
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

May 6, 2024 • 12min
139 - The ADHD Secret Of The Day Before
There's so much hope the day before. It's the day of that tends to host all those struggles. Let's unravel that knotted up extension cord and straighten things out. 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! 📬

Apr 29, 2024 • 14min
138 - When I Get Started, But I Get Distracted, What Then?!
We can put so much effort into just getting started on crappy tasks that it can be such a pain in the butt to find ourselves getting distracted two minutes into the task. ADHD can really be fun sometimes, can't it?! UGH-tastic! I have some thoughts on that...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! 📬

Apr 22, 2024 • 16min
137 - Gamification and Community Works!
ADHDers have interest-wired brains. So it stands to reason that if things aren't fun, or interesting, we'd have a hard time getting going on them. And yet, there are many aspects of life that are ultra-boring....and we still want to be able to do those things. Thank god there's such a thing as gamification! Let's talk about what that can look likeGot 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 15, 2024 • 16min
136 - What Happens When We Lose The Juice For Stuff
Does that happen to you? You really get going on a project, a goal, a dream, and suddenly the juice is gone. For me, it's very dramatic and feels like I'm a failure, or that this isn't meant to be anymore, or that I'll have to just wait until the juice comes back.Today I'm talking about what I do to move forward when the juice is gone. 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! 📬

Apr 8, 2024 • 14min
135 - I Got Laid Off...WHAT?!
Well this has been an interesting turn of events. Getting laid off is such a bizarre, unsettling experience. I'll share how it went down for me, and maybe in all this there is a takeaway nugget...or not...we shall see. Mentioned in the podcast: Let's get our sh*t together...together, join the ADHD Big Brother Community and if you join this April, use coupon code APRIL25 for $25 off your first subscription payment!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! 📬

Apr 1, 2024 • 41min
134 - Dr. Matt Zakreski Crushes My Imposter Syndrome
On today's episode, I called the amazing Dr. Matthew Zakreski, PsyD. If anybody can help us with our imposter syndrome, it's him. You'll see why. He's brilliant. And funny! To get in touch with Dr. Matt:For Therapy - https://www.theneurodiversitycollective.comFor Speaking Engagements - https://www.drmattzakreski.comFollow him on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drmattzakreskiHere's his bio:Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times all over the world about supporting neurodivergent kids. Dr. Zakreski is a member of Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children (NJAGC), and Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE). Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP) in 2016. He is the co-founder of The Neurodiversity Collective**************************************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 25, 2024 • 13min
133 - Crafting Your ADHD Way To Get Started On Things
Getting started on crappy tasks can be very difficult, like trying to push open a concrete door. Let's discuss how to get that door open!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 18, 2024 • 11min
132 - Are We Doing The Brain Dump Wrong?
Every time I sit down to do a brain dump, to get everything out of my head like a good adult with ADHD...EVERY TIME I do that, my thoughts run and hide. Let's discuss a possible rethinking about our thinking about brain dumping...Mentioned in the podcast:ADHD Big Brother Community Free Sign upGot 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 11, 2024 • 14min
131 - Dopamine Daydreaming and Taskfirmations
This week I started exploring barriers to doing tasks, and I ended up talking about affirmations, taskfirmations, dopamine and a new thing to try to get more in alignment with the ideal vision we have of ourselves. Reach out via the links below and let me know what you think!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 4, 2024 • 14min
130 - Planning and Getting Started
All it takes is the littlest thing to impede my world and my ability to get started on things can become derailed. Today I'm going to talk about the 4 things that I do when those times hit and I have no motivation or ability to get started. What do you do to get started? Reach out and let me know!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! 📬