In today's show, Eric is joined by Jessica Ovadia! Jessica, who has a Bachelor of Science in communication from New York University and a Master of Public Health from Emory University, is a healthcare communicator and a problem solver with a decade of experience helping clients articulate their message through engaged interactions, artful language choice, and thoughtful strategy. Her love of healthcare and deep passion for effective clear communication naturally led to the foundation of her consulting firm - Jessica Ovadia: Healthcare Messaging! Having grown up with parents as physicians and being a parent herself, you'll hear about Jessica's struggles with the growing demands of life. Then, you'll also hear about simplifying complexities, motivation and burnout, creating your own structure, and overcoming tendencies to overcomplicate the way we communicate. Finally, you'll hear discussions on the importance of clarifications and knowing the audience, self-esteem when owning your own business, what communicating the ADHD experience can look like, and more! Learn more about Jessica at her website jessicaovadia.com! (click here!) Questions/Topics: [00:01:25] Introducing Jessica [00:03:03] Jessica talks about ADHD and how becoming a parent brought her challenges to the surface [00:04:46] Getting reacquainted with ADHD and unlearning developed patterns [00:06:01] Eric asks Jessica about being a business owner with ADHD and what led her to her passion of clear communication around healthcare [00:09:49] A discussion on motivation and burnout [00:14:08] Managing scheduling, structure, and accountability when being your own boss [00:23:23] When it comes to communication, how do we recognize when we're overcomplicating things, then how do we simplify what and how we're communicating? [00:28:19] Read-receipts and challenges around writing and responding [00:29:26] What to think about when you have a message and keeping it simple [00:31:53] What can we do to make sure we are coming across clearly and are being understood? [00:34:15] "I would have written less if I had more time." [00:35:00] Eric asks Jessica for a helpful reframe or a framework to think about effectively communicating different parts of ADHD in shorter-form content. [00:41:24] What has Jessica learned about her own brain through having her own business? [00:44:38] How can we communicate and get better public understanding and messaging about what ADHD really is? What would that messaging campaign look like? [00:47:31] A discussion & sharing thoughts about ADHD as a superpower [00:51:05] Closing thoughts 🌟 Want to hear the bonus question and answer at the end of this episode? Go to adhdrewired.com/Patreon where you can get an uninterrupted listening experience of this show and bonus content when you become a Patron at $5 a month or more! 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In this episode, Eric is celebrating ADHD reWired's 500-episode milestone. Joining him are members of ADHD reWired's Coaching & Accountability Group Alumni Community, where they will be sharing their Dear ADHD Letters. A huge thanks to the members who shared their letters and their stories. Whether you're new to the show or you've been listening since episode 1, thank you for being here for 500 episodes. We hope you'll keep joining us for the next 500 episodes to come. Special thanks to all of our coaching group members, Alumni members, coaches, volunteers, Patrons, Facebook community members, listeners of the show old and new, the ADHD reWired team, all the wonderful guests that have been on the show, and everyone everywhere around and in between. Thank you so much for your support. We wouldn't be here without you. We CAN do hard things, and you are not alone. ❤️ 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get on our Fall interest list or to stay up to date on the most recent upcoming season if you're listening to this in the future!

📣 Hey there ADHD reWired listeners! Quick annoucment about our fall season of coaching and accountability groups: If you missed last week's announcements or recent emails, then BIG news! We rolled back the pricing of our coaching groups to pre-2020 levels. You can join our fall season of coaching groups for as low as $1650 when you join sections with coaches Brian or Kristin, or you can join Eric's section for only $1999. Payment plans are also available! Then, after you complete our 10-week coaching program, we will also be giving registrants 6 months of membership in our alumni coaching community for free! 🌟 Join us for our upcoming registration events by going to coachingrewired.com to start your preregistration process. The dates for our upcoming registration events are: Monday, September 18th at 8:00 Pacific / 11:00am eastern Wednesday, September 20th at 12:00pm Pacific / 3:00pm Eastern For the most up to date information and to start your pre-registration process, get your name on our interest list at coachingrewired.com! If you have any questions or need clarifiation, please email us at [email protected] 👆👆👆

Join the ADHD reWired Team every second Tuesday of the month for our monthly Live Q&A! If you want to join us live on Zoom, go to adhdrewired.com/events to register! In this episode, Trina from My Lady ADHD joins the panel! You'll get answers to your ADHD-related questions about relationships, motivation, satisfaction, and burnout. You'll also hear about taking care of aging parents, the importance of community, disclosing in the workplace, engaging in self-care, and more! You'll also find bonus answers and can listen to this episode ad-free on Patreon when you become a Patron at $5.00 a month or more by going to adhdrewired.com/Patreon! (click here!) Learn more about Trina at her website MyLadyADHD.com! (click here!) Resources & Honorable Mentions Book: Still Distracted After All These Years by Kathleen G. Nadeau (click here) Book: The ADHD Effect on Marriage by Melissa Orlov (click here) Book: Burnout by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA (click here) Website: Inclusively.com (click here) Website: The Gottman Institute - A Research-Based Approach to Relationships (click here) Mentioned - HALT: Am I Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired? 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In today's show, Eric is joined by Bowie Winnike, a.k.a. Rainbow! Rainbow is a gender doula and neurodivergent support coach with a background in art, education, activism, and mental health. They are deeply rooted in the trans community and have a passion for co-imagining deeper levels of communal accessible care. Learn more about Rainbow at RainbowChrysalisCoaching.com (click here!) In this episode, you'll hear Eric and Rainbow explore gender, the different intersections of oneself, and coming out! You'll also hear them talk about what a gender doula is, unmasking and transitions. Finally, you'll also hear about the importance of community, the possibilities through the process, the difference between being accepted vs. being valued for who you are, and more! Questions/Topics: [00:01:11] Introducing Rainbow [00:02:58] Rainbow talks about the challenges of feeling like they didn't fit in [00:08:44] Addressing discomfort, and being "othered" [00:10:51] "What if we could just release these expectations?" and a discussion on masking [00:14:32] Rainbow opens up about living their truth in the midst of fear [00:22:42] What is a gender doula, and how can they help? [00:24:46] ADHD, transitions, and identity [00:29:43] Eric asks Rainbow about living their truth and how it's affected their neurodivergence [00:33:56] A transformational artform, being celebrated, and stirring the pot [00:41:13] Neurodivergence in LGBTQ+ communities and pushing the boundaries of "normal" [00:48:24] Closing thoughts Resources & Honorable Mentions Book - Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Trisha Hersey (click here!) Book - Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon (click here!) Essay - Audre Lorde: The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action (click here!) 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In today's show, Eric is joined by Dana Crews! Dana has been a coach, educator, facilitator, and trainer in the behavioral health and mental health field for over 15 years. She is currently combining her own personal practice, unique life experience, and education in the ancient wisdom traditions together with modern psychology and behavioral and neuroscience research in her newly-created mindfulness ADHD life-coaching business: Second Arrow Life Coaching! Dana is an advocate for invisible disabilities and neurodivergence. She believes that knowing and connecting to your core values and practicing basic mindfulness and yogic techniques allows us to transform self-judgment and fear into constructive reflection, insight, compassion, health, and creative solutions. Find Dana on LinkedIn (click here!) Learn more about Dana at her website secondarrowlifecoaching.com (click here!) Find Dana on Instagram @secondarrowlifecoaching (click here!) Questions/Topics: [00:01:11] Introducing Dana [00:03:08] What is the difference between satisfaction and contentment? [00:05:03] Exploring contentedness and its different avenues [00:06:32] Where is the overlap and what is separate between contentment and gratitude? [00:11:51] A discussion about the discomfort in familiarity [00:14:24] Is the struggle of holding onto contentment an issue of emotional self-regulation? [00:20:00] How much of the struggle around contentment comes from societal ideas of feeling content and ADHD brains needing novelty? [00:21:40] A discussion on Buddhist psychology and philosophy [00:23:52] How does one strive through the lens of Buddhist philosophy? [00:27:27] Not thinking about the future vs. over-planning for the future [00:29:40] Overidentification, rumination, and separation of self [00:31:32] How much of being able to experience being content has to do with resilience? [00:39:40] Dana shares more about growing up, undiagnosed ADHD, travel, and meeting the Dalai Lama [00:41:58] What is Ayurveda? [00:44:33] How can self-awareness inform our understanding of our experiences? [00:46:30] A moment of an idea of contentment [00:48:26] Closing thoughts 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In this episode, Hannah Choi joins Eric on the podcast! Hannah is an Executive Function Coach for Beyond Book Smart and is the host of the podcast, Focus Forward: An Executive Function Podcast. Hannah works with both college-aged clients and adult clients, and lives in Connecticut with her husband and two kids. Her executive function strengths are time management and cognitive flexibility, and her challenges are working memory and attention. Hannah also loves to read, watch Korean dramas, exercise, travel, and spend time outdoors! You'll hear about the importance of developing a relationship with your professors, strategies and skills for self-advocacy, the benefits of breaking down big projects, and emotional regulation to access executive function skills. Then, you'll also hear about the importance of maintaining sleep, nutrition, and exercise, managing medication, a warning about due dates, course load, schedule design, and more! Learn more about Hannah at beyondbooksmart.com (click here!) Listen to Focus Forward at beyondbooksmart.com/podcast (click here!) Questions/Topics: [00:01:02] Introducing Hannah [00:02:14] How did Hannah begin working with college students? [00:04:56] Hannah shares her experiences in college while questioning her abilities [00:05:44] "If I knew then what I know now…." [00:07:18] A discussion on self-advocacy while in college and getting over the fear of getting to know your professors [00:11:45] Hannah shares a tool she uses with clients [00:13:56] Breaking down Steps/Time/Mapping [00:18:076] Finding balance between college work and socializing [00:22:44] A discussion on emotional regulation and accessing executive function skills [00:30:21] Managing ADHD medication and other mental health treatments [00:32:53] What are some other important accommodations that students can ask for? [00:41:56] Eric shares an experience and a warning about (a lack of) due dates [00:44:47] How important is course load and schedule design? [00:49:14] Navigating interests in college [00:51:41] Closing Thoughts 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In this episode, Eric is joined by Vernon T. Foster II! Vernon is an author, podcaster, and self-proclaimed Sommelier of video marketing. Diagnosed with ADHD just over 2 years ago, Vernon is passionate about sharing his experience as a black man living with ADHD and creating community. You'll hear Vernon share his story from life as a kid to today, what prompted him to write his book, what it's like to have to walk out the door as a black man in America while navigating ADHD, and dealing with challenges because of the layers society has placed on black American men. Learn more about Vernon T. Foster II on Linkedin (click here!) or at his video marketing website at vernontfoster.com (click here!) Get Vernon's book at adhdblack.com - The Black Man's Handbook to Living with ADHD: 5 Ways to Create a Better Tomorrow No Matter How You're Feeling Today (click here!) Check out his Instagram @vernononvideo [Instagram] Questions/Topics: [00:01:06] Introducing Vernon and his continuing process of figuring himself out and his ADHD journey [00:02:56] Vernon shares his experiences with various jobs and getting fired [00:04:47] A conversation about what led Vernon to ADHD, connecting the dots, and life as the "token black kid" in school [00:08:09] Experiencing covert racism [00:10:02] Vernon shares about his time at Florida State University and a discussion on testing [00:10:50] Eric and Vernon on Scantrons [00:14:44] The Stroop Test [00:16:34] ADHD medication, college, and an important message [00:20:45] Eric shares a test-taking strategy [00:21:38] Life after an ADHD diagnosis / A shocking statistic / What prompted Vernon to write his book [00:23:35] Vernon shares his reaction about the ADHD diagnosis statistics on African American and Latino children [00:23:58] "Why didn't anyone tell me this sh*t?" [00:25:19] Eric asks Vernon, "As a black man, diagnosed later with ADHD, [...] what do you think is maybe not understood by most people?" [00:25:57] "The world is already against you, the odds are already stacked against you" / Other challenges navigating the world as a black man [00:27:52] Understanding ADHD and how it affects every aspect of Vernon's life [00:29:34] The challenges of navigating the world with something very visible alongside something that is invisible and how one affects the other [00:32:02] "A lot of people who look like me…" / Level the playing field / Hoarding information and wealth and perpetuating the cycle [00:33:36] "It's my duty to be a steward of those things to help support other people that look like me, people that also don't look like me." [00:39:34] Vernon shares his wisdom, tips, and being a work in progress [00:42:14] Tapping into the tools after an ADHD diagnosis [00:44:20] Managing emotions, emotional intelligence, and taking your power back / Mindfulness [00:48:17] Support, family, and community / "It's really hard to do this alone." [00:52:55] Communicating what you need when you have ADHD [00:57:33] Closing thoughts Resources & Honorable Mentions: ADHD reWired Episode 333: Race-Based Trauma, RSD & ADHD with Romanza McAllister LCSW (listen here!) Website: blackgirllostkeys.com - René Brooks: Living as a Black Woman with ADHD (click here!) "How do we become better stewards of the gifts and the opportunities that we have to show other people that it's possible? To invest in other people?" - Vernon 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

Join the ADHD reWired Team every second Tuesday of the month for our monthly Live Q&A! Go to adhdrewired.com/events to register so you can join the ADHD reWired Team live on Zoom and ask your ADHD-related questions! In this episode, you'll get answers to questions about entrepreneurship, getting unstuck, learning from failures, setting boundaries, how coaching can help, systems as an artistic process, and more! You can even get an uninterrupted listening experience of this episode and all ADHD reWired episodes when you become a Patron at $5.00 a month or more by going to adhdrewired.com/Patreon! You might even catch some extra questions when you become a Patron and tune into the Patreon-only private podcast feed! Questions/Topics: [00:01:10] Introducing today's panelists! [00:02:45] A listener, who was diagnosed in February 2023 and works in education, asks the panelists about using their skills to help others - specifically those with ADHD. What advice does the panel have to get unstuck and get started? [00:05:46] Eric asks what the listener would do if they were asked the same question. [00:12:08] Brian chimes in about struggling to find time to launch a business outside of work. [00:16:01] "How can I find more clarity and do something that's going to be really powerful so I can follow that instead of doing way-too-many-things?" [00:18:19] Faisal talks about values and short-term goals. [00:21:35] Laura discusses the differences between excitement, overwhelm, getting overwhelmed from being excited, and feelings of boredom. [00:26:25] A listener, who is also a mom of two young children, is having difficulty "getting back into the groove" of their freelance work. What strategies do the panelists have to bounce back, and could the listener have time for group coaching? [00:28:51] Eric asks about self-care strategies. [00:30:56] Kristin talks about the impact on parents who have kids with special needs and medical needs. [00:34:13] Laura addresses how the coaching groups can help. [00:35:59] Eric asks about having boundaries around work-blocks and self-care. [00:39:09] A discussion about our inner critics and gardening! [00:44:02] "Can [ADHD reWired's coaching groups] help people uncover what their goals/wants are? I think not knowing what I want and indecision are my biggest issues." [00:45:37] Laura talks about people-pleasing, going with the flow, finding out who we are, and uncovering what's truly important to us. [00:47:01] "Group is an experiential learning experience… Our biases [don't] allow us to see how we're doing these things that [aren't] making it easier for us to move towards success." - Faisal [00:48:58] Kristin addresses bringing life to group-coaching to integrate tools and strategies. [00:50:22] Brian talks about the differences between individual coaching and group coaching. [00:53:01] Kristin asks about creating systems. [00:55:40] Systems as an artistic process. [00:58:07] Closing thoughts. Resources & Honorable Mentions: ADHD reWired Episode 309 with Russell Ramsay: Rethinking Adult ADHD (Click Here!) 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

In today's show, Caroleen Verly joins Eric on the podcast! Caroleen is a former data analyst turned business owner and financial coach who loves spreadsheets, numbers, problem solving, and data! She also loves working with clients to find order in the chaos of their financial lives. Caroleen has a degree in economics from Yale and spent the first 12 years of her career doing data analysis and data visualization. In addition to her business, Caroleen is also a mom to three young children! Check out Caroleen's website UntangleYourMoney.com (click here!) Learn more about Caroleen at her website (here) Find UntangleYourMoney on Instagram at @adhdmoney (click here!) Questions/Topics: [00:01:10] Introducing Caroleen! [00:02:26] What does it mean to create good systems that work by default? [00:03:55] A discussion on automation, bills, payments, resistance, and safety nets [00:07:32] Dedicating accounts, savings, and putting money in the right spots for different purposes [00:16:57] Banking and ADHD-friendly interfaces [00:18:37] Caroleen tries the Qube Money app (click here!) [00:21:30] A discussion about credit cards and managing them successfully [00:25:02] Impulsive spending and the impact of credit scores [00:27:57] "The cheaper option is not always cheaper!" [00:38:27] Ways to start saving in the midst of debt and living paycheck to paycheck [00:41:30] Cutting costs vs. making more money: Which one is better? [00:45:56] Resources & closing thoughts Resources & Honorable Mentions: Book (and Editor's choice!): I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi (on Goodreads) Website: I Will Teach You to be Rich at IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com (click here!) 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!