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RESISTING ILLEGITIMATE AUTHORITY is a powerful interview with Dr. Bruce E. Levine, a clinical psychologist and author, often at odds with the mainstream of his profession. Dr. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and...

ATTENTION TO A HIGHER DIMENSION is a podcast with Candace Van Dell. Candace is a powerful New Thought Leader, YouTube Vlogger, author and speaker. Candace was diagnosed with ADHD as a young girl, put on Ritalin and told by everyone to fit in... but she wasn't the fitting in kind. A rebel, an Indigo child, a model and much more... Candace's mission is to assist people in reclaiming their TRUTH. Can...

ADHD MEDICATION & VIOLENCE is an episode designed to make parents aware of the dangerous effects of stimulant drugs for ADHD. In 2006, the FDA’s ADHD psychiatric review team called for stronger warnings on ADHD drugs after a safety review found almost 1,000 case reports of psychosis (including hallucinations) or mania related to Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin and Strattera submitted to the agency by...

ADHD IS A RESPONSE TO STRESS is a powerful episode with renowned NYC psychoanalyst Erica Komisar. Erica is also a parent guidance expert and author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters as well as her most recent book ‘Chicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.' Erica is a psychological consultant who brings...

ALL BRAINS MATTER is an exploration of the terms 'Neurodiversity' and 'ADHD as a Superpower' and how many ADHD adults and/or parents of children with ADHD might be hiding behind such alternative labels or perhaps that those terms might be misused? Listen in for yourself to see if you agree, disagree or if this sparks any other potential topic. Feel free to reach out to us anytime if you have a sug...

THE ADHD DIAGNOSIS SURVIVAL GUIDE IS HERE! is a quick episode to announce the release of our interactive PDF Survival Guide that's now available on our website. It was designed to help parents navigate the first few confusing and overwhelming weeks or months after an initial ADHD diagnosis. We've been there and we know how important it is to think calmly and clearly. There is so much information o...

MOMMA KNOWS BEST is a heartfelt episode with Lauren Thomas, a community health educator who builds greenways and trails in her local community. Lauren is also a mom of an 8-year-old son who has been recently diagnosed with ADHD by her own pursuit. 

Through the journey of this diagnosis process, Lauren began to reflect on how it isn’t her child who has a disorder, but instead that he’s a participa...

GOOD SCIENCE OR GOOD MARKETING is my reading and interpretation of Jonathan Leo's 2000 SKEPTIC magazine article entitled 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Good Science or Good Marketing.' In this article Leo asks the most important questions that are simply not to be ignored if we're really after the discovery of the true causes and the most effective treatments for ADHD. There simply ar...

DOPESICK is a short episode about the Hulu show of the same name, telling the true story of Purdue Pharma and the release of their pain killing opioid 'OxyContin'. I wanted to explore a healthline article that talks about the same pharmaceutical company pushing a time-released ADHD medication called 'Adhansia XR'. Could it be that when it comes to ADHD medication that Purdue cleaned up their act i...

THE BIG CONTRADICTION is about... well, a really big contradiction that the National Institute of Health here in the US shows on their own website when it comes to the science around ADHD. On one hand, they answer the question 'What is the cause of ADHD?' with: "“Finally, after years of clinical research and experience with ADHD, our knowledge about the cause or causes of ADHD remains largely spec...

FINISH WHAT YOU START is a wonderful and intricate episode with French-Canadian Hypnotherapist Meggie Houle.   Meggie is a certified master hypnotist and member of the National Guild of Hypnotists. She is certified as an energy medicine practitioner who helps people with ADHD get things done. After overcoming her own set of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder with hypnosis and self-hypnosis,...

A FICTITIOUS DISEASE is an episode on how researching the 'father' of ADHD Dr. Leon Eisenberg deathbed statement "ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease" led me to Harvard professor Dr. Jerome Kagan (RIP 2021) and his critique on ADHD being an invention. Jerome Kagan was not only a tenured professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the world; he was also considered one of th...

OVERDIAGNOSED? NO DOUBT! Is a bit of an homage to a chapter in Alan Schwarz' book "ADHD NATION", where he describes the taping of a self-development talk show "The Revolution" hosted by Ty Pennington as it really is a disguised operation by Big Pharma and Dr. Ned Hallowell to sell more ADHD medication. Listen for yourself and see how advertising and media like this can cause people to 'self-diagno...

ADHD IS NOT EXIST? is an homage to a personal hero of mine, Dr. Richard Saul, MD. Dr. Saul was a pediatrician and neurologist who took a controversial stand on the common problem referred to as ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — in his 2014 book, “ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.” Saul understood that his stand would be provocative,...

WHY NOT TO BLINDLY TRUST 'EXPERTS' is an eye-opening episode that includes an audio clip from the NIH's 3-day ADHD Consensus Panel discussion in November of 1998. Listen for yourself how our top level experts that expect us to trust them when it comes to ADHD - don't really know more than most of us do! Really! "...an independent diagnostic test for ADHD does not exist." - NIH "Finally, after year...

WAKING UP FROM ADHD is a phrase borrowed from my guest Kurtis Mercer. Kurtis is an empowerment coach who aids in deep inner work for people who wish to free themselves from the victim mentality label of ADHD so that they can embody inner confidence, courage, and passion for their lives.   His diagnosis of ADHD at the age of seven caused him to struggle with personal identity for most of his life....

SWITCHING SCHOOLS is an episode inspired by one of our listeners - Danielle. We thank our listeners for inspiring us to do certain episodes n topics that we often touch upon through various other episodes. In this episode I am recounting our son's educational journey all the way from his first days at daycare to his current school. We switched schools 5 times and we were committed to find the righ...

THE POWER OF CERTAINTY is an episode with my dear friend, mentor, author and relationship coach Brett Jones. Brett is ultra passionate about being a stand for enduring and lasting relationships! My wife and I have taken his seminars in Australia and the US and we swear by his commitment to saving marriages! Brett is the Co-creator of the Relationship Warriors courses, an international organization...

THE MORE WE GIVE is a beautiful conversation with my new friend, Jacqueline Way. Jacqueline is a dedicated world changer! Her soul purpose is to inspire and educate the hearts and minds of people globally to create a happy, meaningful life. She expresses her purpose through her charitable organization 365give created and inspired by her son with a simple vision to “Change the World 1 give, 1 day a...

DEBUNKING THE SCIENCE BEHIND ADHD as a "Brain Disorder" is an episode in which I decided to read a letter from Dr. Albert Galves, Ph. D. & Dr. David D. Walker, Ph. D. to Dr. Rubenstein of The [ADHD] Brochure Project at the APA in 2003. Their letter is a description of the flaws in the scientific evidence that is used to support the belief that ADHD is a neuro-chemical disorder that is present from...

LETTING THEM PLAY is a fun episode with Jai Lynn McPheron, an experienced mindfulness skills instructor, registered yoga teacher and Mindful Yoga Coach. Jai has over 1,500 hours of yoga teacher training. Besides yoga and mindfulness, Jai also has delved deeply into reiki, shamanic practices, trauma recovery studies, astrology and mindful music. Her mission is to hold space for others to heal throu...

CONNECTION VS. CORRECTION is a powerful episode with fellow ADHDer Aaron Huey, the founder of the Fire Mountain Residential treatment Center. Aaron has been working with children, teens, and parents for over 18 years. After ten years directing camps and empowerment programs around the world, Aaron opened Fire Mountain because he wanted to work with kids and families on a deeper level. Over the fir...

IS ADHD A COPING MECHANISM is an episode inspired by our 6 year of research into ADHD and the realization that stressors in the environment have the biggest impact on a person's nervous system, therefore also their brain and ultimately their behaviors. Often, ADHDers are said to more likely become 'addicts'... but why? Because they have ADHD? But ADHD is a label for a set of symptoms that are base...

DOPAMINE, OXYTOCIN & MOTIVATION is an in-depth review of a 2014 NCBI/NLM/NIH online paper published by Dr. Tiffany M. Love, a researcher at the Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan. This article explored the connection between Oxytocin, Dopamine and Motivation. What if people with ADHD do not have low dopamine levels because they 'have ADHD'... but rather because t...

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE is a wonderful episode with author Ann Hince. At age 19, Ann woke up one morning to find her mother dead in her bathroom.  Twenty years later the tears from that trauma were still just under the surface. Over the years, Ann found a simple technique that helped her release these emotions - but she went further and can now put her awareness inside her body - what she call...