Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

In part 2 of our organizing series we're taking on sorting and purging. How do you handle making the tough decisions that will ultimately lead you to reclaiming your space? You build some new muscles... starting today! First, we’ve got a listener question that takes us deep into the avoidance spiral hole, and a reminder that if you haven’t invested in a password vault to keep your usernames and passwords secure, 2.2 billion reasons just hit the open network. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! “Security firm identifies hacker behind Collection 1 leak, as Collection 2-5 become public” by Catalin Cimpanu Download 1Password (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (02:13) - Safety Update: Make sure you have a password vault! (04:21) - HaveIBeenPwned.com (05:38) - Opening Question: How do I break the Avoidance Spiral Hole! (12:29) - Support the Show (13:59) - Follow-up: Kondo and ADHD (16:09) - Organizing Step 2: Sorting and Purging (41:45) - Homework! 🎓 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 haven’t noticed, there is a lot of energy around getting organized in the air right now. Spurred on by the new Marie Kondo show on Netflix, we’re getting more and more questions about the so-called magic of tidying up and, most importantly, is this an ADHD-friendly way to handle your stuff? As you can imagine, we have opinions! This week on the show we’re digging into our roots to talk about organizing with ADHD, kick-starting a five-week mini-series on the organizing process, and how to get organized in a way that is kind to your ADHD. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! Organizing Your Space Your Way with Nikki Kinzer Tidying Up with Marie Kondo (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (03:05) - Question: Is Marie Kondo ADHD-Friendly? (11:52) - Support The ADHD Podcast! (14:01) - Orgainzing with ADHD (19:27) - The Four Steps of Organizing Your Space (20:38) - Step One: Planning, and the Definition of Organization (26:21) - Is tidying up really a special event for ADHDers? (30:31) - Estimating Time to Organize, rewards, and sprints (34:41) - Chosing the Starting Point (36:17) - Is your zone causing you stress? (38:33) - The Zig-Zag and the Yo-Yo (44:09) - Coming attractions 🎓 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 ★

Some call hyperfocus the hidden superpower of ADHD. It’s characterized as this amazing reserve of focus that you can turn on to accomplish great things, health and wellness be damned! If you’re living with ADHD, you know what a misunderstanding this can be. Sure, hyperfocus can be a massive reserve of energy, akin to firing a glass cannon into the open ocean — it’s a reserve that too often destroys itself with no ultimate reward. Today we’re talking about what goes into hyperfocus with an eye on creating a more productive, targeted experience for ADHD that the experts have dubbed flow. Is it possible to build a model of understanding our hyperfocus states such that we can train our brains to get better at it? Join us and share your experience, too! Along the way, we wrapped up four questions you can ask of yourself to determine whether you're likely to find a state of flow in a project. Consider: Do you have the tools required to meet the project expectations? Do you have the skill required to meet the project expectations? Do you have the interest required to meet the project expectations? Do you have the time required to meet the project expectations? Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! Join the conversation on Discord (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (03:06) - Listener Question (15:29) - Sponsor: Support The ADHD Podcast at Patreon.com/TheADHDPodcast (16:13) - Finding Flow with ADHD (21:39) - What is a Flow State? (25:49) - Marie Kondo Dance Break (26:15) - Meanwhile, the Paradox of ADHD (31:13) - The conditions of Flow (33:31) - The Flow Matrix (43:35) - A note on medication (44:20) - Happy Tuesday! 🎓 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 ★

Does the internal chatter of ADHD really sound all that different than that of those who don’t live with it? Our guest today has been working among other leaders in the field to help find those Gremlins in our heads and quiet them down, making room for the benefits that come with the positive voices and stories we write about our own contributions to the world around us. Jane Massengill has been coaching adults with ADHD for the past 20 years, helping them learn to put the brakes on their internal chatter long enough so that they can begin to experience their bright spots instead of focusing on their dark spots. She is the Director of The Gremlin-Taming Institute, and speaks to audiences of all kinds on the benefits of learning how to listen to yourself. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! https://www.janemassengill.com The Gremlin-Taming Institute Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way — by Rick Carlson (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (02:58) - Introducing Jane Massengill of the Gremlin-Taming Institute (08:07) - Why do some people struggle when others don't? (15:31) - About the Book and Jane's History (19:25) - The ADHD Internal Dialog (23:53) - Word-Watching (31:43) - Word-Watching Exercise 🎓 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 ★

Happy New Year! We love the turnover of the calendar around these parts because it gives us a time to slow down and reflect. We're not so much resolution people, but we do use the time to think more deeply than usual about how we motivate ourselves to change, the challenges we put in our own way, and how we can use our own efforts to fuel us to stick to the change we want to see in our lives. This week on the show, we're ringing in the new year with a conversation about making life design choices that focus on the good you do for yourself and your communities in the new year. (00:00) - Happy New Year from The ADHD Podcast! (03:26) - Support The ADHD Podcast on Patreon (05:05) - No More Voicemail (06:04) - Listener Question: Coping with Constant Change (09:43) - Designing Your Life (25:47) - Focus Feedback from Facebook 🎓 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 called for questions and you delivered! Thank you to everyone who wrote in — We hope we did your questions justice! Here’s the list, and if you use a podcast app that supports them, you’ll find you can jump around to the chapter markers in the episode to hear just the questions you’re looking for. Have there been any studies on marijuana use and teens with ADHD? I struggle with weight... I need strategies to get out of the vicious cycle of loss of motivation. Does boredom lead to depression in ADHD? I have a significant commute. Do you have strategies for coping? Is an official ADHD diagnosis important as an adult? How can I balance my obsession with organizational tools with doing the work? Was "time & attention" intentional? How has your process for capturing content changed at conferences? Have you ever recorded a podcast and then decided not to air it? Any advice for our past selves? Where's the blooper reel? We wish you a happy holiday season and we'll be back in 2019! Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! (00:00) - The ADHD Podcast Annual Q&A Extravaganza! (02:57) - Group Coaching Reminder — Registration Open Now! (05:01) - Support The ADHD Podcast on Patreon — Thank You! (07:26) - Have there been any studies on marijuana use and teens with ADHD? (14:25) - I struggle with weight... I need strategies to get out of the vicious cycle of loss of motivation. (21:41) - Does boredom lead to depression in ADHD? (25:50) - I have a significant commute. Do you have strategies for coping? (31:01) - Is an official ADHD diagnosis important as an adult? (35:37) - How can I balance my obsession with organizational tools with doing the work? (39:35) - Welcome Monica! (41:09) - For Monica: How do you like working for ADHD Nation? (41:50) - For Monica: Do you have personal experience with ADHD? (43:49) - For Monica: Is working with Nikki a ray of sunshine and positivity? (46:01) - Was "time & attention" intentional? (47:01) - How has your process for capturing content changed at conferences? (49:35) - Have you ever recorded a podcast and then decided not to air it? (51:47) - Any advice for our past selves? (57:01) - Where's the blooper reel? (58:44) - In closing... 🎓 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 received an email from just about the best boss in the world. Why? Because she asked a question that everyone living quietly with ADHD would like to hear their boss asking. In short: How can I help? Of course, working with — and supervising — someone with ADHD is more complicated after you ask that question. Today on the show, we have tools and strategies for helping to orient your staff, your team, and maybe even your organization to working with ADHD in the office. Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! Group Coaching Winter 2019 Registration Open Now! Listen to Pete on the Day One Podcast (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control! (02:59) - Pete on the Day One Podcast (04:27) - About Show Notes (08:36) - Support the show on Patreon! (10:50) - ADHD Group Accountability Coaching — Registration is Open Now! (12:09) - Working with ADHDers in the Workplace (31:38) - Thank you... and don't forget!... 🎓 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 social situations exhaust you? Do you feel like your brain is working in overdrive to keep up with your environment? According to our guest this week, that’s a common refrain for those living with ADHD. Caroline Maguire is a coach, author, teacher, and speaker with a special focus in social skills supporting kids and parents of kids with ADHD. She’s here today to talk with us all about reading between the lines and the challenges that ADHDers face when it comes to understanding the unspoken complexities of social interaction. It’s time to master the “Polite Pretend!” Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! Caroline Maguire 🎓 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 ★

Ever wondered what happens at a national ADHD conference? OK… that’s a leading question. This week on the show, Nikki has returned from CHADD/ADDA/ACO in St. Louis and she’s got lessons to share! If you’ve ever struggled with cementing a growth mindset for yourself, shame, existing with ADHD at work, or you just want to know who’s hot right now in ADHD (that sounds weirder than it was intended), then you should listen in! Links & Notes Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon! 2018 Annual International Conference on ADHD 🎓 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 ★

Discover the perils of the one-off brain dump and how to incorporate regular brain purges into your routine. Explore post brain dump strategies and the benefits of effective organizational systems. Learn efficient task processing and productivity strategies to boost your productivity.