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.
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.
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!
435: Leaning In To NOT Planning!
We've been talking a lot about planning on the show and how to approach routines, breaking negative patterns, and so on over the last handful of weeks. We've heard the struggles and believe it when we tell you: We're struggling too!
362: ADHD Time — Why Sticking to a Schedule is So Hard!
This week on the show, we start with the premise that ADHD time is different that time for many people… and that’s perfectly OK by us!
280: Q&A with Nikki & Pete!
Happy New Year everyone! As we prepare to roll the calendar over to 2017, we’ve opened the floor to audience questions. We received a bunch and are thrilled to offer our answers this week. From scheduling while living with personal health challenges to updates on our latest technology episode, ADHD diagnoses to paperless, we’ve got you covered. Thanks to everyone who shared their questions this week!
260: Master the Morning Routine
Morning—if yours are a blessed cloud of peace, goodwill, and light, you can probably skip this episode. That’s right, today’s show is for those of you who have trouble, who live for the snooze, and who can’t quite get enough of the multi-tasking in the mornings. Not sure how to train your brain and condition your spirit to get ready for the day? Do you need a new alarm strategy to get you out of bed and out the door on time? Maybe you need to give yourself permission to think about your mornings in a new way, to shake things up and approach your schedule with a fresh start! If you’re looking for help in mastering your morning routine, join us and share your experience today!
259: Adjusting Your Schedule Without Adding Stress!
We’re back! After a brief summer vacation, we’re back to take on a subject that impacts us all: how to adapt to changing schedules, and the things to think about when considering a major addition to your commitments when it comes to your ADHD.
257: The Great Journaling & Planning Systems Review
We got a question some time ago asking about the merits of the Bullet Journal system for ADHD organizing. We’re of two minds on the subject so we thought it might be a good time to review the state of planners, planner systems, and organizing tools that span the range from shorthand scheduling to full-on works of personal art.
249: Turn Strategy into Action — Blocking and Gating your Time!
We’ve had some great questions and feedback on our last few episodes around ideal schedules. This week, we’re taking this concept a bit further. How do you take a new strategy and implement it to turn it into a lifestyle? How do you handle less desirable tasks — gating and focusing even around the stuff you really don’t want to do? How do you decide what to work on first? These are deceptively simple questions with answers that we often make more complicated than we need. We’ll do our best to untangle them on the show this week!
228: Conquer Overwhelm and Build Structure with these 6 Great Apps!
This week on the show, we’re talking about overwhelm, and the mindset and technology you’ll need to do less, but do it really well, and feel better about it!
226: Finding Balance Between Focus, Energy, and Time
This week on the show we drill into awareness, perseverance, and intention in the work we do, and share some terrific followup for listeners around tech tools and timers to help you better structure interval work!
211: Prepping for your Digital Summer Travel
It’s summertime! And for many of us, summer means travel. If you’re struggling with ADHD but have a tendency toward the digital, we have four areas for you to think about in this week’s podcast to keep you organized and informed.
203: Follow Through and Finish What You Start!
This week, we help identify the potential cause of your follow through problem, and give you four solutions to move you through the mire and find the light of accomplishment!
172: The Morning Routine
This week on The ADHD Podcast, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright share strategies for establishing your morning routine supporting your schedule and your health!
164: Tips For Planning a Vacation — Last Minute!
This week, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright talk about fake planning, and give you the tools you need to create a great trip and feel confident you have all the details covered with just a little support.
