Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast

ADHD Duos • Overwhelm, Executive Function, and the Fight to Stay Present with Tamara Rosier & Brooke Schnittman


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There’s a moment—maybe you’ve lived it—when the email goes unanswered, the dishwasher remains unloaded, the phone rings but your hand doesn’t move. You’re not tired. You’re not lazy. You’re just… stuck.

We call it overwhelm. But what if that word is too small? What if what you’re feeling is your brain's way of saying, This system is not working for me?

In this episode of our Duos series, we bring together two people who have spent their careers listening to the quiet, misunderstood signals of ADHD: Dr. Tamara Rosier, author of Your Brain’s Not Broken and You, Me, and Our ADHD Family, and Brooke Schnittman, author of Activate Your ADHD Potential.

Tamara talks about emotional flooding—those tidal waves of feeling that hit before a single task is done. Brooke explains how to pause just long enough to choose a different direction. Together, they unpack why ADHD-related overwhelm isn’t a sign of failure, but a clue. A trailhead. A door.

Because maybe, just maybe, the problem isn’t that your brain is broken. Maybe it’s that the world was built for a different kind of mind. Maybe the first step isn’t pushing through. It’s listening.


📚 Links & Notes

  • Your Brain’s Not Broken by Dr. Tamara Rosier
  • You, Me, and Our ADHD Family by Dr. Tamara Rosier
  • Activate Your ADHD Potential by Brooke Schnittman
  • Coaching With Brooke
  • ADHD Center of West Michigan
  • Guided IFS Therapy Session / Exercise for Inner Healing | Dr. Richard Schwartz & Dr. Andrew Huberman
  • Support the Show on Patreon
  • Dig into the podcast Shownotes Database
  • (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast
  • (03:19) - Introducing Brooke Schnittman and Tamara Rosier
  • (05:22) - Overwhelm
  • (21:00) - Techniques to Break The Pattern
  • (44:45) - Learn More!

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