Taking Control: The Adhd Podcast

As it turns out, productivity and procrastination are two sides of the same coin. Depending on the day, your toss might yield unparalleled output, focus, and attention. Then again, it could yield a rousing binge session of Top Chef. Because of the inherent unpredictability of this productivity/procrastination calculation, it becomes so important that you build in the systems and gates that allow you to focus when you really need to focus, and the freedom to let go and relax your brain when you’re finished. This week on The ADHD Podcast, we’re talking about the systems and processes that might help you beat procrastination, from focus sprints to setting a real, rational priority for your time. Join us! Links & Notes Google Ngram Viewer: priorities ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you’re a regular listener of this show, you know we’re a big fan of habits. Habits help the ADHD world go ‘round! This week on the show we’re going to dig into the underlying engine that supports building and sustaining new habits: Reminders! Without a reminder system you can trust, building habits will be nothing more than an exercise in frustration. So settle in and get ready — we’re talking about visual cues, technology, buzzers and bings this week, in addition to a few great book recommendations and follow-up! Links & Notes Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results By Stephen Guise Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown The ADHD Podcast 242: Building Mini Habits for Self-care ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on the show, we’re talking all about positive energy. Energy is contagious. Whether you’re inheriting the mood of your partner or children when they wake up sour in the morning or catching the waves of joy from a colleague celebrating a grand accomplishment, if left unchecked, we are at the mercy of the moods and intentions of those around us. But we have a choice! We can take an active role in cultivating positive energy around us to deal with difficult situations with confidence and strength. Links & Notes 244: Having Fun with Kirsten Milliken 240: Practicing Mindfulness for your ADHD with Casey Dixon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today’s show is all about fun! We’ve talked about engaging the brain before. We’ve talked about ways to manage distraction and hyper-focus. But today, we’re going all in on play as an alternative to medication for your ADHD. To help us, we’ve brought in the expert: Dr. Kirsten Milliken of PlayDHD.com. Kirsten shares the playfulness mindset, and offers tools and strategies for engaging the playful part inside all of us to help us deliver in coordination with our ADHD, and not in competition with it! Links & Notes PlayDHD.com ADHDExecutiveCoach.com PLAYDHD: Permission to Play … A Prescription for Adults with ADHD by Dr. Kirsten Milliken (Amazon Pre-order) About Dr. Kirsten Milliken Dr. Kirsten Milliken is a dynamic and unique clinical psychologist who lives and works in the Portland Maine area. Yes, she has ADHD! Kirsten has used her insight and knowledge of ADHD to develop her playful style as well as her companies, ADHD Executive coaching and PlayDHD. Kirsten espouses that Play is the best non medicatio

We’ve talked about the connection between nutrition and ADHD before, but this week, we’ve got an expert to help us bring the lesson home. Our guest today is Tonya Harris. She’s on a mission to help parents learn how both diet and common toxins in the home can affect their child’s health and lessen the symptoms of behavior and attention issues through simple dietary and lifestyle changes. We talk about everything from the insidiousness of MSG and sugar to food coloring and supplements, and how each can help or hinder your ADHD. Join us! Links & Notes Gone Holistic Nutrition for Optimal Brain Health Handout (PDF) Find Tonya on Facebook Find Tonya on Twitter Find Tonya on Instagram Healthy Home Healthy Kids ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re talking about building habits for self-care today! One of the most important things you can do for yourself, to take care of your self is to figure out the mechanics that help you best cement new behaviors. In that light, we’re introducing a terrific concept by way of a wonderfully approachable book. The concept, Tiny Habits. The book: Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Big Results, by Stephen Guise. Learn to build big new habits into your life through the tiniest of daily actions! Links & Notes Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results — Stephen Guise Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The essence of great self-care is rooted in building habits. And building habits, when you’re struggling with ADHD, requires help. This week on the show we present some of the digital tools that can support you in your efforts to build new self-care routines in four key areas: Sleep, Exercise, Food, and Mindfulness. As usual, when we do a digital episode, there’s no way we can cover every app, every option, every platform. But these apps should serve as a launchpad for your own research to meet the unique needs of your hardware and lifestyle. Links & Notes Productive Coach.Me Habit Tracker Listener Pick: Swiftime Listener Pick: Watchminder Withings Aura Runtastic Runkeeper Zombies Run! MyFitnessPal LoseIt! Withings Smart Body Analyzer The Mindfulness Bell Day One 2 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Casey Dixon is an ADHD Coach who has worked with wide range of individuals living with ADHD over the course of her career. Most recently, she founded MindfullyADD.com, a website that is dedicated to the mindfulness approach to ADHD through simple daily practices to help you with everything from focus, to movement and settling, not to mention a rich library of feature to help you learn more about your ADHD. This week on The ADHD Podcast, Casey joins us to help us better understand the role of mindfulness in self-care with ADHD with simple, judgment-free strategies to get started! Links & Notes MindfullyADD.com Dixon Life Coaching @DixonLifeCoach on Twitter Dixon Life Coaching on Facebook ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Up to 50% of children with ADHD — and an astonishing 80% of adults — have problems with sleep. From getting to sleep to staying asleep to getting up rested the next morning, more of us are struggling than sleeping restfully. This week on The ADHD Podcast, we’re taking on sleep with a modest suggestion of a single strategy, and what you need to do to implement this strategy toward becoming a better sleeper.  Links & Notes Buddhify App Sleep Advice for ADHD Adults Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re continuing our series on ADHD and Self-care this week. Today, we’re digging into the sometimes thorny question of medication, and we have a fantastic guest to help us do just that. Laurie Dupar is a senior certified ADHD coach and psychiatric nurse practitioner, and joins us to lend her expertise as a specialist in the rope medication serves in managing ADHD. Our questions this week come from you, our listeners and clients of Nikki’s group and coaching work. As always, thanks for your participation, and we hope this conversation answers your most pressing medication questions! Links & Notes Daily Medication Log Twitter: @LaurieDupar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachingforADHD/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriedupar Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/coachingforadhd/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’ve talked about the importance of exercise before. The connection between moving your body and psychological and emotional health is no great secret. But if that’s the case, why is it so difficult to make the transition from a sedentary life, to an active one, and how do you build these new behaviors into your day, every day? This week on the show, we offer the 10 steps you’ll need to add supporting movement into your day, from finding the time to leaping over the shame of inactivity, right into action. This conversation is all about letting go of your feelings about not getting out for a walk yesterday, and moving forward, little by little, today. The good news: with as little as 30 minutes of walking 4-5 times a week, you may begin to notice changes in your brain in only a few days! Join us, and let’s get moving! Links & Notes Can you exercise away your ADHD symptoms? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Living with ADHD is inextricably connected to living well in your own skin. From cultivating the ability to find your emotional peace, to building a strong heart through physical exercise, your own human system defines how well you are taking care of your ADHD. If you’re looking for better focus, reduced stress and anxiety, improved organization, and more control in your life, you need to make yourself a priority. Take care of yourself, take care of your AHDH. This week on the show we’re kicking off a series on self-care — from health and nutrition to sleep to medication to organization, we’re going to dig into it. So listen in today — if you’ve ever found yourself forgetting what feeling good feels like, you need to join us for this series and kick off 2016 with a celebration of you! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Heather from Pennsylvania called us with a question so good we had to do a whole episode dedicated to it! Over the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about motivation and building your vision for your future self. But we’re busy — some of us VERY busy — and when challenged with our ADHD, it can seem impossible to schedule the time and intention to actually implement the change we want to see in our lives. This week on the show, we have some tips and suggestions to help you do just that! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today, a metaphor. You’re at the top of a hill. There’s a giant ball in front of you, held up by a rock. If you kick that rock, the ball will start rolling down the hill, picking up speed and racing on its way. But you’re struggling with your ADHD. So you look at the ball, you stare at it, and try as you might, you just don’t see the rock that you need to kick. That’s what we’re talking about today — we’re going to take on the executive functioning fog that can set it and prevent you from getting started and doing the things that are most important. Links & Notes More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD — by Dr. Ari Tuchman Understand Your Brain, Get More Done — By Dr. Ari Tuckman ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you’re a regular listener of this show, you know we have a shared view of personal improvement and growth: leverage the momentum of the community! As we move into “resolutions season,” it’s time to start thinking about the change you’d like to see in your own life and begin to formulate the promises you’re ready to make to yourself to see that change happen. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete talk about creating a vision for yourself, sculpting your loose goals into refined projects that you’re excited to make a reality. The race to January 1 begins — get ready to celebrate the change in your life! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's Thanksgiving here in the United States and while there is certainly some nod to history here around the founding of this special time in our country, it has come to mean something more than its historical context. It is a time of gratitude. It's a time for us to remember where we came from, to be grateful for the gifts we've been given, and to be gracious in giving our gifts to others. It's not a time of material excess, it's a time of introspection and sharing. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete talk about the practice of gratitude, and what it means to live in the present as we go into this holiday week. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tis the season to start thinking about the gifts that you can give your ADHD friends and family that can help relieve their stress. This week on the show, we have a digital episode that goes beyond — a list of tools, services, and toys that should ring all the right bells for your friendly ADHD compadre! Dig in, and visit theadhdpodcast.com/podcast/231 for direct links to all the gifts mentioned in this episode! Links & Notes 23 and Me Hoberman Sphere Graffiti Kit: Idea Paint BaliYo Butterfly Pen Day One In Depth — The Sweet Setup 1Password Trello The Everyday Messenger Bag ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we continue our discussion on ADHD and the holidays, with a conversation around anxiety, and the things that happen to us over big holidays that drive that anxiety and stress to their peak! From money to gifts, to family, practicing boundaries and setting them clearly can make or break your holiday plans, and this year, we want you to plan for fun and stress-free! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

'Tis the season! Now that we’ve crested Halloween, the roller coaster of the holiday season is ramping up to full speed. It’s easy to let the overwhelm of the season get the better of us, but if you’re struggling with ADHD, that overwhelm can lead to stagnation of a much more serious sort. This week on the show, we talk about the tools you’ll need to make sense of the season, free yourself from stress, and create the boundaries you’ll need to shape your own time and demonstrate to others how you’d appreciate being treated this holiday season! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s a digital episode! This month we’re continuing our conversation on providing structure and defeating overwhelm using process and tech tools. From coming to terms with the time you have available to work, to understanding the scope of work you have to do, and finally using mind mapping and shared lists to keep your work in line, we have recommendations for tools and tech that can help. This week on the show, we’re talking about overwhelm, and the mindset and technology you’ll need to do less, but do it really well, and feel better about it! Links & Notes About Mind Mapping — Wikipedia Curt Siffert — Decision Modeling with Flying Logic Flying Logic M8! Mind Map MindNode FreePlane Any.Do Wunderlist Buddhify (iOS/Android) The Ultimate Guide to Time Management: Add Structure to your Day ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★