
ADHD Big Brother - ADHD and Depression Solutions, Laughter, and Thoughts
Adult ADHD and Depression can be sucktastic! Let's have a laugh or two while we work to get on the other end of our unique skull spaghetti. Nominated for best male host in the 2024 Podcasters Peoples Choice Awards, and currently a top 2% global podcast! Subscribe to the ADHD Big Brother podcast if you want short, entertaining episodes, delivered weekly, that will nudge you forward on managing those adult ADHD symptoms. Do any of these debilitate you: I have no motivation to do boring things. I can't get started! I have choice paralysis. I have so much self-loathing. I have a million unfinished projects. I have no time management skills. If so, I can help. My name is Russ Jones, I'm a former actor/comedian and a current ADHD Big Brother. I am diagnosed with ADHD and Depressive Disorder. My mission is to help adults wiith ADHD who struggle in the way that I did, and still do, with managing their ADHD and Depression symptoms. I'm trained in integrative wellness coaching and have education and years of experience in ADHD specific coaching. My view is that this process is most effective through community. Visit adhdbigbrother.circle.so to learn about our growing community of adults with ADHD who are all getting our sh^t together...together! It's ADHD Coaching by Community!
Latest episodes

Apr 21, 2025 • 20min
189 - Clearing Out The Mental Clutter
We've been getting organized this month, and today I wanted to talk about how I work on decluttering my brain! From the disorganized mental mess of to-do's to the ruminating nonsense of my RSD...let's discuss. Mentioned in the podcast:Take Antonia's Survey! Antonia Bowring is writing a new book, and YOU can help! The book is entitled "Leading with ADHD: The Profound, Practical, and Physical Journey" and she is crowd-sourcing insights from ADHD leaders about their journeys. I took the survey and she interviewed me!If you are an ADHD leader, please take her survey. Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LeadingWithADHDYour opinions and experiences matter, and she is so grateful for your time. Two lucky participants will each win a $100 Amazon gift card.Get Antonia's ebook "ADHD Success Planner" Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

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Apr 14, 2025 • 51min
188 - ADHD Organizing, Our Nervous System, And More with Megs Crawford
Megs is back! Megs Crawford is the host of the Organizing an ADHD Brain podcast, professional organizer, and coach. She has dedicated her career to empowering women to understand their unique brains and create a more organized and peaceful life. She is phenomenal, and today she is talking with me about the emotional side of organizing with some great insights about our nervous system. Give a listen! Mentioned in the podcast:Organizing an ADHD Brain websiteOrganizing an ADHD Brain podcastMegs Crawford's Dopamine MenuCome to the Declutter Body Double Event with Megs![REPLAY] of Megs Crawford Taming the Chaos: ADHD Meets Organization WorkshopGot a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Apr 7, 2025 • 19min
187 - ADHD Organization and Decluttering - Let The Cleaning....BEGIN!
This month we are all about organizing and decluttering! Who's in? Let's get decluttered together! Mentioned in this episode:Megs organization concepts workshopMegs Declutter EventLearn more about Megs Crawford, her own community, and ways she can help you!Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Mar 31, 2025 • 37min
186 - Tina Mathams talks ADHD and Finances Pt. 2
We discuss impulsive spending, solopreneurship, and Tina helps me figure out my own next steps on my financial journey. Tina Mathams is always amazing and her knowledge of finances is top shelf! Tina Matham Links:Tina's WebsitePre-order her book "ADHD Money" on AmazonGet Tina's Google Sheet TemplatesHer Instagram: @theadhdaccountantAnd here's her linktree with all her other exciting things, including her Facebook Group as well as her podcast: ADHD Money and FinanceTina's Bio:Tina Mathams is an accountant, ADHD financial educator, author and host of the ADHD Money and Finance podcast. After discovering her own ADHD, she combined her expertise with her lived experience to help neurodivergent individuals manage their finances. Through her online platforms, she provides practical strategies for overcoming impulsive spending, budgeting effectively, and building financial confidence. Tina is a sought-after speaker and guest expert in the neurodivergent community. Her mission is to empower ADHD adults to take control of their money and to do that in a way that suits their ADHD brain.Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Mar 24, 2025 • 15min
185 - How To Do The Sucky Stuff
If you have read all the books, listened to the podcasts, watched the YouTube videos, and taken the courses, and you still aren't doing the work...here ya go. Do this. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then do it again. Then....Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Mar 17, 2025 • 53min
184 - ADHD, Finances, Time-Management, and Solopreneurship with Carolyne Whelan
Super excited to get to talk with writing coach Carolyne Whelan on this episode. If you are new to Carolyne, see her bio information below. And yes, I butchered her last name even though I heard her say it! My brain is fun. Carolyne has forgiven me for my flub...you should, too! :) Here are the links mentioned in the show! Carolyne's Website: www.carolynewhelan.comCarolynes freebie mentioned in the showCome join us for a free writing workshop with Carolyne: Click here to learn moreBIO:Carolyne Whelan is the former editor-in-chief at Adventure Cyclist and Dirt Rag, and the current editorial director for Overland Expo. She is the founder at Forward Motion Coaching and Retreats, where she works with writers to break through writer's block and feel empowered with the skills of purposeful self-editing. She's spent years as an instructor working with college and graduate students and even high schoolers. She's helped over 500 writers hone their craft, understand the world of publishing, and have fun writing. She has a BA and an MFA in Creative Writing, and brings an empathetic touch to her coaching style. She lives in Montana with her partner and their dogs, and when she isn't writing, editing, or coaching can be typically found in the woods with mud in her hair. Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Mar 10, 2025 • 16min
183 - ADHD Money and Finances - Learning or Doing?
If you haven't listened to last week's episode with the amazing Tina Mathams, that's a great starting point to the conversation this month about finances. We going deeper than "what's your budget software/app". This week let's talk about the assignment she gave us and dig into the differences between learning, and doing. And please, please, please, send me your book recommendations. The book on finance that had the most impact on you. Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Mar 3, 2025 • 39min
182 - ADHD and Money with Tina Mathams
This month we are all about the finances! Today's guest is the PERFECT person to kick it off for us. Tina's Bio:Tina Mathams is an accountant, ADHD financial educator, author and host of the ADHD Money and Finance podcast. After discovering her own ADHD, she combined her expertise with her lived experience to help neurodivergent individuals manage their finances. Through her online platforms, she provides practical strategies for overcoming impulsive spending, budgeting effectively, and building financial confidence. Tina is a sought-after speaker and guest expert in the neurodivergent community. Her mission is to empower ADHD adults to take control of their money and to do that in a way that suits their ADHD brain.Tina Matham Links:Tina's WebsitePre-order her book "ADHD Money" on AmazonHer Instagram: @theadhdaccountantAnd here's her linktree with all her other exciting things, including her Facebook Group as well as her podcast: ADHD Money and FinanceGot a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Feb 24, 2025 • 13min
181 - A Reflection on Routines Month
The most profound aspect of this month's focus on routines has been the implementation of a morning and an evening routine. How did you do? Have you been following along? Have you taken a thwack at these crucial routines for adults with ADHD? If not, I challenge you this week to attempt a "this" (You'll know when you listen to the episode)Mentioned in the podcast:Dr. Shane Calhoun's interactive workshop on routines. Open to the public in the ADHD Big Brother community. Click here to get the details. Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬

Feb 17, 2025 • 57min
180 - "Hacking Your ADHD" Podcast Host, William Curb, Talks Routines and More
What a wonderful conversation with the one and only William Curb of the top ADHD podcast "Hacking Your ADHD". We cover his time as a professional frisbee manager, his podcast, grabber-reach tools, routines and much more! William's Links:Hacking Your ADHD WebsiteGet his newsletter "Any and All Distractions" Follow him on Blue SkySubscribe to his YouTube Channel@hackingyouradhd on the other socials! More about William:William Curb, born in Oahu, Hawaii and graduated with a BA in English from the University of Puget Sound in 2008. He now resides in Washington state as a non-binary individual with a loving wife and two children. William's career path has been diverse, from real estate to managing a professional frisbee team. His true passion lies in podcasting, where he now advocates for ADHD awareness on his podcast, "Hacking Your ADHD," (launched in 2019) where he offers actionable advice and fosters a supportive community for those with ADHD, aiming to dispel misconceptions and empower individuals.Got a minute to help me improve the podcast? Click here to take the anonymous ADHD Big Brother survey! 💡 ⚡️ FINALLY! Get Your ADHD Sh*t Together. Join ADHD Big Brother for daily accountability, peer support with Russ and friends, and a FREE 30-minute coaching call with Russ when you join. Stop winging it alone. 👉 Ready? Join us at www.ADHDBigBrother.com Less than the cost of one private coaching call! Click here to get the 8 essential ADHD Big Brother episodes delivered straight to your inbox! 📬