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ADDictions...The Link Between AD/HD and Self-Destructive Behaviors

presented by Lyn Purpura, CEC

What People Will Learn

  • Have you spent good portions of your life unsuccessfully trying to control your eating, drinking, or drug use? Do you struggle to manage overspending, gambling, excessive Internet use, or your sexual behavior?
  • Is it hard for you to focus your attention? Are you easily bored? Do you have problems organizing your life? Do you have a body or brain that's always on the go?

Undiagnosed or untreated AD/HD may be contributing to your overindulging or addiction.

  • When you feel out–of–control or, stressed do you turn to food, cigarettes, alcohol, shopping to calm or reward yourself?
  • Do you thrive on stimulation? Do you find that drugs, gambling or risk-taking offers some relief from that inner restlessness?
  • Do you struggle with a feeling of unease? Do you often feel anxious? Does alcohol or marijuana calm the internal noise?
  • Does cocaine, caffeine or nicotine help you to focus?

Drs. Hallowell and Ratey write in their book Driven to Distraction that "Substance abuse...is one of the many masks that ADD wears."

Is it AD/HD, addiction, or both?

Join us to learn more about the predisposition to addictions in those with undiagnosed and/or untreated AD/HD.

Lyn Purpura

Lyn Purpura, Certified Empowerment AD/HD Coach, brings to bear both impressive credentials and life experiences that uniquely qualify her as an inspiring, first rate Empowerment AD/HD Coach. Lyn has trained with iPEC Coaching, a leader in the field of coach training and the only program in the world that certifies people in the remarkable and life altering Core Energy Coaching process. Her success as a coach is based on raising people's consciousness and challenging them to create and experience the life of their choosing.

As a certified Empowerment Coach, Lyn works with individuals and groups who want to make meaningful changes in their lives. Her goal is to help empower clients to be mindful and motivated to make conscious choices by encouraging them to ask "what if" questions; to help find the confidence in their own ability to take action on what they already know; to get in touch with their own inner wisdom and discover their answers; to take charge of the direction and quality of their life.

Lyn's experience includes coaching in many areas of life, including adolescents, parenting, women in transition and adult ADD. She is a certified parenting coach with Coach-Parenting and has coached parents on various issues - including AD/HD. Lyn is a member of ICF (the International Coach Federation); member of ADDA (Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Association); member of ACO (ADHD Coaches Organization); and member of CHADD (Children and Adults with ADD).

In addition to her training and experience, Lyn regularly writes articles, holds teleclasses, speaks to groups, and gives workshops. Her training and experience, grounded by her spiritual perspective, gives her clients a unique vision with which to nurture new and empowering choices.







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