ADHD Families Podcast

Ep 36 - Managing Life Admin and ADHD


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I think more life admin is being thrown at us than ever before! There is so much overwhelm when I chat to our beautiful ADHD community juggling this invisible load.

In this episode, we chat with the incredible Mia Northrop. Mia, one of the founders of Life Admin Life Hacks, literally wrote the book on making life admin more streamlined and manageable.

Mia breaks it down into simple steps and tools that we can use to automate it and make it work for the ADHD brain.

 

Key Points and Timestamps:

3.00m Who is Mia, and what does she do?

5.50m The challenges for ADHD and life admin

7.00m Customised life admin strategies for ADHD

9.50m What should we outsource?

16.40m The categories of life admin

23.00m The benefits of the digital calendar

27.00m Strategies for managing emails

33.00m Marking your wins and to-do list tips

 

About Mia Northrop:

Mia Northrop shares insights and inspiration on life admin and the mental load. Her work explores how to use everyday digital tools and principles from time management, productivity, and behavioral science to streamline, automate, and reduce paperwork and optimize our approach to household organization.

Mia is cohost of the top-rated how-to podcast Life Admin Life Hacks, coauthor of Life Admin Hacks, and co-creator of The Art of Adulting online course, resources dedicated to helping people win back time, save money, reclaim their headspace, and nurture household harmony. Mia is a former researcher who worked in the tech and digital sectors. With a background in human-centered design and design thinking, and a passion for social justice, Mia is a trained coach who is passionate about equipping working mothers with tools, strategies, and processes to give them the time, energy, and presence they deserve.

Mia is a co-parenting mum to a school-aged son and daughter and lives with her new puppy and ancient cat in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Connect with Mia: 

Instagram: @lifeadminlifehacks

Website: www.lifeadminlifehacks.com

Podcast: Life Admin Life Hacks Podcast

 

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