Taking Control: The Adhd Podcast

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

We did an episode on ADHD and over-talking a few weeks back and boy-howdee did you have thoughts! This week, we’re doing a listener feedback review covering how you prefer to manage — and help to manage — over-talking and ADHD in yourself and others. The feedback came in two broad categories. First, you shared your personal preferences in how you want others to treat you when you’re over-talking. That is to say, when people you’re close to notice that your stories are veering into ADHD tangent-territory, how do you want that communicated to you? How will you be best equipped to hear this sort of guidance without feeling shamed or judged?The second big group came in the form of guidance for kids and families. How do you work with your kids or partner when over-talking overtakes family time? How do you instill a culture in your family where you’re teaching and building muscle around sharing conversation space? We got some terrific suggestions on the best way you manage ADHD over-talking and we’re thrilled to sh

Memory is not one thing, says our guest, Dr. Ari Tuckman, and ADHD might be at the center of your struggles with each component of memory at any given time. More important than understanding that ADHD and memory are sometimes troubled partners is understanding just what you can do to improve your odds when trying to remember the important stuff.We talk about being kind to yourself and understanding that your memory challenges do not represent a moral failure! And Ari challenges head-on the notion that relying on reminders is a sign of weakness, that there is a difference between an alarm or notification and the motivation to do the thing the alarm is reminding you to do — one does not make the other a failure.Links & NotesThank you for supporting The ADHD Podcast on Patreon!Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD — Ari TuckmanAri Tuckman, PsyD, MBAADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship by Ari Tuckman (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:18) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:22)

People with ADHD talk. And sometimes we talk a lot. We might be nervous or excited, insecure or scared; for whatever reason, these triggers cause our mouths to go right into overdrive. This week on the show, Nikki and Pete talk about over-talking. What happens in social situations when you find yourself over-sharing? How about parties in which you reveal sensitive information? And have you ever been in a group conversation and didn't realize you were monopolizing the show? We've all been there, and this week we want to try to dissect why. Links & NotesADHD Communication HacksAm I Talking Too Much? How I'm Teaching my Brain to ListenDon't Just Talk, CommunicateBeing Social and Making Friends as an Adult with ADHD (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast! (01:32) - Support the Show: Become a Member! (05:38) - Sponsor: TextExpander (09:39) - ADHD & Over-Talking ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Today, we’re talking about the truth in all it’s shapes and colors. If you’re living with ADHD, you might find you have a sometimes-questionable relationship with the truth, whether you’re struggling to be one hundred percent honest about a project at work, or dinner plans at home, and whether you’re lying to others or to yourself in the process. Dr. Norrine Russell is back with us today to share her experince working with ADHD kids, parents, and coaches in navigating the not-always-black-and-white rules of honesty we create for ourselves, and what we need to do to corrall our baser instincts as a result of fear and uncertainty in our lives. Links & NotesRussell CoachingAsking the Right Questions about ADHD Before, During, and After Your Child's Diagnosis by Dr. Norrine Russell (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (05:48) - Introducing Norrine Russell (13:00) - The Parent Perspective • Trust & Privacy (18:00) - Who are you lying to? (21:00) - Going into "Brain Mode" (38:25) - Lying & Time (43:52)

As our guest says it, a lot happens when you have a new creature to care for. The lessons that come when you’re facing the stressors of new parenthood might unlock some things you don’t know about yourself: ADHD.Dr. Marcy Caldwell (ADDept.org) is director and supervising psychologist at Rittenhouse Psychological Assessments and is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of ADHD and learning disabilities for over 15 years. She joins us today to answer some of our frequent questions about parenting and ADHD, from hormonal changes to how moms and dads each understand how ADHD symptoms emerge under the changes of parenthood.  (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:41) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (03:01) - Sponsor: TextExpander (06:50) - Introducing Marcy Caldwell (11:27) - Inattentive ADHD (13:51) - Horomes & ADHD: A Primer (17:59) - Sleep! (21:45) - New Dad Diagnoses? (24:56) - Guidance for the Post-Pardum ADHD Struggles (29:57) - Getting Diagnos

If you’re parenting a teen, you know the challenges we’re talking about today. And whether you live with ADHD yourself or not, those challenges are made even more real if your kiddo is living with ADHD. Today on the show, we’re sharing our own lessons learned when it comes to navigating the universe of parenting teens with ADHD.The biggest lessons revolve around communication, awareness, and balance. But what are the major milestones that stand before you as a parent of a teen when it comes to getting the ADHD assessment? Preparing for college? Confronting life skills and deadlines? And, perhaps most important as a parent, how do you avoid letting your experience with school, ADHD, anxiety and more to color their experience and expectations with ADHD? (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:59) - Support the Show: Become a Patron at patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (04:23) - Partentings teens with ADHD ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode was a delightful accident. It started with a conversation with one of our fantastic community members, Shoshanah Blaiss, how casually mentioned that she was running late for her session with her art therapist, and ended with a connection to that very artist, learning about her work, her process, and the incredible value that comes with embracing art as a channel to connect with ourselves across the neurodiversity spectrum.Andrea Krakovsky is a teaching artist in Georgia whose work helps her clients to heal through the creative process. This week, Andrea leads us through that journey of healing through creativity — whether you believe you're creative or not — and how the physical connection with the media can help you learn about yourself while finding grounding in your ADHD, anxiety, and more.Find Andrea at andreakrakovsky.com, and don't forget to check out the Feelings Wheel! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:38) - Support the Show: Become a Patron! (04:41) - Sponsor: TextExpander is BAC

Rach Idowu was diagnosed with ADHD Combined Type in January 2020, just before her London ADHD clinic closed down due to the pandemic. Undaunted, she started AdultingADHD on Substack and began to document her own personal experience and the research she would go on to do about her ADHD. Since then, she has been featured in the New York Times, Inverse, and Mashable, and has been a featured panelist at Facebook, Ubisoft ComicCon London, and other organizations talking about ADHD in the workplace.Along the way, she created a series of flashcards designed to help those with ADHD and supporting ADHDers to better understand details of ADHD that reflect the research she has engaged in over the years. You can find them at ADHDTraits.com.Links & NotesSubscribe to Rach Idowu on SubstackFollow Rach Idowu on InstagramFollow Rach Idowu on Twitter (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:14) - Introducing Rach Idowu (04:20) - The Pandemic Diagnosis (12:49) - About the Newsletter (13:53) - ADHD & Work (21:35) - Open

KC Davis is a licensed professional therapist, author, and speaker. She is the creator of the mental health platform Struggle Care, where she shares a revolutionary approach to self and home care for those dealing with mental health, physical illness, and hard seasons of life. She's with us today to talk about her role in the neurodiversity community as a TikTok influencer, how she stumbled into her favorite video community. We love KC not just for her TikTok, though. She's author of the book How to Keep House While Drowning, where she catalogs her approach to healthy living while embracing your struggles as morally neutral, not personality judgments. Her approach to living, shame, and struggle is, frankly, a breath of fresh air. Learn more about KC and her work at StruggleCare. And, of course, buy the book in your favorite format now. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (02:56) - Support the show! (04:49) - Welcome KC Davis (09:39) - ADHD is not your moral failure (18:59) - Cleaning and Trauma (22:11) - Ne

For the next few weeks, we’ll be talking with ADHD influencers. You might have seen them on YouTube or TikTok or Instagram talking about their experiences with ADHD — we want to talk with them about their experience leading them to become creators.Kicking off this series we welcome Matt Raekelboom. Matt’s a Toronto-based influencer predominantly on TikTok and Instagram sharing his tools and strategies around ADHD, fitness, and healthy living with his 300,000 followers. What you don’t get if you just stumble across Matt’s one-minute videos, though, is any taste of the long road he had to take to get it posted.He was an ADHD kid of the 80s, when we were wandering the wilderness of ADHD and medication, and ended up over-medicated and misunderstood. He battled substance abuse and homelessness, but regained his footing with an explosive passion for discovery of how his ADHD had played a part in all his troubles, and how it would play a part in his future successes, too.You can find Matt on Instagram and TikTok, na

With over five hundred episodes across twenty-four seasons of Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast, it can be dizzying to figure out how to get started. That’s why we — Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright (your fair hosts) — recorded this episode. It’s for you, new listener, a brief guide that can help you get the most out of the podcast and the fantastic ADHD community that runs through everything we do. Thanks for joining us on this ride. We hope you find what you’re looking for! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (01:09) - Where to Find Us (03:41) - Why a Podcast? (05:24) - About our Episode Numbering (08:45) - Our Purpose (10:25) - What do we talk about? (12:13) - Podcast Categories (15:29) - The Live Stream (17:34) - Joining the Community ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we’re tabulating lessons learned from our recent series on overcoming obstacles. Over the last month, we met Mallory Band dug into imposter syndrome, RSD, and ADHD. Aron Croft shared his experience through higher education when his expectations ran straight into undiagnosed inattentive ADHD. And Christina Avallone shared her perspective on thriving in a digital world and building healthy relationships with your tech.If you haven’t listened to these episodes yet, check them out in your podcast app or listen on the web right here:Imposter Syndrome, RSD & ADHD with Mallory BandWhen expectations meet your ADHD with Aron CroftThriving in a digital world with Christina Avallone (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (00:53) - Support the show: Become a Patron! Patreon.com/theadhdpodcast (02:07) - Summary Fun! (02:37) - Imposter Syndrome (08:33) - When Expectations Meet ADHD (17:05) - Thriving in a Digital World ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on the show we’re talking with Christina Avallone, author of Thriving in a Digital World, to discuss the pitfalls many of us face when technology starts to take over. For Christina, it started at home as she navigated the massive technological shifts as a parent to her now-grown daughters. This experience led her down a path of research and exploration into technology, how a pathological use of our tech can impact the brain, and how systems presumably designed for productivity and connection can actually cause increased distraction and disconnection. Her book is driven not by a call for technological abstinence, but for understanding. For Christina, that means raising her children safe, in her faith, and aware of the tools in their pockets to do good in the world, while understanding their perils at the same time. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (03:59) - Sponsor: TextExpander (07:03) - Introducing Christina Avallone (13:04) - Crossroads: Co-mingling tech and distraction (19:04) - Context Swi

Aron Croft was set up for success: Great college, high expectations from an education-centered family. Then ADHD stepped in. Aron lives with inattentive ADHD once the structures of his early education were left behind on his journey to college, the struggles set it.In fact, he struggled non-stop for 15 years before he discovered his relationship with ADHD. In spite of years of struggle, he's since built a career of his own, from finding success in major corporations to starting his own coaching practice for students with ADHD. This is a story about the conflict that exists between desire and expectation for success, and the reality of running into the brick wall of shame with a coach who has seen it from both sides. You can learn more about Aron and his work at Hidden ADHD, and make sure to check out Aron's Masterclass: "Get Sh*t Done With ADHD — Without Constant Stress and Self-Criticism (A Proven 3-Step Process)" while you're there! (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (04:48) - Introducing Aron Croft (12:

Here we are. Episode one of our new podcast. This week, we're talking about how we capture ideas, how we make room for new things in our lives, and how we make sure the things we really want to do have air to grow and flourish, while the things we don't are allowed to evaporate.Along the way we talk to two of my favorite brains, Doc Anderson and Brett Terpstra.We talked to Doc some months back on The ADHD Podcast about The Hero Engine. Since then, he and I realized we have a lot of nerd stuff in common and it is in fact Doc whom I credit for the term "Vampire Projects" in this show.Brett is working on a few projects in addition to his newish gig at Oracle. Bunch is his text file automation app, and Doing is his command line activity log. We'll talk about both this week.Listener Susan wrote in with a question about creating fillable PDF forms. I go into more detail in the show this week but here are direct links to what I recommend: Adobe Creative Cloud, PDF Pen Pro from Nitro.Finally, if you’re listening to t

You know it, you live it, you suffer through it: It’s IMPOSTER SYNDROME! This week on the show, executive function coach Mallory Band joins us to talk about the weight of the imposter on our shoulders and how we might use the lessons of executive functioning to shake free of it. We start with a walk through imposter syndrome and how it manifests in our lives. Because it's not just the imposter weighing on us, it's the compound pressure of anxiety, fear, compulsive behaviors, and more that all play a role in how we see the person we see in the mirror. Mallory wrote two pieces for ADDitude over the course of the last year on the subject. 'How my Imposter Syndrom Sapped Me of Myself,' which she followed up with, 'How the Pandemic's Uncertainty Forced Me to Become More Secure in Myself,' both available to read for free. Connect with Mallory on LinkedIn and learn more about her work at Essig Education Group. (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast (05:27) - Introducing Mallory Band (06:51) - What is an Executive Fun

We’ve had a busy month around here at Take Control ADHD. This week, we’re introducing a new episode in to our podcast calendar. We don’t have a great name for it yet, but rest assured a great name is inbound! For now, we’re talking all about lessons we’ve learned in March. We started with a conversation on managing tasks against a visual representation of our time. It’s not easy, but sometimes stepping back from all the things you think you have to do on a given day and starting instead with the time you have to do things is the best way to get started with smart prioritization. From there, we introduced PACT Goals (Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, and Trackable). Patrick McGinnis, the originator of FOMO, introduced us to FOBO (Fear of Better Options) where we learned the value of asking the universe for help to get a true gut-check on our feelings. Unblocking and Tackling helped us split our attention between getting ourselves unstuck and doing hard work, and finally, Casey Dixon helped us face facts abou

Burnout. That word probably means something to you. But for all the feelings the term conjures for you, there are so many feelings you just might have experienced yourself completely unaware that those feelings, too, are symptoms of burnout. And identifying where burnout lives, where it stops and ADHD begins, can be a tricky business, indeed. Casey Dixon is an ADHD Coach who has worked with wide range of individuals living with ADHD over the course of her career. She’s the founder of Dixon Life Coaching, a site that is dedicated to the mindfulness approach to ADHD through simple daily practices to help you with everything from focus, to movement and settling. This week on The ADHD Podcast, Casey joins us to help us deal with the horrors and the terrors of burnout. (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast (00:45) - Support the Show: March Madness on Patreon! (03:59) - Introducing Casey Dixon (04:30) - On Burnout (16:37) - Compartmentalizing (19:33) - Beating Burnout (24:03) - The Five Ds (30:15) -