ADHD Focus with David Pomeroy, MD

Welcome to the inaugural Video production of ADHD Focus, available on YouTube at ADHD Focus Kristin Swanson 32323 Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS And coming soon to Roku and Firestick!  The audio podcast of course remains available on most podcast channels.  Do you know your ADHD-related strengths? So many of the resources for ADHDers talk about strategies to address weaknesses in our ADHD function, “impairments” to work on, how to get ahead of our deficits. But we have strengths too, ways that our brains work which neurotypicals do not have.   Are you often frozen in perfectionism and/or shame which lead to one of the forms of procrastination? (*raises his hand…me*)  Can you recognize instances when boundaries on “want to” get in the way of “have to” and “need to” tasks/activities?  My guest today is Kristin Swanson, coach and consultant, expert in helping her clients how to get their “someday when I…” projects done. As a breast cancer survivor, Kristin learned the importance of getting out of one’s own way and how to stop waiting until “someday” to make a unique impact. Realizing deeply that “you only live once,” she has gained perspective, tools and strategies to overcome the illusions which fear instills in us.   Kristin earned a BA degree in business, received Co-Active Coaches Institute training, and has two decades of business leadership, strategy & operations experience.  Learn more at https://www.kristinswansonconsulting.com.  Download Kristin’s free Make it Happen Planner here.  Check out our video chat! The post Know Your ADHD Related Strengths appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Why do people with ADHD need boundaries? Why do we typically have poor boundaries? Tamara Rosier joins us for a second time for an enlightening discussion about boundaries. Tamara Rosier, Phd is the Founder of the ADHD Center of Western Michigan and author of ‘Your Brain’s no Broken”. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Tamara’s book “Your Brain’s Not Broken” explains how ADHD affects every aspect of your life. You’ll finally understand why you think, feel, and act the way you do. It is core ADHD issue stuff!  Listen and learn!  The post Boundaries appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

“I can’t be late for work again! Where are my keys?”  “Mom, where are my baseball shoes?” “It’s past midnight again, and I have that 7am meeting”. Do any of these sound familiar? Getting up earlier to get to work on time won’t work; setting a routine, a habit of where you put the keys when you get home will work.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Value your time more than anything else. More than your income, more than your rank in your profession, more than anything. That widens your perspective and can provide the motivation to change your daily system, your routines and habits. My guest today is Nic McLaughlin, ADHD and Executive Function coach. He started MasterADHDNow to help improve the lives of ADHDers and others struggling with ASDFAKP. Over 1000 clients have found his methods enabled them to get more done more efficiently, saving the time and not wasting energy in the amount of effort it took to get through a day at work or a day at home. MasterADHDnow.com, Nic’s website, has free outlines and guides to habit setting, banishing procrastination and more. Join us, listen and learn! The post Master ADHD Now with Nic McLoughlin appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Email, the Great Time Sink! As in your precious time goes down the drain…. It is almost impossible to resist jumping right into email first thing and pretty soon you are thinking “I am being productive! I am getting things done!”  Well, yes…you are diverting your attention/energy from the tasks you had decided were important to do today…one of the finely honed skills of an ADHDer. Looking at the Inbox number drains energy right then and there! Alan Brown and I share tips on how to manage your Inbox and how to conserve your daily energy allotment. Listen and Learn!Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Alan Brown, founder of and the energy behind CrusherTV and ADD Crusher, is my guest today. Alan is an ADHD/productivity coach, he has ADHD, he knows ADHD and he has come up with many solutions to classic ADHD challenges. A featured speaker at conferences in the U.S. and abroad including TEDx, he’s the author of Zen and the Art of Productivity. Get his free eBook, “5 Things You’re Doing Every Day that Make Your ADHD Worse” at www.ADDCrusher.com. CrusherTV is a video library designed to “unleash the power of your unique brain” so you can accomplish more in less time with less drama. The post Email And Inbox Mastery appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

In this part II of the discussion begun last week with Elaine Taylor-Klaus, author of Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids, we move on to parent coaching, helping your child learn the skills they will need to manage their time, attention, and emotions.  The faulty neural networks in the brain in the centers for executive functions lead to these primary impairments of ADHD. The good news is that you can coach them to be their own CEO, doing so as a team, over the years from pre-school through High School. Elaine’s book takes you through all of the steps of how to do it. For now, Listen and learn!Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post Complex Kids Part Two With Elaine Taylor Klaus appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Have you been asking yourself these questions: “The treatments we have been doing help but it’s still a struggle every day, is it this hard for all parents?” “We think there is more going on than just ADHD (or) Anxiety (or) Autism Spectrum issues, where can we find help to figure that out?” “I know the doctor is trying hard but something is missing.” Have these thoughts occurred to you about your child? You are not alone. As many as 80% (or more) of people with ADHD have another condition which impairs the lives of their parents/siblings/co-workers (or all of them) and of course their own experiences in navigating the demands and stresses of reaching adulthood. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS My guest today is Elaine Taylor-Klaus, author, educator, Master coach, and parent in a family of 5 ADHD++ people (including herself). Born out of her frustration, curiosity and determination she co-founded IMPACTparents in 2011, providing parent coaching using an online group approach. This has since expanded to many educational and coaching programs for parents of complex kids. Check them out at www.IMPACTparents.com . Her latest book, The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids, outlines in detail the steps parents can take as they guide their child(ren) to self-management by the end of their teen years, regardless of how many “official” diagnoses they have. It is a superb resource, as are the parent coaching programs presented by IMPACTparents**. Our discussion starts with the challenges of identifying girls with the Inattentive type of ADHD who are also on the Autism Spectrum, then branches into the areas of behavioral clues parents can identify which suggest that their child has more than just one thing going on, that it’s not just Anxiety, or ADHD, or incompetent kid, or intelligent but can’t fit in. We explore how parents can educate themselves in this area and also how they can offer information to clinicians who for many reasons have not diagnosed every condition present. There are no simple answers. You can learn what questions to ask and where to get help in parenting your child. Listen and learn!  **Please note:  I do not receive any money from IMPACTparents in connection with mentioning the program on ADHD Focus.   Dr. Pomeroy The post Complex Kids With Elaine Taylor Klaus appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

This is Dr. David Pomeroy, your host of ADHD Focus, the podcast with the goal of exploding the myth-information about ADHD out there. Welcome back to round 2 of my discussion with Jeff Copper, ADHD Coach and creator of DigCoaching, about the basic elements of coping with ADHD which you may be missing. His podcast is available on attentiontalkradio, his website is www.digcoaching.com. Awareness is the key, not only becoming aware of the elements themselves but also of how you may be ignoring them and not even aware of it. We all have many choices of where we can direct our attention. Don’t let it be directed by forces outside yourself, don’t surrender your choices. Listen and learn! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post How Are You Sabotaging Yourself In Dealing With ADHD? Part 2 appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

How are you sabotaging yourself in dealing with ADHD?  And you are, all of us with ADHD are doing it. Maybe you are working on organization, time management, getting things done. BUT if those are the only strategies you are using to deal with your ADHD you are missing the essential basics, the foundation which makes the strategies work.  Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS My guest today is Jeff Copper, ADHD Coach extraordinaire, host of the podcast ASDF on attentiontalkradio, blogger, the mind and energy behind DigCoaching.  We discuss how you can break these habits which are holding you back, developing awareness of your choices about sleep, about diet, about intentional physical activity (aka exercise), your emotions, how you spend your time, about your life. We do not have to surrender our choices to outside influences nor to our past.  Listen and learn! Jeff has a different perspective on coaching, learn about his coaching practice  DIG Coaching  on his website digcoaching.com and his ideas on his podcast on attentiontalkradio. [Jeff and I give massive credit to Alan Brown, the force behind Crusher TV, for the initial material on this topic which he presented years ago. Alan’s podcast detailing the brain hacks for “Top Ten things you are doing wrong for ADHD” is http://tobtr.com/6809403 ]  The post How are you self-sabotaging yourself in dealing with ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

What can you be doing now to enable you to live into the vision you have for your future? Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Yeah, I know. “Future? I have a tough time keeping me in line with tomorrow much less years away.” “Future? I’ll deal with it when I get there.  And don’t you DARE say the word “plan”! That’s a dirty word!”  Guess what? Even though you may not want to admit it, you do have at least a nebulous vision of what you would like to be doing 5,10,30 years from now – depending on whether you are 60, 50 or 30 years of age (or are 65 and think of yourself as 30 years of age!). How are you gonna get there?  My guest is David DeWitt, a registered financial planner who resisted his ADHD diagnosis from High School until his “ADHD Awakening” in 2021 . He has since turned his life direction into helping ADHDers like you and I tackle the Mt. Everest of money management, planning for the future. Check out his podcast ADHD Money Talk and his website adhdmoneytalk.com.  Listen and learn!  The post ADHD and Future Financial Planning appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

“I am just not motivated. Maybe my meds need to be adjusted.” “I do many things every day but not the ones I know I need to do”. “Why can’t I get going on school work/that big project/my taxes?” Motivation, energy to get started and then actually starting, is a BIG issue in ADHD. My guest today is Dr. Tamara Rosier, an ADHD Coach and founder of the ADD Center of Western Michigan. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Her book Your Brain’s Not Broken explores the connection emotions have with ADHD, including how our emotions sabotage motivation. We discuss the 6 Murderers of Motivation and how to deal with them. It is core ADHD issue stuff!  Listen and learn!  Listen and learn! The post How Emotions Sabotage Motivation appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.