Taking Control: The Adhd Podcast

Getting the accommodations you need for your ADHD at work can be a tricky process. When it comes to navigating these waters, you’re your own best advocate. So, it’s important to learn the resources you have working for you, and the forces that can complicate your experience on the job. This week on the show, we’re talking about the Americans with Disabilities Act and what you need to know to make use of it, plus strategies for making the best of your work experience with ADHD using the resources you have at your disposal already!Links & NotesOfficial DOJ-ADA Website (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:09) - Support The Show! (03:59) - Hearts for ADHD (06:10) - Women's ADHD Palooza is coming! (07:16) - Accommodations at Work: The ADA (12:42) - Who decides if your ADHD is a disability? (19:10) - Do you tell or not? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’ve already talked about how you’re going about managing the emotions that come with the job hunt in the last two episodes with Dr. Doug. This week, we’re moving into the direct experience of the job hunt. You may not know this, but our own Nikki Kinzer has an extensive background in human resources and has interviewed more people than she can remember. So this week on the show, she’s going to be sharing some of the strategies she wishes more interviewees would have followed, and how your ADHD can impact you along the way!Here are some sample questions you might ask during your own interview (for reference from this episode): What do you think are the most important skills for someone to have in this position? (does it match?)What does a typical day look like for this position? (does that sound good?)How might the day vary from day to day?How many people would I be working with and how do I work with them?Who do I report to you? What are they like? (if applicable)What does the workload look like over the co

We started the conversation last week with our guest, Dr. Doug Herr, with the assumption that you’re not working by some level of choice. But what if you’ve been fired, or your contract hasn’t been renewed, or you’re feeling trapped by evaluations that seem to be targeting your ADHD? This week, Dr. Doug is back to talk about managing the emotional blocks of the job hunt when the circumstances aren’t so rosy. Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Change Time Is Now — Dr. Doug Herr (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:26) - Support the show! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (02:39) - The darker side of the job hunt (05:59) - Medication (07:59) - Anyone can get fired. (12:05) - The reason you're not working is more complex than you think (14:43) - Welcome to the club of ADHD — No one is perfect (17:12) - Finding the right role models (19:54) - Acceptance (23:54) - Attitude (27:08) - Energy Regulation (30:32) - Is there a mourning period in the job hunt? (35:01) - Interviewing futur

We’re kicking off our series on ADHD at work with an exploration of the emotional side of ADHD as you embark on the job hunt. If you’re in the middle of a search yourself, you know those feelings — rejection sensitivity rears its head and suddenly you lose track of who you are, the diversity of your experiences, and what you have to offer. Dr. Doug Herr joins us today to shepherd us through this conversation. His unique approach to coaching individuals toward a more satisfactory career horizon, plus his experience as a psychotherapist living with ADHD, makes him the perfect guest this week. We hope you’ll enjoy getting to know Dr. Doug this week and next as we embark on the emotional side of the job hunt!Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Change Time Is Now — Dr. Doug Herr (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:20) - Support the Show — Patreon.com/TheADHDPodcast (02:37) - Dr. Doug's Career (12:04) - Finding a job in alignment with who you are — The Job Survival Machine (1

We’re not big fans of “resolutions” around these parts. Living with ADHD, the stereotypical resolution is a recipe for frustration that doesn’t address the heart of the New Year energy: driving a change in your behavior over the long term to change something meaningful in your life. This week on the show we’re talking all about building realistic and attainable goals for the new year. After a quick review of SMART goal setting, we dive in deep on crafting goals that lead to sustainable change, rewarding transformation rather than one-off success. Join us… and bring a pencil: It’s time to create some change in your life! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (00:34) - Learning to take a vacation (02:43) - Introducing the Workplace Series (04:18) - Support the Show, Join the Community (06:03) - Setting Goals: This is not a discussion about "resolutions" (09:04) - A brief side-story about the economics of today's gyms — Smoothie Goals (11:43) - Reviewing SMART Goals (13:58) - Attainability — Habits versus Goals

It’s been an amazing year around these parts. Our community is growing and we’re all the better for it. This week on the show, we’re looking back a bit with some reflections on highlights from the last year, and taking a set of questions submitted by YOU that you said you’d like to hear more about. From RSD to the ADHD job hunt to the best fidgets, we’ve got it all this week!This is the last show of 2019 as we take a little time off over the holidays and do our planning for 2020. We’ll be kicking off the January session with a series on ADHD in the workplace so, for those of you who submitted work-related questions for this Q&A episode, don’t worry! We got you… we’ll see you in January. Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Register for ADHD Accountability Group CoachingThe ADHD Podcast Merchandise!Happy Hands ToysSpikey Magnetic BallsTherapy ShoppePick Apart CorkFreshly (00:00) - This is The ADHD Podcast (01:10) - New Year Schedule Housekeeping (02:53) - Support the Show!

Looking for a little game night fun for friends and family? You've come to the right place. This week on the show, we're talking all about games that may — or may not — improve the ADHD (research is thin!). But they're a lot of fun and might just help you build some new connections for the cold winter nights ahead!Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!LumosityLumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” ProgramBrainHQPeak - Brain TrainingAn online investigation of the relationship between the frequency of word puzzle use and cognitive function in a large sample of older adults from the International Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryEfficacy of chess training for the treatment of ADHD: A prospective open label study in Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud MentalNew York Times Crossword Gift SubscriptionPandemicFlashpoint Fire RescueZombicideStop ThiefMentalBlocksShadowBlocks (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (00:43) - Nikki's Big D

Nikki’s back from the Annual 31st International Conference on ADHD and she has lessons to share! This week on the show we’re talking about motivation and ADHD, lessons from the author of The Explosive Child, and ADHD and girls and women, each of which served to enlighten and shape the way we do our work here at Take Control ADHD and The ADHD Podcast. Links & NotesJoin 2020 Accountability Coaching — Enrollment Open Now!Check out some ADHD Podcast Merch!Annual 31st International Conference on ADHD (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (00:58) - Support The Show! (06:40) - Big Acronyms Mean Big Lessons! (BAMBL) (11:26) - ADHD and Motivation (24:10) - Dr. Ross Green — The Explosive Child (32:33) - ADHD Girls & Women (34:42) - #RAF (Resting Attention Face) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Caroline Maguire is back! Caroline is an ADHD coach, author, teacher, and speaker with a special focus in social skills supporting kids — and parents of kids — with ADHD. Her book is OUT NOW, Why Will No One Play with Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive and we’re thrilled she’s back to talk to us about social success today… Caroline Maguire welcome back to The ADHD Podcast!!And make sure to check out the new merch in our TeePublic store including the Squirrel-Squirrel-Squirrel-Squirrel Podcast gear!!Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Why Will No One Play with Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive by Caroline MaguireLearn more about Caroline MaguireCaroline Maguire on Facebook (00:26) - The Squirrel-Squirrel-Squirrel-Squirrel Podcast Merch! (01:11) - Support The ADHD Podcast (02:31) - Caroline Maguire is Back! (06:12) - A quick review of the book (08:16) - A review of the seven things (12:38)

Back in the late 1970s, two researchers developed a model for evaluating those suffering through addiction in their journey toward health. The Transtheoretical Model, or more colloquially, Prochaska’s Stages of Change, went on to help social workers and therapists treat those suffering with transformational diagnoses for decades. As it turns out, the Stages of Change model works pretty well for us, too, as we think about our relationship to ADHD. This week on the show, Nikki introduces the Stages of Change with an eye on ADHD, and how you can use it to train yourself to better adapt to the world around you.Links & NotesChanging for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward by James Prochaska (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:20) - Support the Show - Become a Patron! (04:27) - The Steps to Change (10:15) - The Five Stages (10:46) - Stage 1: Precontemplation (12:26) - Stage 2: Contemplation (16:01) - Stage 3: Preparation (19:47) - Stage

It’s been an emotional month here at The ADHD Podcast. With guests and topics all targeted at the emotional centers of our ADHD, you can be sure our fantastic community has come to us with feedback and questions. So, this week we embrace and extend the November theme of Emotion and ADHD and take on your thoughts about rejection sensitivity, emotional storms, sex, plus a bonus dose of seasonal affective disorder, to boot!Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:14) - Support the show, join The ADHD Community (05:45) - It's SAD Season (17:15) - Pushing past RSD (22:18) - The Ochoa Audible Storm (25:38) - After Dark with Ari Tuckman (28:10) - Two ADHD Partners and healthy sex questions (29:42) - Cascading challenges spreading through different areas of life (35:11) - Unable to let arguments go (42:02) - The ADHD Unified Singularity Formula ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are gearing up for November here at The ADHD Podcast. November marks the start of national novel writing month, 30 days of fiendish exploration of words happening at keyboards around the world. But what happens if your brand of ADHD throws a wrench in your desire to create your masterpiece?This week on the show, illustrator and designer Dani Donovan joins us to talk about her creative process. Dani is the pen behind many fantastic ADHD comics floating around your social media feeds. She tells us how she got started, leading to her emerging identity as a vocal leader of the #NeuroDiverseSquad online. She’s a wonderful talent, and we hope you find her work and process inspirational as you seek to shape your own creative process.Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!ADHDDD.comSupport Dani on PatreonFollow @DaniDonovan on TwitterFollow DaniDonovan on InstagramFollow DaniDonovanArt on FacebookConnect with DaniDonovan on LinkedInAbout Dani DonovanDani Donovan is a purpose-driven d

This week we’re hosting a frank conversation about sex and ADHD. Our guest is Dr. Ari Tuckman, a psychologist and certified sex therapist, not to mention one of our favorite expert sources who somehow we’ve never had on the show. Today, Ari is here to talk to us about the impact of ADHD on a couple and how the sexual relationship — and our relationship to sexuality — functions in light of ADHD. The book is the result of years of research and survey responses thousands strong of those living with ADHD reporting their candid experience, and it’s documented in ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship.Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship by Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., CSTAri’s Books (01:36) - Support The ADHD Podcast (02:53) - Ari Tuckman 'After Dark' (05:30) - Survey Background (08:27) - Relationship Satisfaction and Sexual Satisfaction (09:45) - Positive and negative attending (12:42) - Sex and RSD (15:08) - Teamwork (1

Straight from the Life Empowerment Center, James Ochoa is back today to share a story of his own emotional storm and the strategies he employed to move through it.This is one of those important episodes. Important, not just because of the lessons and strategies we share for moving through your own emotional ADHD storms, but for the example that James puts on display. He is, after all, a leading voice in healthy living with ADHD, and he’s suffering publicly through a career-defining storm of his own. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. There is no shame in the battles we engage with our ADHD. Thanks to James for sharing his story (which you can read in full in the links below). Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Read James’ Audible Storm StoryShare your ‘Storm Story’ with JamesJames’ resources for listeners (00:00) - This Is The ADHD Podcast (02:33) - Join The ADHD Community (03:42) - James Ochoa is back! (05:12) - The Emotional Distress Syndrome: A Primer (06:3

There aren’t many practitioners writing about today’s topic. Unless, that is, you look up the collected works of Dr. Bill Dodson. Dr. Dodson is an award-winning board-certified psychiatrist and specialist in adult ADHD and his contributions to the study of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria bring him to the show today. According to Dr. Dodson, nearly all those living with ADHD live with some level of rejection sensitivity, and thanks to the poor training on the ADHD connections to the condition, patients are going misdiagnosed and mistreated as a result. Today on the show, Dr. Dodson joins Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright to discuss Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and provide new language to frame a state those living with ADHD know all too well. About Dr. William DodsonDr. Bill Dodson is a award-winning board-certified psychiatrist and specialist in adult ADHD. While Dr. Dodson has been on the faculties of Georgetown University and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center he is primarily a clinical practitione

Living with ADHD can be exhausting. But even at the end of a long day, responsibilities pile up. How do you recharge to stay focused... when your focus has lost its focus?This week’s show is anchored around a recent article by friend-of-the-show Casey Dixon. Her ideas were inspirational for us and spurred our conversation today. Plus, thanks to a listener question, we get to wax dreamily about our ideal ADHD home!Links & Notes‘How to Recharge your Tired Brain After Work’ by Casey Dixon (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:31) - Follow-up: Job Lock-in (06:08) - Listener Question: The ADHD Dream Home? (10:37) - Pete is all-in on 3m Command Strips (13:04) - Pinterest (16:12) - Support the Show (17:20) - Energy After Hours with ADHD ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The connection between work satisfaction and ADHD is pretty clear if you’re living through the frustration. There are all kinds of reasons to leave a job, but taking the actual step of resigning is one best approached with a clear head. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete share a set of questions that can help you frame your own perspective at work and help find clarity in your desire to leave, or stick it out and work for change. Nikki’s list of probing questions:What’s causing you to even think about this question? How much do you complain about your job? What do you complain most about? How would you describe your relationship with your boss? What about co-workers? If you were still doing this job 2 years from now, would be happy or mad? Are you holding on to your current job because you are afraid of change?Are there more things you like about your job than not like?Can you live with what you don’t like? Is it possible to change some of the things you don’t like? Do you feel supported at your job, do yo

There are signs in certain kinds of organizations that document the last time staff their experienced an incident. Any sort of incident that leads to work stopping counts, and as soon as it happens, the sign gets reset and everyone starts over at Day Zero. “This facility has worked [0] Days without incident,” the sign says. If there’s anything in our lives that can cause work to stop unpredictably, uncontrollably, sometimes even unconsciously, it’s ADHD. What do we do so that we can reset our own sign to Day Zero? This week on the show, Pete and Nikki take an incident response approach to ADHD with a focus on mindfully controlling what you can control, not lying to yourself, and moving forward. Every bad day has a day zero right around the corner. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:16) - Sponsor: You. The ADHD Patrons (05:55) - Day Zero. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The idea that individual ADHD symptoms exacerbate one another isn’t new to those of us living with the diagnosis. But what happens when symptoms collude to create cycles of behavior and responses? The results can be vastly more damaging than any individual symptom on its own. That’s the question that comes from a listener today: how do you navigate the procrastination-anxiety loop that emerges when hyperfocus and disinterest collide head on? This week on the show, Nikki shares background on the conditions that allow this sort of hyperfocus and procrastination to occur, and tools to shape a response before it happens again. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! Understanding ADHD Hyperfocus — ADDitude Magazine ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression: The Diagnosis Puzzle of Related Conditions — ADDitude Magazine Decoding the ADHD Mind — ADDitude Magazine # (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:19) - Sponsor: YOU! (03:05) - The Procrastination-Anxiety Loop ★ Support this podca

Brett Terpstra is a software developer, author, and podcaster and his work has been the subject of Pete’s technology fever dreams for years now. Brett is also unusually candid about his experience living with ADHD and bipolar disorder and after years of processing in public, he’s managed to figure some things out… others, a mystery. This week on the show, Brett joins us to talk about his experience living and working with ADHD. He shares his experience in learning how to live with his shadow, and how to forgive when the shadow takes control. This is a show about the voices that we listen to, and those that we learn to avoid as we wake up and get moving with ADHD. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! BrettTerpstra.com Brett’s Projects Marked 2 nvUltra • Searchable, Portable, MultiMarkdown Notes (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:10) - Listener Question Time! What did I do this weekend...? (04:57) - What are our favorite books? (08:25) - Sponsor: Audible (09:13) - In