Decoding the World of Games with Professor Colleen Macklin
Colleen Macklin is a game designer and a Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design and author of Iterate: Ten Lessons in Design and Failure. She’s interested in how games model and reveal ideologies through systems. And, incidentally, she reports she was recently diagnosed with ADHD, which makes her doubly cool in our crowd. She joins us today to talk about games and gaming and neurodiversity.
Turning ADHD Daily Life into a Game Worth Playing
You (yes, you), are a gamer. You might not think it, but somewhere deep inside you is a playful puzzler playing tag on the playground, making up rules for neighborhood romps, and kicking cans down the street. This week, we’re kicking off a series of conversations on games, and why rekindling that spirit of playfulness in yourself might just be key to unlocking a new perspective on your relationship with ADHD
Learning to Love Your ADHD Story with James Ochoa
Our friend James Ochoa is back! This week we're talking about the lessons you can learn from inflection points in your ADHD journey. What did you learn? What did you gain? What can come from it? Listen in as James helps Pete practice on one of his ancient ADHD stories!
A Self-Compassion Reflection with Nikki & Pete
We've had a terrific run looking deeply at self-compassion and ADHD over the last month. This week, we're taking a look back and reflecting on lessons learned, changes made, and opportunities ahead.
Stop, Drop, and Rolling With the Punches: Self-Compassion when the World Knocks You Sideways
You have a plan. You have a vision of yourself and your performance. But what happens when plans change, or the world doesn't share your perspective on your own experience? When RSD sets in, your ability to manifest compassion for yourself is most important. This week: tools to cope, regroup, and recover.
The ADHD Self-Compassion Challenge for High Achievers with Casey Dixon
Casey Dixon is a respected Life Coach with a unique focus on science-based, innovative, collaborative coaching and advising for high achievers with ADHD or executive function challenges. She joins us today to share her experience working with those high achievers as a coach through their self-compassion challenges.
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Self-Compassion, ADHD, and all the [Difficult] Emotions
We've been talking about ADHD and self-compassion over the last several weeks. But how do these experiences tie into other difficult emotions like anger, fear, worry, anxiety, and grief? Nikki and Pete continue the series on the show this week.
Wrangling the ADHD Perfectionist with Dr. Sharon Saline
We're continuing our series on self-compassion by digging into one of the critical behaviors that trigger shame: perfectionism. If you're hard on yourself thanks to unrealistic performance expectations and live with ADHD, Dr. Sharon Saline is back to help.
Shame's Greatest Hits: Self-Compassion and ADHD
We're continuing our conversation on self-compassion and ADHD with a walk through the garden of shame. You know that garden, the one with the plants we nourish and carry with us, the blooms we sniff regularly, all laced with the poison of regret and self-doubt. This week, we're tearing up that soil.
Why Self-Compassion is Necessary When Living with ADHD
We're talking about self-compassion this week, and why learning to create compassion and point it inward might just be the most important thing you can do for yourself and your ADHD.
Celebrating Your Wins with TCA Coach Lynn Warner
Our ADHD can feel like a weight on our backs. But what happens to you when you stop, take stock, and celebrate what is going right? This week on the show, TCA Coach Lynn Warner joins us for a conversation about just that: Celebrating our Wins with ADHD!
ADHD and Overwhelm with Coach Ian Wahlert
Feeling overwhelmed? Let's be honest: Probably. This week we're taking on ADHD overwhelm with coach Ian Wahlert as we deal with unplanned transitions, breaking down big thoughts, avoidance, and shut-down.
Breathing for Pattern Interrupt with James Ochoa
James Ochoa is back! This time he brings his latest work on using breathing to interrupt damaging patterns and resetting our internal emotional weather stations.
Everything is an Experiment with Dr. Lola Day
Dr. Lola Day joins us this week to talk about balancing her work as a pediatric cardiologist, an ADHD coach, and an advocate for busy women struggling with burnout.
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
You live with ADHD, so you know what it feels like to be stuck. But what happens when you tell an ADHD coach what you're going through? You get a whole new way to think about moving forward!
The Cannonball Runs • A What's That Smell Anxiety Special
Tommy Metz joins us to talk about what to do when an anxiety storm hits, the cannonball of fear drops in your stomach. What causes it, connects those experiences, and how do you get to the other side of it?
Stop & Smell the Roses: Remembering to Live when Living with ADHD
You know how it happens. You get your diagnosis and you start the research. Before you know it, you’re in such a search for tools and strategies to help you with your ADHD that you forget to live your life. Don't forget to live... when living with ADHD.
You CAN Handle the Truth! Lying & ADHD with Dr. Norrine Russell
Dr. Norrine Russell joins us to help us understand the ADHD relationship to the truth!
Reconnect your Brain and Body with Art! Creative Care with Andrea Krakovsky and Shoshanah Blaiss
We explore the benefits of art therapy and how it can benefit those with ADHD with artist and creative care facilitator, Andrea Krakovsky, along with one of her clients who happens to be a member of the Take Control ADHD community.
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!