ADHD Big Brother - ADHD and Depression Solutions, Laughter, and Thoughts

If you have done your deep dive on ADHD, then you know that time blindness is a serious issue for us adults with ADHD. Today we are going to talk about the importance of externalizing time and I'll share my method for doing so. I'm curious, how do you externalize time for yourself? Let me know!  The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the t...

I got to meet one of the smartest, most fun people to talk to and she educated the heck out of me on eating disorders. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it.   Links mentioned in episode: www.tessagordontherapy.com ASDAH Project Heal Academy of Eating Disorders ABOUT TESSA: Tessa Gordon, MA, LMFT, RYT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher...

Inside our skull spaghetti is more often than not a nonstop tsunami of chaos, and trying to figure out how to get it out in the most effective way possible is a huge pain in the ass. I'm here to help.  The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  Th...

ADHD always comes with a side dish. Mine is depression. Dr. Sandra's is anxiety, and she and I had a wonderful conversation about anxiety, some strategies that can work for it, and we even got to learn about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Great conversation! Dr. Sandra is a licensed psychologist, anxiety specialist, and mental health advocate. She is on a...

How many of you are so overwhelmed by to do lists because they seem to grow faster than you can tick items off of it? Let's talk about that today! Quick summary:  1) Put everything in one place 2) Organize it/Categorize it 3) Prioritize it 4) Schedule it 5) Put it in a container of time for your sanity 6) Use your ADHD tools and strategies to chip away!  The fastest path to managing your ADHD...

I was so fortunate to be educated by the great Dr. Shane Calhoun of Calhoun Counseling Services .  He explains the neurochemicals better than I've ever heard and he simplifies it perfectly for my skull spaghetti.  Dr. Shane Calhoun is a Clinical Health Psychologist who specializes in Adult ADHD. He has several masters degrees and graduated with his doctorate from Loma Linda University in 2012...

Mentioned in this episode was the Kolbe A Index, which you can find on their main website. Here's the link where you can learn more about it: https://www.kolbe.com/kolbe-a-index The free webinar will be June 29,2024. Link below: The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people tha...

Ever heard of PVRAD? That's on the docket today! I have a raging case of this disorder and the outbreaks are sucktastical! But I have some ideas!  The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  There is no struggle too small, and no ambition too great...

I mentioned a few things in here today, so I figure I'll do some linking. The books I mentioned, which you can search for are: "The Happiness Trap" by Russ Harris, and "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before" by Dr. Julie Smith. Also here is the link to the talk on Insight Timer app for "Strategies for Ruminators" The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team...

I appreciate it so much when you guys send me emails. And I was recently inspired by a listener who shared something she would do as a single mother when trying to keep the home relatively clean.  The checklist she mentioned: 1. Go through every room and only throw away any garbage you see. 2. Do The same with recyclables and put in bag. 3. Go through every room and pick up any dishes, cups, and u...

Do you ever think how things would be so much better if you just had a "system" in place...for whatever things are frustrating you? Well, let's talk about these systems! The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  There is no struggle too...

I have some ideas on handling that ADHD hurdle of transitions. This is what works for me...sometimes...what works for you?  The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  There is no struggle too small, and no ambition too great...ADHDBB has what you need...

If you go to therapy, you still gotta do the work. If you hire a coach, you have to do the work. You purchase a course - do the work. Read a self improvement book? Did you do the work? Why is the work so hard?! I have some thoughts... The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people th...

There's so much hope the day before. It's the day of that tends to host all those struggles. Let's unravel that knotted up extension cord and straighten things out.  The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  There is no struggle too sma...

We can put so much effort into just getting started on crappy tasks that it can be such a pain in the butt to find ourselves getting distracted two minutes into the task. ADHD can really be fun sometimes, can't it?! UGH-tastic!  I have some thoughts on that... The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but m...

ADHDers have interest-wired brains. So it stands to reason that if things aren't fun, or interesting, we'd have a hard time getting going on them. And yet, there are many aspects of life that are ultra-boring....and we still want to be able to do those things. Thank god there's such a thing as gamification!  Let's talk about what that can look like The fastest path to managing...

Does that happen to you? You really get going on a project, a goal, a dream, and suddenly the juice is gone. For me, it's very dramatic and feels like I'm a failure, or that this isn't meant to be anymore, or that I'll have to just wait until the juice comes back. Today I'm talking about what I do to move forward when the juice is gone.  The fastest path to managing your A...

Well this has been an interesting turn of events. Getting laid off is such a bizarre, unsettling experience. I'll share how it went down for me, and maybe in all this there is a takeaway nugget...or not...we shall see. Mentioned in the podcast: Let's get our sh*t together...together, join the ADHD Big Brother Community and if you join this April, use coupon code APRIL25 for $25 off your...

On today's episode, I called the amazing Dr. Matthew Zakreski, PsyD.  If anybody can help us with our imposter syndrome, it's him. You'll see why. He's brilliant. And funny! To get in touch with Dr. Matt: For Therapy - https://www.theneurodiversitycollective.com For Speaking Engagements - https://www.drmattzakreski.com Follow him on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drmattzak...

Getting started on crappy tasks can be very difficult, like trying to push open a concrete door. Let's discuss how to get that door open! The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that support your journey.  There is no struggle too small, and no ambition too great...ADHDBB...

Every time I sit down to do a brain dump, to get everything out of my head like a good adult with ADHD...EVERY TIME I do that, my thoughts run and hide. Let's discuss a possible rethinking about our thinking about brain dumping... Mentioned in the podcast: ADHD Big Brother Community Free Sign up The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools,...

This week I started exploring barriers to doing tasks, and I ended up talking about affirmations, taskfirmations, dopamine and a new thing to try to get more in alignment with the ideal vision we have of ourselves.  Reach out via the links below and let me know what you think! The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the stru...

All it takes is the littlest thing to impede my world and my ability to get started on things can become derailed.  Today I'm going to talk about the 4 things that I do when those times hit and I have no motivation or ability to get started.  What do you do to get started? Reach out and let me know! The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the to...

The past week has bee fraught with fraughtiness. What do we do when the rug gets pulled out from underneath us? How to we stop ourselves from acting impulsively and making things worse? That's on the agenda for today.... The fastest path to managing your ADHD is with a team.  At ADHD Big Brother, we provide the tools, the resources, the structure, but more importantly...the people that suppor...

Oh, that nasty schedule dread...when that internal time system screams at me because I only gave myself 45 minutes to work on a project, but I need more time! It's gonna take longer, and I won't want to stop! Let's have a chat about it. Also on the podcast today was podcast buddy Meredith Hackwith Edwards from the amazing podcast Meredith For Real: the curious introvert You can find...