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Here are some little and BIG thoughts ï have during this life on Earth. I spend so much time analyzing stuff, why not share my conclusions with you?... it’s anything from culture to spirituality to random rambbles. But everything is tight up with LOVE 💘 you can check my visual world on instagram @trust.the.waves
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Adult ADHD and Depression can be sucktastic! Let's have a laugh or two while we work to get on the other end of our unique skull spaghetti. Nominated for best male host in the 2024 Podcasters Peoples Choice Awards, and currently a top 2% global podcast! Subscribe to the ADHD Big Brother podcast if you want short, entertaining episodes, delivered weekly, that will nudge you forward on managing those adult ADHD symptoms. Some of the biggest complaints include: I have no motivation to do boring ...
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157 - Sleep Routine Ideas For The ADHD Adult
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Today you get to experience the power of leveraging a community. This week I asked the ADHD Big Brother Community to share their sleep routines, and the results were awesome! Lots of insights and great ideas! Mentioned in this episode - the ASMR story used by one of the members Come join the ADHD Big Brother Community! Click here to join now The Fr…
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156 - Organizing with an ADHD Brain - with Megs Crawford
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One of THE coolest people out there, Megs Crawford, was so kind to be on the podcast and share some organizing assistance for us ADHDers. Please have a listen because she shares some amazing nuggets from her expertise as a professional organizer, and helps me get myself organized! Definitely check out all that Megs has to offer: Her webiste: Mindfu…
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155 - ADHD and Falling Back To Square One
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Any time there's a transition in my life, from depression, to jobs, to break ups, to kids on summer break, to kids back to school...I always have this feeling that I'm back at square one. Today I'm talking about a way that I deal with "square one" The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch a…
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154 - Time and The Curse of Wiggle Room
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Time is a tricky little bugger! Especially when we are vague about it. Let's learn a way to get on the other end of "wiggle room." The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to g…
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153 - ADHD Success Club With Dana Rayburn
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I got to talk with Dana Rayburn! She's the host of the popular podcast "Kick Some ADHD" and she's a super successful ADHD coach and an all around amazing human being! Here are her links! Kick some ADHD Podcast on Apple Podcasts Kick Some ADHD Podcast on Spotify Interested in learning more about her amazing ADHD Success Club? Here's the link to lear…
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152 - Why We MUST Externalize Time
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If you have done your deep dive on ADHD, then you know that time blindness is a serious issue for us adults with ADHD. Today we are going to talk about the importance of externalizing time and I'll share my method for doing so. I'm curious, how do you externalize time for yourself? Let me know! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty T…
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151 - Tessa Gordon, MA, LMFT, RYT Talks Eating Disorders
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I got to meet one of the smartest, most fun people to talk to and she educated the heck out of me on eating disorders. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. Links mentioned in episode: www.tessagordontherapy.com ASDAH Project Heal Academy of Eating Disorders ABOUT TESSA: Tessa Gordon, MA, LMFT, RYT, is a Licensed Marria…
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150 - How To Get The Chaos Out Of Our ADHD Head
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Inside our skull spaghetti is more often than not a nonstop tsunami of chaos, and trying to figure out how to get it out in the most effective way possible is a huge pain in the ass. I'm here to help. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Esse…
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149 - ADHD and Anxiety with Dr. Sandra Ostroff
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ADHD always comes with a side dish. Mine is depression. Dr. Sandra's is anxiety, and she and I had a wonderful conversation about anxiety, some strategies that can work for it, and we even got to learn about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Great conversation! Dr. Sandra is a licensed psychologist, anxiety special…
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148 - Surviving The To-Do List BACKLOG!
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How many of you are so overwhelmed by to do lists because they seem to grow faster than you can tick items off of it? Let's talk about that today! Quick summary: 1) Put everything in one place 2) Organize it/Categorize it 3) Prioritize it 4) Schedule it 5) Put it in a container of time for your sanity 6) Use your ADHD tools and strategies to chip a…
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147 - Dr. Shane Calhoun AMAZING Convo on Dopamine, Serotonin, ADHD, and Depression!
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I was so fortunate to be educated by the great Dr. Shane Calhoun of Calhoun Counseling Services. He explains the neurochemicals better than I've ever heard and he simplifies it perfectly for my skull spaghetti. Dr. Shane Calhoun is a Clinical Health Psychologist who specializes in Adult ADHD. He has several masters degrees and graduated with his do…
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146 - What Exactly Is The Strength Based Approach To ADHD
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Mentioned in this episode was the Kolbe A Index, which you can find on their main website. Here's the link where you can learn more about it: https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-a-index The free webinar will be June 29,2024. Link below: The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it ou…
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145 - Another ADHD Comorbidity You Never Heard Of
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Ever heard of PVRAD? That's on the docket today! I have a raging case of this disorder and the outbreaks are sucktastical! But I have some ideas! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered sp…
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144 - How ADHDers Can Do Big Productive Things
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I mentioned a few things in here today, so I figure I'll do some linking. The books I mentioned, which you can search for are: "The Happiness Trap" by Russ Harris, and "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before" by Dr. Julie Smith. Also here is the link to the talk on Insight Timer app for "Strategies for Ruminators" The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD…
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143 - A Fix For Being Overwhelmed With Choices
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I appreciate it so much when you guys send me emails. And I was recently inspired by a listener who shared something she would do as a single mother when trying to keep the home relatively clean. The checklist she mentioned: 1. Go through every room and only throw away any garbage you see. 2. Do The same with recyclables and put in bag. 3. Go throu…
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142 - Creating The Almighty "System"
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Do you ever think how things would be so much better if you just had a "system" in place...for whatever things are frustrating you? Well, let's talk about these systems! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes…
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141 - Transitioning In and Out of Stuff is Frustrating!
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I have some ideas on handling that ADHD hurdle of transitions. This is what works for me...sometimes...what works for you? The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifically to get you p…
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If you go to therapy, you still gotta do the work. If you hire a coach, you have to do the work. You purchase a course - do the work. Read a self improvement book? Did you do the work? Why is the work so hard?! I have some thoughts... The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check…
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139 - The ADHD Secret Of The Day Before
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There's so much hope the day before. It's the day of that tends to host all those struggles. Let's unravel that knotted up extension cord and straighten things out. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, cur…
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138 - When I Get Started, But I Get Distracted, What Then?!
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We can put so much effort into just getting started on crappy tasks that it can be such a pain in the butt to find ourselves getting distracted two minutes into the task. ADHD can really be fun sometimes, can't it?! UGH-tastic! I have some thoughts on that... The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay availabl…
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137 - Gamification and Community Works!
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ADHDers have interest-wired brains. So it stands to reason that if things aren't fun, or interesting, we'd have a hard time getting going on them. And yet, there are many aspects of life that are ultra-boring....and we still want to be able to do those things. Thank god there's such a thing as gamification! Let's talk about what that can look like …
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136 - What Happens When We Lose The Juice For Stuff
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Does that happen to you? You really get going on a project, a goal, a dream, and suddenly the juice is gone. For me, it's very dramatic and feels like I'm a failure, or that this isn't meant to be anymore, or that I'll have to just wait until the juice comes back. Today I'm talking about what I do to move forward when the juice is gone. The Free We…
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Well this has been an interesting turn of events. Getting laid off is such a bizarre, unsettling experience. I'll share how it went down for me, and maybe in all this there is a takeaway nugget...or not...we shall see. Mentioned in the podcast: Let's get our sh*t together...together, join the ADHD Big Brother Community and if you join this April, u…
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134 - Dr. Matt Zakreski Crushes My Imposter Syndrome
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On today's episode, I called the amazing Dr. Matthew Zakreski, PsyD. If anybody can help us with our imposter syndrome, it's him. You'll see why. He's brilliant. And funny! To get in touch with Dr. Matt: For Therapy - https://www.theneurodiversitycollective.com For Speaking Engagements - https://www.drmattzakreski.com Follow him on Facebook - https…
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133 - Crafting Your ADHD Way To Get Started On Things
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Getting started on crappy tasks can be very difficult, like trying to push open a concrete door. Let's discuss how to get that door open! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, curated and ordered specifical…
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132 - Are We Doing The Brain Dump Wrong?
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Every time I sit down to do a brain dump, to get everything out of my head like a good adult with ADHD...EVERY TIME I do that, my thoughts run and hide. Let's discuss a possible rethinking about our thinking about brain dumping... Mentioned in the podcast: ADHD Big Brother Community Free Sign up The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty …
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131 - Dopamine Daydreaming and Taskfirmations
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This week I started exploring barriers to doing tasks, and I ended up talking about affirmations, taskfirmations, dopamine and a new thing to try to get more in alignment with the ideal vision we have of ourselves. Reach out via the links below and let me know what you think! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a fre…
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130 - Planning and Getting Started
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All it takes is the littlest thing to impede my world and my ability to get started on things can become derailed. Today I'm going to talk about the 4 things that I do when those times hit and I have no motivation or ability to get started. What do you do to get started? Reach out and let me know! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tt…
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129 - Inhibiting Behavior and Support Systems
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The past week has bee fraught with fraughtiness. What do we do when the rug gets pulled out from underneath us? How to we stop ourselves from acting impulsively and making things worse? That's on the agenda for today.... The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. …
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Oh, that nasty schedule dread...when that internal time system screams at me because I only gave myself 45 minutes to work on a project, but I need more time! It's gonna take longer, and I won't want to stop! Let's have a chat about it. Also on the podcast today was podcast buddy Meredith Hackwith Edwards from the amazing podcast Meredith For Real:…
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127 - If It's Not Gonna Be Perfect, I Don't Want To Do It
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Can you relate to that frustration when we know what greatness might look like and we are unable to get there immediately, or now, or we might fail first...not fun. Let's talk about it! Mentioned in the podcast: Mental Health in Tech Podcast Additional places to find episode YouTube Apple Podcasts Episode 108 with Antonia Bowring Antonia's Book "Co…
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126 - Stress Management and Some Depression Stuff
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It feels like there's always something to improve, or think about, or plan, or change, or update, or implement and it can really stress me out. Luckily I just finished a course in college on stress management and so I thought I'd share some of the insights and some of the things that I have found that can help. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADH…
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125 - Ruminating Thoughts and a Hornet Metaphor
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God I love metaphors! They make everything so clear to me. This week I've been riddled with extra helpings of ruminating thoughts, so what better time to talk about. Today I go into what I do to get on the other end of my ruminatings, my intrusive thoughts...when I get stuck inside my head and can't seem to pull away. What do you do to get on the o…
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124 - Iterating and the Sand Castle Art Metaphor
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We get all excited about doing a thing, a project, a goal, and at the first sign of tension, we quit. Sometimes that's just the natural order of things for us. But what if it's actually something we'd like to keep doing? What then? Let's talk about that. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to …
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We know what to do. We know how to do it. We even know why we aren't doing it...executive function, ADHD, depression, etc etc. So what is the art of doing a thing?! Today I am exploring one option that works for me. Here are the steps: 1. What is the thing you are going to do? 2. What does doing that thing look like? 3. How long do you wish to dedi…
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Adults with ADHD tend to have lower levels of self-compassion. Wonder why?! Today I talk about the bajillion things I can feel shame about and I offer a couple suggestions on things that work for me in combatting the tsunami of shame. Here's the link to the chatgpt image that was created to show the tug of war between depression and anxiety! ******…
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It's hard enough to a daily goal. And weekly goals are tough to motivate toward. Have I mentioned how easy it is to forget monthly goals? So let's talk today about these things people call "one year goals"! What?! How?! The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. C…
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120 - ADHD And The After-Christmas
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Christmas can be a very difficult time. What do you give someone with a neuro-divergent brain who has difficulty with executive function...to the point where scheduling things and planning things and projects in general are a big pain....how about we give them an entire season of EXTRA hard stuff to do?! FUN! Let's talk about Christmas...but more i…
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Let's talk about sparks! That thing that we need or that we want in order to do a thing. And then what happens when we are sparked but can't turn off the fire?! Mentioned today: Episode 7 - Interview with my neurotypical son The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out he…
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118 - ADHD, The DSM-V, and My Non-Negotiable ADHD Tools
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Let's talk a little shop about the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), that wacky manual used by the mental health professionals to diagnose us. What are your thoughts on the DSM-V? Let me know, connect with me via the website (see link below) Mentioned in this episode is Episode 79 - How to Manage an ADHD Life: The episo…
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117 - ADHD, Time, Timers, Timeralizationing...
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This is for the ADHD people who can't get behind timers. Let me offer a perspective option that might help alleviate some concern, or help you to externalize time. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch anytime! Check it out here. Check out the 8 Essential ADHD Big Brother Episodes, cura…
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Emotions and moods are really weird. Why do we get depressed? Today I take a pretend trip to New York to ask my psychotherapist friend, Douglas Zimmerman, that very question. He gives a great answer! Authenticity is a big deal. Have a listen and let me know what you think. If you would like to learn more about Douglas and connect with him, you can …
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115 - ADHD, Hyperfocus, and Time Blindness
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Is there a way to indulge and really let go with those things that we can hyperfocus on without losing ourselves to the negative consequences that usually hit us? When the tsunami of things we forgot to do because we were so immersed in our hyperfocus...the shame spiral! Oh the shame spiral!! I have some thoughts on that. Mentioned in this episode:…
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114 - Working Memory Solutions For Your ADHD
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People with ADHD have a less than stellar working memory. We are currently working through a workbook by Dr. Ari Tuckman called Understand Your Brain, Get More Done, and the working memory portion has given us a lot of helpful tips and strategies. His 3 main principles to strategize working memory are (I'm paraphrasing): Make important tasks and it…
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113 - More ADHD, More Depression, Less Consistency
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Here is an update on what depression feels like inside my skull spaghetti. ADHD and Depression are not easy mental roomates, but we are all doing the best we can! I mention again the power of community. The challenge for you this week is to reach out via email or the contact form on the website with your declaration of "the thing you are going to g…
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112 - ADHD, Depression, and Consistency
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It is hard enough to motivate to do a crappy thing once. But to be consistent?! To do a crappy thing over and over again? HOW?! With ADHD and Depression, this can be such a monumental hurdle to overcome. I have some ideas. Today I'm sharing a couple things that I have seen work for me in terms of being cool with myself and making positive strides a…
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Community is a big deal for adults with adhd and depression. It's also one of the hardest things to engage in when I'm in the middle of a depressive episode. Today I'm talking about some of the ways in which we can get the benefits of a community. The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to watch a…
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110 - A Prescription For Depression
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What do we do when pills aren't on the menu? Does that mean we don't have any ability to treat our depression? Well that doesn't work for me so I'm working on a 30 day prescription for my own depression. I've been living inside a depressive episode for a few weeks now and I'm turning up my efforts at treating it. I'm doing this without medication a…
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109 - ADHD and Depression Awareness Month and Completing A Difficult Project
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We got two mental situations to be aware of this month! Are you aware of ADHD? Are you aware of depression? Let's honor the month, you wanna? In this episode I'm offering up some FREE access to the forum - see the footer notes below. I'm also spending some time this episode walking through how I move the needle forward on planning and executing on …
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108 - Planning is Self Care - with Antonia Bowring
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I loved getting to speak with Antonia for this week...and she helped me get an understanding of the power of the weekly to-do list, which I've been trying and it's working! I'll share my weekly to-do in the forum (link below) Antonia Bowring is a highly credentialed, top New York executive coach. She works primarily with founders, C-Suite executive…
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