Absolutely ADHD

Hi listeners and welcome back! This week, Sam and Alana are chatting all about the common ADHD challenges of planning. Planning when it comes to personal life..goals..responsibilities..tasks..all of it! They are also sharing some valuable strategies and tips to help ADHDers use planning as a tool to support us. If you're enjoying the podcast - don't forget to subscribe, write us a review or share...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! This week, Sam and Alana are talking about the importance of delegating responsibilities: How it benefits our busy brains...how we can build this skill..and how to navigate some of the challenges that come along with it. If you're enjoying the podcast - don't forget to subscribe, write us a review or share with a friend, so we can share with more amazin...

This week, Sam and Alana are chatting all about emotional dysregulation, working through multiple emotions at once, guilt, body image difficulties, the ADHD urge to always find solutions, social media challenges & more! If you're enjoying the podcast - don't forget to subscribe, write us a review or share with a friend, so we can share with more amazing ADHDers! We LOVE hearing your takeaways...

On this weeks episode of the Absolutely ADHD Podcast, Alana & Sam are chatting about the common ADHD challenge of "out of sight, out of mind". Commonly mistaken as object permanence on social media, this concept has much more to do with our working memory function - which Alana shares in this episode. ADHD brains are very focused on the "now" and what is right in front of us in the moment. Wit...

This week, Alana and Sam are giving their ADHD tips on studying in school AND staying focused on work when our ADHD brains are having trouble doing so. Difficulty focusing is one of the core ADHD symptoms and there are a variety of ways we can work to support our mental health as we work through it! They also discuss how many of their coping strategies in college/grad school have continued on to t...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam are answering your questions. Chatting about how they met, how they've kept such a strong friendship over the years and why they decided to start Absolutely ADHD the podcast! If you enjoyed it, please hit like and subscribe, or share it with a friend! This really helps in spreading the ADHD info. Alana's Links : Find Al...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam discuss their opinions on manifesting and how it could actually be a helpful tool for people with ADHD. With ADHD, sometimes we can feel a lack of control over our motivation and our mindset, so using manifestation techniques could be very useful for us to gain that control back! Manifesting is all about thinking your d...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam are chatting about how hard adulting is! All the responsibilities that come with being an adult aren't easy - throw ADHD in the mix and it can be a nightmare! Alana and Sam share their adulting struggles, for example booking appointments, remembering to pay bills, finding time to clean the house - and the list goes on!...

In today's episode of the Absolutely ADHD podcast, Alana is chatting with Katie - ADHD advocate, content creator & fellow podcaster. After downloading TikTok 3 years ago and discovering the ADHD community, Katie quickly started realizing that many of her challenges had been ADHD related. A couple of free online ADHD tests and a doctor's visit later, Katie was diagnosed with ADHD at 29 years ol...

In today's episode of the Absolutely ADHD podcast, Alana is joined by her good friend and nutritionist Leena Abed. They talk about the types of struggles people with ADHD may have with their nutrition, for example: forgetting to eat; binge and restrict; and using food as a dopamine hit. Leena gives us all great tips and tricks that we can implement to improve our habits surrounding food. If you en...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! In this episode, Sam & Alana break down why ADHDers struggle with distractions and the undeniable pull that we experience towards sources of instant gratification. They chat about how dopamine impacts those with ADHD and the challenges of functioning in a society that doesn't always value & support having a brain that works differently. To be en...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam are chatting all about people pleasing - THE ENEMY! People pleasing often results in feelings of overwhelm, frustration & regret. Which is why we must put boundaries in place for ourselves when it comes to overcommitting or putting people's needs and wants before our own! Alana and Sam talk about their personal stru...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam are chatting about how normal it is to have 'off - days' and things that we can do to help. Off days are inevitable for everyone, but especially for us ADHDers who find it difficult working through overwhelm & feeling motivated at times. This episode is your reminder to not be too hard on yourself when you are feeli...

Welcome back to the Absolutely ADHD podcast! On today's episode, Alana and Sam are chatting about why sticking to a rigid schedule can sometimes be overrated. Listen - plans are an invaluable tool for ADHDers. They help us stay focused, know what to expect & manage our time better. But many of us ADHDers are all too familiar with making the longest, most detailed plan and feeling beyond frustr...

On this week of Absolutely ADHD, Alana sits down with Life Transformation Expert & ADHD Coach - Matt Raekelboom. Matt shares how his diagnosis of ADHD at a young age affected him and how the ADHD treatment he was prescribed impacted his life. From homelessness and a dependence on substance use, to turning his life around and becoming a major presence in the ADHD space- Matt shows us that there...

Alana & Sam are back again with another episode of the Absolutely ADHD podcast and this week they are talking about decision making with ADHD. We all know how hard it can be for our ADHD brains to make decisions when faced with issues of analysis paralysis and fight, flight or freeze. Luckily, Alana has shares some helpful tips to ease the decision making anxiety! If you liked this episode and...

Happy New Year! In this episode of Absolutely ADHD, Alana & Sam discuss their experiences on New Years Eve, setting New Year's resolutions and all the pressure that can come with it. People with ADHD are great at setting big resolutions but when it comes to implementing them, we find it hard. We often think big and set unrealistic goals... then we team that with a huge amount of pressure, and...

In this weeks episode, Alana and Sam chat about the challenges of communicating our needs with ADHD, and ways we can improve it. Having ADHD can create some difficulties when it comes to communication. We have busy brains, we tend to forget things easily, and it can be difficult to articulate what we are thinking. But there are so many things we can do to work on our communication skills - many of...

In this weeks episode, Alana and Sam share their struggles with racing thoughts, busy brains, and always thinking about the next thing on the to-do list! This can be a very common issue for people with ADHD, so Alana and Sam have shared their tips and tricks with you to help you quiet your thoughts. From emotional dysregulation, setting unrealistic goals and excessive caffeine intake, to mindfulne...

In this weeks episode, Alana and Sam chat about self-esteem and how ADHD can affect confidence. Self- esteem is impacted by so many aspects of life, for example career, dating, friends and family. Alana & Sam identify what their personal confidence challenges are, as well as identifying common self-esteem issues, and how we can tackle them! Links & ADHD Resources: The super mini ADHD cours...

In this weeks episode, Alana and her brother Jeremy chat all about their fitness journey, and how they've had to adapt their routines and lifestyle over the years. We all know how beneficial an exercise routine is for our physical and mental health, but it is sometimes hard to find the motivation to begin - especially with ADHD. Jeremy and Alana explore different tips and tricks that have helped t...

In this weeks episode, Alana & Sam chat about the importance of identifying your strengths and passions! Recognising our weaknesses when living with ADHD can often come naturally to us, but there is such a power in identify our strengths, and using that to help us through other situations that we find more difficult. We encourage you to do some self-reflection when listening to this episode -...

This week, Sam & Alana discuss the emotional topic of ADHD fatigue. They chat about the guilt and challenges that come with this exhaustion, as well as ideas and mindset shifts to help ADHDers work through these low energy days. Hi! I’m Alana, I help driven ADHDers learn how to confidently manage their ADHD. Want to learn?! I created the perfect resource for you. The Mini ADHD Course is full o...

This week, Sam & Alana are chatting about some of the most common questions asked from listeners about our ADHD brains. Discussing how to approach your doctor about a potential ADHD diagnosis, how to move closer to our goals in an achievable way, how to improve our relationships,, and a few other extremely relatable questions. Tune in for some insight, tips & mindset shifts to help us bett...

Do you ever get into a task and look at the clock and its somehow been 4 hours? OR do you ever get into a task and you look at the clock and its only been 4 minutes? Either way-- we are here to tell you that there’s a name for that: time blindness. Time blindness makes it really difficult for us to plan our days and get tasks done. But don’t worry! This episode is all about what we can do to make...