Holy Sh*t I Have ADHD

Happy holidays from HSIHADHD! This week Robbie and Jordan talk about confusion, ambiguity, and how our ADHD brains cope with uncertainty in our work and personal lives (spoiler: not well!). Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd HSIHADHD Facebook Twitter: @hsihadhd Instagram:...

Jordan's been sick most of November and we haven't been able to record! Robbie and Jordan learn what's new with each other since Jordan's visit to Vancouver last month and talk about youth competition, the comparison trap, and the power of the human mind to gross itself out. Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshiti...

Recorded the day after our live event, Oct. 22 2022; the audio quality isn't great on this one because we're sharing a mic and crashing our hands into things gesticulating wildly. Sorry about that!  Jordan's in Vancouver! He and Robbie discuss burnout, dog vs. cat people, and much more. Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: an...

Robbie pops in for a quick check-in and chats about the misguided narrative that people with ADHD lack maturity.  HINT: We're adulting just fine, thank you very much.  What do you tell people when they say you need to get your poop in a group? Send us your thoughts and suggestions. Drop us a line or a voicemail. We LOVE hearing from you.  Recorded and produced by Robbie McDonald Tha...

This week Robbie and Jordan have a quick catch up and chat about ADHD Standby Mode, anxiety, and Jordan's upcoming trip to Vancouver for OMG I Have ADHD . OMG I Have ADHD is a one-night speaking event taking place Thursday, Oct. 20 at Vancouver's CityStudio (1800 Spyglass Place) from 5:30-9pm. Robbie and Jordan will both be there to speak, as well as several past HSIHADHD guests ( Ryan Walter Wagn...

This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and as usual the conversation turns to social media. If every platform is pivoting to video, social media becomes more performative than ever as stills get deemphasized and artists of all stripes are suddenly expected to be reel-friendly. Can we use social media in ways that feel natural to us? Is there even such a thing as "authenticity" online?  We also...

Content warning: this episode contains a discussion of suicide. Listener discretion is advised. This week Jordan speaks with Chris Gilham of Gambling Education Network and the All Bets Are Off podcast. Chris is a recovering gambling addict and alcoholic who learned of his ADHD last year around his 40th birthday. We talk about Chris' work with gambling recovery, quieting the ADHD noise in your head...

This week Robbie and Jordan are joined by Existential Psychotherapist hart caplan of Nightingale Counselling & Research . It's a very juicy conversation as we talk Good Enough-ness, the Existentialist philosophical outlook, "ADHD Mouth Stuff," and so much more. hart joins us around the 10 minute mark. Video version available through our Patreon . Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHA...

This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and talk about the care and maintenance of routines. What routines are working? Where do we need routine but don't have it? What routines could be refined? We also chat about car culture, the KLF burning a million quid , and ice cream made from shrews . CORRECTION: toward the end of the episode we talk about grape ice cream, and Jordan repeats what is evidently...

This week, David Levy joins Jordan for a chat about his work at adhdcounselling.uk , his own adult ADHD discovery journey, and what he's learned about himself and others since finding this new perspective. We talk about barriers to assessment and diagnosis, advice for newly-discovered ADHDers, and a lot more! David is a BACP-certified Counsellor who practices in-person in London UK, as well a...

Composer, musician and sound artist Joel St. Julien joins Robbie and Jordan for episode 50. Joel recently released "Masking," a gorgeous electronic album borne from his experience discovering he has ADHD earlier this year.  It's a great conversation about self-forgiveness and growth, his creative process as a musician, and so much more. Check out Masking on Joel's Bandcamp , and follow him on...

This week Nomi founder Christie Faye Collins joins Robbie and Jordan on the show. They discuss Christie's Autism discovery, dating while neurodivergent, and Christie tells us about Nomi , a dating and friendship app she's developing to serve the neurodivergent & disabled communities. Learn more at nomiconnect.net . Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, your support means so much. Production an...

This week Todd has a question about dating with ADHD and Andrew drops by with some kind words of encouragement. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, your support means so much. Production by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd HSIHADHD Facebook Twitter: @hsihadhd Instagram: @holyshitihaveadhd Robbie: twitter.com/robertadinvan Jordan: linktr...

After a whopping 5-week forced absence we're back in the saddle! This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and answer some questions from our patrons. It's a really great chat! Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, your support means so much. Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd HSIHADHD Facebook Twitter: @hsihadhd Instagra...

We're all over the place this week! Robbie talks about getting overwhelmed on a trip to the clinic, and Jordan gets overwhelmed trying to unpack the nature of justice. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, your support means so much. Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd HSIHADHD Facebook Twitter: @hsihadhd Instagram: @...

This week journalist Carla Ciccone (New Yorker, Bon Appetit, Catapult) joins Robbie and Jordan on the show. They discuss Carla's pandemic ADHD discovery, her career as a writer, justice sensitivity and rejection-sensitive dysphoria, internet dogpiling, and much, much more! Check out Carla's ADHD column Late Bloomer at Catapult, and find more of her writing on Twitter and her website . You can also...

Robbie and Jordan catch up after Robbie's recent move. We also discuss Jesse Meadows' recent piece What Is A Working Memory? and chat about how hard it is to be a trusting person on the one day a year where everyone's lying. If you've got some money to spare, please donate to Bryce's Facial Feminization Surgery fundraiser ! Wanna try body doubling and Pomodoro sessions? Drop in to Jordan's Twitch...

This week Jordan sits down with Daniel "DJ" Perron. We discuss growing up "twice gifted" and undiagnosed, the alienation of being different, and how DJ's life has changed since learning he has ADHD. We also talk about how ADHD relates to his career in DevOps, and DJ introduces Jordan to Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication . Special thanks to Diane Fung for sending DJ our way. Wanna try b...

This week Robbie and Jordan talk about Jesse Meadows' piece Rhythmanalyzing ADHD , Akshay Kulkarni's CBC piece about nature access and ADHD , International Women's Day through the eyes of the Gender Pay Gap Bot , and Amanda Deibert's absolutely staggering tale of trying to get paid more.  Postscript: Jordan's COVID test came back negative.  Wanna try body doubling and Pomodoro sessions?...

We're in a celebration mood this week. The OMG I Have ADHD project received funding from Simon Fraser University, and this show hit 50,000 plays as well! Thanks to everyone who's been a part of the show, our first year has exceeded our expectations. Wanna try body doubling and Pomodoro sessions? Drop in to Jordan's Twitch channel 7-11 AM Mountain, Mon-Fri! Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, you...

This week Robbie and Jordan talk about short term memory problems, feeling scatterbrained, trusting yourself and others, and... poop? 💩 Check out Jordan's previous appearances on the Zeitgeist Lab Collections podcast talking about Community and Trailer Park Boys . Wanna try body doubling and Pomodoro sessions? Drop in to Jordan's Twitch channel 7-11 AM Mountain, Mon-Fri! If you're a Rocket League...

This week is equal parts laughter and anger as Robbie and Jordan discuss Big Telecom's presence in mental health supports. We also chat about being too stimulated to sleep, asking peers who are under-resourced for help, and belatedly celebrate our one-year podcast anniversary! Jordan's eBay store is currently running a big sale through the end of January, with 30% off most inventory. Check it out...

This week Robbie and Jordan cut loose! We talk about "panoramic attention," being on both sides of misdirected anger, birding, and the US Postal Service. Also mentioned are audio ecologist Gordon Hempton and his recent appearance on On Being , sound artist Lawrence English and his label Room40 , anarcho-primitivist writer John Zerzan , and Jess/Queervengeance's Instagram . Wanna try body doubling...

This week Robbie and Jordan reflect on the first year of the podcast and chat about their plans for 2022. We also chat about Christmas baking, keeping momentum going in your life, and "resolutions" for next year. Thank you to our Patreon subscribers, your support means so much! Production and music by Jordan Lane. Find HSIHADAD online: anchor.fm/holyshitihaveadhd patreon.com/holyshitihaveadhd HSIH...

This week Robbie and Jordan sit down with Santina Mozgiel, ADHD therapist and a registered Clinician in the Vancouver area. Santina tells us a very funny story about her ADHD discovery, and the three of us get deep into self-perception, executive function, somatic work and the mind-body connection, ADHD resources, and more! You can book a session with Santina or learn more about her practice at th...