Rebroadcast • Email is Not Precious! — and other stress-relieving axioms to save you time
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Jun 19, 2025
Dive into the timeless wisdom of managing email in today’s fast-paced world! The conversation explores how ADHD brains interact with the overwhelming flood of messages we face daily. Discover effective strategies to redefine your relationship with email, including practical tips on reducing distractions and rethinking organization. Learn the importance of integrating emails with task management tools to boost productivity. This discussion not only offers humor but also reassures listeners that they're not alone in navigating these challenges.
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Client's ADHD Self-Acceptance Journey
Nikki Kinzer shares a client story about overcoming overwhelm and embracing ADHD with self-love and acceptance.
The client realized the importance of asking for support and trusting herself, marking a significant breakthrough in coaching.
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Email's Ubiquity and Mobile Surge
Email remains a dominant communication platform with billions of users and hundreds of billions of daily messages.
Mobile email usage surpasses phone calls, making email’s always-available nature a significant lifestyle factor.
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Limit Email Checks and Notifications
Stop checking email constantly; treat it like regular mail by checking it just a few times daily.
Turn off notifications to avoid letting email own your attention and reinforce stress habits.
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As we kick off our summer break, we’re re-releasing a few classic episodes that still hit home—like this one on email from way back in 2017. Yes, some of the tools we mention (hello, Evernote) have aged out of our workflows, but the core ideas about attention, overwhelm, and building ADHD-friendly systems are still spot-on. Think of this as a time capsule with a message that’s still relevant today. Enjoy the listen, and come say hi in the Discord while we’re on break!
Billions of us send hundreds of billions of email messages every single day. Email is bigger than any other social platform around the world and thanks to the explosion in mobile Internet, we’re doing more and more emailing every day in the palms of our hands. Is this how you want to live? Is your ADHD brain adopting to the always-open door to your life that is electronic mail? This week on the show, we’re talking about changes in lifestyle, behavior, and technology you can make to impact your relationship with email for the better!
(09:02) - Follow-up: Where does the diagnosis start?
(12:10) - Follow-up: Learning to love yourself
(15:42) - Let's talk about Email and the ADHD Brain
(19:50) - Challenging Email Behavior and Lifestyle
(27:14) - Stop filing. Just stop it. Please, stop it.
(29:56) - Workbox versus Inbox
(38:10) - Switching Costs of Changing Behavior
(41:21) - Revisiting "Inbox Zero" and ADHD
(46:20) - Apps that make email better
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