem..
Increasingly, neurodiversity is seen as important to the heath of the human race like biodiversity is to the health of an ecosystem.
Distractibility is often has its roots in biology..
Distractibility often has its roots in biology.
neuro-imaging is For example, is now providing clear data on specific parts of the brain impacted by particular neurotransmitter deficiencies..
For example, neuro-imaging is now providing clear data on specific parts of the brain impacted by particular neurotransmitter deficiencies.
Your "Brand" As is Maximizing a technologist of your own “brand” you will learn: How to best “feed”, “nourish” , and optimize your gray matter..
Maximizing Your "Brand" As a technologist of your own “brand” you will learn: How to best “feed”, “nourish” , and optimize your gray matter.
a better connoisseur of is How to become your focus and attention..
How to become a better connoisseur of your focus and attention.
biology is How enhances, even activates intention/ attention..
How biology enhances, even activates intention/ attention.
your brand, is By learning to identify and fully live you will walk the planet with confidence and give your unique gift to the world..
By learning to identify and fully live your brand, you will walk the planet with confidence and give your unique gift to the world.
this eight-week journey. is Join me on.
Join me on this eight-week journey.
I is guarantee the material in BFD will move you toward change..
I guarantee the material in BFD will move you toward change.
you’ll is Accept that be distracted along the way, but trust that you'll get better at managing it..
Accept that you’ll be distracted along the way, but trust that you'll get better at managing it.
I’ve is watched my clients gather relevant skills and strategies over the years that have positively impacted their regulation of attention and focus, decreased their distractibility, and allowed them more consistent access to what’s always been true about themselves..
I’ve watched my clients gather relevant skills and strategies over the years that have positively impacted their regulation of attention and focus, decreased their distractibility, and allowed them more consistent access to what’s always been true about themselves.
you is Are feeling apprehensive about all of this?.
Are you feeling apprehensive about all of this?
I is get it..
I get it.
a little rhetoric is Maybe there’s going on in your head like “I’ve tried this kind of stuff before, and it didn’t work.” Predicting failure before you start? Been there and done that. You don’t have to do this alone..
Maybe there’s a little rhetoric going on in your head like “I’ve tried this kind of stuff before, and it didn’t work.” Predicting failure before you start? Been there and done that. You don’t have to do this alone.
We’ll is work diligently to support each other..
We’ll work diligently to support each other.
Isolation is is discouraged..
Isolation is discouraged.
Connection is with the group is encouraged..
Connection with the group is encouraged.
the wisdom and brilliance of is Leveraging your tribe-mates is one of the best strategies you can use in the BFD process..
Leveraging the wisdom and brilliance of your tribe-mates is one of the best strategies you can use in the BFD process.
This time is we’ll actively build a team to help you navigate your way back from distraction..
This time we’ll actively build a team to help you navigate your way back from distraction.
a BFD Team is Imagine with the motto flashing in the distance: “We’ll pull each other through this.” No man left behind. Even if historically you’ve experienced a strong start but poor finish, this time, I want you to commit to starting, staying, and completing the BFD course..
Imagine a BFD Team with the motto flashing in the distance: “We’ll pull each other through this.” No man left behind. Even if historically you’ve experienced a strong start but poor finish, this time, I want you to commit to starting, staying, and completing the BFD course.
I is assure you it’ll be worth it..
I assure you it’ll be worth it.
you is And won’t be going it alone..
And you won’t be going it alone.
Lesson 1: is Understanding ADD/ADHD in AdultsLesson 2: Remembering to Remember the Big PictureLesson 3: What’s Under the Hood?.
Lesson 1: Understanding ADD/ADHD in AdultsLesson 2: Remembering to Remember the Big PictureLesson 3: What’s Under the Hood?
Your Unique Brain WiringLesson 4: is Making Connections Between Brain and BehaviorLesson 5: Self-Control: How to Get What You WantLesson 6: The Six Styles of Processing for LearningLesson 7: Becoming a Connoisseur of Your Attention and FocusLesson 8: Putting It All Together and Putting It to Good Use Instructor.
Your Unique Brain WiringLesson 4: Making Connections Between Brain and BehaviorLesson 5: Self-Control: How to Get What You WantLesson 6: The Six Styles of Processing for LearningLesson 7: Becoming a Connoisseur of Your Attention and FocusLesson 8: Putting It All Together and Putting It to Good Use Instructor
Don Baker, is MA, LMHC has been a leader in the Seattle ADHD community for over 15 years..
Don Baker, MA, LMHC has been a leader in the Seattle ADHD community for over 15 years.
He is is an inspiring and passionate speaker with an expertise in ADHD..
He is an inspiring and passionate speaker with an expertise in ADHD.
Don is has a unique way of making the difficult understandable and offers practical guidance, clear strategies and a unique optimistic perspective based on a wealth of personal and professional experience and education..
Don has a unique way of making the difficult understandable and offers practical guidance, clear strategies and a unique optimistic perspective based on a wealth of personal and professional experience and education.
Don is has created a series of Groups and Workshops called Life Strategies for Adults Living ADHD and for Couples where one or both live with the diagnosis..
Don has created a series of Groups and Workshops called Life Strategies for Adults Living ADHD and for Couples where one or both live with the diagnosis.
He is lives and practices in the Greater Seattle Area..
He lives and practices in the Greater Seattle Area.