Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

Welcome back to Infinite Quest!!

In this episode, Cate and Erik invite you to take a breath and feel whatever it is you need to feel right now. There's a lot going on We talk about our relationship to kindness, how it matters, fundamentally, but how it isn't always the easiest thing. We unpack some of the work needed to be *truly* kind and discuss just how important kindness can be, not only on the individual level, but also to our communities as a whole.

In this episode, Cate is joined by writer, actor and co-host of the hit podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You, Anney Reese! They talk about...a LOT of stuff, including Star Wars, podcasting, what it's like being a woman in a male-dominated field, and discover that they are, in fact, basically the same person.

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to talk about over versus underpreparing in conversation with ADHD and the curse of all-or-nothing-thinking when it comes to *actually* getting stuff done. They discuss how planning for something big (like a new web series...) can be made even more stressful by the idea that it has to be perfectly done or not at all, and how scary it is to be on the verge of something big, especially when you never know when that hyper-fixation will wear off.

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to discuss a therapy breakthrough (and perspective adjustment) that Cate recently had. We talk about ADHD task management, how 'leaving things until you HAVE to' can make more work on the back end, and how frustrating it is to feel immobilized by not having enough momentum to start. In the back half, they make the biggest announcement in Infinite Quest history and ask if there are any experts in the house. Get ready, Summer 2022 is going to be WEIRD.

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Hello from the sick ward at Infinite Quest.

In this episode, Cate is feeling quite under the weather, and so Erik tags in cool guy, incredible maker and truly excellent content creator Tim Ahern sit down to talk about their experiences with ADHD. They talk video games, failure, growth and have a surprisingly in-depth conversation about the finer nuances of the Animorphs series. Spoilers, Cate rallies at the end and performs the greatest Patreon song in the history of the podcast.

In this discordant two-part episode, Cate and Erik have a ...pointed and passionate...conversation about the frustration of consistently having to navigate misinformation as educators and advocates. Cate rails against the broad generalities of "adhd mindreading" and he harm that narrative can do, and Erik gets vulnerable about what this work means to him. Later, Cate and Erik outline their 2022 tour schedules and do some announcing and explaining of where they'll be for the next few months.

In this episode, Cate and Erik review a new study by UKAAN, the United Kingdom's Adult ADHD organization and what it has to say about the challenges of being both intellectually gifted and having ADHD. They talk about their experiences on either end of the "gifted kid" spectrum, and what it's like to grow up with the expectation "gifted" brings, and the expectations we put on ourselves. Cate talks about boredom and self-governance, Erik talks motivation and self-defining, and also remembered to do the patreon song, you're welcome.

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to talk about one of the hardest things in the world: asking for help. They discuss the difficulties of owning the need for help, how to ask for it and what 'help' itself can look like. They discuss how ADHD can often complicate help, and offer some insight on accepting the need for help as part of the ADHD toolbox.