Journey With Me Through ADHD: A podcast for kids

Discover how urgency can be a powerful tool for managing ADHD and increasing motivation. Learn practical ways to create urgency in your life and boost your motivation. Explore the benefits of creating a sense of urgency and activating your brain's dopamine system.

We all have unintentional thoughts that drive emotions, actions, and decisions! Our ADHD brains too often are driven by those big, intense, deep emotions that have a negative underlying thoughts!! I have GREAT news!!! You CAN choose to move your thoughts in a different direction as you become secret agents of your emotions!!!  In this episode, you will hear from my friend and fellow ADHD coach, Kamden Hainsworth. She shares this great example of having the power to choose which direction your thoughts and emotions go by becoming a secret agent of your underlying thoughts. Discovering what's really going on in your mind, allows you to choose to stay mad/sad or move towards patience/compassion. That being said, it's healthy to verbally express those mad/sad emotions and then navigate where they are coming from! At the end of this episode, you get to hear from Kamden's daughter, Evann, who shares a persoanl story of how becoming a secret agent of her emotions was super helpful to her!  You can find Kamden at www.adhdirectory.com or on IG @kamden_adhd. Make sure you go to my website to hop on my email list for weekly episodes straight to your inbox and added resources, check out my book, or schedule a free coaching consultation at www.focusforwardadhd.com  

Too often we focus on our challenges and don't take time to highlight the incredible strengths beyond the struggles, one being the gift of spontaneity!  In this episode, You will hear from my buddy and fellow ADHD coach, RJ Porfilo! He so generously and spontaneously carved out time to record this episode today! I thought the topic of celebrating our spontaneity would be a perfect topic to talk with him about! Coach RJ explains what it looks like to be spontaeous and how in the stone age, this strength was life saving!! He also shares his personal experience with it and how you can take on a challenge to discover it and count it as a win!  Check out RJ's podcast "The Power of ADHD" or find him on Instagram @rj.illo. Go visit my website to get on my email list and recieve weekly emails with the latest podcast episode with added tips and added resources. Visit www.focusforwardadhd.com to schedule a free ADHD coaching consultation.  I hope you all are well and take this opportunity to celebrate your spontaneity! 

"You took my ______!" "That's not fair you have_________!" " I want _________ now!" Sound familiar!? One of the big challenges we face with multiple kids under one roof is sibling conflict! This becomes even more of a struggle when we have kiddos with highly intense emotions and trouble regulating those big emotions!!  I for one know that my kiddos who all have emotional regulation struggles, tend to break out in fights quite frequently and we have to be intentional to help lead them to resolving the conflict and finding ways to get along!  In this episode, we will explore WHY kids with ADHD and their siblings tend to fight more often and WHAT steps we can take to resolve the conflict more quickly and restore relationships through connection and better understanding!  Sneak peak of episode content: "Why" may include: Feelings of jealousy, competitiveness, wanting to be included, feeling like things aren't fair, and the crazy one is seeking that negative pleasure of dopamine by stirring up conflict!! Being misunderstood, lack of knowlege around the struggles ADHD brings. Now what can we do!? Connect through common interests Practice working together on things Create space and practice walking away to find calm when lava starts to boil up! Celebrate your siblings strengths/Encourage and compliment each other Respect your siblings space and give time, just like you want them to give you Practice gentleness, kindness, and self-control with words and actions Educate them on the WHY and how your emotions hijack your thinking brain sometimes! Understanding will lead to connection and compassion. This is a door to open to ask for help in the future if the sibling is able to! Becoming self-aware of the WHY and choosing even just one or two steps to take toward connection before conflict will take you on a road to recovering those valuable sibling relationships!  Go to my website www.katelynmabry.com to get on my email list for weekly episodes straight to your inbox with added resources. You can also check out my book, follow me on social media, and/or get on my schedule for a free ADHD coaching consultation! Find the right next step for you to grow on your ADHD journey!! Have a great day! Love you all! 

Discover the concept of 'masking' in relation to ADHD and the potential harms and benefits associated with it. Explore strategies for identifying helpful versus harmful masking, working through symptoms and emotions, and connecting with like-minded individuals. Uncover the importance of authenticity and building confidence in ADHD.

This podcast explores the importance of self-awareness and finding calm in difficult situations. They discuss techniques for practicing emotional regulation and embracing a growth mindset to express anger as a feeling rather than an identity. The takeaway is to practice pausing, being slow to speak, and embracing a growth mindset.

AHHH! This can be such a tricky thing to do! Let's first discover WHY we have such a tendance to blurt out answers, thoughts, and feelings often at inappropriate times!? Struggle with impluse control We are afraid we are going to forget what we want to say! Struggle to prioritize time and place. The emotions hijack the thinking part of the brain and blurting is driven by emotion rather than intentional thought! Knowing the why helps trusted adults respond to the struggle vs. treating it just as a problem to punish.  In this episode, you will hear from my buddy Isaac (9 years old) who shares his own struggle with blurting out in school and gives some tips and tools that have been working well for him to grow in this area! The three things he suggests are using "calm strips, squishy balls, and practice self-talk" as methods of keeping his hands busy while he waits for his turn to speak and the fidgeting allows for better concentration on the lesson as a whole!  I follow up Isaac sharing with three things to practice in preparation for those moments when you want to blurt out in class or in other social situations.... Anticipate: Become more self-aware of the times/patterns of blurting! Prepare a plan: Once you can start anticipating when the blurting often occurs, you can then put a plan in place to practice leading up to those times!  Practice using the tools and techniques that work best for your brain! For Isaac, he found the calm strips, squishy balls, and self-talk helpful...BUT for you those tools may look different! Here are a few more to try... Doodle pad Different types of fidgets (ie: jewelry, gum, quiet and stretchy (may need to be a little more durable so they dont break so easily as you put all that tension on it!) Alternate seating (wabble chair, ball chair, standing during lesson, band on legs of chair, etc. Take movement breaks when possible I would love for you to message me with what works well for you!! This is where you want to channel that creativity and ask yourself, "what does my ADHD brain need!?" Would you or your child like to send in an audioclip to share on a future podcast episode!? We would love to hear from them!! Email me at katelynmabry4@gmail.com to learn more or just send me an authentic audioclip sharing about struggles, strengths or any other insights about living with and ADHD brain! Kids LOVE hearing from other kids and so do I!!! Get on my email list at www.katelynmabry.com to get these episoded delivered directly to your inbox each Friday with added resources! You can also go to www.focusforwardadhd.com if you want to schedule a free consultation and learn more about what hiring an ADHD life coach would look like!  Can't wait to be with you again next week! Love you all! ~ Katelyn  

This title came to me as I was working out at the gym today and so did the silly rap I decided to record at the beginning of this episode;) Too often shame is something that is tied to getting an ADHD diagnosis! Let's get rid of that ASAP!! ADHD can feel like a game sometimes, doesn't it!? Trying to figure out how to play, what move to make, which tool/piece to use, and there is always strategy to figure out too!! One card that we need to make sure is not a part of our game is SHAME! This is a very intense emotion, often triggered by those fixed thoughts we talk about! As ADHD warriors we can combat ways in different ways...Here are 5 ways that will hopefully help lead you down a path of progress from shame to shining your beautiful bright light! 1. Bring any shame thoughts/feeling into the light/ share with trusted adult/friend.  2. Unravel and pick apart shameful feelings to compare it to what is true!  3. Detach what you do from who you are! What do you place your identity in!? 4. Recognize triggers...What are your shame triggers? When you identify those triggers, then you can put them to rest. 5. CONNECT with others! Shame often occers when feeling disconnected, so do the opposite and intentially connect with those you love and trust. When you throw away the card of shame...you can play the card of confidence, the card of self- compassion, and the card of caring for others! That sounds like a pretty awesome game!!  Hop on my email list when you go to my website www.katelynmabry.com so you can get the latest podcast episode right in your inbox each Friday! I also add some more fun resources on there too!Wohoo! Message me if you want to submit an audio and be a star on an upcoming episode!! You can book a free coaching consultation at www.focusforwardadhd.com. We can get rid of your shame card together!  Love you all!      I used this article below as a reference and guide while applying it to living with shame as an ADHD warrior!  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-science-meets-the-steps/201501/5-ways-silence-shame

This podcast explores the power of chores for kids with ADHD, emphasizing the opportunity for personal growth. Strategies for overcoming challenges and developing good habits through chores are discussed, highlighting the importance of a clear space for a clear mind.

When we hear "you need to focus" that sends chills up your spine, doesn't it!? It sure does mine! Oh how I wish it were that easy! But in this episode you will be introduced to the word "FOCUS" in a whole new light as we see it through the lens of helping us connect with others in different environments!  Do you find it hard to connect sometimes? Whether it's an interaction with peers, connecting with trusted adults, or even having positive interactions with siblings at home...these can all feel a little harder due to the fact that social interactions often need some work when we live with and ADHD brain and that's OK! We all need work on areas of our lives! In this episode you will meet Speech Language Pathologist and Parent Coach Angie Grandt who shares with us how to use this FOCUS accronym as a helpful tool for connection! Angie specializes with working parents and kids who have been adopted too! Such an awesome resource to have as you continue to form that connect with each other!  F igure out what you want to say O bserve- Are they ready to listen? C reate your message U se your senses- Was your message understood? S elf-correct if needed Hop over to my website www.katelynmabry.com to get on my mailing list to recieve a graphic with this acronym along with continue to recieve weekly episodes right to your email each Friday! You can also book a free ADHD Coaching consult with me or another highly qualified ADHD coach who is a right fit for you www.focusforwardadhd.com   Check out Angie's fabulous resources too! Book a free session with her @http://www.calendly.com/angiegrandt/freesession  Angie's social media connections: FB: http://www.facebook.com/groups/connectedparentswithangie/ IG: http://www.instagram.com/connectedparentswithangie/ I still would absolutely love to feature your voice on this podcast! Please send a message if interested! Love you all!