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444: Reclaiming Email
You’ve tried email bankruptcy. You know all about filing. But sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did you fall back into email overload... again? Melissa Bacheler is back to talk through email skills to get you back on track.
443: Transitions
This week on The ADHD Podcast, we’re talking all about transitions and how to set yourself up for success by framing your transitions in a new light. Plus, Pete’s back after a longer-than-expected break thanks to his transition around COVID.
437: REBROADCAST: Quick Organizing Tips to Help You Feel Great!
We’re almost at the end of our July hiatus and gearing up for our regular podcast schedule this August. For now, how about a recent rebroadcast to remind us all about the little things we can do to feel good today!
442: In the Money Zone — A Budgetary Q$A!
When a guest has a last-minute conflict, we're ready to talk about budgets, and bills, and more with your questions!
441: Budgeting & Debt with Chelsea Brennan from SmartMoneyMamas.com
This week on the show, SmartMoneyMamas.com's Chelsea Brennan sits down with us to talk about foundational skills for budgeting and getting out of debt that will go a long way toward living a healthy life with money AND our ADHD!
440: Mindset, Money, & ADHD
This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer lays out the facts as we embark on a series of conversations dedicated to ADHD and money.
438: The Sunday Basket with Lisa Woodruff
Just what is The Sunday Basket? It's a weekly appointment with your future self. It's the promise you make to manage your home and support your responsibilities. Oh, and it's a bucket... the most powerful bucket you'll own.
437: Quick Organizing Tips to Help You Feel Great!
This week on the show we're going back to basics as Nikki Kinzer reminds us all to do what we know, treat ourselves well, and give ourselves permission to be great no matter how the house looks!
436: Comparison, Guilt, and Shame with Dr. Michelle Frank
Last time Dr. Michelle Frank was here, she helped us work through shame and how it impacts relationships. As it turns out, there's more guilt, shame, and relativism in ADHD than we thought.
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!
434: Parenting and ADHD with Dr. Marcy Caldwell
Parents are faced with an extraordinary set of new responsibilities under at-home directives around the country. Being able to work at home, if possible, and take on the additional roles of schedule-keepers, quarantine teachers, and more can be an incredible strain on the parent-child relationship.
433: Routines: When nothing's routine... and everything is!
We're all living day-to-day, week-to-week now. The distant future is out of our control. We know things are changing around us, the world is moving forward fluidly, and we know transition is always on the horizon... we just don't know when.
432: Adjusting to a Different Normal
This week on the show, we're going to share some of those challenges faced by so many of you who have shared with our community and, more importantly, a collection of the incredible responses you offered one another in support.
431: Interrupting Negative Patterns with Dr. Dodge Rea
Environmental stress can make you feel like you're in a never-ending loop. Today on the show, Dr. Dodge Rea gives us some tools to interrupt those negative patterns.
430: Working Smarter from Home with Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus
This week on the show, Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus is back with us to share what he's learned over the last few weeks in working remotely. From protocol for conducting a great video conference to just how hard he leans on his simple, analog tools to keep productive, Bob's got some great tools and recommendations for whatever level of home work you're trying to accomplish!
429: Talking to Your Children about the Coronavirus with Caroline Maguire
Caroline Maguire is back to help us through some thorny communications issues with our kids. Her book, "Why Will No One Play With Me?" has already helped so many in our own community addressing social challenges for our kids. Today, we're turning the tools she outlines in the book toward living through the pandemic together.
428: The ADHD Storm of the Century with James Ochoa
We're living through a time of crisis. The pandemic is of course the global medical crisis. But inside each of us, we're living through our own, individual crises. If you're living with ADHD, you're likely keeping an eye on the horizion ... the ADHD Storm of the Century is on us and James Ochoa is back to help.
427: Dealing with Phone Anxiety and ADHD
This week on the show, Nikki and Pete are kicking off a series on communication and starting with a tool that frustrates many: the phone. From addressing social phobia to building and overcoming the fear hierarchy, we’re all about building a new relationship with the phone today… and maybe even conquering your voicemail!
426: Lies & ADHD with Ari Tuckman
This week, we’re thrilled to have Ari Tuckman back on the show to talk about ADHD and lies, the situations that are most likely to cause you to push that button, and how to reframe your behavior and make amends if you’ve found yourself in uncomfortable, lie-inducing situations.