ADHD-Friendly

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg According to a recent article I came across online, we are showering “all wrong”! What?! Children and adults with ADHD can have difficulties establishing and maintaining a good...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Fidgets can support our ability to focus with more ease. In this episode Patty shares how and when fidgets might support focus at work and at school.  Please subscribe to my You...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg August is Happiness Happens Month! Who knew? I didn’t. In this episode Patty shares how happy it made her to discover there is a whole month dedicated to Happiness and some stra...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Time Management is an Executive Function skill that is often impacted by ADHD. Our brains don’t keep track of time. The problem is compounded when we use digital clocks. In this...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg This entire summer it has seemed like everyone is either on vacation or going on vacation. Vacation planning with ADHD can be very challenging. Because of the impact ADHD has on...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg When it was still in publication, Martha Stewart Magazine published a monthly calendar that included Marth’s tasks for that month. I used to read it both for humor and education...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Jigsaw puzzles are one of my favorite hobbies. Through the years I have observed what elements contributed to making a puzzle feel like fun and play versus work or frustration....

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Not only is summer here… it is already half-way over! In today’s podcast I share some ADHD-Friendly strategies and tools I use to prioritize my time during the summer months. Wi...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this episode, I share another favorite tool in my Personal Owner’s Manual… a Reward Menu. I share how incentivizing your tasks and goals creates an ADHD-Friendly way to check...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg One of my go-to tools in my Personal Owner’s Manual is an Energy Chargers Menu. In today’s episode I introduce the concept of energy chargers and drainers and share examples of...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg We are through the  first ½ of 2022. What do you want to achieve before the end of 2022? In this episode, I check in on goals (intentions/aims, etc.) and how your Word of the Ye...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Social challenges with ADHD are very common. This episode is another personal one. In it I talk about my own social challenges and some ADHD-Friendly strategies I have tapped in...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Working Memory (WM) is an executive function skills that is often impacted with ADHD. In this episode I share how I supported my WM when trying to make sense of the maximum dail...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg Working Memory (WM) is an executive function skills that is often impacted with ADHD. In this episode I share how I supported my WM when trying to make sense of the maximum dail...

Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In today’s episode I share a very personal experience I had after reading an article about Dolly Parton where she shared how important it is to never let anyone diminish your sp...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In today’s episode I share why it is important to build in time for fun and play with ADHD. Two PDF tools are shared in this episode. The first is a “Play Menu,” which  is designed ...

The one where I launch my new website, ADHD Friendly! Thank you for checking out this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In today’s episode I reveal my new website, ADHDFriendly.com. From an idea in my head to reality, the various ADHD-Friendly...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In today’s episode I share how I realized that Mother’s Day, for me, is NOT ADHD-Friendly. I include a brief history of Mother’s Day and why I decided NOT to celebrate Mother’s Day...

New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In today’s episode I share my favorite of the Big 3 Executive Function skills: Working Memory. It is my weakest EF skill and the one I have created the most structure and tools to support myself with more ease. I share examples of what it looks like and, if this is a we...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this 2nd of 3 episodes I am doing on the Big 3 Executive Function skills, I am focusing on Emotional Control. Also called self regulation and emotional regulation, if this is a w...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this episode I kick off the first in a series of 3 episodes on Executive Function (EF) Skills. I provide an overview of the 12 EF skills identified by Dawson and Guare in their S...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg This is the 25th episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast and Patty is checking in to see what you like and want more of, and what you don’t like and want less of. In a nutshell, she is...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this episode Patty shares how April Fool’s Day is a tradition she tolerates every year. Tolerations, by definition, are anything that drains your energy. While some love April 1,...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this episode Patty shares strategies inspired by the tv show Seinfeld. There have been so many over the years that she has a name for them: “Seinfelding ADHD”.  From “Serenity No...

Thank you for Watching this episode of the ADHD Friendly podcast with Patty Blinderman!! New episodes will be posted every Friday! Subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjCfaR4M3gGWjuQZQUn2Yg In this episode Patty shares a prioritization tool she created that was inspired by the annual March Madness basketball brackets. A PDF of the tool is below if you want to run an AD...