When Masking Becomes a Relationship Strategy with Dr. Sharon Saline
You've been masking so long it doesn't feel like a choice anymore — it just feels like the day. Dr. Sharon Saline is back to help us untangle our masks and presentations.
The Relational Toll of ADHD Over Time with Dr. Dodge Rea
It's not the fights that wear a relationship down — it's the million quiet moments where you keep missing each other. Dr. Dodge Rea returns to explore why shame calcifies faster in ADHD relationships, and what it takes to stay both intact and in touch.
Repair Without Over-Explaining
Over-apologizing doesn't just wear you down — it can turn your guilt into someone else's emotional labor. This week, Nikki and Pete break down the difference between an apology and a repair, and share a framework for making things right without losing yourself in the process.
Why Being “Low-Maintenance” Is Costly
"You're so easy. You're low maintenance." It sounds like a compliment — but for ADHDers, it's often a signal that you've been hiding your needs so well that nobody knows you have them. Pete and Nikki unpack why striving to be low maintenance is one of the most costly masking strategies in the ADHD playbook.
Motivation Comes From Emotion, Not Discipline with James Ochoa
You've tried connecting tasks to meaning and designing your environment—but what happens when you're still stuck? James Ochoa helps us understand what's really happening beneath the surface when motivation strategies aren't enough.
Letting Go of the “This Year Will Be Different” Story
The “this year will be different” story is a setup—especially for ADHD—because it turns motivation into a short-lived sprint and makes the crash feel like a personal failure. Pete and Nikki talk about escaping the resolution trap by building self-compassion, realistic pacing, and a shame-free way to ask for help.
Emotional Regulation When You’re Already Depleted
When your emotional tank is empty, your ADHD brain doesn't need a five-step plan—it needs a reset. Join us as we explore why depletion makes emotions harder to manage and share sensory-based strategies that actually work when you can't regulate yet.
You’re Not Behind. You’re Exhausted.
Pete and Nikki kick off the new season by naming the thing nobody wants to put on a vision board: the post-holiday crash.