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

157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratings

Adult ADHD and Depression can be sucktastic! Let's have a laugh or two while we work to get on the other end of our unique skull spaghetti.  Currently a top 2% global podcast! 

Subscribe to the ADHD Big Brother podcast if you want short, entertaining episodes, delivered weekly, that will nudge you forward on managing those adult ADHD symptoms. Some of the biggest complaints include:

I have no motivation to do boring things. I can't get started! I have choice paralysis. I have so much self-loathing. I have a million unfinished projects. I have no time management skills. 

My name is Russ Jones, I'm a former actor/comedian and a current ADHD Big Brother. I am diagnosed with ADHD and Depressive Disorder. My mission is to help adults wiith ADHD who struggle in the way that I did, and still do, with managing their ADHD and Depression symptoms.  Visit adhdbigbrother.circle.so to learn about our growing community of adults with ADHD who are all getting our sh^t together...together! 

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Episodes

137 - Gamification Works!

April 22, 2024 07:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

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 ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOR...

136 - What Happens When We Lose The Juice For Stuff

April 15, 2024 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

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.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGIS...

135 - I Got Laid Off...WHAT?!

April 08, 2024 07:00 - 14 minutes - 9.99 MB

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 first subscription payment! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty s...

134 - Dr. Matt Zakreski Crushes My Imposter Syndrome

April 01, 2024 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

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/drmattzakreski Here's his bio: Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and pro...

133 - Crafting A Way To Get Started On Things

March 25, 2024 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MB

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! Why ADHD Big Brother? I created this ADHD podcast because it is the podcast about ADHD that I wish I had when I was first diagnosed and learning to navigate and manage my own ADHD. Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our l...

133 - Crafting Your ADHD Way To Get Started On Things

March 25, 2024 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MB

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! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and ge...

132 - Are We Doing The Brain Dump Wrong?

March 18, 2024 07:00 - 11 minutes - 7.84 MB

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 ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD ...

131 - Dopamine Daydreaming and Taskfirmations

March 11, 2024 07:00 - 14 minutes - 9.72 MB

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! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Communi...

130 - Planning and Getting Started

March 04, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MB

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! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ...

129 - Inhibiting Behavior and Support Systems

February 26, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

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.... ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mas...

128 - Schedule Dread

February 19, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

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 her episode 208 - Trigger Warnings: Making Us Fragile or Helping Us Heal by clicking here ************* APR...

127 - If It's Not Gonna Be Perfect, I Don't Want To Do It

February 12, 2024 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

Can you relate to that frustration when we know what greatness might look like and we are unable to get there immediately, or now, or we might fail first...not fun. Let's talk about it! Mentioned in the podcast: Mental Health in Tech Podcast Additional places to find episode YouTube Apple Podcasts Episode 108 with Antonia Bowring Antonia's Book "Coach Yourself" on Amazon ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with ...

126 - Stress Management and Some Depression Stuff

February 05, 2024 08:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

It feels like there's always something to improve, or think about, or plan, or change, or update, or implement and it can really stress me out. Luckily I just finished a course in college on stress management and so I thought I'd share some of the insights and some of the things that I have found that can help.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support...

125 - Ruminating Thoughts and a Hornet Metaphor

January 29, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

God I love metaphors! They make everything so clear to me. This week I've been riddled with extra helpings of ruminating thoughts, so what better time to talk about. Today I go into what I do to get on the other end of my ruminatings, my intrusive thoughts...when I get stuck inside my head and can't seem to pull away. What do you do to get on the other end of your ruminating thoughts? Here's the link to my No Haircut Healthy Lifestyle Change pictures. ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOU...

124 - Iterating and the Sand Castle Art Metaphor

January 22, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

We get all excited about doing a thing, a project, a goal, and at the first sign of tension, we quit. Sometimes that's just the natural order of things for us. But what if it's actually something we'd like to keep doing? What then? Let's talk about that.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an a...

123 - The Art Of Doing A Thing

January 15, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

We know what to do. We know how to do it.  We even know why we aren't doing it...executive function, ADHD, depression, etc etc. So what is the art of doing a thing?! Today I am exploring one option that works for me. Here are the steps: 1. What is the thing you are going to do? 2. What does doing that thing look like? 3. How long do you wish to dedicate to it? 4. What is stopping you from doing the thing right now? 5. When you think about doing the thing right now, how do you feel? 6. W...

122 - SHAME

January 08, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Adults with ADHD tend to have lower levels of self-compassion. Wonder why?! Today I talk about the bajillion things I can feel shame about and I offer a couple suggestions on things that work for me in combatting the tsunami of shame. Here's the link to the chatgpt image that was created to show the tug of war between depression and anxiety!  ******* ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN...

121 - One Year Goals?!

January 01, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

It's hard enough to a daily goal. And weekly goals are tough to motivate toward. Have I mentioned how easy it is to forget monthly goals? So let's talk today about these things people call "one year goals"! What?! How?!  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mas...

120 - ADHD And The After-Christmas

December 25, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.79 MB

Christmas can be a very difficult time. What do you give someone with a neuro-divergent brain who has difficulty with executive function...to the point where scheduling things and planning things and projects in general are a big pain....how about we give them an entire season of EXTRA hard stuff to do?! FUN! Let's talk about Christmas...but more importantly, what comes AFTER Christmas. Mentioned in the episode: Book a 30 minute free zoom chat with your ADHD Big Bro ************* APRIL ...

119 - Finding the Spark

December 18, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MB

Let's talk about sparks! That thing that we need or that we want in order to do a thing. And then what happens when we are sparked but can't turn off the fire?! Mentioned today: Episode 7 - Interview with my neurotypical son ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it'...

118 - ADHD, The DSM-V, and My Non-Negotiable ADHD Tools

December 11, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Let's talk a little shop about the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), that wacky manual used by the mental health professionals to diagnose us.  What are your thoughts on the DSM-V? Let me know, connect with me via the website (see link below) Mentioned in this episode is Episode 79 - How to Manage an ADHD Life: The episode to reference ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK...

117 - ADHD, Time, Timers, Timeralizationing...

December 04, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MB

This is for the ADHD people who can't get behind timers. Let me offer a perspective option that might help alleviate some concern, or help you to externalize time.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming ou...

116 - Why Do We Get Depressed?

November 27, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Emotions and moods are really weird. Why do we get depressed? Today I take a pretend trip to New York to ask my psychotherapist friend, Douglas Zimmerman, that very question. He gives a great answer! Authenticity is a big deal. Have a listen and let me know what you think. If you would like to learn more about Douglas and connect with him, you can do so via his website: https://www.douglaszimmerman.net/ ****************************** ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get...

Episode 116 - Why Do We Get Depressed?

November 27, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Emotions and moods are really weird. Why do we get depressed? Today I take a pretend trip to New York to ask my psychotherapist friend, Douglas Zimmerman, that very question. He gives a great answer! Authenticity is a big deal. Have a listen and let me know what you think. If you would like to learn more about Douglas and connect with him, you can do so via his website: https://www.douglaszimmerman.net/ ****************************** Join the ultimate ADHD/Depression community! The ADHD...

115 - ADHD, Hyperfocus, and Time Blindness

November 20, 2023 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Is there a way to indulge and really let go with those things that we can hyperfocus on without losing ourselves to the negative consequences that usually hit us? When the tsunami of things we forgot to do because we were so immersed in our hyperfocus...the shame spiral! Oh the shame spiral!! I have some thoughts on that. Mentioned in this episode: Check out Episode 76 - Hyperfocus: Superpower or Superbummer? Check out Episode 79 - How to Manage an ADHD Life, The Episode to Reference Che...

114 - Working Memory Solutions For Your ADHD

November 13, 2023 09:00 - 11 minutes - 7.77 MB

People with ADHD have a less than stellar working memory.  We are currently working through a workbook by Dr. Ari Tuckman called Understand Your Brain, Get More Done, and the working memory portion has given us a lot of helpful tips and strategies.  His 3 main principles to strategize working memory are (I'm paraphrasing): Make important tasks and items stand out so you see them and can focus on them. eliminate distractions to help maintain focus write things down rather than try to keep...

113 - More ADHD, More Depression, Less Consistency

November 06, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

Here is an update on what depression feels like inside my skull spaghetti. ADHD and Depression are not easy mental roomates, but we are all doing the best we can!  I mention again the power of community. The challenge for you this week is to reach out via email or the contact form on the website with your declaration of "the thing you are going to get done tomorrow."  Make sure to be specific and include: The specific thing you will be working on The specific time you will start on it (m...

112 - ADHD, Depression, and Consistency

October 29, 2023 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

It is hard enough to motivate to do a crappy thing once. But to be consistent?! To do a crappy thing over and over again? HOW?! With ADHD and Depression, this can be such a monumental hurdle to overcome. I have some ideas.  Today I'm sharing a couple things that I have seen work for me in terms of being cool with myself and making positive strides at moving my needle forward. Hope it helps! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this li...

111 - ADHD Community

October 23, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

Community is a big deal for adults with adhd and depression. It's also one of the hardest things to engage in when I'm in the middle of a depressive episode. Today I'm talking about some of the ways in which we can get the benefits of a community.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult AD...

110 - A Prescription For Depression

October 16, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

What do we do when pills aren't on the menu? Does that mean we don't have any ability to treat our depression?  Well that doesn't work for me so I'm working on a 30 day prescription for my own depression. I've been living inside a depressive episode for a few weeks now and I'm turning up my efforts at treating it.  I'm doing this without medication and I'm very curious if it's going to make any positive change. We shall see! If you have a holistic way of dealing with your depression, I wou...

109 - ADHD and Depression Awareness Month and Completing A Difficult Project

October 09, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

We got two mental situations to be aware of this month! Are you aware of ADHD? Are you aware of depression? Let's honor the month, you wanna?  In this episode I'm offering up some FREE access to the forum - see the footer notes below.  I'm also spending some time this episode walking through how I move the needle forward on planning and executing on a project. Ugh, even the word project...we can do it, though! Who wants to join me on my challenge this month?  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ...

108 - Planning is Self Care - with Antonia Bowring

October 02, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

I loved getting to speak with Antonia for this week...and she helped me get an understanding of the power of the weekly to-do list, which I've been trying and it's working! I'll share my weekly to-do in the forum (link below) Antonia Bowring is a highly credentialed, top New York executive coach. She works primarily with founders, C-Suite executives, and leadership teams. One of Antonia's areas of expertise is helping neurodiverse leaders create the necessary scaffolding to leverage their ...

107 - Complex Trauma - with Debbie Carvery

September 25, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

I have a very special guest on the show today! It's Debbie Carvery! Debbie is a LIFT Online Learning Facilitator + Coach. She believes Complex Trauma is not a life sentence. Having processed her own Complex Trauma with LIFT Online Learning, she has discovered there is hope and healing. Debbie’s interest in recovery from Complex Trauma has led her to countless hours of research, reading and learning about Inner Child Work and Internal Family Systems. Debbie has completed COMPASS Facilitator +...

106 - The ADHD Workaround When Chunking Down Fails

September 18, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

It really sucks when I have a big project or goal and the advice to chunk things down into smaller components doesn't work! Chunking down is supposed to be what fixes things... I'm a big fan of the chunk down, but we still need a way to move our needle forward when the chunk is bunk. When we have bunkin' chunkin' we need some funkin' help. I have a couple ideas in today's podcast. Check out the forum! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join m...

105 - The Power of Hypnotherapy - with Kristin Dwan

September 11, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

I am so excited to bring this conversation to you. Kristin Dwan is a Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Calling in The One Coach, Author, and Public Speaker who specializes in soul-deep healing on the subconscious and ancestral level to release you from the blockages you have that keep you from the life, love, and joy you yearn to experience. She guides you to awaken your life and the lives around you. Over the past 25 years, Kristin has helped healers, spiritual teachers, doc...

104 - Explaining Why I Can't Get Started

September 04, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Today I try to explain what it feels like when I have a simple thing to do but still can't seem to get started doing it. I also put together a fun exercise to share with the loving normies of your life, if you experience it the way I do and need some help trying to explain it to them. Give it a whirl and let me know how it goes! Contact info below.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOR...

103 - Starting a Business With ADHD - with Sarah Vermunt

August 28, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

Sarah's back! And we are talking about starting a business when you have ADHD. Some of the questions we have, like: How do I know if this business is a business? How much should I be charging? How will I know if it's not working? Sarah Vermunt is the Founder of Careergasm and the bestselling author of Careergasm and Career Rookie. She helps people make career changes so they can do work that actually feels good, whether it's staying in the traditional world of work or starting your own bus...

102 - Stepping Outside The Comfort Zone

August 21, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.94 MB

Oh, that crazy comfort zone. Today I'm talking about a couple ways to get practice at stepping outside of our comfort zone. Do you have ways that you practice stepping out side of your comfort zone? Click the contact info below and let me know! Mentioned in the podcast: FREE WEBINAR - How to use a bullet journal, the ADHD Big Brother way. To register for this live webinar, click here! ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live w...

101 - ADHD and Social Media

August 14, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

Do you struggle with social media overwhelm? Seems like I do, and I'd love to discuss it with you. Do you have a healthy boundary around your social media time? Mentioned in today's podcast: I'm doing a live webinar on September 5 and will walk you through how I use my bullet journal to make the most effective use of my time. This is the quick and dirty version of the bullet journal. To register, CLICK HERE. Don't worry if you can't make the time slot, it will be available as a replay once...

100! - Imposter Syndrome and the Struggle to do 100 of Something

August 07, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

Today I'm taking a look at what I've learned making 100 episodes. The imposter syndrome, the scared kid in me, and my gratitude to this amazing community of ADHD adults.  Got ADHD/Depression and need a community? We got you! Hang out for a month and see if we are a good fit for you! I bet you'll stay. It's my favorite place to hang out. We are all about getting our lives in order, getting our world's managed, and giving each other support along the way.  click here to get access to the ADH...

099 - Easiest Point Of Entry and Some ADHD/Normie Thoughts

July 31, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.91 MB

If you get nothing else from this episode, please know that when you give 50%, that's more than likely a normie 100%. It's scientific math...don't fact check me on it... ; An ADHD hyperfocus is equal to a normie 200%, so when people ask me why I'm cool with half-assing it, it's not because I believe in permissive laziness, it's because that's whole-assing to a normie.  I'm pretty sure I'm right.  Question for you: did you try practicing the easiest point of entry? How did it go? Contact me...

Let’s Talk Skull Spaghetti: a real conversation with the real host of the amazing podcast “Meredith For Real”

July 24, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Meredith Edwards, host of the top podcast Meredith For Real: the curious introvert, is on the show today and we are talking about our unique skull spaghettis! We are the same, but we are different, and in that difference we are the same, but in a different way. Have a listen! Meredith Hackwith Edwards is the producer and host of the podcast Meredith For Real: the curious introvert on podcast platforms and YouTube since 2019. She is also a podcaster for hire, hosting and producing Escambia ...

097 - Taking Out The Inner Garbage

July 17, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

Today I want to go over something that has/is helping me as I work on staying out of the bog of depression. Oh, that inner garbage. Let's talk about taking out the trash.  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overco...

096 - Tracking Sucks. Let's Discuss.

July 10, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

I do not enjoy it, and yet it has a huge effect on my progress. Let's talk about tracking!  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn...

095 - Getting Started and Some Depression Talk

July 03, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

Oh, this is a fun one! I share some depression thoughts I'm having, some anxious attachment stuff, and I still manage to get some insights and tips on how you can get started on things when your entire being puts up a "NO!" barrier.  ************ ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADH...

An ADHD Path To Doing Boring Stuff - Interview with Skye Waterson

June 26, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

This was a wonderful interview with Skye Waterson of Unconventional Organization! If that ADHD skull spaghetti brain of yours is anything like mine, then it's unbelievably hard to get moving on boring tasks. Skye is here to help! Skye is an ADHD coach and the founder of Unconventional Organization, an international ADHD support service that provides research-backed support to adults with ADHD. Skye has years of experience working in adult education and has studied Psychology, Sociology, and...

Interview with Sam Young of Young Scholars Academy

June 19, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

Today I had a wonderful conversation with Sam Young! Sam Young, M. Ed, or Mr. Sam, as his community members call him,  is the founder and director of Young Scholars Academy which is a strength-based, talent-focused virtual enrichment school that supports twice-exceptional, differently-wired, and gifted students to feel seen, nurtured, and happy as heck! Sam is a two-time Fulbright Scholar, a former Bridges Academy educator of nearly 10 years, and a Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Dive...

092 - Turd Mountain

June 12, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MB

It will all make sense when you listen to the episode!  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support group, it's a mastermind. It's ultra accountability. We are overcoming our lack of motivation and getting started on things. Click here to learn more about the ADHD Big Brother Com...

091 - ADHD and Time Management

June 05, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

Let's talk about doing things we don't want to do even though we want to do them and we think we should do them but we just don't want to do them so we don't end up doing them.  How do we do THOSE things?  Let's have a chat about it!  ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Need more ADHD support? Join the ADHD Big Brother Community. It's more than an adult ADHD support g...

090 - ADHD and Self Care

May 29, 2023 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

I don't love the term self care. But I completely recognize that we need it! And it's a big fat pain in the ass sometimes for us ADHD folks! Today I share what works for me, and I invite you to share what works for you! Click here to tell me your kick butt self care regimen! Check out the ADHD Big Brother Forum! Stay connected with the ADHD Big Brother Newsletter ************* APRIL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT. "How to get started on sh*tty stuff!" Join me in this live webinar with Q&A CLICK...