Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

Dr. Russell Barkley has been something of a firebrand in the ADHD community for over four decades. With twenty-five books — 43 separate editions — and his name behind numerous assessment scales and journal articles, he has established a career of education and advocacy in the field second to none. Today, Dr. Barkley joins us on the ADHD podcast.He’s here, ostensibly, to tell us all about his new book — 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD — but the conversation quickly turns toward advocacy, the tangible dangers of ADHD as a disorder, and the lives lost because too many dismiss it. We talk about the role of genetics and parenting and the role of each in ADHD. We hope you join us today; it’s an incredible honor for us to have Dr. Barkley on the show and are grateful to be able to share it with you all.Bonus! His team was kind enough to offer us a 25% discount on the new book! Click here to get it now!Links & NotesThe works of Dr. Russell BarkelyJoin The ADHD Study Hall! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:53) - Support the show: Become a Patron (03:07) - Introducing Dr. Russell Barkley (07:31) - The First Principle: Self-Regulation Deficit Disorder (10:51) - Seven things at risk with ADHD (15:10) - How do you talk to kids about a new diagnosis? (23:58) - A Legacy of ADHD Advocacy (28:37) - Signals and Myths of ADHD (38:25) - The things we can control (41:47) - The ADHD Pandemic and Parenthood (48:13) - ADHD Across the Lifespan (55:04) - Get the Book! 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

They may have pivoted to parents, but Diane Dempster and Elaine Taylor-Klaus still bring every bit of their Impact! Today they join us to talk about parenting complex kids in a complex era along with Elaine’s new book, The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More.Along the way, they share incredible insights on the parent-child relationship. Ensuring that you’re on your kiddo’s team, consequences and punishments, owning and transferring ownership of responsibilities, growing up ... it’s all on the table this week with Diane and Elaine, plus they share the story behind their pivot from ImpactADHD to ImpactParents!Links & NotesFreebie gift: Book Bundle BonusFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubePinterest (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:26) - Support the show — Become a Patron! (03:45) - Follow-up (10:17) - Welcome Elaine and Diane! (12:07) - Rebranding for Complex Kids (17:45) - Shifting Life's Responsibilities (25:54) - About the Book (28:28) - Executive Age and Releasing Control (34:56) - Consequences vs. Punishment (40:53) - Collaboration 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you’re a well-practiced student, you probably have your own system and set of practices for doing that job. Taking notes, studying, preparing projects, taking exams ... you know what works for you, right?It turns out, it’s pretty easy to develop a false sense of security in our own systems to the point that they might not actually be helping you do the real work of being a student. This week on the show, we offer the timeline for effective study habits — originated at the University of Arkansas — a simple, straight-forward process to help you learn to study effectively and deliver the results you want.Links & NotesTimeline for Effective Study Habits (PDF)Anki FlashcardsQuizletNotetakingI know, these are both iPad Pro focused, but I encourage you to watch them for process, not technology, if you’re thinking about how to engage in material.🎥 Samuel Suresh: “How I Take Notes with My iPad Pro in Lectures”🎥 Ali Abdaal: “How I take notes on my iPad Pro in medical school”ZettlecastenIf you’re not on the market for a new note-taking system, do not click on these links. There be monsters! If you’re embarking on any sort of research — and you have fun with this kind of stuff — you might just find Zettlekasten and some of the software tools that enable it really exciting.🎥 Shu Omi: “Zettlekasten Note-taking Method: Simply Explained”🎥 Shu Omi: “How to take Smart Notes in Roam Research”🎥 Curtis McHale: “Getting Started with a Zettlecasten System”🎥 Curtis McHale: “What Makes a Good Zettlekasten Note”👨‍💻 Roam Research👨‍💻 Obsidian (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:55) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:41) - The Timeline for Effective Study Habits (06:34) - Before Class (09:58) - During Class (12:30) - One Note-taking Strategy: Zettlekasten (17:16) - During Class... some more (21:04) - After Class (24:04) - The Exam 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You’re heading back to school. You’ve got your books. You’ve got your syllabus. You’ve got your pencils and notebooks. And you’re even feeling great about your class schedule. You’ve got this. Only one question remains. When are you going to do the work?Turns out, that’s a pretty big question and one you are perfectly capable of answering! This week on the show we’re talking all about time and tasks; how do you organize not only the due dates of your assignments and test schedule, but how do you manage the time you have to put in to do the actual work, writing, and studying of being a successful student? (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:47) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:27) - Organizing Time and Tasks as a Student (09:48) - Check your Email (10:55) - Planning Tools (11:43) - Calendars (13:46) - Beware errors in repeating events! (14:38) - Managing due dates AND work time! (18:34) - Task Management (21:06) - Break it down until it's easy (22:53) - The Ideal Weekly Calendar (25:21) - Tasks AND Subtasks 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Make no bones about it: there is nothing normal about our back-to-school experience this year. Whether you’re heading to college on campus or distance, you and your ADHD are no doubt impacted. We have four strategies for you this week, ranging from organization to time management, and even a little hint of wellness from the avoid-news-of-the-world-on-fire camp. Whatever your situation, however you’re tackling your studies, we want to make sure you have the tools and the strength to move your degree forward. This week, we’re talking all about going back to school online.Links & Notes Join Nikki’s ADHD Study Hall! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:31) - Support the Show: Become a Member (06:45) - Back to School 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You’ve tried email bankruptcy. You know all about filing. But sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did you fall back into email overload... again? First things first: It’s not just you. It’s common to live with some sort of anxiety around email and email overload. Where we’re going to focus today is not on some magical list of things you’re supposedly doing wrong, rather we’re gong to ask some questions about the relationship you want to have with your inbox, about how you might be able to focus on simplicity instead of strict organization, and how a few quick keyboard shortcuts and a learning mindset might make all the difference in your approach to electronic mail.Melissa is our community manager in The ADHD Group. If you’d like to get to know more about her, become a supporter over on Patreon and you’ll have access to her annual members-only series on email management and the Discord ADHD Community!Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Hey.com — How it WorksGmail Search OperatorsYahoo! Search Operators (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:41) - Support the show: Become a Patron! (04:20) - Group Coaching Update (06:42) - Study Halls with Nikki! (08:09) - Reclaiming Email (18:14) - Reclaiming Email: How did you get here? (23:12) - Thinking about what you want your inbox to do for you (24:45) - Workflow Simplicity (29:00) - Learning new skills to support your email relationship (40:07) - A brief aside on filters and automation (41:50) - Hey.com (46:24) - Search (51:21) - Archive, Delete, Folders, Lables, All Mail (58:57) - Special Folder: Gmail Trash (59:57) - Does "Archiving" email compress your email? 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Waking up. Going to sleep. Eating. Email. Meetings. Games. Family time. Illness. That list goes on, and on, and on. What do those things have in common? They all involve requiring the brain to transition from one state to another. And the ADHD brain in particular — thanks to the unique powers of attention that come with it — may have a harder time making transitions from one activity to the next. This week on the show, we’re talking all about transitions and how to set yourself up for success by framing your transitions in a new light. Plus, Pete’s back after a longer-than-expected break thanks to his transition around COVID. Links & NotesGroup Coaching for the Fall is now available for registration. Or join Thursday Study Halls with NikkiEpisode 183— Lessons Learned from Big Transitions in the Home. Nikki discusses her son’s difficulty transitioning to middle school (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:13) - Support the show — Become a Patron! (03:57) - Group Coaching is Back! (09:52) - Pete's COVID Report (18:23) - Dealing with Transitions 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re almost at the end of our July hiatus and gearing up for our regular podcast schedule this August. For now, how about a recent rebroadcast to remind us all about the little things we can do to feel good today!This is not an episode about COVID-19. Not really.But it is about what has happened to us all at home because of our contexts right now. And one of the things we know is that putting into place some basic organizing tools can help you spruce up your home or workspace, get your co-habitants working together, and make you feel great. So this week on the show we're going back to basics as Nikki Kinzer reminds us all to do what we know, treat ourselves well, and give ourselves permission to be great no matter how the house looks! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:03) - Support the show: Become a Patron! (03:23) - Quick Organizing Tasks! 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're at the end of our mini-series on ADHD and money and, just like with our finances, we have to be ready to PIVOT! When a guest has a last minute conflict, we're ready to talk about budgets, and bills, and more with your questions!Links & NotesYou Need A Budget (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:27) - The True Story on TruStory FM (03:58) - PIVOT! (05:12) - Support the Show — Become a Member! (05:58) - You Need a YNAB (17:04) - Impulse Buying (22:32) - Cutting the Book Budget (27:02) - Paying Bills (29:54) - Managing Accounts (31:33) - Document Management (34:59) - Medication as a Fixed Expense (35:51) - Relationship Financial Stresses (41:30) - The ADHD Instructor (48:23) - Focus Question! Hyperfocus and word acquisition 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Do you get the feeling that ADHD is in the way of your relationship with money? While it may feel like you're struggling alone, money is a struggle for many people, with and without ADHD. This week on the show, SmartMoneyMamas.com's Chelsea Brennan sits down with us to talk about foundational skills for budgeting and getting out of debt that will go a long way toward living a healthy life with money AND our ADHD!Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!SmartMoneyMamas.comFollow Chelsea on TwitterYouNeedABudget.com (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:19) - Introducing Chelsea Brennan from SmartMoneyMamas.com (04:03) - Petes & Nikki's Financial Knowledge (06:18) - Chelsea's Road to SmartMoneyMamas.com (08:53) - How to Start – Memories of Money (12:34) - Chelsea's Earliest Money Memories (15:06) - Goal Planning Beyond Debt (19:55) - Managing Negative Feelings About Spending When Budgeting (21:10) - Managing a Budget During COVID (23:04) - Good Debt Versus Bad Debt (26:08) - Steps and Strategies to Budget (29:01) - Handling Credit Card Debt (35:39) - Car Loan Management (38:37) - Next Steps With Your Budget (41:54) - Habits (46:56) - Planning for Foreseen & Unforeseen Expenses (50:31) - Credit Cards for Emergencies (52:41) - Getting Some Wiggle Room (56:58) - Retirement Planning (01:01:56) - Wrapping Up 🎓 College Coaching for ADHD Students is Now Enrolling!Starting college with ADHD? Don’t go it alone. At Take Control ADHD, we offer two personalized coaching options to help students thrive both academically and emotionally. The Roadmap Planning Package includes two pre-semester strategy sessions to build custom calendars, break down big assignments, and create ADHD-friendly systems for success. For ongoing support, our Weekly Coaching Package offers one-on-one accountability throughout the semester to stay focused, flexible, and in control.Learn more and find the right fit at https://takecontroladhd.com/college. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★