Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

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 (01:42) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (03:22) - Organizing Time and Tasks as a Student (08:43) - Check your Email (09:50) - Planning Tools (10:38) - Calendars (12:40) - Beware errors in repeating events! (13:32) - Managing due dates AND work time! (17:28) - Task Management (20:00) - Break it down until it's easy (21:48) - The Ideal Weekly Calendar (24:16) - Tasks AND Subtasks ★ 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 (02:25) - Support the Show: Become a Member (05:39) - Back to School ★ 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 (01:36) - Support the show: Become a Patron! (03:15) - Group Coaching Update (05:36) - Study Halls with Nikki! (07:03) - Reclaiming Email (17:09) - Reclaiming Email: How did you get here? (22:07) - Thinking about what you want your inbox to do for you (23:40) - Workflow Simplicity (27:55) - Learning new skills to support your email relationship (39:02) - A brief aside on filters and automation (40:45) - Hey.com (45:18) - Search (50:16) - Archive, Delete, Folders, Lables, All Mail (57:52) - Special Folder: Gmail Trash (58:52) - Does "Archiving" email compress your email? ★ 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 (01:07) - Support the show — Become a Patron! (02:52) - Group Coaching is Back! (08:46) - Pete's COVID Report (17:17) - Dealing with Transitions ★ 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 (00:57) - Support the show: Become a Patron! (02:18) - Quick Organizing Tasks! ★ 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 (00:22) - The True Story on TruStory FM (02:52) - PIVOT! (04:06) - Support the Show — Become a Member! (04:53) - You Need a YNAB (15:59) - Impulse Buying (21:27) - Cutting the Book Budget (25:57) - Paying Bills (28:48) - Managing Accounts (30:28) - Document Management (33:54) - Medication as a Fixed Expense (34:45) - Relationship Financial Stresses (40:25) - The ADHD Instructor (47:18) - Focus Question! Hyperfocus and word acquisition ★ 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 (02:14) - Introducing Chelsea Brennan from SmartMoneyMamas.com (02:58) - Petes & Nikki's Financial Knowledge (05:13) - Chelsea's Road to SmartMoneyMamas.com (07:47) - How to Start – Memories of Money (11:28) - Chelsea's Earliest Money Memories (14:00) - Goal Planning Beyond Debt (18:50) - Managing Negative Feelings About Spending When Budgeting (20:05) - Managing a Budget During COVID (21:58) - Good Debt Versus Bad Debt (25:02) - Steps and Strategies to Budget (27:56) - Handling Credit Card Debt (34:33) - Car Loan Management (37:31) - Next Steps With Your Budget (40:49) - Habits (45:50) - Planning for Foreseen & Unforeseen Expenses (49:25) - Credit Cards for Emergencies (51:35) - Getting Some Wiggle Room (55:53) - Retirement Planning (01:00:50) - Wrapping Up ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Symptoms of ADHD have a tendency to impact how we deal with our finances. This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer lays out the facts as we embark on a series of conversations dedicated to ADHD and money. While our upcoming guests will help us through budgeting and getting out of debt, this week we focus on finding the money mindset as we set ourselves on a path to live in a more healthy relationship with our finances! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:00) - Support The ADHD Podcast: Become a Patron at https://patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (02:24) - ADHD and Money (06:20) - Laying out some of the facts (18:08) - Working Memory and Money Management (19:56) - Self-regulation (30:13) - The Desire Statement (36:16) - Coming up... ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We've been piling on episodes the last 8 weeks so it's time to take a break to do a little listener email! This round we’re taking on routines, planning for adaptation and change, home exercise, separating work from personal time at home, taking breaks, clogging tasks, and more! Thanks to all who have written in — please keep 'em coming: questions@takecontroladhd.com. Links & Notes Your Daily Does of Kristin — Workouts with Pete’s Sister-in-LawPete’s Headphones: ATH-m50x (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (00:48) - Support the Show — Become a Member at Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (05:26) - A little shouting from the mountain tops... (08:34) - Non-COVID routine adjustments (10:49) - Planning for a return to "Normal"? (17:53) - Learning flexibility (20:48) - Exercise at Home (27:08) - Strategies for separating work from personal time (31:23) - Structure for taking breaks during the day (33:35) - Embarrassment Tasks (38:04) - Creating focus space at home (42:46) - Planning (47:40) - How do you figure out what's most important when faced with a big project? (50:50) - Putting in extra time at work because we're always feeling behind ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lisa Woodruff is a home organization expert, productivity specialist, and speaker. She has two books, The Mindset of Organization and How ADHD Affects Home Organization, which are Amazon best sellers in their categories, and as we continue our journey through ADHD and organizing, Lisa is the perfect guest to help us with a system to start the week right: The Sunday Basket.Just what is The Sunday Basket? It's a weekly appointment with your future self. It's the promise you make to manage your home and support your responsibilities. Oh, and it's a bucket... the most powerful bucket you'll own. Links & NotesOrganize365.comThe Organize365 PodcastThe Sunday Basket at Organize365 (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:19) - Support the Show: Become a Patron at Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (02:43) - Introducing Lisa Woodruff and Organizing365 (07:54) - The Sunday Basket (21:57) - Paper (23:32) - Forming the Sunday Basket Habit (26:59) - The Digital Sunday Basket? (34:00) - GTD (41:42) - Finding Lisa ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★