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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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You've perhaps heard of the amazingness of body doubling and how awesome it is for adults with ADHD...well, if you are new to it, allow me to explain! I'm a huge fan of the power of body doubling and I'll tell you why in this episode. Mentioned in this episode: Get your FREE Guidebook: Dream, Define, Do Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? …
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Sometimes we get systems and routines in place, and they are just amazing! And they serve us well for a time...and suddenly that awesome system stops being awesome. What to do? Let's talk about it! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adult…
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Skye Waterson, ADHD expert, coach and founder of Unconventional Organization, and host of the ADHD Skills Lab podcast came onto the show to teach us her very own ADHD Prioritization Filter! We also did a crossover podcast where we discussed other topics on her podcast today! Here's the link to her podcast where you can listen to our episode: The AD…
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There is a non-toxic way to achieve a lot when you are fighting the focus fight with ADHD. You can get quite a lot done with 30 -60 minutes of time. Let's start by talking about our relationship with time! Mentioned in this podcast, my son's Tedx Talk! Here's the link to Noble's Speech on The Keys To Successful Failure Interested in the 4-week Mome…
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Is your environment pro focus? Let's talk about it! Mentioned in this episode: Dr. Shanes episode: 147 Megs Crawford podcast: Organizing an ADHD Brain Skye Waterson podcast: The ADHD Skills Lab Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults Wi…
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I view consistency a little bit differently than the normies. I prefer my own ADHD acronym it. Mentioned in this episode, the mighty acronym CACACCCC Consistent Awareness Consistent Attempts Consistent Curiosity Consistently Cool with Yourself Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Gui…
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Here's a blast from the past episode...let's talk about getting unstuck and that dirty devil "structure" rears it's head into this episode as well. Mentioned at the top of this episode is Megs Crawford of the podcast Organizing an ADHD Brain. You can learn more about Megs and her awesomeness here: https://www.mindfulmegs.com/ Interested in the 4-we…
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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 Intere…
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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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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" Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD…
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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." Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay available to…
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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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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click her…
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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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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. Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Ad…
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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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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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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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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: Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mast…
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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free repl…
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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" Interested in the 4-week Momentum Inte…
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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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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Ta…
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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? Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery 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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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... Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goa…
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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. Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" …
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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... Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, D…
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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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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. Interested …
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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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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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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" now has a free replay avail…
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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 Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click he…
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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get…
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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! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click …
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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.... Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The …
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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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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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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. Interested in the 4-week Momentum Int…
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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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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. Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Yo…
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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?! Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The F…
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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 Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery …
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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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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. Interested in the 4-week Momentum Intensive? Click here Click Here to get Dream, Define, Do: Your ADHD Guide to Goal Mastery The Free Webinar "How Adults With ADHD Can Do Sh*tty Tasks" n…
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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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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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