How are your finances?  ADHD and Money is a BIG TOPIC!  It is something that we probably do not talk about enough. 

In this episode, we chat to Tina @theADHDaccountant and owner of The Diverse Accountants.  She shares with us some seriously good tips to help us manage our finances. 

Here are the key points and timestamps:

1.40 What does Tina do?
2.30 Helping neurodivergent people with their money
3.08 What are the common struggles that people with ADHD have with money?
3.20 Impulsive spending
5.00 Tina's journey with ADHD
8.00 What adjustments Tina made when she found out she had ADHD
9.40 Exercise and ADHD
11.20 Treating yourself with grace
12.10 Tina's money strategies
13.40 What is your relationship with money?
14.40 Strategy for impulsive spending
16.45 Neuroplasticity
19.00 Teaching delayed gratification
20.50 What is the ADHD tax?
22.45 When would some reach out to a money coach?
26.00 What are some steps we can take now to help us with our finances?

Here is Tina's bio:

Hey, I'm Tina!

As ADHDers, we all have our own interests and talents.

Mine is numbers.

When I was little, doing math equations was my favourite hobby. In class, my favourite topic was maths and numbers. It was my stand out subject that I just understood, which was comforting in a world that I didn't understand, and a world that didn't understand me.

As an adult, I still get numbers. They're comforting and can hold my attention like nothing else (ok, maybe cats too!)

However, as good as I was at numbers and my work as an Accountant, I struggled with impulsive spending, budgeting and working out my own money. Typical finance advice was boring and it made me avoid it. So I took matters into my own hands and really found out what worked for my brain... and as I would find out much later, my ADHD brain.

Now I'm on a mission to help other ADHD adults to manage their money in a away that works for their brain. I'll help you find that so you can finally be in a place to work on your money.

Follow Tina on her social media:
Website | https://www.diverseaccountants.com.au
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/theadhdaccountantfb
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/theadhdaccountant/

Email | [email protected]

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In this episode we explore your energy being your most important currency and Sharon gives you 5 practical steps to try to protect you from burnout.

Here are the key points and timestamps:

2.20m Time v Energy
3.30m The Spoon Theory
4.00m ADHD and spoons
5.00m Being a spoon ninja
6.50m Step 1: Awareness
8.30m Step 2: Pockets of recharge time
11:30m Step 3: Triaging your time
15:00m Step 4: Building the life that you want
16.14m Step 5: The power of the pause "I will get back to you"
17.20m Being mindful of future you

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In this episode I chat with Narelle all about ADHD and organisation.

Narelle is the founder of Simply Happy, a professional organiser and yoga teacher with an Education background.  She helps individuals and families with organisational challenges to implement simple organisational strategies so that they can create a clutter-free, safe, functional and happy home. She’s a mum to 2 teenagers and has recently been formally identified as neurodivergent.

Here are the highlights:

2.20 - What does a professional organiser do 
5.20 - People craving organisation but not being sure how to make it happen
6.20 - Removing overwhelm - the process
7.10 - Relief felt and body doubling
8.20 - Ensuring the follow through for systems
10.00 - Asking why is this not working and staying curious
12.30 - What it feels like to do Narelle's job
14.30 - Getting stuck in our surroundings
15.00 - Narelle's journey getting diagnosed with ADHD
18.40 - Stopping the negative self talk
19.00 - The ADHD tax
21.30 - Being comforted by a clear space
25.30 - Narelle's tips for a clutter free home

Follow Narelle on her social media:
Website | simplyhappy.com.au
Facebook | facebook.com/simplyhappycircle/
Instagram | instagram.com/simplyhappycircle/
Podcast | simplyhappy.com.au/podcast

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It is time to bring back the family meeting!  Get your free family meeting template here!

Here are the important points with timestamps:

1.50 - The invisible load
2.20 - The anxious ADHD brain 
3.00 - Being clear about expectations
3.27 - Why a family meeting is important
5.20 - Keep you meetings short
5.50 - Forward planning
6.11 - Sweet and sour
6.50 - Highlight of the week
7.25 - Predictable problems
9.30 - Everything is figureoutable
9.50 - Gratitude
11.00 - Meal planning
12.22 - The week ahead
12.30 - Making life easier for your future self

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Jules Galloway has been my naturopath and friend for a long time. Recently she has been diagnosed with ADHD.   It makes sense because all my favourite people have ADHD.

In today's episode we hear a little about Jules' story.  Here are the important parts:

Podcasts:

https://latediagnosisadhd.com/podcast

https://www.julesgalloway.com/podcast

Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/ld_adhd/

https://www.instagram.com/julesgallowayhealth/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LateDiagnosisADHD

https://www.facebook.com/JulesGallowayHealth

Email: 

[email protected]

This episode is about patterns of thinking.  It is something that comes up a lot in ADHD coaching.

Highlights and Timestamps: 

2.40m - The ADHD brain's negativity bias
5.00m - Black and white thinking 
6.30m - I know that
8.20m - I've tried that before
10.50m - That doesn't work for me
12.00m - Why can't I / I should be able to
13.00m - Rushing energy

Would you like to explore ADHD coaching or parent mentoring https://www.thefunctionalfamily.com/coaching

Christina Keeble is a Neurodivergent Consultant who delivers seminars to parents, carers & professionals. Christina supports families, schools and businesses around Australia and the world in practical, research backed, trauma informed strategy development and implementation, collaboration and training. She develops practical resources and programs to be implemented in schools, businesses and at home to support Autistic and ADHD individuals.

Here are the key timestamps:

2.10 Christina's story

7.20 How Christina coped

9.41 What is PDA?

11.59 PDA - behaviour profile

16.00 ODD v PDA

17.30 Connecting first

18.20 How we can support these beautiful kids

20.50 Behaviour being worse for the parent

21.40 Reducing demands

22.50 Unconditional positive regard

27.00 Where to find Christina

Website: https://christinakeeble.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christinakeebleconsulting

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinakeebleconsulting/

Highlights and Timestamps: 

- new levels new devils 2:11

- the realisation that no one is coming to save us!  3:20

- how Sharon views her life 4:57

- avoiding black and white thinking 5:40

- please stop saying sorry so much 9:13

- The ADHD brain negative bias 11:22

- Sharon's self care strategy 14:58

- Looking after yourself first   18:00

- My Parenting mistakes  18:50

- Focus on the repair   19:34

- The rushing energy 20:52

- engaging the ADHD Brain 23:30

Leonie Dawson is best selling author and multi-passionate entrepreneur.  She is incredible and also incredibly entertaining to listen too!

- About Leonie's journey with autism and ADHD (3.00m)

- Leonie's journey with mental health (8.45m)

- Establishing boundaries (12.40m)

- Avoiding the shiny shit and dopamine addiction (17.30m)

- Leonie's $100,000 lesson (18.50m)

- Leonie's tips for a happier life with neurodiversity (21.15m)

How to find Leonie:

Leonie's website

Follow Leonie on facebook 

Follow Leonie on Instagram

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This episode, I'm going to be talking about something that is really close to my heart and it might be a little bit triggering for some people. So I just wanted to give that warning now. It's not one of my usual happy topics. It's something that I think needs to be talked about. And I hope I don't get too ranty about it, to be honest. I'm gonna be talking about shaming parents, the shame that we feel for our kids' behavioural challenges when they have ADHD. Maybe it's even shaming ourselves, that inner critic in our head, or even the shame that the beautiful family members with ADHD feel about their own struggles.

Highlights and time stamps

- Sharon's first incident experiencing shame 1.50 min

- Death by 1000 cuts 4.50 min 

- How we are judging ourselves 6.40 min 

- The ADHD developmental lag time 6.50 min 

- Kids do well if they can - giving kids the skills 7.50 min 

- Sharon's strategies for when people tell her things about her kids 12.20 min

- The best weapon against shame 16.20 min 

I would love to hear about your experiences on this topic.

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