ADHD Essentials

Latest Episodes:

ADHD Advocacy and Family with Mark Smeets Feb 02, 2024

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In today’s episode we talk to Mark Smeets. Mark is a neurodiversity advocate out of British Columbia, and the host of the “We are the ADHD Family” podcast.

Mark talks to us about his family’s experience with ADHD. We discuss the journey to his son’s ADHD and autism diagnosis, how it led to his and his wife’s ADHD diagnoses, generational trauma, mental health advocacy work, and being on with where you are.

Guest Links:

Learn more about Mark and his work here: https://linktr.ee/wearetheadhdfamily

ADHD Essentials Links:

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Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

How to ADHD with author Jessica McCabe Jan 03, 2024

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In today’s episode we talk to Jessica McCabe!

Jessica is the creator and host of How to ADHD on YouTube and author of a new book that came out yesterday!

Jessica talks to us about that very book, aptly titled “How to ADHD”. We discuss her new book, as well as the importance of accessibility for ADHD folks, divergent vs convergent thinking, why trying harder is not the answer, and how ADHD affects us socially.

Guest Links:

Order Jessica’s book at https://howtoadhdbook.com/
Learn more about Jessica and her work at https://howtoadhd.com/
Check out How to ADHD on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@HowtoADHD

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join The ADHD Essentials Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Website
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Men’s ADHD Support Group Links:

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ADHD and Eating with Dr. Roberto Olivardia Dec 23, 2023

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In today’s episode we talk to Dr. Roberto Olivardia. A Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Olivaria specializes in ADHD, Executive functioning issues, and OCD, as well as Body Dysmorphic Disorder and eating disorders.

Dr. Olivardia talks to us about ADHD and eating. We discuss the executive function challenges that underpin healthy eating, the eating disorders most common to ADHD, the social nature of eating, and how the things we eat can affect our ADHD.

Guest Links:

Learn more about Dr. Olivardia’s work here.

Check out the Men’s ADHD Support Group Here

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Gifted and Distractible with Julie Skolnick, MA, JD Dec 13, 2023

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In today’s episode we talk to Julie Skolnick, founder of With Understanding Comes Calm.

Julie guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, trains educators and advises professionals on how to bring out the best in, and raise self-confidence of, the 2e people in their lives.

Julie talks to us about her new book, "Gifted and Distractible". She talks to us about what 2e means, her Cycle for Success model, the overexcitability of gifted folks, asynchronous development, and how to advocate for ourselves and others.

Guest Links:

Buy "Gifted and Distractable" Here!!!
Learn more about Julie and her work at https://www.withunderstandingcomescalm.com/

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

ROUGH CUT: ADHD Con 2023 Day 1 Nov 30, 2023

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In this episode, I continue the tradition of dragging a bunch of people into my room to reflect on the day's events of the ADHD Conference. There were a bunch of us - Members of the Men's ADHD Support Group, Inger Shay Colzie, ADHD Nerd Dad, Teresa Taylor, ADHDruid, and Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells - we had pizza.

ADHD Essentials Links:

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Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Helping Kids Learn Learnfully with Suchi Deshpande Nov 25, 2023

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In today’s episode we talk to Suchi Deshpande. Suchi is the founder of Learnfully, a digital learning platform, balanced with insights from machine learning and expert human interaction. that connects specialists and caregivers to gain a deeper, more accurate, and actionable understanding of the learning needs of their kids.

Suchi talks to us about how Learnfully helps neurodiverse kids access education. She discusses the importance of figuring out your kid’s learning profile, the role anxiety plays in education, why support has to work for both the family and the kid, the power of getting diagnosed as an adult, and the importance of trying differently rather than harder.

Guest Links:

Learn more about Suchi and her work at https://learnfully.com/

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

The Art of Talking with Children with Rebecca Rolland Nov 18, 2023

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In today’s episode of ADHD Essentials, we talk to Rebecca Rolland. Rebecca is an author, speech language pathologist and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
She talks to us about her book, “The Art of Talking with Children”. We discuss the Zone of Proximal Development, the role of temperament in conversation, the principles of social talk, and boundary setting.

Guest Links:

Learn more about Rebecca and her work at https://rebeccarolland.com/
Buy Rebecca's book here

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Focus 101 with Cris Rat Nov 11, 2023

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In today’s episode, we talk to Cris -a web developer and software engineer who has created Focus101.com, an outstanding virtual body-doubling tool.

Cris talks to us about how Focus 101 works, the power of co-working and bodydoubling, and the importance of playing with your own creations.

Guest Links:

Ch eck Out Focus101.com here!

ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Reflections on Helping with Your Helpful Host Brendan Mahan Nov 04, 2023

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It's just me for this episode. I'm sharing some reflections and lessons on helping that I've learned after the trials of the COVID pandemic, caring for a son with OCD, and supporting a dad with cancer. And stay to the end for a special announcement about my latest project!

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ADHD Essentials Links:

Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups
Join Our Facebook Community
Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage
Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com

Masking, Immigration, and Mindfulness with Ying aka ADHDAsianGirl Oct 28, 2023

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In today’s episode, we talk to Ying, a Chinese immigrant to the United States who has ADHD who goes by the handle, ADHD Asian Girl on Twitter.

She talks to us about how Asian cultural expectations affect her ADHD, cultural and neurodiverse masking, how ADHD increases challenges of being an immigrant, as well as mindfulness and the calming power of shaking and dancing.

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