ADHD Crash Course

Today I’m chatting with Shell Mendelson, an author and career coach who teaches how you can find the right career path with ADHD.She helps multi-passionate professionals discover how to explore their interests and consider essential career factors on their journey to unlock their career path.In this podcast, we discuss :Challenges for college students in early career planningHow to identify your skills, goals, needs and accommodationFields of fascination – those areas of interest that have been neglected in the past, but can be explored nowChallenges of multi passionate individuals and the importance of prioritizing interests and taking actionHow to recognize and overcome the "safekeeping self" by asking questions and exploring you possibilitiesHow late-diagnosed and/ or older clients may face more challenges due to past experiences, current responsibilities and negative self talkHow to advocate for yourself throughout the interview process and beyondHow to reach Shell: https://passiontocareer.com

In this podcast episode, I'm chatting with Skye Waterson, a former academic turned coach, podcast host, and founder of an international ADHD support service, Unconventional Organisation.Skye's services help overwhelmed professionals with ADHD create focused, balanced days for themselves and their families. Today she’s speaking about time and overwhelm and offers her tips on prioritization, delegation and how we can ease transitions between high to low dopamine tasks!Connect with Skye via Instagram @‌unconventionalorganisation or visit her website at ADHD Treatment Online | Coaching for Symptom Management  for her prioritization filter and additional resources.

Sometimes when we struggle, we find ourselves believing the same old "stories" that have been bouncing around in our heads for years.Things like:"I always drop the ball""I'm such a disaster""I don't trust myself to make changes".Not only do these shame-based stories wear us down, they move us far away from problem solving. That's because in order to effectively solve problems, we need to be open and curious. Self judgment is just the opposite of that! Self judgment doesn't attempt to look for answers because it thinks it already has them! If you have these kind of negative stories on repeat, they may be preventing you from actually finding the strategies that will work for your brain!. In this episode of ADHD Crash Course, I talk about how my client's old stories impacted her and how she challenged those stories. As a returning college student with a bumpy academic past, she had some stories to push back on when she got behind in her assignments. I'll also talk about what happened next; how working on challenges like executive functioning skills and managing her overwhelm became much more doable once her brain moved off of the self criticism and into problem solving! 

Dr. Tamara Rosier, an author focused on helping families navigate ADHD, shares insights from her works, including 'Your Brain's Not Broken.' She discusses the vital process of emotional repair in relationships, emphasizing communication and vulnerability. The conversation tackles balancing caregiving with encouraging independence in children, while also addressing parental expectations and the importance of self-advocacy. Throughout, Tamara adds humor to the challenges of parenting, making the journey both relatable and enlightening.

Tamara Rosier, an ADHD coach and author of 'Your Brain's Not Broken', shares her wisdom on parenting and family dynamics in the context of ADHD. She emphasizes the need for transformational thinking over survival tactics and builds on emotional regulation as a cornerstone for family harmony. Discover the intricacies of empathy, including its challenges and balance, and learn about the significance of being a 'safe person' in family interactions. Tamara's light-hearted anecdotes make the conversation relatable while tackling the complexities ADHD families face.

ADHD impacts our ability to regulate our attention, activity level, and emotions! We need easy tools to help us regulate in order to show up the way we want.Sensory strategies are the perfect "body-level" tool that can help you calm down, increase your energy, improve your focus and manage BIG emotions! In this episode, we'll learn how to use this powerful tool for self-regulation.Want more tools? Sign up for my FREE 5 day Sensory Strategies for ADHD email series here!Interested in joining us for my NEW Group Coaching Membership? Use the code CRASH COURSE for the month of December for a BIG discount on your first month here!

Task initiation is an executive functioning skill and can be a HUGE struggle for us (especially when we're overwhelmed). What can we do? (other than "try harder" or "just do it"). Today I'll share tips to help you get started when your motivation, energy, interest are running low!

The use of ADHD medications is a personal choice and one that can generate a good amount of confusion. How do we know whether or not to try medication as a tool to manage ADHD? What are the benefits? What are the risks? Is the stigma that continues to surround the use of ADHD medications warranted? In this episode, I'll discuss some of the questions you can ask as yourself and your mental health provider as you navigate this complex topic. 

Today I chat with Meredith Carder, author of "It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life". Meredith is an ADHD coach, content creator, speaker and author who is passionate about helping those with ADHD live their best lives!In this episode we discuss:-late ADHD diagnosis and its impact-how shame can block our progress- the need for cognitive flexibility- tips for building a strategy toolbox that will work for your brain- and more!Want to connect with Meredith?Instagram:   / hummingbird_adhd  Website: https://meredithcarder.com/Book: https://meredith-rose-carder.mykajabi...

We all do it. We planned to do something, believed we would and then we drop the ball. For whatever reasons, something we 100 % planned to do didn't happen.When we don't follow through with the things that matter to us, we may have our own "stories" about why. The problem with these stories is that they are often harsh. judgmental, and leave no room for actual problem solving!Approaching our failures with curiosity and openness allows us to find solutions that work for our brains. We can "flop" artfully when we take a moment to analyze how it happened and what we need for a different result. On today's episode of ADHD Crash Course, we'll discover practical ways we can do that!