Cierra Geisbrecht saw her own childhood in a new way after her daughter was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Two years ago, her daughter was going into Grade 1, and exhibiting behaviours that verged on extreme, including outbursts of anger.

When her daughter was diagnosed with ADHD, it was the starting point for her mother to see parallels with her own life as a kid, and into adulthood, becoming overstimulated or angry or compulsively spending money. That led to her…