The ADHD Family • Living Tips from Our Listeners

Aug 10, 2021

Listeners share their strategies for managing ADHD in the family, including the use of alarms, planning routines, and meal planning. The hosts discuss the upcoming content and promote their website and Patreon page. They also provide tips for using alarms effectively, using launch pads for organization, maintaining a tidy home, and strategies for meal planning and grocery shopping.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Upcoming Family and ADHD Content

02:09 • 4min

Managing Time and Tasks with Alarms

05:46 • 17min

Using Launch Pads Near Stairs for Efficiency and Organization

22:21 • 2min

Strategies for Keeping a Clean House with ADHD

24:02 • 5min

Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Tips

29:10 • 6min

Before we went on our annual July break, we posted a question to you: What do you do to keep your family running? Living with ADHD inside the complex organism that is your family, we wanted to know what kinds of systems you have in place to keep the trains on time as best you can, together.

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You answered! We grouped responses in four broad categories: Alarms, Planning, Cleaning, and Meal Planning, and today on the show we have a review! Some of live by alarms and use the snooze surgically. Some of you call out Getting Started with The Fly Lady and her shiny kitchen sink approach to contagious cleanliness. You shout out to Dana K. White from A Slob Comes Clean for her honest approach to organizing. You even give Pete a chance to shout out his new vacuum (it's the Shark upright, FYI).

What we do know is that you all are getting it done with ADHD and your families, and that we all have a long path to walk to feel like we're truly on top of things. So this week we raise a glass to all those strategies that help us feel like we're moving just a little bit closer to the goal every day.

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(03:05) - Support the show • Get the new Pete Podcast Coming Soon!
(06:07) - What do you do to keep your family running?
(06:43) - Alarms
(15:57) - Planning and Routines
(29:27) - Meals

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