Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

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Growing Up with Undiagnosed ADHD with Tara Koch Nov 03, 2020

Show notes

It's not easy being missed, especially when you know you're not quite relating to the world the same way your peers are. For Tara Koch, like so many in our community, the ADHD diagnosis came decades later, childhood long gone. What came with her diagnosis was an open door to learning about herself, her kids, and even set her course for a new career.

This week, ADHD coach Tara Koch joins us to talk about her experience growing up missing the ADHD diagnosis, and how ADHD has impacted her life since.

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(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(00:48) - Support the Show – Become a Patron!
(01:55) - Introducing Tara Koch
(17:23) - The ADHD Mom Perspective
(28:29) - The Diagnosis
(30:59) - Coaching

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Inattentive ADHD Misdiagnosis with Dr. Michelle Frank Oct 27, 2020

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Dr. Michelle Frank is a clinical psychologist specializing in providing diagnostic and treatment services to individuals with ADHD. She joins us today to talk about inattentive ADHD and the struggles that come along by way of misdiagnosis.

Nikki shares the story of her own family’s struggle with getting an inattentive diagnosis and Michelle walks us through the difference between inattentive and predominately hyperactive types to give us a sense of how and why inattentive ADHD gets missed. In addition to coming away with a clearer picture of why the inattentive type is missed so often, Michelle offers us a set of questions to ask of ourselves, our children, and their teachers and caregivers that will help us uncover the hidden signals of inattentive ADHD.

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(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(00:53) - Support the show • Become a Patron!
(03:06) - Introducing Dr. Michelle Frank
(11:04) - What is inattentive ADHD?
(17:06) - Questions for your child
(22:57) - What if it's ADHD and not actually anxiety?
(26:14) - What is it about Middle School??
(29:30) - How important is a formal diagnosis?
(31:28) - Coasting on old skills

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In the Shadow of the Haunt List: Productivity with Dr. Marilyn Paul Oct 20, 2020

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Dr. Marilyn Paul is a coach and organizational change consultant. She joins us today to talk about how to break the addiction to productivity without shame, free to own our ADHD brains, and get things done our way.

Her mission is to support people to learn from and find value in their difficult experiences. She’s been through her own challenges with ADHD over the years, translating them in the best-selling book, It’s Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys. Her second book, An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life, offers us fodder for a conversation on the how the ADHD brain can escape the inescapable: the cycle of shame that comes from trying to live up to impossible productivity standards, while not feeling able to get anything done.

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MarilynPaul.com

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(00:52) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!
(01:54) - Introducing Dr. Marilyn Paul

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ADHD Stresspectations Oct 13, 2020

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We’re stressed! Clients are stressed. Kids are stressed. We’re all stressed. Why? Because when you’re living with ADHD, you’re getting more negative messages thrown at you like so many darts than those without. And because we set such high expectations for ourselves, those negative messages leave us feeling so much more deflated!

This week on the show, we’re talking all about the expectations we set for ourselves that cause us nothing but stress, and how we can work toward emotional freedom in spite of our ADHD symptoms!

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(03:41) - Support the Show • Become a Member!
(08:16) - Why ADHDers Set High Expectations
(12:25) - The Salve for Ill Intentions
(18:18) - Contaigion
(20:46) - Setting Realistic Expectations

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ADHD Parenting Principles with Dr. Russell Barkley Oct 06, 2020

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Dr. Russell Barkley has been something of a firebrand in the ADHD community for over four decades. With twenty-five books — 43 separate editions — and his name behind numerous assessment scales and journal articles, he has established a career of education and advocacy in the field second to none. Today, Dr. Barkley joins us on the ADHD podcast.

He’s here, ostensibly, to tell us all about his new book — 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD — but the conversation quickly turns toward advocacy, the tangible dangers of ADHD as a disorder, and the lives lost because too many dismiss it. We talk about the role of genetics and parenting and the role of each in ADHD. We hope you join us today; it’s an incredible honor for us to have Dr. Barkley on the show and are grateful to be able to share it with you all.

Bonus! His team was kind enough to offer us a 25% discount on the new book! Click here to get it now!

Links & Notes

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(00:48) - Support the show: Become a Patron
(02:02) - Introducing Dr. Russell Barkley
(06:26) - The First Principle: Self-Regulation Deficit Disorder
(09:46) - Seven things at risk with ADHD
(14:05) - How do you talk to kids about a new diagnosis?
(22:52) - A Legacy of ADHD Advocacy
(27:32) - Signals and Myths of ADHD
(37:20) - The things we can control
(40:41) - The ADHD Pandemic and Parenthood
(47:08) - ADHD Across the Lifespan
(53:58) - Get the Book!

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Parenting Complex Kids with ImpactParents’ Diane Dempster & Elaine Taylor-Klaus Sep 29, 2020

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They may have pivoted to parents, but Diane Dempster and Elaine Taylor-Klaus still bring every bit of their Impact! Today they join us to talk about parenting complex kids in a complex era along with Elaine’s new book, The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More.

Along the way, they share incredible insights on the parent-child relationship. Ensuring that you’re on your kiddo’s team, consequences and punishments, owning and transferring ownership of responsibilities, growing up ... it’s all on the table this week with Diane and Elaine, plus they share the story behind their pivot from ImpactADHD to ImpactParents!

Links & Notes

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(01:21) - Support the show — Become a Patron!
(02:40) - Follow-up
(09:12) - Welcome Elaine and Diane!
(11:01) - Rebranding for Complex Kids
(16:40) - Shifting Life's Responsibilities
(24:49) - About the Book
(27:23) - Executive Age and Releasing Control
(33:51) - Consequences vs. Punishment
(39:47) - Collaboration

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Study Habits For the ADHD Student Sep 22, 2020

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If you’re a well-practiced student, you probably have your own system and set of practices for doing that job. Taking notes, studying, preparing projects, taking exams ... you know what works for you, right?

It turns out, it’s pretty easy to develop a false sense of security in our own systems to the point that they might not actually be helping you do the real work of being a student. This week on the show, we offer the timeline for effective study habits — originated at the University of Arkansas — a simple, straight-forward process to help you learn to study effectively and deliver the results you want.

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Notetaking

I know, these are both iPad Pro focused, but I encourage you to watch them for process, not technology, if you’re thinking about how to engage in material.

🎥 Samuel Suresh: “How I Take Notes with My iPad Pro in Lectures”
🎥 Ali Abdaal: “How I take notes on my iPad Pro in medical school”

Zettlecasten

If you’re not on the market for a new note-taking system, do not click on these links. There be monsters! If you’re embarking on any sort of research — and you have fun with this kind of stuff — you might just find Zettlekasten and some of the software tools that enable it really exciting.

🎥 Shu Omi: “Zettlekasten Note-taking Method: Simply Explained”
🎥 Shu Omi: “How to take Smart Notes in Roam Research”
🎥 Curtis McHale: “Getting Started with a Zettlecasten System”
🎥 Curtis McHale: “What Makes a Good Zettlekasten Note”
👨‍💻 Roam Research
👨‍💻 Obsidian

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(01:49) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!
(03:36) - The Timeline for Effective Study Habits
(05:28) - Before Class
(08:52) - During Class
(11:25) - One Note-taking Strategy: Zettlekasten
(16:10) - During Class... some more
(19:58) - After Class
(22:58) - The Exam

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Back-to-School: Planning Time and Tasks Sep 15, 2020

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You’re heading back to school. You’ve got your books. You’ve got your syllabus. You’ve got your pencils and notebooks. And you’re even feeling great about your class schedule. You’ve got this. Only one question remains. When are you going to do the work?

Turns out, that’s a pretty big question and one you are perfectly capable of answering! This week on the show we’re talking all about time and tasks; how do you organize not only the due dates of your assignments and test schedule, but how do you manage the time you have to put in to do the actual work, writing, and studying of being a successful student?

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(01:42) - Support the Show: Become a Patron!
(03:22) - Organizing Time and Tasks as a Student
(08:43) - Check your Email
(09:50) - Planning Tools
(10:38) - Calendars
(12:40) - Beware errors in repeating events!
(13:32) - Managing due dates AND work time!
(17:28) - Task Management
(20:00) - Break it down until it's easy
(21:48) - The Ideal Weekly Calendar
(24:16) - Tasks AND Subtasks

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Going Back to School Online Sep 08, 2020

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Make no bones about it: there is nothing normal about our back-to-school experience this year. Whether you’re heading to college on campus or distance, you and your ADHD are no doubt impacted.

We have four strategies for you this week, ranging from organization to time management, and even a little hint of wellness from the avoid-news-of-the-world-on-fire camp. Whatever your situation, however you’re tackling your studies, we want to make sure you have the tools and the strength to move your degree forward. This week, we’re talking all about going back to school online.

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Join Nikki’s ADHD Study Hall!

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(02:25) - Support the Show: Become a Member
(05:39) - Back to School

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Reclaiming Email Sep 01, 2020

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You’ve tried email bankruptcy. You know all about filing. But sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did you fall back into email overload... again?

First things first: It’s not just you. It’s common to live with some sort of anxiety around email and email overload. Where we’re going to focus today is not on some magical list of things you’re supposedly doing wrong, rather we’re gong to ask some questions about the relationship you want to have with your inbox, about how you might be able to focus on simplicity instead of strict organization, and how a few quick keyboard shortcuts and a learning mindset might make all the difference in your approach to electronic mail.

Melissa is our community manager in The ADHD Group. If you’d like to get to know more about her, become a supporter over on Patreon and you’ll have access to her annual members-only series on email management and the Discord ADHD Community!

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Thank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!

(00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
(01:36) - Support the show: Become a Patron!
(03:15) - Group Coaching Update
(05:36) - Study Halls with Nikki!
(07:03) - Reclaiming Email
(17:09) - Reclaiming Email: How did you get here?
(22:07) - Thinking about what you want your inbox to do for you
(23:40) - Workflow Simplicity
(27:55) - Learning new skills to support your email relationship
(39:02) - A brief aside on filters and automation
(40:45) - Hey.com
(45:18) - Search
(50:16) - Archive, Delete, Folders, Lables, All Mail
(57:52) - Special Folder: Gmail Trash
(58:52) - Does "Archiving" email compress your email?

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