Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

Latest Episodes:

Identity Load and Meeting Elmo Dec 18, 2025

Show notes

As Cate and Erik recover from recording their audiobook, they discuss managing burnout, showing up for yourself when the going gets rough, and how to intentionally rest. Erik promises to warn Cate if he ever arranges for her to meet Elmo.

Key topics: How to show up for yourself and others when you have ADHD, How to recover from burnout by limiting your cognitive load, emotional load, and identity load.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" ⁠https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2⁠

Doomscrolling Mongooses (Mongeese?) Dec 05, 2025

Show notes

Cate and Erik talk about doomscrolling, and how the infinite-scroll social media feed can take hold on an ADHD mind. They also talk about mongooses (mongeese?) for a surprisingly long amount of time.

Key topics: How doomscrolling takes hold on people with ADHD, how artificial intelligence apps cause doubt on the internet, methods of cutting down on doomscrolling, mongooses and how cute they are.

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2

Self Harm and Staying Curious Nov 27, 2025

Show notes

CONTENT WARNING: direct references to self-harm throughout

Cate and Erik get honest about their history with self harm, how it started, and where they are now.

Key topics: how ADHD can lead to self-harm, how poor-impulse control can lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms for boredom.

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults"

https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2

When Systems Fail and Christmas Turkeys Nov 20, 2025

Show notes

Cate and Erik talk about what to do do when your systems fail, and how to troubleshoot systems to make them stick. Cate gives updates on her upcoming tour, including her fast-approaching "Turkey from A Christmas Carol" live show. Erik slaps a water bottle and lakes the sound it makes.

Key topics: Dealing with negative inner voices, pathological demand avoidance, how to make systems for ADHD, what to do when systems fail. Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

Pre-order the ADHD Field Guide for Adutls

https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2

Nuns, Cannabis and Secret Tunnels Jul 31, 2025

Show notes

ADHD storytelling meets childhood nostalgia as Erik and Cate bounce through secret forts, first computers, and teenage rebellion. This neurodivergent conversation captures the authentic ADHD experience of connecting seemingly random memories, from discovering computers in secret passages to stress-inducing DARE programs and early internet adventures.

Key topics: childhood fort-building, technology evolution, TI-84 calculators, typing games, high school experiences, media literacy, and growing up with undiagnosed ADHD in the 90s/2000s. Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

Pre-order the ADHD field guide for adults

https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2

What is the Plot of the Music Man? Jun 25, 2025

Show notes

Ever wake up feeling 30 years older after doom-scrolling until 3:40 AM? Join us for an unfiltered ADHD conversation covering sleep struggles, social media addiction, chronic pain, antidepressants, and breaking down harmful stereotypes about sexuality and consent.

Episode Highlights:

ADHD time blindness and social media's grip on sleep schedules
Living with chronic pain and navigating medication changes
Mental health medication experiences and the "new normal"
Redefining kink, consent, and sex education for neurodivergent people
Why we need better resources for ADHD and sexuality
Camping plans (glamping style) for digital detox

Perfect for listeners interested in honest discussions about ADHD life, mental health, sex positivity, and navigating adulthood with neurodivergent brains.

Content Warning: Frank discussions about sexuality, kink, chronic pain, and weight loss.

Remember to eat a snack, take your meds, drink water, and be kind to yourself and others. We love you!

#ADHD #MentalHealth #SexEducation #ChronicPain #Neurodivergent #SexPositivity #Consent

The Borrowers Took My Glasses Jun 20, 2025

Show notes

Catie and Erik continue their glorious return to Infinite Quest after a Book Break(TM) to discuss the eternal neurodivergent struggle of losing things in plain sight, organizing creative spaces, and why some objects seem to vanish into thin air (spoiler: it might be gnomes).Plus: Questions for neurotypicals, surprise DB Cooper and why triage stations might be the organizing solution you didn't know you needed.

Keywords: (Our marketing guy told us to add this part sorry). ADHD, neurodivergent, organization, executive dysfunction, creative workspace, prop making, crafting, losing things, school supplies trauma, PhD journey, book publishing

The Plectrum Spectrum Jun 18, 2025

Show notes

WE'RE BACK. FINALLY.

After a year-long hiatus, your very most favorite ADHD duo returns. In this episode: the Mario theme song's complex polyrhythms, making violins from tomato cans , Cate playing a fairy queen, the proper way to smuggle a baguette, Korean spoons, nude arch photography, the difference between a plectrum and a Bachi, increasingly elaborate wordplay, Rice Krispies eating trauma, and how writing a book was easier than remembering login passwords—all while debating whether salt or pepper is the more universal seasoning. You know. the usual stuff.

Welcome back to infinite quest. The secret password is BAGUETTE. Email us at infinitequestpodcast@gmail.com and win a Suprise!

Chicken Chad for the Soul Nov 19, 2024

Show notes

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to talk about the election (we get sad), Cate tells an incredibly embarrassing story from her youth and we attempt to get Good At Improv.

Barack Obameter, Snake Detective Oct 24, 2024

Show notes

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to talk about important stuff like AI, CGI and practical effects, Cate bemoans the struggles of remembering names, dates and ...generally anything with ADHD, we spend some time meeting Robby, who really, really, really loves snakes and we generally bullshit about for the better part of an hour.