Ho Ho Hold On! ADHD Strategies for a Calmer, More Organized Holiday Season
Dreading the holiday hustle? Join Nikki and Pete on "Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast" for actionable strategies to conquer holiday overwhelm and create a joyful, stress-free season.
The Power of Personalization: Customizing Your ADHD Game Plan with James Ochoa, LPC
This week on the show we welcome back 10-time guest James Ochoa, author of Focused Forward, to discuss customizing strategies for managing ADHD.
Unapologetically ADHD: How ADHD Impacts Planning
In this episode of The ADHD Podcast, Nikki and Pete explore how ADHD impacts planning, offering insights from their book Unapologetically ADHD. They discuss overcoming executive function challenges with tailored strategies and the importance of radical acceptance.
Building Workflows
Hey there, ADHD-ers! In the latest installment of The ADHD Podcast, Pete and Nikki are tackling the world of workflows. You know, those magical sequences of steps that take you from start to finish on any given task or project. And let's be real, who couldn't use a little more structure in their life?
Habits & Routines Vital to Planning: An ADHD Listener Q&A
We're talking about planning again and we're taking on your questions! Getting started, long-term planning, making transitions, and even AI tools are on deck for this week's show.
Why Planning Systems Fail
This week we kick off a series of discussions on planning. First up, what is a planning system? What do we mean by planning tools? And what does it mean when your planning system falls apart on you? Don't worry. It's not impossible. And we might just have a new way of thinking about planning for you along the way.
Overcoming Obstacles • Nikki & Pete April Summary Fun
Nikki and Pete review lessons learned from their last three episodes on overcoming obstacles, from impostor syndrome to tech troubles!
Nikki & Pete Summary Fun for March 2022
Nikki and Pete are talking time, goals, FOBO, blocking, and burnout in the first-ever ADHD Podcast summary session!
2409: Client Case: Unblocking & Tackling (Not a Football Strategy)
It might not look great on the gridiron, but unblocking and tackling your tasks might unlock reserves of productivity stuck behind fear and uncertainty!
2408: FOBO: The Fear of Better Options
Do you fear that there is always something better for you out there keeping you from making decisions today? You may have FOBO! This week, Nikki and Pete dive deep into analysis paralysis.
2407: How PACT Goals Work for Your ADHD
Never heard of PACT goals? You’re in for it today! We’re talking about a goal-setting metaphor with greater attention on outcomes than process and we think it has real legs when it comes to ADHD.
2314: Tackling the Big Audacious Goal!
This week on The ADHD Podcast, Coach Nikki helps Pete reframe his experience with shame and goal-setting in preparation for his Big Audacious Goal: National Novel Writing Month 2021!
2310: Why Are Some Tasks so Hard with ADHD?
Why are some tasks harder than others? Is that task itself suddenly that much more challenging that everything else you're doing? Likely not. What's different? The way our brains are triggering as a result of it.
2307: The Trouble with Transitions: Task Switching and ADHD
It's the first in our series on transitions and we're taking on a plague of ADHD: Task Switching. The worst part? You might not even know you struggle with it!
2224: It's a Wrap! Season 22 Review
It’s the end of the road ... for this season. And to celebrate we’re taking a walk down memory lane for the shows that made the most impact on us, the guests that gave of their time to our community, and of course: Shocktato.
2220: Focus on Focus
Did you know focus requires focus? Yes, it sounds a touch nonsensical, but when you're living with ADHD, the act of focusing has a tendency to become unhinged. And unhinged focus can damage what you're otherwise out to find: productivity.
2219: Brain Music with Focus@Will with founder Will Henshall
Looking for focus? Like music? Have trouble focusing WITH music? We might just be able to help you out today! Focus@Will is a service offering personalized focus music to help you tune in to what you’re doing so that you can get it done. Will Henshall is the musician and inventor behind the service and joins us today to talk about the tool, the technology, and how it just might be your next secret weapon in your war on distraction.
2217: Falling in Love with your Productivity Tech with Brittany Smith
This week, Brittany Smith joins us to talk about technology and how it fuels productivity. We talk about battling the fear that comes from new tech tools, the overwhelm from that feeling of too much technology, and how you can actually find the spark of motivation hiding in an examination of the things that de-motivate you about your tools the most!
2216: What to Avoid when Planning Your Day
It's time to get into the weeds! Plan your day like a star with a few simple guides to keep in the back of your mind. Where do you start? First things first... don't skip!
2215: What to Avoid When Planning Your Week
This week on the show, we’re going to make the case that maybe, just maybe, you’re falling into one of three perilous traps that have impeded your successful efforts to plan. If you can get your hands around these three, you’re off to the races!