Episodes

How do stimulants actually work to sharpen attention in our brains? Has science discovered the connection between exercise & dopamine? Why do ADHD brains sometimes run out of energy sooner than others? We’re looking at these questions and more with a roundup of some recent developments in neuroscience to help us better understand our ADHD and how to work with it.

Building and nurturing relationships are essential professional skills—whether or not you participate in networking activities. But are there ADHD-friendly ways to be great at them? Absolutely! We talk about those and a lot more!

Many of us with ADHD have amazing memories. It’s just that we don’t always remember the things we NEED to remember… WHEN and WHERE we need to remember them. And that means we need a system! (But an easy one that’s ADHD friendly and that we’ll actually remember to use!)

When stress becomes constant in our lives, it can seriously wreak havoc with our ADHD symptoms. Today we look at how to recognize when you’re dealing with chronic stress and practical, ADHD-friendly ways to reduce your stress for good!

Waiting around for motivation to strike is BS. Today, we’re giving you permission to use distraction—on purpose! So often, we think about distraction as a negative thing with ADHD., but distracting yourself can be just the thing to help kick yourself into action. You won’t want to miss this episode!

This is one of those episodes you’ll want to absorb fully. In fact, even though the concept sounds simple—and indeed it really is—it’s the kind of thing you’ll probably want to come back to again. Maybe more than once. It’s about cultivating a mindset that will subtly improve a number of aspects of your life with ADHD. And over time, adopting this mindset WILL make your life easier!

You know that feeling when your day spins out of control? How do you recover? Today we’re tackling some questions from a listener who wanted to know how to respond to one of those days when you’ve worked so hard to prevent them. If you’ve ever had a day go off the rails, then this episode is for you!

This week we’re talking about a simple idea that can have an outsized effect on many of the ways we tend to struggle with ADHD. It’s so simple and so profound, in fact, that we can forget it easily. And that’s why we work though it in detail in this episode!

Having ADHD presents us with lots of opportunities to refine things and improve ourselves. But we can’t work on everything at once! And that’s why we have a “front burner” focus. This week: how to improve consistency in your life by managing your front burner focus effectively, including when to move something to a back burner and much, much more!