Refocused, A Podcast All About ADHD

Eating Disorders Awareness Week is underway and today's show is our commitment to supporting the incredible work being done to raise awareness on the impact disordered eating can have, both for our ADHD community and society as a whole. I'll just be upfront here, this episode does not focus entirely on ADHD and eating disorders. Instead, our team made the decision to look at how eating disorders impact our society as a whole and what's being done to improve how we diagnosis and treat eating disorders. It's estimated that 9% of the world's population has an eating disorder and it is also one of the deadliest mental illnesses, making Eating Disorders Awareness Week something we needed to support. Joining us on the show is registered dietician nutritionist Hilmar Wagner from The Emily Program, a nationally-recognized program focused on using personalized treatment plans to help patients find lifetime recovery from their eating disorders. Hilmar works with both patients and providers through his role at The Emily Program and we're diving into the big picture impact of eating disorders, what's changed over the years when it comes to diagnosing and treating eating disorders and also looking at the state of care for people seeking treatment for an eating disorder. Eating Disorder Resources If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, call the National Eating Disorder Association Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. It is a toll-free, confidential number you can call Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m. Eastern and Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern. More information on the NEDA Helpline https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline To learn more about the work The Emily Program is doing to help people impacted by eating disoders https://emilyprogram.com For more resouces connected to Eating Disorders Awareness Week https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/eatingdisordersawarenessweek Subscribe to Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel wherever you listen to Podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Refocused: hello@refocusedpod. Refocused's artwork was created by Sissy Yee of Berlin Grey. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.

We are wrapping up the month of love with another great episode with ADHD relationship expert Melissa Orlov, diving into everything from the power of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, post-retirement ADHD symptom concerns, the ADHD Power Couple – Impulsivity and Distractibility and the importance of sleep hygiene in supporting ADHD-impacted couples. Tune in now to learn more about ADHD and impulsivity from Melissa Orlov! Affected by the stimulant medication shortage? #AdderallShortage us too! Melissa's latest post Adderall Shortage Hacks for Adults with ADHD offers up ideas on how to deal with the dysregulation, tips for dealing with the pharmacy and even has non-medicinal ways to help alleivate some of the side effects. Check it out now! Highlights What is rejection-sensitive dysphoria? Emotional dysregulation in the ADHD partner Parent-child dynamic in ADHD-impacted relationships People pleasing and over-committing Addressing ADHD, shame, and rejection Establishing routines with ADHD Sleep hygiene and disorder Impulsivity and distractibility in ADHD Handling finances in ADHD-impacted relationships How the non-ADHD partner can help nurture the ADHD-impacted relationship About Melissa Orlov Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com. She provides support groups, private couples counseling and consulting, professional training, and more. Recently, she launched couples' seminars via Zoom conducted twice a year. Resources about ADHD and ADHD-impacted relationships are also available on her blog. Melissa is also an award-winning author, having published books about ADHD-impacted relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014). To connect with Melissa, check out the links below: Website | www.adhdmarriage.com/ LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/melissaorlov Facebook | www.facebook.com/ADHDMarriage/ Twitter | @msorlov Resources from Melissa Orlov: The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD | The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps | Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel // @adhdonline // @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel // @adhd_online // @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management, and teletherapy, check out ADHDonline.com. Check out Michelle Seitzer's What I've Learned as the Spouse of Someone with ADHD where the writer offers up eight things tips for people navigating the complexities of an ADHD partnership. Show Credits Lindsay Guentzel, show host and executive producer Phil Rodemann, coordinating producer Sarah Platanitis, consulting and pre-production management Sarah Gelbard, writer and researcher Al Chaplin, social media production Our incredible artwork was created by Sissy Yee of Berlin Grey. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter, and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email him at louisinglis1@gmail.com. Bear Beat Productions helped with the audio editing and engineering and all of our episodes with Melissa Orlov were shot live in-person at PS Creative Studios in Phoenix. Welcome to Refocused! Lindsay Guentzel was almost 35 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. It turned out to be the answer she didn't know she was looking for. The journalist and mental health advocate has teamed up with ADHD Online to explore the often misunderstood world of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Discover tools and mindset shifts to help you start living your best life. Those old, outdated assumptions about ADHD? Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel is changing that narrative. Those stigmas have held us back for long enough. It's time to refocus our energy and we hope you'll join us.

Dealing with emotions can feel like a full-time job for a person with ADHD — and it can be incredibly confusing for the neurotypical people in our lives! Especially our partners. On today's episode, Lindsay dives into the power that emotions can hold in an ADHD-impacted relationship with ADHD relationship expert Melissa Orlov. Melissa talks about the intensity of anger, shame and self-esteem and how the non-ADHD partner can help support specific emotional needs of their ADHD partner. She also offers a ton of suggestions on how couples can get started on a path to better understanding and communication. This is part three of Lindsay's four-part conversation with Melissa. To start at the beginning, go back to episode 65 ADHD & Relationships with Melissa Orlov released on February 6th. Join the conversation by reaching Lindsay via hello@refocusedpod.com or on social media at @lindsayguentzel now! Highlights How the ADHD brain works with anger Depths of shame, grief, and ADHD What is the very present moment focus? Defensiveness and cover-ups mechanisms Mastering the ADHD emotions Emotional needs of the ADHD partner Figuring out what is best for the ADHD partner's emotions About Melissa Orlov Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com. She provides support groups, private couples counseling and consulting, professional training, and more. Recently, she launched couples' seminars via Zoom conducted twice a year. Resources about ADHD and ADHD-impacted relationships are also available on her blog. Melissa is also an award-winning author, having published books about ADHD-impacted relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014). To connect with Melissa, check out the links below: Website | www.adhdmarriage.com/ LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/melissaorlov Facebook | www.facebook.com/ADHDMarriage/ Twitter | @msorlov Resources from Melissa Orlov: The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD | The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps | Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel // @adhdonline // @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel // @adhd_online // @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management, and teletherapy, check out ADHDonline.com. Check out Michelle Seitzer's What I've Learned as the Spouse of Someone with ADHD where the writer offers up eight things tips for people navigating the complexities of an ADHD partnership. Show Credits Lindsay Guentzel, show host and executive producer Phil Rodemann, coordinating producer Sarah Platanitis, consulting and pre-production management Sarah Gelbard, writer and researcher Al Chaplin, social media production Our incredible artwork was created by Sissy Yee of Berlin Grey. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter, and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email him at louisinglis1@gmail.com. Bear Beat Productions helped with the audio editing and engineering and all of our episodes with Melissa Orlov were shot live in-person at PS Creative Studios in Phoenix. Welcome to Refocused! Lindsay Guentzel was almost 35 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. It turned out to be the answer she didn't know she was looking for. The journalist and mental health advocate has teamed up with ADHD Online to explore the often misunderstood world of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Discover tools and mindset shifts to help you start living your best life. Those old, outdated assumptions about ADHD? Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel is changing that narrative. Those stigmas have held us back for long enough. It's time to refocus our energy and we hope you'll join us.

Understanding your partner is one of the most important parts of having a healthy, fulfilling relationship. But without ADHD resources available, ADHD-impacted relationships are challenged every single day and the unfortunate reality is this often leads couples to separate or divorce. Today's episode is the continuation of our conversation with Melissa Orlov on how awareness and self-acceptance of ADHD can help save relationships and marriages. After establishing ADHDmarriage.com in 2007, Melissa has helped couples learn to thrive in ADHD-impacted relationships. Today, Melissa dives into hyperfocused courtship, looking at guilt and how the pressures of having ADHD can affect a couple and how defining and acknowledging ADHD symptoms can help guide the ADHD partner through rough patches. Tune in now to learn more about ADHD, dating, and divorce from Melissa Orlov! Join the conversation by reaching Lindsay via hello@refocusedpod.com or on social media at @lindsayguentzel now! Highlights ADHD, marriage, and divorce What is hyperfocus courtship? Pressures felt by women with ADHD ADHD women and the biological clock Adult ADHD, guilt, and shame Dealing with ADHD in retirement Same-sex couples and ADHD How to create a healthy ADHD relationship? About Melissa Orlov Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com. She provides support groups, private couples counseling and consulting, professional training, and more. Recently, she launched couples' seminars via Zoom conducted twice a year. Resources about ADHD and ADHD-impacted relationships are also available on her blog. Melissa is also an award-winning author, having published books about ADHD-impacted relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014). To connect with Melissa, check out the links below: Website | www.adhdmarriage.com/ LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/melissaorlov Facebook | www.facebook.com/ADHDMarriage/ Twitter | @msorlov Resources from Melissa Orlov: The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD | The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps | Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel // @adhdonline // @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel // @adhd_online // @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management, and teletherapy, check out ADHDonline.com. Check out Michelle Seitzer's What I've Learned as the Spouse of Someone with ADHD where the writer offers up eight things tips for people navigating the complexities of an ADHD partnership. Show Credits Lindsay Guentzel, show host and executive producer Phil Rodemann, coordinating producer Sarah Platanitis, consulting and pre-production management Sarah Gelbard, writer and researcher Al Chaplin, social media production Our incredible artwork was created by Sissy Yee of Berlin Grey. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter, and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email him at louisinglis1@gmail.com. Bear Beat Productions helped with the audio editing and engineering and all of our episodes with Melissa Orlov were shot live in-person at PS Creative Studios in Phoenix. Welcome to Refocused! Lindsay Guentzel was almost 35 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. It turned out to be the answer she didn't know she was looking for. The journalist and mental health advocate has teamed up with ADHD Online to explore the often misunderstood world of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Discover tools and mindset shifts to help you start living your best life. Those old, outdated assumptions about ADHD? Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel is changing that narrative. Those stigmas have held us back for long enough. It's time to refocus our energy and we hope you'll join us.

All relationships have their hurdles, but couples in ADHD-impacted relationships? Like most things in life, it tends to be more complicated for us. ADHD divides our attention, which makes managing and maintaining relationships way more challenging. Today's conversation with Melissa Orlov is all about how ADHD can show up in our relationships. Motivated to start ADHDmarriage.com in 2007 while sharing stories from her own ADHD-impacted relationship, Melissa has helped so many couples by sharing her expertise with the neurodivergent community over the last 16 years. Tune in now to learn more about ADHD and relationships from Melissa Orlov! Join the conversation by reaching Lindsay via podcast@adhdonline.com or on social media at @lindsayguentzel now! Highlights Melissa's journey in helping couples with ADHD Melissa's career with ADHD and couples' counseling Defining Adult ADHD and the emergence of the culture Adult ADHD's pointers and symptoms How ADHD is managed in different interpersonal relationships ADHD in the digital age Awareness, misinformation, and stigma of ADHD Patterns of ADHD in couple dynamics Couples' Seminar with Melissa Orlov - The ADHD Effect In-Depth Register Now About Melissa Orlov Melissa Orlov is the founder of ADHDmarriage.com. She provides support groups, private couples counseling and consulting, professional training, and more. Recently, she launched couples' seminars via Zoom conducted twice a year. Resources about ADHD and ADHD-impacted relationships are also available on her blog. Melissa is also an award-winning author, having published books about ADHD-impacted relationships - The ADHD Effect on Marriage (2010) and The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD (2014). To connect with Melissa, check out the links below: Website | www.adhdmarriage.com/ LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/melissaorlov Facebook | www.facebook.com/ADHDMarriage/ Twitter | @msorlov Resources from Melissa Orlov: The Couple's Guide to Thriving with ADHD | www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LDYD360?tag=adhdmarriagec-20 The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps | www.amazon.com/ADHD-Effect-Marriage-Understand-Relationship/dp/1886941971 Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel // @adhdonline // @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel // @adhd_online // @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management, and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com Welcome to Refocused! Lindsay Guentzel was almost 35 years old when she was diagnosed with ADHD. It turned out to be the answer she didn't know she was looking for. The journalist and mental health advocate has teamed up with ADHD Online to explore the often misunderstood world of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Discover tools and mindset shifts to help you start living your best life. Those old, outdated assumptions about ADHD? Refocused with Lindsay Guentzel is changing that narrative. Those stigmas have held us back for long enough. It's time to refocus our energy and we hope you'll join us. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email him at louisinglis1@gmail.com.

We're wrapping up our conversations highlighting the importance of taking care of ourselves by diving into executive function, organization and finding your own path to peace of mind with Lisa Woodruff of Organize365®! What we're reading this week: Sarah Ludwig Rausch dives into her own ADHD journey in The Daydreamer: Why ADHD in Females Is Underdiagnosed. Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.

Alright, we're midway through January. And according to Forbes, one in four of us has already broken our New Year's Resolution. If we ever actually made them. We're continuing to set the groundwork for learning to put ourselves first and it is so important that we talk about how our finances play a role in helping us live the lives we want. And for so many people with ADHD, money can be incredibly overwhelming. David DeWitt knows this relationship well. As a person living with ADHD who works as a financial planner, he's using his expertise to help the neurodiverse community get a handle on our relationships with money. And he's joining the Refocused community to share what he's learned over the years! Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.

We continue our conversation on ADHD and our relationship with food with the ADHD Nutritionist, Becca King. Becca shares what led to her own ADHD diagnosis and how the pandemic opened up an opportunity for her to focus her attention on helping the ADHD community. She also offers up tips for anyone who is evaluating their own relationship with food and what they should consider when choosing a specialist. To connect with Becca, check out her website here and find her on Instagram here. Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.

The New Year can make even the most pessimistic person feel some optimism and if you made a resolution, there's a very good chance you have one of these -- losing weight, eating healthier and exercising more -- on your list. They were the top 3 resolutions Americans made this year, according to Statistia.com. To get you started on your journey, we wanted to dive into the relationship between the ADHD brain and food. Becasuse it is incredibly complex and we know disordered eating is a commorbidity many people with ADHD deal with. But it goes well beyond that and there are conversations happening right now that explore the connection between what we eat and how our brain works -- the gut-brain connection. These complex conversations are ones Dr. Marylin James is having every day with her patients, through her practice Haven Family Health in Jacksonville, Florida and through her work as a telehealth physician at ADHD Online. Dr. James uses her dual board certification in both family medicine and osteopathic manual medicine to provide her patients with the individualization they need. Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.

Happy 2023! We are so excited for the year ahead and are in the midst of editing some really incredible conversations we can't wait to share with you! We are also so excited to introduce you to this week's guest, the incredible Joy Thurston. Joy graciously dives into her own ADHD journey with the Refocused community while also sharing how her love of singing and active meditation have come together to help the greater good in an up-and-coming app called Biiah. After you fall in love with Joy, come back here and find out how you can support the work her and her teammates are doing. Here are three easy ways to support the team behind Biiah: Check out their Kickstarter. Share it with your friends and loved ones (and support them if you can). Follow Biiah on social media. Social Media Profiles Instagram: @lindsayguentzel @adhdonline @refocusedpod Twitter: @lindsayguentzel @adhd_online @refocusedpod For more information on ADHD Online and ADHD assessments, medical management and teletherapy. Email Lindsay: podcast@adhdonline.com. The theme music for Refocused was created by Louis Inglis, a songwriter and composer in Perth, Australia who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020 at the age of 39. To learn more about the work he is doing, check out his online studio here. You can also email Louis directly here.