Attention Different | Adulting with ADHD Embrace ADHD with Humor w/ Ron Capalbo
đź’ˇ What if laughing at yourself was the key to radical self-acceptance?
For years, Ron Capalbo masked his ADHD, relied on urgency to get things done, and pushed himself until panic attacks forced him to stop. What followed was a complete reframe of how he approached ADHD through humor, creativity, and compassion.
In this episode of the Attention Different Podcast, we sit down with Ron Capalbo—ADHD coach, content creator, and founder of the nonprofit The Monoceros Initiative. Ron shares how his middle school diagnosis was buried under stigma, how urgency and “try harder” became his only system, and how rediscovering play, imagination, and self-acceptance changed everything
From basketball hoops in his bedroom to viral TikToks about three-day-old coffee mugs, Ron shows how embracing the quirks we often hide can become powerful fuel for connection, creativity, and growth.
✨ Highlights ✨
• Why “eat the frog” doesn’t work for ADHD brains, and why “eat the cake” does.
• How urgency and shame trap ADHD adults in cycles of burnout.
• Using childhood play and imagination as a real motivation strategy.
• Why laughter is an antidote to shame, and the start of radical acceptance.
• Ron’s mission is to support under-resourced ADHD coaches through The Monoceros Initiative.
This episode is for anyone who’s tired of hacks that don’t stick and ready to embrace ADHD with humor, authenticity, and self-compassion.
📺 Watch the full episode with Ron Capalbo now on Attention Different YouTube: 👉 ‪https://www.youtube.com/@attentiondifferent
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