Taking Control: The Adhd Podcast

Why are transitions so hard with ADHD? Big ones, little ones, rare ones, daily ones, it seems like changing context from one to the next is like running through three feet of mud when everyone else is floating on air.It might be your big transitions — holidays, vacations, big blocks of time. It might be little transitions — leaving for work, coming home. It might be micro-transitions — going to sleep, waking up. It might even be surprise transitions — transitions you didn't know were coming at all. Whatever the kind of transition you struggle with, you're not alone in that struggle if you're living with ADHD. This week, we're talking all about transitions, and have some tips for you to make your transitions a little bit easier.Don't forget: It's not too late to check out ADHD Group Coaching and get yourself signed up today! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:55) - The Trouble with Transitions (05:58) - What is a "transition"? (14:56) - Unconscious Transitions (18:15) - Using James Ochoa's Pressure Brea

James Ochoa is a licensed professional counselor dedicated to treating, understanding and exploring adult ADHD. He lives with ADHD himself and has long demonstrated his introspection and exploration through his work and writing. His book, Focused Forward, gifted us a whole set of new language when we talk about our relationship with ADHD and we’re thrilled he’s back to check in with us today, his SEVENTH appearance on The ADHD Podcast.And why is he here? Because he’s devoted his work lately on using breathing to interrupt negative patterns. As James tells us, breathing is the only autonomic system in the human body which we can exert direct control over. If we’re not thinking about it, breathing just happens. But if we do think about it, we can speed it up, slow it down, even stop it for a spell. So how do you use it to teach your body some new tricks? We’ll learn from James today!Check out James’ Town Hall SeriesJames’ Professional Trailblazing: A New Roadmap for Treating Adult ADHDCheck out Shiny Merch! (00

Dr. Lola Day is a busy mother, double-boarded physician, lifestyle strategist, and ADHD-trained life coach for ambitious women. She is a case example for people living with ADHD who want to accomplish more in their lives, tame their hyperfocus, and tune their internal engines.But she's found that along the way, what she runs into the most with her ADHD clients is a standard of achievement defined by stress and burnout, women dedicated to results at significant cost to their health and well-being.She believes with the right systems and strategies, all women can live wholesome, healthy, and fulfilled lives without overwhelm and without sacrificing their goals, passion, or family, and she joins us this week to talk about how she channels her work into LollieTasking!Links & NotesLollieTaskingConnect with Dr. Lola Day on Twitter (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:09) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:08) - Sponsor: TextExpander (04:18) - Group Coaching is Coming Back to TCA! (05:23) - Introducing

You live with ADHD, so you know what it feels like to be stuck. But what happens when you tell an ADHD coach what you're going through? You get a whole new way to think about moving forward!It all starts with that feeling of shame and embarrassment that comes under the weight of the tasks you feel you have not completed. That’s how this particular episode started, in fact, a set of conversations Nikki has had recently with clients feeling this same thing. To get to the other side of it, we journey through that shame, the language of limiting beliefs, and come out the other side with a change to how we tell the stories of ourselves.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:04) - Support the Show: Become an ADHD Community Member! (02:27) - What to do when you don't know what to do ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tommy Metz III is a filmmaker and storyteller in Los Angeles, CA. He directed the feature film ‘30 Nights’, and his latest short ‘Static’ is going to be playing in festivals starting next month. He’s also an anxiety-riddled mess and co-host of What’s That Smell? A Sometimes-Funny Podcast about Humans and Their Anxieties. He’s here because he was dragged to be here in an effort to follow up on the last time he was here in May 2019.Our purpose today? We’ve talked about emotional storms in the past, credited to James Ochoa. To start us off this week: what do you do when the anxiety storm hits, the cannonball of fear in your stomach? What causes it, connects those experiences, and how do you get to the other side of it?Along the way, we talk about our “favorite” anxieties that have come up on the WTS podcast. We talk about the contagion that is anxiety and how easy it is to personalize others' anxieties and make them our own. Finally, we share a segment from episode one of the seventh season of What’s That Smell

How's your relationship with food? Do any emotional eating lately? Feeling that magnetic pull to McDonalds? You think there might be any ADHD hidden in there knocking away at you? Nicole DeMasi Malcher is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and founder of eatingwithADHD.com, where she helps people with ADHD stop binge-eating and learn to have a healthier relationship with food and body image and she's going to help us all out this week.Along the way, we learn about the role of a dietitian in your life and how they can help you build a better relationship with food. She helps us understand our relationship with diet, intermittent fasting and food rules, and how we can move toward healthier relationships with food by embracing gentle nutrition and intuitive eating. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:35) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:44) - Introducing Nicole Dimasi Malcher (06:04) - What does a dietician do? (08:13) - Dealing with ADHD grief with food (12:35) - What is disordered eating? (17:27

You know how it happens. You get your diagnosis and you start the research. Before you know it, you’re in such a search for tools and strategies to help you with your ADHD that you forget to live your life. This show is our reminder to you of a few things. First, you don't have to do everything at once. In fact, you might find you adapt more quickly when you research less, try fewer new tools, and slow down your ADHD adaptation. Second, it's OK to say no to things. In fact, you might just find a sense of excitement that comes from letting go of obligations. Third, well, Pete has a thing about time blocking.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:37) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:47) - Sponsor: TextExapander! (06:59) - Stop and Smell the Roses! (11:20) - You don't have to hold all the tennis balls (17:13) - Schedule Foibles are NOT a Moral Failure (20:43) - But wait... does your ADHD define you? (28:34) - JOMO & Margin (32:29) - Timeblocking Gives You Freedom ★ Support this podcast on P

We did an episode on ADHD and over-talking a few weeks back and boy-howdee did you have thoughts! This week, we’re doing a listener feedback review covering how you prefer to manage — and help to manage — over-talking and ADHD in yourself and others. The feedback came in two broad categories. First, you shared your personal preferences in how you want others to treat you when you’re over-talking. That is to say, when people you’re close to notice that your stories are veering into ADHD tangent-territory, how do you want that communicated to you? How will you be best equipped to hear this sort of guidance without feeling shamed or judged?The second big group came in the form of guidance for kids and families. How do you work with your kids or partner when over-talking overtakes family time? How do you instill a culture in your family where you’re teaching and building muscle around sharing conversation space? We got some terrific suggestions on the best way you manage ADHD over-talking and we’re thrilled to sh

Memory is not one thing, says our guest, Dr. Ari Tuckman, and ADHD might be at the center of your struggles with each component of memory at any given time. More important than understanding that ADHD and memory are sometimes troubled partners is understanding just what you can do to improve your odds when trying to remember the important stuff.We talk about being kind to yourself and understanding that your memory challenges do not represent a moral failure! And Ari challenges head-on the notion that relying on reminders is a sign of weakness, that there is a difference between an alarm or notification and the motivation to do the thing the alarm is reminding you to do — one does not make the other a failure.Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD — Ari TuckmanAri Tuckman, PsyD, MBAADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship by Ari Tuckman (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:18) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:22)

People with ADHD talk. And sometimes we talk a lot. We might be nervous or excited, insecure or scared; for whatever reason, these triggers cause our mouths to go right into overdrive. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete talk about over-talking. What happens in social situations when you find yourself over-sharing? How about parties in which you reveal sensitive information? And have you ever been in a group conversation and didn't realize you were monopolizing the show? We've all been there, and this week we want to try to dissect why. Links & NotesADHD Communication HacksAm I Talking Too Much? How I'm Teaching my Brain to ListenDon't Just Talk, CommunicateBeing Social and Making Friends as an Adult with ADHD (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:32) - Support the Show: Become a Member! (05:38) - Sponsor: TextExpander (09:39) - ADHD & Over-Talking ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today, we’re talking about the truth in all it’s shapes and colors. If you’re living with ADHD, you might find you have a sometimes-questionable relationship with the truth, whether you’re struggling to be one hundred percent honest about a project at work, or dinner plans at home, and whether you’re lying to others or to yourself in the process. Dr. Norrine Russell is back with us today to share her experince working with ADHD kids, parents, and coaches in navigating the not-always-black-and-white rules of honesty we create for ourselves, and what we need to do to corrall our baser instincts as a result of fear and uncertainty in our lives. Links & NotesRussell CoachingAsking the Right Questions about ADHD Before, During, and After Your Child's Diagnosis by Dr. Norrine Russell (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (05:48) - Introducing Norrine Russell (13:00) - The Parent Perspective • Trust & Privacy (18:00) - Who are you lying to? (21:00) - Going into "Brain Mode" (38:25) - Lying & Time (43:52)

As our guest says it, a lot happens when you have a new creature to care for. The lessons that come when you’re facing the stressors of new parenthood might unlock some things you don’t know about yourself: ADHD.Dr. Marcy Caldwell (ADDept.org) is director and supervising psychologist at Rittenhouse Psychological Assessments and is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of ADHD and learning disabilities for over 15 years. She joins us today to answer some of our frequent questions about parenting and ADHD, from hormonal changes to how moms and dads each understand how ADHD symptoms emerge under the changes of parenthood.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:41) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (03:01) - Sponsor: TextExpander (06:50) - Introducing Marcy Caldwell (11:27) - Inattentive ADHD (13:51) - Horomes & ADHD: A Primer (17:59) - Sleep! (21:45) - New Dad Diagnoses? (24:56) - Guidance for the Post-Pardum ADHD Struggles (29:57) - Getting Diagnos

If you’re parenting a teen, you know the challenges we’re talking about today. And whether you live with ADHD yourself or not, those challenges are made even more real if your kiddo is living with ADHD. Today on the show, we’re sharing our own lessons learned when it comes to navigating the universe of parenting teens with ADHD.The biggest lessons revolve around communication, awareness, and balance. But what are the major milestones that stand before you as a parent of a teen when it comes to getting the ADHD assessment? Preparing for college? Confronting life skills and deadlines? And, perhaps most important as a parent, how do you avoid letting your experience with school, ADHD, anxiety and more to color their experience and expectations with ADHD? (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:59) - Support the Show: Become a Patron at patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (04:23) - Partentings teens with ADHD ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode was a delightful accident. It started with a conversation with one of our fantastic community members, Shoshanah Blaiss, how casually mentioned that she was running late for her session with her art therapist, and ended with a connection to that very artist, learning about her work, her process, and the incredible value that comes with embracing art as a channel to connect with ourselves across the neurodiversity spectrum.Andrea Krakovsky is a teaching artist in Georgia whose work helps her clients to heal through the creative process. This week, Andrea leads us through that journey of healing through creativity — whether you believe you're creative or not — and how the physical connection with the media can help you learn about yourself while finding grounding in your ADHD, anxiety, and more.Find Andrea at andreakrakovsky.com, and don't forget to check out the Feelings Wheel! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:38) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:41) - Sponsor: TextExpander is BAC

Rach Idowu was diagnosed with ADHD Combined Type in January 2020, just before her London ADHD clinic closed down due to the pandemic. Undaunted, she started AdultingADHD on Substack and began to document her own personal experience and the research she would go on to do about her ADHD. Since then, she has been featured in the New York Times, Inverse, and Mashable, and has been a featured panelist at Facebook, Ubisoft ComicCon London, and other organizations talking about ADHD in the workplace.Along the way, she created a series of flashcards designed to help those with ADHD and supporting ADHDers to better understand details of ADHD that reflect the research she has engaged in over the years. You can find them at ADHDTraits.com.Links & NotesSubscribe to Rach Idowu on SubstackFollow Rach Idowu on InstagramFollow Rach Idowu on Twitter (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:14) - Introducing Rach Idowu (04:20) - The Pandemic Diagnosis (12:49) - About the Newsletter (13:53) - ADHD & Work (21:35) - Open

KC Davis is a licensed professional therapist, author, and speaker. She is the creator of the mental health platform Struggle Care, where she shares a revolutionary approach to self and home care for those dealing with mental health, physical illness, and hard seasons of life. She's with us today to talk about her role in the neurodiversity community as a TikTok influencer, how she stumbled into her favorite video community. We love KC not just for her TikTok, though. She's author of the book How to Keep House While Drowning, where she catalogs her approach to healthy living while embracing your struggles as morally neutral, not personality judgments. Her approach to living, shame, and struggle is, frankly, a breath of fresh air. Learn more about KC and her work at StruggleCare. And, of course, buy the book in your favorite format now. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:56) - Support the show! (04:49) - Welcome KC Davis (09:39) - ADHD is not your moral failure (18:59) - Cleaning and Trauma (22:11) - Ne

For the next few weeks, we’ll be talking with ADHD influencers. You might have seen them on YouTube or TikTok or Instagram talking about their experiences with ADHD — we want to talk with them about their experience leading them to become creators.Kicking off this series we welcome Matt Raekelboom. Matt’s a Toronto-based influencer predominantly on TikTok and Instagram sharing his tools and strategies around ADHD, fitness, and healthy living with his 300,000 followers. What you don’t get if you just stumble across Matt’s one-minute videos, though, is any taste of the long road he had to take to get it posted.He was an ADHD kid of the 80s, when we were wandering the wilderness of ADHD and medication, and ended up over-medicated and misunderstood. He battled substance abuse and homelessness, but regained his footing with an explosive passion for discovery of how his ADHD had played a part in all his troubles, and how it would play a part in his future successes, too.You can find Matt on Instagram and TikTok, na

With hundreds of episodes of Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast, it can be dizzying to figure out how to get started. That’s why we — Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright (your fair hosts) — recorded this episode. It’s for you, new listener, a brief guide that can help you get the most out of the podcast and the fantastic ADHD community that runs through everything we do. Thanks for joining us on this ride. We hope you find what you’re looking for! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we’re tabulating lessons learned from our recent series on overcoming obstacles. Over the last month, we met Mallory Band dug into imposter syndrome, RSD, and ADHD. Aron Croft shared his experience through higher education when his expectations ran straight into undiagnosed inattentive ADHD. And Christina Avallone shared her perspective on thriving in a digital world and building healthy relationships with your tech.If you haven’t listened to these episodes yet, check them out in your podcast app or listen on the web right here:Imposter Syndrome, RSD & ADHD with Mallory BandWhen expectations meet your ADHD with Aron CroftThriving in a digital world with Christina Avallone (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (00:53) - Support the show: Become a Patron! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (02:07) - Summary Fun! (02:37) - Imposter Syndrome (08:33) - When Expectations Meet ADHD (17:05) - Thriving in a Digital World ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on the show we’re talking with Christina Avallone, author of Thriving in a Digital World, to discuss the pitfalls many of us face when technology starts to take over. For Christina, it started at home as she navigated the massive technological shifts as a parent to her now-grown daughters. This experience led her down a path of research and exploration into technology, how a pathological use of our tech can impact the brain, and how systems presumably designed for productivity and connection can actually cause increased distraction and disconnection. Her book is driven not by a call for technological abstinence, but for understanding. For Christina, that means raising her children safe, in her faith, and aware of the tools in their pockets to do good in the world, while understanding their perils at the same time. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:59) - Sponsor: TextExpander (07:03) - Introducing Christina Avallone (13:04) - Crossroads: Co-mingling tech and distraction (19:04) - Context Swi