414: 2019 Year-in-Review and Listener Q&A!
It’s been an amazing year around these parts. Our community is growing and we’re all the better for it. This week on the show, we’re looking back a bit with some reflections on highlights from the last year, and taking a set of questions submitted by YOU that you said you’d like to hear more about. From RSD to the ADHD job hunt to the best fidgets, we’ve got it all this week!
413: Game Time: Games to help the ADHD Brain Tune up and Tune In!
This week on the show, we're talking all about games that may — or may not — improve the ADHD (research is thin!). But they're a lot of fun and might just help you build some new connections for the cold winter nights ahead!
412: Nikki's Take-Aways from the 2019 ADHD Conference!
Nikki’s back from the Annual 31st International Conference on ADHD and she has lessons to share!
411: 7 Things Everyone Needs To Do To Be Socially Successful with Caroline Maguire
Caroline Maguire is back to talk about social skills in kids and adults with ADHD plus her new book and how you can get your hands on it!
410: Creating Change In Your Life
This week on the show, Nikki introduces the Stages of Change with an eye on ADHD, and how you can use it to train yourself to better adapt to the world around you.
409: November Emotions Feedback
This week we embrace and extend the November theme of Emotion and ADHD and take on your thoughts about rejection sensitivity, emotional storms, sex, plus a bonus dose of seasonal affective disorder, to boot!
408: Creating Through ADHD with Dani Donovan
We are gearing up for November here at The ADHD Podcast. November marks the start of national novel writing month, 30 days of fiendish exploration of words happening at keyboards around the world. But what happens if your brand of ADHD throws a wrench in your desire to create your masterpiece? This week on the show, illustrator and designer Dani Donovan joins us to talk about her creative process!
407: Sex & ADHD with Ari Tuckman
This week we’re hosting a frank conversation about sex and ADHD with our guest, psychologist and certified sex therapist, Dr. Ari Tuckman.
406: Facing the Emotional Storms of ADHD with James Ochoa
Straight from the Life Empowerment Center, James Ochoa is back today to share a story of his own emotional storm and the strategies he employed to move through it.
405: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: Dr. William Dodson brings new insight to Emotional Regulation
Today on the show, Dr. Dodson joins Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright to discuss Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and provide new language to frame a state those living with ADHD know all too well.
404: Finding your ADHD recharge at the end of the day
Living with ADHD can be exhausting. But even at the end of a long day, responsibilities pile up. How do you recharge to stay focused… when your focus has lost its focus?
403: Is it time to find a new job?
This week on the show, Nikki and Pete share a set of questions that can help you frame your own perspective at work and help find clarity in your desire to leave, or stick it out and work for change.
401: The Procrastination-Anxiety Loop
This week's question comes from a listener: how do you navigate the procrastination-anxiety loop that emerges when hyperfocus and disinterest collide head on? This week on the show, Nikki shares background on the conditions that allow this sort of hyperfocus and procrastination to occur, and tools to shape a response before it happens again.
400: Finding focus, listening to the right voices, and getting out of your own way with Brett Terpstra
This week on the show, software developer Brett Terpstra joins us to talk about his experience living and working with ADHD.
399: The Meal-Planning Episode!
One of the most important routines to build: how do you work smart, efficient, and healthy food into your life with ADHD? Don't worry, you have all the skills. This week, Nikki and Pete help you put them to use where it counts!
398: Setting Up New Routines
From daily hygiene to writing that next report, this week on the show Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright take on the components of a great routine, and the mindset you’ll need to cultivate to make it stick.
397: Working with Instructors
This is an episode about confronting lack of experience in a slow-moving educational system and an effort to get what you need out of your educational career.
396: ADHD Student Accommodations — YOU are your own best advocate!
This week on the show, Nikki and Pete take on the myths and misunderstandings about ADHD accommodations in college, starting with the old saw, “accommodations make for an unfair advantage.” But that’s not all! You’ll end with a guide to the sort of language you can use to reach out to your instructors and professors to explain your needs, advocate for yourself, and set yourself up for success.
395: Winning with ADHD with authors Grace Friedman and Dr. Sarah Cheyette
Authors Grace Friedman and Dr. Sarah Cheyette join us to talk about their book "Winning with ADHD: A Playbook for Teens and Young Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder."