
It's The ADHD-Friendly Show | Personal Growth, Well-being and Productivity for Distractible Minds
It’s the ADHD-Friendly Show, where we celebrate smart, creative women with ADHD. We focus on the positive aspects of our neurodiversity and share tips, hacks and life advice on playing to your own unique strengths at work and life. There’s no denying that living with ADHD can be challenging (especially around menopause, holy smokes), but focusing on the good is the best way to create energy, focus and follow through, so that’s what we do here. Connect with me onInstagram: www.instagram.com/carenmagillMy Website: www.itsadhdfriendly.comYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdXA7ul
Latest episodes

May 12, 2023 • 19min
5 Can't Miss Strategies for Managing ADHD From a Lifestyle Perspective
This podcast discusses strategies for managing ADHD from a lifestyle perspective. Topics include maximizing free time, creating an ADHD friendly environment, the relationship between diet and mental focus, and important strategies for managing ADHD.

May 5, 2023 • 22min
Make Better Decisions, set better goals. Sharing insights based on my own life and business.
Send us a textCoach Beta Group Interest List 👉 https://tally.so/r/mYPJENSnag the notion template 👉 https://bit.ly/3XEAYZcGet the values, strengths and needs assessments 👉 https://bit.ly/3LSuGS1ADHD decision making can be so overwhelming. Same with setting goals and finding the motivation to follow through. It's just hard! So why do people with ADHD struggle with decision making, goal setting and staying motivated? That's what we're covering in todays video where I take you behind the scenes...

Apr 28, 2023 • 49min
ADHD planning, reflecting and getting 1% closer to your juiciest goals
Send us a textADHD can make planning and reflecting a real pickle. Mostly because we don't even think to do it. In today's episode, I speak to Russ, host of the ADHD Big Brother Podcast about the power of planning and reflecting, how it changed my life and how it can change yours too. »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»♡ G E T CO A C H E D !⟡http://itsadhdfriendly.com/coaching👋 C O M E S A Y H I !⟡ Get on My Sunday ADHD-Friendly Email: https://bit.ly/3SkRvyO⟡ Website: https://itsadhdfrien...

Apr 21, 2023 • 21min
How to have more good days than bad + the fear of being "approved of"
Send us a textI often get asked what it feels like to have ADHD. I can only speak from the perspective of an ADHD woman, but I'm also sure that my experience is different from others. In this video, I share my personal experience managing adhd and what I do to optimize for good days and midigate the bad days.What do you tell people when they ask you what it feels like to have ADHD?»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»♡ G E T CO A C H E D !⟡http://itsadhdfriendly.com/coaching👋 C O M E S A Y H I !⟡ ...

Apr 14, 2023 • 21min
ADHD + Emotional Dysregulation 🙁 Why we're so hard on ourselves
Send us a text👉 click here to sign up for my email and also snag the needs assessment._______________________ADHD + emotional dysregulation show up together a lot (unfortunately). If you've ever found yourself frozen... like, unable to do anything, because you were upset or even just overwhelmed with excitement, then you've experienced emotional dysregulation and it can be a challenge to deal with - whether you have ADHD or not. In this video, I'm sharing some of the struggles that members of...

Apr 7, 2023 • 21min
Exploring ADHD in Human Design | Manifesting Generators will get this
Send us a textLink to coach cohort interest list 👉 https://tally.so/r/mYPJEN ADHD through the lens of Human Design is pretty freaking interesting. I recently learned about human design and dug into my profile (which is a manifesting generator). It turns out, my human design profile is VERY similar to my ADHD tendencies. The similarities are crazy and the way I'm supposed to live according to my human design is aligned to how I encourage everyone with ADHD to live. this is a mu...

Mar 31, 2023 • 20min
Doing things your own way. An update on my ADHD goal process.
Send us a textIf there's one thing I have learned about setting goals with ADHD, it's to make sure they're aligned to who you are, what you want and how you want to attain them. There's never one "Right" way to do things - only the way that works for you.In this week's episode, I take you behind the scenes of my business and share an update on an ADHD goal journey I've been on this year. I've learned a LOT about what works, and what doesn't work, and I'm sharing it all with you today.»»»»»»»»...

Mar 24, 2023 • 27min
ADHD Career Talk 😩 How to Find A Job You Won’t Immediately Want to Quit
Send us a textFind all the links mentioned in this podcast 👉 https://itsadhdfriendly.com/adhd-career/ADHD Careers is a big topic, but an important one. ADHD adults are more prone to under employment and spotty career histories because we're wired for novelty, and therefore get tired of jobs and want to move on long before neurotypical adults do.As a result, we foster a lot of shame and self doubt around our own ADHD Career histories. But here's the thing - it doesn't have to be that way. If I...

Mar 17, 2023 • 16min
When Your Lack of a Morning Routine Ruins Everything.
Send us a textThe CBD I'm using 👉 https://fxo.co/1138282/CAREN An ADHD Morning Routine can make or break your day. Yes, we all need morning routines, but if you have ADHD, you need it more, simply because your executive function needs to be primed and ready to go for the day. Since I started traveling, my ADHD morning routine has literally gone out the window and I needed to bring it back online ASAP because I couldn't focus on anything! Now that my morning routine is back to a predictab...

Mar 10, 2023 • 22min
Managing Negative Self Talk - This one is SO important
Send us a textLet’s talk about ADHD negative self talk. This is something we all deal with, but for folks with ADHD, Negative self talk can be crippling. Today I’m sharing an insight into my own negative self-talk spiral that I found myself in. I share it because I was able to catch it in mid spiral and reframe the thoughts into something more neutral. I hope this little insight helps you if you struggle with ADHD negative self talk.  ...