Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

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Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright offer support, life management strategies, and time and technology tips, dedicated to anyone looking to take control while living with ADHD. read less

Wrangling the ADHD Perfectionist with Dr. Sharon Saline
3d ago
Wrangling the ADHD Perfectionist with Dr. Sharon Saline
Special thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring this week's show.We've talked about parenting with her. We've talked about therapy and ADHD. But my favorite episode with Dr. Sharon Saline was all about sinking thinking and self-compassion with ADHD. So, you can imagine that embarking on this series on that very subject would bring her back to the show.Sharon is the author of the award-winning book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life and The ADHD solution card deck.  She specializes in working with neurodiverse children, teens, young adults, and families and aims to help outside-the-box thinkers improve executive functioning and social-emotional skills while also building practical communication tools and self-esteem.Sharon says that she, herself, is a perfectionist in recovery, and she offers key insights into perfectionism and its impact on ADHD. How does perfectionism drive self-compassion down? How can you use "just one thing" to turn what seems to be impossible into a daily practice? How do you avoid compare-and-despair? All that and more this week with our great friend Sharon Saline! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast(01:16) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!(02:18) - Sponsor: TextExpander!(04:38) - Tax Study Halls Now & GPS Open Enrollment Coming Soon!(06:00) - Introducing Dr. Sharon Saline(07:24) - Perfectionism(12:58) - Perfect is Subjective(18:56) - Procrastination(23:14) - The Critic and the Cheerleader(32:18) - Domain Perfectionism(39:16) - One Step Forward(41:00) - Making the Impossible a Practice(44:08) - Learn more about Sharon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
ADHD Entrepreneurs ❤️ Business with Occupational Therapist and Coach Jamie Cutino
Feb 9 2023
ADHD Entrepreneurs ❤️ Business with Occupational Therapist and Coach Jamie Cutino
At first blush you might think that ADHD would hinder your chances to successfully start a business, but this week's guest has something to say about that. Jamie Cutino offers occupational therapy based coaching for women with ADHD and sings the praises of ADHD as a bouquet that can truly benefit the entrepreneur.Jamie Cutino is a Master of Occupational Therapy and founder of Outsmart ADHD and co-founder of Be Unemployable, an educational brand and podcast for entrepreneurs. We talk about her journey discovering ADHD in the face of trauma in the family, her work as an Occupational Therapist and how that practice helps with ADHD. We lean into rejection sensitivity and how we can heal through normalizing past rejection to get through future rejection.Check out Jamie's TEDxCWRU talk here.But most important we dissect what it takes to pull apart the lessons of your ADHD and how it can help you when starting and running a business, and where the sharp edges are for you to care for as you march your way toward being unemployable! (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast(01:58) - Support the show: Become a Patron!(04:04) - Group Coaching is Open: Winter-Spring 2023!(07:00) - Introducing Jamie Cutino(08:04) - Being an Occupational Therapist(15:04) - Entrepreneurs ❤️ Business(18:10) - Rejection(24:00) - Adjust to the Miss(27:10) - Being the Boss, Fighting the System, Embracing the Energy Swings(30:38) - Celebrating the ADHD(32:20) - Early Lessons(38:10) - Be Unemployable(42:22) - Learn More ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Eating Disorders & ADHD with Special Guests Dr. Roberto Olivardia and Paige Kinzer
Feb 2 2023
Eating Disorders & ADHD with Special Guests Dr. Roberto Olivardia and Paige Kinzer
Nikki's daughter is in recovery from an eating disorder, a condition that impacted her emotionally, physically, and made for some dark times in the family. She also lives with ADHD. It turns out, those two things are frustrating bedfellows.Trigger Warning: This episode describes the experiences of a minor living with an eating disorder, as well as exploring the details behind eating disorders and its relation to ADHD. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you don't have to go through it alone. Help is available: National Eating Disorder Association Helpline: (800) 931-2237 Trigger Warning: This episode includes a brief discussion about suicide. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you or someone you know is engaging in self-harm or contemplating suicide, there are people who want to help. Please reach out: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US): Dial 9-8-8 to talk or send a text to 988 If you are outside the US, please click the link to find a helpline for your country http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.htmlWe've got something of a special show this week, one that is — we hope — as impactful and educational a conversation for you, as it is personal for us.Nikki's daughter is in recovery from an eating disorder, a condition that impacted her emotionally, physically, and made for some dark times in the family. She also lives with ADHD. It turns out, those two things are frustrating bedfellows.In fact, research has shown that those with ADHD have a greater risk for developing binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa than their peers without ADHD and a 2007 Harvard study found that girls with ADHD were almost four times more likely to have an eating disorder than those without ADHD. Why is someone with ADHD more likely to have an eating disorder? That's our work this week.To help us out, we've invited Dr. Roberto Olivardia to join us. Dr. Olivardia is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In his private psychotherapy practice, he specializes in the treatment of ADHD (particularly with comorbid disorders), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and in the treatment of eating disorders in boys and men.He graciously agreed to talk to Nikki, and our very special guest, Nikki's daughter, Paige, who shares her experience in her own voice.Learn more about Dr. Olivardia and check out his book, The Adonis Complex: How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Body Obsession in Men and Boys. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast(04:02) - Dr. Olivardia's Opening Perspective on Eating Disorders(07:16) - Eating Disorders versus Disordered Eating(10:42) - Body Dysmorphic Disorder(13:26) - ADHD and Eating Disorders(19:18) - The Blur of Diagnosis(21:13) - Welcome Paige(26:14) - A Disordered Relationship with Food(32:31) - Social Media(43:06) - It's not the person, it's the disorder(59:46) - Recovery & Nutrition ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Setting Smart Boundaries Around your Use of Technology
Jan 26 2023
Setting Smart Boundaries Around your Use of Technology
Parts of this episode contain discussion about addiction and/or substance abuse. If you or someone you know is dealing with addiction or substance abuse, there is help: Substance Abuse National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357)How’s your phone? Good? You might just have it in your hand right now, right? Well, if you’re in the camp that feels your phone behavior is getting in the way of, you know, living your life, the community comes to the rescue today.Along the way, Pete has a bit of a rant on using the word "Addiction" when describing our use of technology. Yes, he feels strongly about it. No, he's not an Addiction expert. But he does have some people who are experts who are as frustrated as he is about the use of the word. Our collective hope today, though, is that you hear a different perspective that might give you a new lens through which to view your own use of technology without reducing your agency when it comes to getting it under control.Special thanks to Matt Raekelboom for giving us permission to use the audio from one of his TikTok videos in this week's show. You can check out our last episode with Matt here, and if you don't have a social media issue you're trying to get under control, visit his Insta here.Links & NotesThe Social DilemmaReederWhat is RSS?One Sec AppNews Feed EradicatorAmazon KindleDay One Journal (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast!(02:02) - Support the Show: Become a Member!(03:02) - Sponsor: TextExpander!(05:40) - Group Coaching Updates!(06:42) - Problem Devices(11:04) - Pete has a (potentially) irrational rant about "Addiction"(21:54) - Maladaptive Behaviors and ADHD(23:44) - Standing Up to the Algorithm(29:52) - One Sec(32:16) - Removing Apps, Deleting Accounts(34:14) - News Feed Eradicator(35:02) - Retraining Your Brain(36:16) - Using Lock Screens(39:08) - H.A.L.T. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Breaking the Fear of ADHD Budgeting with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham
Dec 13 2022
Breaking the Fear of ADHD Budgeting with YNAB Founder Jesse Mecham
Ok, let's get this out of the way: We're big fans of You Need a Budget. Like, huge fans. Massive, life-changing kind of product fans. So you can imagine that we're a bit beside ourselves this week.See, for someone who has had struggles with money in the past, discovering a tool that has the capacity to rewire your brain around budgeting and spending is a pretty big deal™. That's YNAB, a budgeting tool like no other. Even better, while the team had not intention to make a budgeting tool that can work for folks with ADHD brains, for a lot of us, they did just that.Jesse Mecham is the Founder of YNAB and personal finance expert. He hosts the You Need A Budget Podcast, the Beginning Balance Podcast and is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of the book of the same name, You Need A Budget. The Smart Money Mama herself, Chelsea Brennan, introduced us to YNAB in 2020 and the tool quickly landed at the top of our list of favorite, life-changing services, so Jesse is here not only as a budgeting guy we think you might like to meet, but because we are legit fans.YNAB isn't a sponsor of this show, but we encourage you to visit right away and sign up for their 34-day free trial and see how it works for you. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast(01:38) - Support the Show: Become a Patron at Patreon.com/TheADHDPodcast(04:39) - Introducing Jesse Mecham(11:55) - The Tenses of Money(14:55) - The Four Rules(15:53) - 1. Giving Every Dollar a Job(18:57) - 2. Embrace your True Expenses(24:03) - 3. Role with the Punches(25:15) - 4. Aging Your Money(28:25) - The Elusive Emergency Fund(31:45) - What if you hate "Budgeting"(33:15) - Your Credit Card and You(37:41) - What if you're overwhelmed?(41:29) - YNAB as a Couple(44:44) - Kids ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Fight Impulsive Spending for your ADHD Holiday with CFP David DeWitt
Dec 6 2022
Fight Impulsive Spending for your ADHD Holiday with CFP David DeWitt
David DeWitt is a Certified Financial Planner living with ADHD and joins us today to walk through some of the challenges of building — and sticking to — a holiday budget with ADHD.But that's not really the whole story. David takes us on a tour down history lane. It's a tour that starts — and ends, actually — with the concepts around envelope budgeting, a classic in the budgeting universe that focuses on categories and cash. Well, we're note using cash anymore, but the idea of building your budget in a way that allows you to track what you spend, when you spend it, and keep your credit intact is central to budgeting for the ADHD brain.And that helps us to figure out where our impulsivity is taking hold, where it might not be healthy, and where it might be costing us a bunch of money. And when is that important? When our patented hyper-generosity is on edge: The holidays.DeWitt Capital ManagementADHD Money Talk with David DeWitt 'The ugly truth behind your fancy rewards credit card' — Emily Stewart, Vox (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast(01:21) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!(05:14) - Introducing David DeWitt(15:38) - Thinking about Money with an ADHD Brain: Reverse Budgeting(22:48) - Credit Cards(28:46) - Rewards Cards(31:38) - ADHD Impulsivity in the Holidays(38:40) - But wait! My finances are a mess!(44:14) - On reprogramming for budget dopamine(49:40) - By Now, Pay Later ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Techvember: Email & Work Tech Review
Nov 22 2022
Techvember: Email & Work Tech Review
This week, in our second episode of our Techvember series, we're revisiting picks from digital episodes of the past. We started last week with email, so of course we have to follow up a bit on that. From there, though, we dig straight into recommendations around work.We didn't take on these picks in this particular order, but this should be everything we dropped in the conversation this week!Email FollowupSusanne's recommendations on Gmail Filters Email Clients GmailGmail Search OperatorsYahoo! search operators Spark MailEdison MailAirmailMailbirdHey.com Outlook by MicrosoftThe Email Purge (Members Only — Patreon Member Posts Link)Zoom Mail and Calendar Todo & Time Fantastical & CardHop Things 3OmnifocusTodoistRescue TimeTime SinkTimingTimeryToggl Files Hazel (macOS) File Juggler (Windows) NotesObsidianDEVONThinkEvernoteNotabilityGoodNotes Apple Pencil/iPad Pencil by FiftyThree (Now available as Paper and Paste)FiftyThree bought by WeTransfer in 2018PaperPaste Text ManipulationTextExpanderPhraseExpanderPhrase ExpressBreevyaTextTypinatorTypeit4Me LaunchersAlfredRaycastLaunchbarKeypirinha Sharpening the ol' Saw LumosityAlto’s Adventure Pete's Professional LineupLogic Pro StudioFinal CutAudio HijackLoopback Opal C1 4k WebcamBackup: Logitech Brio Ultra HD Pete's Menubar Lineup Fantastical with Next AppointmentCardhopCleanshot XMagnet window managerExpress VPNDropbox SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba “Superior Sound Control for Mac Bartender: To organize apps running in the background in the menubarAlfredPastebotHazel Rocket MacOS: slack-style emoji-picker across the whole systemBackblazeCleanMyMacSetAppScript MenuTextExpanderAdobe Creative CloudAccessibility ShortcutsTodoist1PasswordRaycastStage ManagerToggleParcel MacOS (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast(02:02) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!(04:46) - Email Follow-up(21:42) - Tech at Work ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★