Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

Ok, let's get this out of the way: We're big fans of You Need a Budget. Like, huge fans. Massive, life-changing kind of product fans. So you can imagine that we're a bit beside ourselves this week.See, for someone who has had struggles with money in the past, discovering a tool that has the capacity to rewire your brain around budgeting and spending is a pretty big deal™. That's YNAB, a budgeting tool like no other. Even better, while the team had not intention to make a budgeting tool that can work for folks with ADHD brains, for a lot of us, they did just that.Jesse Mecham is the Founder of YNAB and personal finance expert. He hosts the You Need A Budget Podcast, the Beginning Balance Podcast and is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of the book of the same name, You Need A Budget. The Smart Money Mama herself, Chelsea Brennan, introduced us to YNAB in 2020 and the tool quickly landed at the top of our list of favorite, life-changing services, so Jesse is here not only as a budgeting guy we think you might like to meet, but because we are legit fans.YNAB isn't a sponsor of this show, but we encourage you to visit right away and sign up for their 34-day free trial and see how it works for you. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:38) - Support the Show: Become a Patron at Patreon.com/TheADHDPodcast (04:39) - Introducing Jesse Mecham (11:55) - The Tenses of Money (14:55) - The Four Rules (15:53) - 1. Giving Every Dollar a Job (18:57) - 2. Embrace your True Expenses (24:03) - 3. Role with the Punches (25:15) - 4. Aging Your Money (28:25) - The Elusive Emergency Fund (31:45) - What if you hate "Budgeting" (33:15) - Your Credit Card and You (37:41) - What if you're overwhelmed? (41:29) - YNAB as a Couple (44:44) - Kids ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

David DeWitt is a Certified Financial Planner living with ADHD and joins us today to walk through some of the challenges of building — and sticking to — a holiday budget with ADHD.But that's not really the whole story. David takes us on a tour down history lane. It's a tour that starts — and ends, actually — with the concepts around envelope budgeting, a classic in the budgeting universe that focuses on categories and cash. Well, we're note using cash anymore, but the idea of building your budget in a way that allows you to track what you spend, when you spend it, and keep your credit intact is central to budgeting for the ADHD brain.And that helps us to figure out where our impulsivity is taking hold, where it might not be healthy, and where it might be costing us a bunch of money. And when is that important? When our patented hyper-generosity is on edge: The holidays.DeWitt Capital ManagementADHD Money Talk with David DeWitt'The ugly truth behind your fancy rewards credit card' — Emily Stewart, Vox (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:21) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (05:14) - Introducing David DeWitt (15:38) - Thinking about Money with an ADHD Brain: Reverse Budgeting (22:48) - Credit Cards (28:46) - Rewards Cards (31:38) - ADHD Impulsivity in the Holidays (38:40) - But wait! My finances are a mess! (44:14) - On reprogramming for budget dopamine (49:40) - By Now, Pay Later ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week, in our third episode of our Techvember series, we're revisiting picks from digital episodes of the past. We started last week with email, followed up with work apps and tools, and now we're going home with a review of past recommendations for apps and gear that will automate your home and get you into shape!We didn't take on these picks in this particular order, but this should be everything we dropped in the conversation this week!A few old Smart Home tools: SmartThings by SamsungAT&T Digital Life - Wemo smart plugs, switches, and dimmers by BelkinGoogle NestSmart Garage Doors by Smart HomeKēvo Smart Lock by KwiksetWi-Fi Smart Lock by August Apple Home AppZigbeeZ-WaveIntroducing MatterPhillips HueEcobee Smart Thermostat PremiumHealth & FitnessLose It app (Pete and Nikki rec)Apple HealthWithings wireless scaleDay One appThe Mindfulness BellProductiveCoach.meRuntasticRunkeeperZombies, Run!MyFitnessPalLoseIt! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:29) - Support the Show: Become a Member (03:59) - Sponsor: TextExpander (06:36) - Smart Home (10:17) - Matter (16:49) - Thermostats (19:33) - Health & Fitness (28:13) - Day One (29:45) - A few more running apps (33:04) - Sleep (34:45) - Habits ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this podcast, the hosts discuss a range of tech topics including email management, different email applications and features, the evolution of the Pencil by 53 app, considerations on using Evernote, Craft as a publishing platform, and Text Expander. They also review various tech tools and apps for productivity and organization.

We haven't talked about email specifically in a while, but we've heard you talking about it plenty. It's still an issue that causes overwhelm and stress — whether you have what you see as too many email messages in your inboxes, or you just don't have a strategy for managing work outside of your email client. This week on the show, we're taking on email for 2022, how it stacks up with other work management tools, Inbox Zero, GTD™, email bankruptcy and more. Along the way, we mention Gmail, Outlook, Spark Mail, Todoist, and DEVONThink, but none of these are specific endorsements — the most important thing we can offer in this show is a set of suggestions for helping you to hopefully see email in a new way, reduce stress, and get back to life. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:59) - Become a Patron! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (05:36) - Email 2022 (11:00) - Overwhelm (14:33) - Sidebar: Texts and marking texts as unread (18:35) - Inbox Zero (26:23) - Pete's Picks: DEVONThink & Todoist with Keyboard Shortcuts (28:59) - Delete vs Archive (33:03) - The GTD Connection: Five Choices (35:03) - Email Bankruptcy (38:59) - Multiple Email Addresses (45:30) - Maintenance ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our ADHD can feel like a weight on our backs. But what happens to you when you stop, take stock, and celebrate what is going right?This week on the show, TCA Coach Lynn Warner joins us to discuss celebrating our Wins with ADHD. But it's not just about knowing that cakes come on birthdays. Today's lessons are about retuning your brain, training yourself to see the wins around you — big and small — and finding ways to reward yourself appropriately. This means learning new language, and seeing the world with fresh, more positive eyes.Learn more about Lynn at TCA.As a bit of follow-up this week, we answer a few listener questions that were originally addressed to dietitian Nicole DeMasi Malcher. Listen to the show for details, but here's the handy list of snacks we reference on the show. Thanks Nicole!peanut butter sandwich or any sandwich with meat - choosing whole wheat bread will help to keep you fuller longeryogurt or cottage cheese & fruitpita/bread and hummustuna & crackersprotein bardeli meat roll-upsdates and peanut butterroasted edamame or chickpeassmoothie made with both fruit + proteinleftovers! (just not leftover chips!) (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:44) - Introducing Lynn Warner (04:31) - Follow-up: Nutrition! (09:03) - Why did you become a coach? (10:57) - Celebrating ADHD Wins ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Aviva Nirenberg, a certified ADHD and Family Coach, joins the podcast to discuss natural approaches to navigating ADHD. Topics covered include sleep, exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, and the benefits of being in nature. The importance of developing small habits and understanding nutrition for managing ADHD is also explored.

Feeling overwhelmed? Let's be honest: Probably. This week we're taking on ADHD overwhelm with coach Ian Wahlert as we deal with unplanned transitions, breaking down big thoughts, avoidance, and shut-down.But first, we have a little follow-up from last week's show on the question of transitions. Number one, how do medications help when you're thrown by surprise transitions? Does your relationship with your meds, and all that your meds do for you, help to ease transitions — surprise and expected alike?From there, Ian helps us navigate overwhelm, shame, avoidance, and shut-down, as we lead up to Nikki and Ian's group coaching session on this very subject!Learn more about Ian here, and check out their group coaching session today! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:19) - Sponsor: TextExpander! (06:00) - Introducing Ian Walhert (06:49) - Follow-Up: Surprise Transitions! (07:28) - Does medication help with transitions? (11:13) - Coming back to tasks after transitions (17:47) - The Big Segue to Overwhelm! (31:34) - Shame and Shutdown (37:31) - Managing Interpersonal Relationships ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Why are transitions so hard with ADHD? Big ones, little ones, rare ones, daily ones, it seems like changing context from one to the next is like running through three feet of mud when everyone else is floating on air.It might be your big transitions — holidays, vacations, big blocks of time. It might be little transitions — leaving for work, coming home. It might be micro-transitions — going to sleep, waking up. It might even be surprise transitions — transitions you didn't know were coming at all. Whatever the kind of transition you struggle with, you're not alone in that struggle if you're living with ADHD. This week, we're talking all about transitions, and have some tips for you to make your transitions a little bit easier.Don't forget: It's not too late to check out ADHD Group Coaching and get yourself signed up today! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:55) - The Trouble with Transitions (05:58) - What is a "transition"? (14:56) - Unconscious Transitions (18:15) - Using James Ochoa's Pressure Breathing Technique for Transitions (22:12) - The Transition Day (25:11) - Planning to Help Transitioning (26:28) - Get up and Move! (27:06) - Alarms and Reminders! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

James Ochoa is a licensed professional counselor dedicated to treating, understanding and exploring adult ADHD. He lives with ADHD himself and has long demonstrated his introspection and exploration through his work and writing. His book, Focused Forward, gifted us a whole set of new language when we talk about our relationship with ADHD and we’re thrilled he’s back to check in with us today, his SEVENTH appearance on The ADHD Podcast.And why is he here? Because he’s devoted his work lately on using breathing to interrupt negative patterns. As James tells us, breathing is the only autonomic system in the human body which we can exert direct control over. If we’re not thinking about it, breathing just happens. But if we do think about it, we can speed it up, slow it down, even stop it for a spell. So how do you use it to teach your body some new tricks? We’ll learn from James today!Check out James’ Town Hall SeriesJames’ Professional Trailblazing: A New Roadmap for Treating Adult ADHDCheck out Shiny Merch! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:21) - Support the show: Become a Patron! (02:39) - Group Coaching is Back! (05:24) - Introducing James Ochoa (07:11) - Breathing as a Pattern Interrupt (15:41) - The CO Model (22:42) - What is Safe Self-Resourcing? (30:01) - The Five Breath Pressure Technique (32:59) - James walks us through the exercise (40:02) - State Change (44:05) - Learn more ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★