505 | Activation, Boundaries, and Confidence with Brooke Schnittman

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Oct 17, 2023

Brooke Schnittman, an ADHD coach and founder of a coaching company, discusses the importance of boundaries and small actions for activating potential. They explore resilience, consistency, and self-compassion, and highlight the struggles of delegating tasks for individuals with ADHD. The speaker also shares their experience of creating a last-minute presentation and discusses the potential impact of AI on managing ADHD.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Changing Last Name and Discovering Passion

02:43 • 11min

Power of Group, Coaching, and Therapy & the Importance of Resilience for Consistency

14:09 • 4min

The Importance of Persistence and Consistency

18:05 • 7min

Managing ADHD and the Importance of Delegation

25:14 • 4min

The Challenges of Delegating Tasks

28:50 • 10min

Creating a Last-Minute Minimalistic Presentation

39:02 • 2min

ADHD, AI, and Overcoming Underwhelm

41:13 • 9min

In today’s show, Brooke Schnittman joins Eric on the podcast! Brooke is a professional coach who understands, first-hand, the challenges of living with ADHD. As an adult with a late ADHD diagnosis, she knows what it feels like to feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and ashamed. But, instead of giving up, Brooke decided to use her personal experiences to help others with ADHD. She left a school system in 2018 to create a specially-tailored program for individuals for ADHD, called 3C Activation, which focuses on the importance of boundaries and small actions to activate potential and achieve continued success through maintaining momentum! Listen to Brooke’s Podcast: SuccessFULL with ADHD Check out Brooke’s website and find her book: CoachingWithBrooke.com Find Brooke on Instagram: @coachingwithbrooke Questions/Topics: [00:01:25] Introducing Brooke, a little ADHD tangent, and a relatable discussion about paperwork [00:04:12] What is 3C Activation? [00:06:10] The importance of intentionality behind small changes and habits vs. making many changes all at the same time [00:08:09] 3 steps for tasks and setting up the readiness for behavioral change [00:10:07] A moment of reading chicken scratch and controlling the chaos of your own ADHD brain [00:17:07] Consistency, resiliency, self-compassion, and persistence [00:19:41] The importance of sharing and acknowledging your wins [00:21:40] Overcoming negativity bias [00:22:26] A framework of boundaries, questions to check in with yourself, and saying “no” [00:25:21] The nervous system and its effect on decision-making [00:28:43] Discussing the resistance to delegation [00:32:43] “People actually want to help.” [00:35:09] Delegating creative tasks [00:36:46] ChatGPT, anyone? [00:41:14] Brooke talks about her book [00:45:01] Closing thoughts & announcements Resources & Honorable Mentions: Website: Dan Sullivan 🌟 Want to hear the bonus questions and answer at the end of this episode? Go to adhdrewired.com/Patreon where you can get an uninterrupted listening experience of this show and bonus content when you become a Patron at $5 a month or more! You can even join Eric every 4th Tuesday of the month for a Patron-only monthly coaching call at $25 a month! 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!