Beth Levine

As you get older, your health needs change a lot. What worked when you were in your 30s might not be enough when you hit your 60s. The best way to catch new issues is through preventive screenings — so you can deal with them before they get too far along. That gives you more options and better outcomes. And at ArchWell Health, we believe those are the best results of all.

Southern Connecticut State University Alumni Magazine Summer '23

Profile of alumni Nick Doyle, executive vice president and national sales manager of Mahalo Spirits Group, a multi-million dollar incubator that develops niche brands and seeds regional ones.

Southern Connecticut State University Alumni Magazine Winter 2024, page 30

Neil de Grasse Tyson brought together two fellow star enthusiasts: Lydia and Charles Nixon

Many of us reflexively brace for the worst, but recognizing a fear of happiness can help you change

Halloween can be tough for children with ADHD — and their parents. There is so much stimulation, unknowns, safety rules, unexpected transitions and waaayyyy too much sugar candy. How can you help your child enjoy the holiday without meltdowns or having to have the fun curtailed?

How farmer Ira Wallace became the Godmother of Southern Seeds

When you are a parent with ADHD, summer with all its unstructured time can become another hill to climb. Who is going where when? Where is your backpack? Oh, I forgot to sign your immunization form...I am supposed to plan a vacation? What?

Here are some tips to get some chill back into these hot days.

Being a friend to someone with ADHD can be difficult. They may often be late or talk too much. They don’t listen to you; they flake off. How do you strike that happy balance of supporting a struggling friend without having your own needs trampled on? If you care about someone with ADHD, you can help them be the best version of themselves while also establishing boundaries for yourself. Here are some tips for connecting with your ADHD friend.

Making new friends as an adult with ADHD can be a tricky proposition. You may be chronically late, talk too much, overshare, interrupt, forget important details, or completely hijack conversations. Here are ways for you to break the ice and reach out in a comfortable way.

Let’s say things have been going great at school for your ADHD child. They are making progress, learning coping techniques, thriving in a structured environment and have a strong support team. Then summer hits and that structure and additional help falls away. Come September, they may have to relearn some skills. Here's how to help your child keeps current with their progress.

HEN ROGER NICHOLAS (“NICK”) DOYLE, ’90, was driving a Budweiser truck as his side
gig during his years at Southern, little did he know that he was steering into his future in the alcohol. He was eventually hired by the Gallo Winery. Today Doyle is the executive vice president and national sales manager of Mahalo Spirits Group, a multi-millionaire incubator that develops its own niche brands and seeds regional brands that have some traction in the marketplace.

We are all coping with a lot of stress: the pandemic, the economy, climate change, jobs that expect you to respond at all times, unstable employment, the 24-hour news cycles. And that’s just for starters. People with ADHD, however, live with an even heightened level of stress. Researchers who study stress in people with ADHD have even noted higher levels of cortisol, a hormone released when a person feels stressed, than in people who don’t have ADHD. In fact, just thinking about the things that stressed them increased the amount of cortisol present in their bodies.

Any parent of a teen who is approaching driving age feels some anxiety. If your teen also has ADHD, you need to make doubly sure that they are fully prepared for the experience.

When Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the Oscars last month, Asian Americans rejoiced in finally being seen in their total humanity. But there is another group with geographical, temporal and psychical dissonances that is celebrating being represented realistically — if also metaphorically — in the movie: the ADHD community.

According to a World Psychiatry study, only 25% of adult ADHD cases are diagnosed in childhood. Men are four times more likely to be diagnosed than women, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that men are more apt to have it. Women may be almost equal in numbers, but they just haven’t been diagnosed or have been misdiagnosed. Of that 25% diagnosed as adults, 5% of the women typically aren’t diagnosed until their 30s and are far less likely than men to get professional help.