Taking Control: The Adhd Podcast

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

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 u

Is this the year to work harder, get tougher, and go further? Maybe, for you, it is. We’re not here to judge. But if you’ve struggled with traditional resolutions and using the new year momentum to make significant change in your life, then we’re here to present an alternative. Emily Ladau shared her perspective on FUN goals as an alternative to SMART goals on Mastodon (link) pointing to her full piece on WaPo. How well does her perspective as a disability rights advocate translate to the neurodiverse? Turns out... pretty well. Listen in and see for yourself!  (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast (01:38) - Support the Show! Become a Patron (03:32) - NEW New Resolutions? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Not everyone is a cook, but we all deal with food at some point or another. And if you’re frustrated with how your ADHD brain functions when it runs headlong into meal planning, this week’s episode is for you. We talk about the importance of the recipe reset and the power of cleaning out the system in favor of meals you actually eat. We talk about how important it is to think of meal planning as the organizing system that it is. Plus, we offer a few new apps that might meet your needs for organizing and scheduling your mealtime fun!Links & NotesDownload the TCA Meal Planning PDFPlan to EatMela (iOS, iPadOS, macOS)Paprika Recipe Manager (iOS, macOS, Android, Windows) (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:44) - ADHD Meal-Planning (08:57) - Meals are a planning activity (12:45) - Plan to Eat (14:33) - Honey (19:37) - Mela (23:03) - Reset your Recipes (29:19) - Meal-planning tips ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Discord Mom Melissa Bacheler is here! And she brings a ... what's that? A GAME SHOW pitting Pete and Nikki against one another to the bitter end? Plus questions from listeners about focus and tab overload and what we would do at the end of the world! Join us for our very last episode of 2022!Along the way, we answer YOUR questions: what’s the value of coaching for ADHD? What do you do when your tabs are overloading your browsers? What do you do if the electrical grid fails? How do you focus at work? How do you overcome test stress in college? What does it take to settle on task AND project management tools? CAKE OR PIE?? These are huge questions that merit serious reflection and we’re taking them on today. Thanks to TextExpander for once again sponsoring this show! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:09) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:54) - Sponsor: It's TEXTEXPANDER TIME! (08:04) - Who is YOUR Co-host Anyway? (18:48) - Q&A (19:08) - What is the value of ADHD Coaching? (22:40) - Browser-ta

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 y

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)

This week, in our third episode of our Techvember series, we're revisiting picks from digital episodes of the past. We started last week with email, followed up with work apps and tools, and now we're going home with a review of past recommendations for apps and gear that will automate your home and get you into shape!We didn't take on these picks in this particular order, but this should be everything we dropped in the conversation this week!A few old Smart Home tools: SmartThings by SamsungAT&T Digital Life - Wemo smart plugs, switches, and dimmers by BelkinGoogle NestSmart Garage Doors by Smart HomeKēvo Smart Lock by KwiksetWi-Fi Smart Lock by August Apple Home AppZigbeeZ-WaveIntroducing MatterPhillips HueEcobee Smart Thermostat PremiumHealth & FitnessLose It app (Pete and Nikki rec)Apple HealthWithings wireless scaleDay One appThe Mindfulness BellProductiveCoach.meRuntasticRunkeeperZombies, Run!MyFitnessPalLoseIt! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:29) - Support the Show: Become a Member (0

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 FiltersEmail ClientsGmailGmail Search OperatorsYahoo! search operatorsSpark MailEdison MailAirmailMailbirdHey.comOutlook by MicrosoftThe Email Purge (Members Only — Patreon Member Posts Link)Zoom Mail and CalendarTodo & TimeFantastical & CardHopThings 3OmnifocusTodoistRescue TimeTime SinkTimingTimeryTogglFilesHazel (macOS)File Juggler (Windows)NotesObsidianDEVONThinkEvernoteNotabilityGoodNotesApple Pencil/iPadPencil by FiftyThree (Now available as Paper and Paste)FiftyThree bought by WeTransfer in 2018PaperPasteText ManipulationTextExpanderPhraseExpanderPhrase Expre

We haven't talked about email specifically in a while, but we've heard you talking about it plenty. It's still an issue that causes overwhelm and stress — whether you have what you see as too many email messages in your inboxes, or you just don't have a strategy for managing work outside of your email client. This week on the show, we're taking on email for 2022, how it stacks up with other work management tools, Inbox Zero, GTD™, email bankruptcy and more. Along the way, we mention Gmail, Outlook, Spark Mail, Todoist, and DEVONThink, but none of these are specific endorsements — the most important thing we can offer in this show is a set of suggestions for helping you to hopefully see email in a new way, reduce stress, and get back to life. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:59) - Become a Patron! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (05:36) - Email 2022 (11:00) - Overwhelm (14:33) - Sidebar: Texts and marking texts as unread (18:35) - Inbox Zero (26:23) - Pete's Picks: DEVONThink & Todoist with Keyboard Sh

Our ADHD can feel like a weight on our backs. But what happens to you when you stop, take stock, and celebrate what is going right?This week on the show, TCA Coach Lynn Warner joins us to discuss celebrating our Wins with ADHD. But it's not just about knowing that cakes come on birthdays. Today's lessons are about retuning your brain, training yourself to see the wins around you — big and small — and finding ways to reward yourself appropriately. This means learning new language, and seeing the world with fresh, more positive eyes.Learn more about Lynn at TCA.As a bit of follow-up this week, we answer a few listener questions that were originally addressed to dietitian Nicole DeMasi Malcher. Listen to the show for details, but here's the handy list of snacks we reference on the show. Thanks Nicole!peanut butter sandwich or any sandwich with meat - choosing whole wheat bread will help to keep you fuller longeryogurt or cottage cheese & fruitpita/bread and hummustuna & crackersprotein bardeli meat roll-

Aviva Nirenberg has ADHD in the family. Mom of three children with ADHD, and non-ADHD spouse of a husband with ADHD, her coaching career started with the lived experience in helping her family navigate the world while living with ADHD. Now, she's a certified ADHD and Family Coach and is one of our valued coaches here at Take Control ADHD.This week on the show, Avivia joins us to talk about natural approaches to navigating your ADHD. No, that doesn't mean supplements and such, rather simple, straight-forward re-assessment of how you handle sleep, exercise, and nutrition — and how they work together for your body and brain.Learn more about Aviva and her coaching with TCA. And, if you're looking for the countertop herb garden, it's Aerogarden, and here's the Amazon link to it. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (02:38) - Introducing Aviva Nirenberg (06:22) - Sleep (12:08) - Exercise (22:54) - Nutrition (30:11) - All the changes, all right now (31:50) - Mindfulness ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feeling overwhelmed? Let's be honest: Probably. This week we're taking on ADHD overwhelm with coach Ian Wahlert as we deal with unplanned transitions, breaking down big thoughts, avoidance, and shut-down.But first, we have a little follow-up from last week's show on the question of transitions. Number one, how do medications help when you're thrown by surprise transitions? Does your relationship with your meds, and all that your meds do for you, help to ease transitions — surprise and expected alike?From there, Ian helps us navigate overwhelm, shame, avoidance, and shut-down, as we lead up to Nikki and Ian's group coaching session on this very subject!Learn more about Ian here, and check out their group coaching session today! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:19) - Sponsor: TextExpander! (06:00) - Introducing Ian Walhert (06:49) - Follow-Up: Surprise Transitions! (07:28) - Does medication help with transitions? (11:13) - Coming back to tasks after transitions (17:47) - The Big Segue to Overwhelm! (3

Why are transitions so hard with ADHD? Big ones, little ones, rare ones, daily ones, it seems like changing context from one to the next is like running through three feet of mud when everyone else is floating on air.It might be your big transitions — holidays, vacations, big blocks of time. It might be little transitions — leaving for work, coming home. It might be micro-transitions — going to sleep, waking up. It might even be surprise transitions — transitions you didn't know were coming at all. Whatever the kind of transition you struggle with, you're not alone in that struggle if you're living with ADHD. This week, we're talking all about transitions, and have some tips for you to make your transitions a little bit easier.Don't forget: It's not too late to check out ADHD Group Coaching and get yourself signed up today! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:55) - The Trouble with Transitions (05:58) - What is a "transition"? (14:56) - Unconscious Transitions (18:15) - Using James Ochoa's Pressure Brea

James Ochoa is a licensed professional counselor dedicated to treating, understanding and exploring adult ADHD. He lives with ADHD himself and has long demonstrated his introspection and exploration through his work and writing. His book, Focused Forward, gifted us a whole set of new language when we talk about our relationship with ADHD and we’re thrilled he’s back to check in with us today, his SEVENTH appearance on The ADHD Podcast.And why is he here? Because he’s devoted his work lately on using breathing to interrupt negative patterns. As James tells us, breathing is the only autonomic system in the human body which we can exert direct control over. If we’re not thinking about it, breathing just happens. But if we do think about it, we can speed it up, slow it down, even stop it for a spell. So how do you use it to teach your body some new tricks? We’ll learn from James today!Check out James’ Town Hall SeriesJames’ Professional Trailblazing: A New Roadmap for Treating Adult ADHDCheck out Shiny Merch! (00

Dr. Lola Day is a busy mother, double-boarded physician, lifestyle strategist, and ADHD-trained life coach for ambitious women. She is a case example for people living with ADHD who want to accomplish more in their lives, tame their hyperfocus, and tune their internal engines.But she's found that along the way, what she runs into the most with her ADHD clients is a standard of achievement defined by stress and burnout, women dedicated to results at significant cost to their health and well-being.She believes with the right systems and strategies, all women can live wholesome, healthy, and fulfilled lives without overwhelm and without sacrificing their goals, passion, or family, and she joins us this week to talk about how she channels her work into LollieTasking!Links & NotesLollieTaskingConnect with Dr. Lola Day on Twitter (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:09) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:08) - Sponsor: TextExpander (04:18) - Group Coaching is Coming Back to TCA! (05:23) - Introducing

You live with ADHD, so you know what it feels like to be stuck. But what happens when you tell an ADHD coach what you're going through? You get a whole new way to think about moving forward!It all starts with that feeling of shame and embarrassment that comes under the weight of the tasks you feel you have not completed. That’s how this particular episode started, in fact, a set of conversations Nikki has had recently with clients feeling this same thing. To get to the other side of it, we journey through that shame, the language of limiting beliefs, and come out the other side with a change to how we tell the stories of ourselves.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:04) - Support the Show: Become an ADHD Community Member! (02:27) - What to do when you don't know what to do ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tommy Metz III is a filmmaker and storyteller in Los Angeles, CA. He directed the feature film ‘30 Nights’, and his latest short ‘Static’ is going to be playing in festivals starting next month. He’s also an anxiety-riddled mess and co-host of What’s That Smell? A Sometimes-Funny Podcast about Humans and Their Anxieties. He’s here because he was dragged to be here in an effort to follow up on the last time he was here in May 2019.Our purpose today? We’ve talked about emotional storms in the past, credited to James Ochoa. To start us off this week: what do you do when the anxiety storm hits, the cannonball of fear in your stomach? What causes it, connects those experiences, and how do you get to the other side of it?Along the way, we talk about our “favorite” anxieties that have come up on the WTS podcast. We talk about the contagion that is anxiety and how easy it is to personalize others' anxieties and make them our own. Finally, we share a segment from episode one of the seventh season of What’s That Smell

How's your relationship with food? Do any emotional eating lately? Feeling that magnetic pull to McDonalds? You think there might be any ADHD hidden in there knocking away at you? Nicole DeMasi Malcher is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and founder of eatingwithADHD.com, where she helps people with ADHD stop binge-eating and learn to have a healthier relationship with food and body image and she's going to help us all out this week.Along the way, we learn about the role of a dietitian in your life and how they can help you build a better relationship with food. She helps us understand our relationship with diet, intermittent fasting and food rules, and how we can move toward healthier relationships with food by embracing gentle nutrition and intuitive eating. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:35) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:44) - Introducing Nicole Dimasi Malcher (06:04) - What does a dietician do? (08:13) - Dealing with ADHD grief with food (12:35) - What is disordered eating? (17:27

You know how it happens. You get your diagnosis and you start the research. Before you know it, you’re in such a search for tools and strategies to help you with your ADHD that you forget to live your life. This show is our reminder to you of a few things. First, you don't have to do everything at once. In fact, you might find you adapt more quickly when you research less, try fewer new tools, and slow down your ADHD adaptation. Second, it's OK to say no to things. In fact, you might just find a sense of excitement that comes from letting go of obligations. Third, well, Pete has a thing about time blocking.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:37) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (02:47) - Sponsor: TextExapander! (06:59) - Stop and Smell the Roses! (11:20) - You don't have to hold all the tennis balls (17:13) - Schedule Foibles are NOT a Moral Failure (20:43) - But wait... does your ADHD define you? (28:34) - JOMO & Margin (32:29) - Timeblocking Gives You Freedom ★ Support this podcast on P