Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

You know it, you live it, you suffer through it: It’s IMPOSTER SYNDROME! This week on the show, executive function coach Mallory Band joins us to talk about the weight of the imposter on our shoulders and how we might use the lessons of executive functioning to shake free of it. We start with a walk through imposter syndrome and how it manifests in our lives. Because it's not just the imposter weighing on us, it's the compound pressure of anxiety, fear, compulsive behaviors, and more that all play a role in how we see the person we see in the mirror. Mallory wrote two pieces for ADDitude over the course of the last year on the subject. 'How my Imposter Syndrom Sapped Me of Myself,' which she followed up with, 'How the Pandemic's Uncertainty Forced Me to Become More Secure in Myself,' both available to read for free. Connect with Mallory on LinkedIn and learn more about her work at Essig Education Group. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (05:27) - Introducing Mallory Band (06:51) - What is an Executive Function Coach? (10:19) - The two sides of imposter syndrome (17:09) - RSD (Rejection Sensitivity) (19:35) - How do you retrain your brain? (28:31) - The Masks we Wear (36:15) - Imposter Syndrome and Burnout ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’ve had a busy month around here at Take Control ADHD. This week, we’re introducing a new episode in to our podcast calendar. We don’t have a great name for it yet, but rest assured a great name is inbound! For now, we’re talking all about lessons we’ve learned in March. We started with a conversation on managing tasks against a visual representation of our time. It’s not easy, but sometimes stepping back from all the things you think you have to do on a given day and starting instead with the time you have to do things is the best way to get started with smart prioritization. From there, we introduced PACT Goals (Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, and Trackable). Patrick McGinnis, the originator of FOMO, introduced us to FOBO (Fear of Better Options) where we learned the value of asking the universe for help to get a true gut-check on our feelings. Unblocking and Tackling helped us split our attention between getting ourselves unstuck and doing hard work, and finally, Casey Dixon helped us face facts about burnout!We finished our March Madness Pledge Drive having met our goals with your help and we’re off to April with a bunch of behind-the-scenes work and the launch of Placeholder — Pete’s new tech and systems podcast starting this week!This week’s episode is brought to you by TextExpander. Keep your message consistent, save time and be more productive, and be accurate — every time — with TextExpander. Visit https://takecontroladhd.com/textexpander to sign up today and get 20% off your first year as a supporter of The ADHD Podcast Community. And if you’re looking for how you can get started, just check out our February Workshop with Vic Martinez, trainer on the TextExpander team, for a video walkthrough! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:29) - The March Madness Pledge Drive is Over: THANK YOU (04:02) - Sponsor: TextExpander is Back! takecontroladhd.com/textexpander (08:27) - Lessons Learned ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Burnout. That word probably means something to you. But for all the feelings the term conjures for you, there are so many feelings you just might have experienced yourself completely unaware that those feelings, too, are symptoms of burnout. And identifying where burnout lives, where it stops and ADHD begins, can be a tricky business, indeed. Casey Dixon is an ADHD Coach who has worked with wide range of individuals living with ADHD over the course of her career. She’s the founder of Dixon Life Coaching, a site that is dedicated to the mindfulness approach to ADHD through simple daily practices to help you with everything from focus, to movement and settling. This week on The ADHD Podcast, Casey joins us to help us deal with the horrors and the terrors of burnout. (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast (00:45) - Support the Show: March Madness on Patreon! (03:59) - Introducing Casey Dixon (04:30) - On Burnout (16:37) - Compartmentalizing (19:33) - Beating Burnout (24:03) - The Five Ds (30:15) - What if it's really... the Job? (32:51) - Is a Vacation the Answer to Burnout? (38:44) - Proper Vacation Shame ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s case study day! Nikki has been working with a client struggling to get unstuck behind some big, challenging tasks. Those tasks are hiding behind other work making it tough to prioritize. After a few sessions with Coach Nikki, they settled on a pair of sessions they’re calling “Unblocking” and “Tackling” sessions. This week on the show, Nikki walks through the process with the aid of messages from the front lines in the form of client emails describing the challenges and successes that came from them!Haven’t heard our trailer for the upcoming Placeholder podcast? Stick around to the very end to check it out! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:21) - Support the Show! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (05:18) - Case Study: Unblocking and Tackling (31:48) - Placeholder Trailer ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A podcast about the tech we use while we’re waiting for something better, for members of the Take Control ADHD Community. Coming April 2022. (00:00) - Welcome to Placeholder ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Patrick McGinnis, the person behind the term "FOMO", is back. This time, he introduces us to — as he calls it — the evil brother of FOMO that can ruin your life. That thing is FOBO. The Fear of Better Options. It's the fear that there is always something better for you out there that holds you back from making the most important decisions of today. It foils any effort you might make toward commitment. It keeps you looking inward, at yourself, behind a veil of selfishness disguised as investigation. It can make you a lousy friend or partner. And it can make you hate yourself. This week, Nikki and Pete dive into Analysis Paralysis. Here's your background reading from Patrick McGinnis himself. Here an entry on Michael Crichton's Wikipedia entry on Gell-Mann Amnesia, if you're interested in further reading on the subject. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:38) - FOBO! (06:33) - FOMO v FOBO (08:04) - FOBO, Executive Functioning, and ADHD (14:20) - The McGinnis Approach (18:56) - Other Approaches (29:18) - Overcomplicating the Simple ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Never heard of PACT goals? You’re in for it today! We’re talking about a goal-setting metaphor with greater attention on outcomes than process and we think it has real legs when it comes to ADHD.PACT is a goal-setting technique and stands for Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, and Trackable. Compared to other methods that focus on outcomes, PACT goals focus on output. What does that mean? Well, hopefully, but the time you get to work on your well-formed PACT goal, you’re doing it without all the shame that comes from feeling as if you’ve failed a process. This is a tool and a metaphor, and if it works for you, you’ll be building new habits in no time.Links & Notes‘Meet PACT: The Goal Setting Technique You’ve Never Heard Of’ by Tammy J. Salmon-StephensJoin the Pledge Drive! — Become a member in March for bonuses, live events, and help us reach our goal and launch a new podcast just for members! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:00) - It's PLEDGE DRIVE TIME! (08:46) - PACT Goals (28:24) - How does motivation impact PACT Goals? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Explore various task management systems like Getting Things Done, Eisenhower Matrix, Kanban, Scrum, and Agile Results. Learn how to manage time effectively without feeling overwhelmed by tasks. Discover practical insights on adapting systems to individual needs for improved productivity.

You can't do what you want to do. You never finish what you start. You aren't able to focus. Sure, we say this stuff to ourselves when our ADHD is getting the best of us. But how often is that really true? This week on the show, we examine what lives between all and nothing and try to tackle the beast that is all-or-nothing thinking with some tools you can employ right away. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:12) - Sponsor: TextExpander asks you: What can you do with more time each month? (03:20) - ADHD Member Update! (04:55) - What Lies Between ALL and NOTHING? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kim To is CEO and Founder of Flair, a new platform designed to help you access a range of healthcare services to manage your life with ADHD. She's also Asian living with ADHD, and has spent much of her effort since her diagnosis exploring what it means to experience ADHD in a culture she describes as unaccustomed to the ADHD experience. She joins us today to talk about her ADHD coaching practice, what it means to share the responsibility of exploring ADHD in her community, and building a practice around inclusivity and understanding.Links & NotesOwn Your FlairConnect with Kim To on LinkedIn (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:24) - Support the show — Become a Patron! (02:06) - Upcoming TextExpander Workshop (04:48) - Introducing Kim To (07:27) - ADHD Diagnosis and Culture Shock (17:49) - Perfectionism (20:56) - The Responsibility of Teaching a Culture about Trauma and ADHD (24:36) - About Flair ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★